Face the same teams twice in a row. Face fireteams as 3 solos multiple times in a row. Im in california, don't tell me the player pool is too small, but if it is, that says a lot about the devs decision making.
Lobby balancing also is an atrocity. I know the BDF will be here like "its trials you should be able to beat any random team out there as a solo player no matter who they put on your team." but thats rubbish.
The old model was much much better. The new model feels more like a slot machine than pvp.
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Slot machine is luck with very low chance for return and there is nothing anyone can do to increase the odds. Solo trials the better you are the better your odds are. Trials should be difficult to solo. They never should have had the flawless pool it made flawless too easy. What they need to do is add random drops of trials gear at the end of matches that way win or lose you walk away with something and your time feels worth it.