It has been unfortunately confirmed that trials is not coming back in shadowkeep [b][u]or in the near future[/u][/b]
Bungie keeps saying it was “flawed” or it “wasn’t what we wanted it to be” but they end there. They forget to tell us the most important piece of information
[b][u]Why[/u]?[/b]
Why do they think it was flawed? What exactly was wrong with it?
I think a ton of people would agree that just adding it back in the way it was would be perfectly acceptable. (better than not having trials at all)
“It was too sweaty” or “it was too hard/unenjoyable” are not substantial reasons. In fact, many people, including myself, like to gear up and play competitive games of crucible.
If anything, the competitive playlist right now is [b][u]less enjoyable[/u][/b], [b][u]sweatier[/u][/b], and [b][u]FAR LESS REWARDING[/u][/b] than trials was.
You have to win many many many more games to get the rewards you want instead of just the 7 required for trials. I think people would enjoy it more if they knew they only had to sweat for 7 games to get the desired loot instead of [b][u]dozens[/u][/b] required in current comp.
So I don’t see what is wrong with just adding it back to the game. It would give people an [b][u]intentional[/u][/b] way to chase [b][u]cool new[/u][/b] gear that is [b][u]unique to competitive PvP[/u][/b]
[quote][b]Edit:[/b]
I keep seeing the response: “Trials had cheating and recoveries and sweats”
I don’t believe that is a thoughtful response because today’s comp playlist [b][u]literally has all of that[/u][/b] plus you have win trading and kill lobbies with the comp playlist as well
However, I think that most people would agree that [b][u]at least[/u][/b] Trials was fun. Unlike comp[/quote]
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Edited by Infamous067: 8/17/2019 8:13:44 PMIt was flawed because it acted the same as comp only without matchmaking. Getting 6 wins in a row only to lose one game was also extremely annoying, the armors and weapons looked great but it wasn’t any different in terms of stats compared to every other armor in the game. How could bungie balance a mode where only the top pvp players can participate in and reward them for the efforts all while trying to keep the balance of regular quickplay? Just look at what happened with lunas howl, the meta for trials would be nothing but team shots and snipers. Trials would only be a glorified comp. I would love trials to come back too but yeah it was definitely flawed, what bungie should do is simply add trials armors with crucible specific perks for comp. that way we have a reason to play comp, earn perks and armors, have matchmaking and enjoy the new solo comp mode. They could even add a chalice like thing where players unlock perks to earn better loot and stuff. So basically it would act like menagerie but its going to be a crucible thing and comp will be called trials.