Building off of dredd1973s post about bracketing trials, I have another suggestion. I posted this in his thread as a comment, but thought it could stand on its own.
Edit to show dredds post. [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/141080851/0/0]here[/url]
Start up Trials of Osiris and play for the week. Any player who achieves a flawless run for that week is moved from the general trials into the next bracket. If you don't make it, you stay in the general trials.
For the sake of ease, we will call this bracket Delta. Week two rolls around and Delta starts. It has its separate rewards table from the general table. If you go flawless in Delta, you move on. Don't go flawless and you move back to general.
Week three rolls around and now players are in the Gamma tier. Go flawless there and get Gamma tier rewards and prepare to move on. Fail to go flawless and move back to Delta.
Week four introduces Beta tier and rewards. Win and move on, fail and move back to Gamma.
Week five we have Alpha. If you have been earning flawless every week, then you have made it to the elite of the elite. This tier is a true champions tier, with each round consists of epic match ups. Go flawless and be treated to unique Alpha rewards and remain in Alpha as a champion of the trials. Fail to go flawless and you move back to Beta, ready to reclaim your glory.
Trials, in my mind, was meant to separate the good players from the weak. It currently separates the good players and the players with $100 and the players who sub streamers and the players who blatantly cheat from the weak players. The exotic emblem is a joke, when I join crucible and see them in last place. What was once mighty in week one has become laughable. Don't truly good players want a way to show their true skills? Trust me, sniping me takes no great effort.
This tiered style bracket for Trials means that players who are poor will have an opportunity to become better and not instantly crushed by an Alpha level team. I literally can't even get into trials now because everyone requires flawless before allowing you on their team. General trials will be accessible in this tiered system. There will be less pressure and players will have the ability to grow in skill and map knowledge.
If the intent of the Trials Of Osiris was to create an event that separates the weak from the good from the great, this system is a much better way to do it, and rewards those players accordingly, with loot and fear that is actually a status symbol in Destiny. If the goal was to increase twitch streamer subscribers, then mission accomplished.
[i]edit to clean up some spelling[/i]
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Dude they dont have enough rewards for all those tiers