Destiny 2\u2019s Trials of Osiris overhaul was long overdue, but well worth the wait Destiny 2\u2019s Trials of Osiris saw its long-awaited revamp last weekend \u2013 and the mode is all the better for it. Destiny 2\u2019s Season of the Lost has added some fun new PvE content, but the question on many players\u2019 minds last week was \u201cwill Trials of Osiris get better\u201d following Bungie\u2019s planned overhaul. The sweatiest of Destiny\u2019s PvP modes, Bungie took the huge step of adding matchmaking, while also bringing its rewards closer in line with the likes of Vanguard and Crucible activities \u2013 meaning players are rewarded for playing, rather than cast aside if they aren\u2019t racking up wins. Read More: Destiny 2 Season of the Lost impressions – My friends, I\u2019m here to tell you about the second coming of Trials of Osiris. Less \u201cTrials and error\u201d I\u2019ve been writing about Destiny for several years now. It\u2019s essentially the game that simultaneously launched my career, and rekindled a love of gaming. I\u2019ve raided, I\u2019ve looted, but one mode never really hit right for me: Trials of Osiris. I\u2019ve got nothing against the mode, I\u2019m just not the most competitive PvP player. I have my moments, sure, but I\u2019m more driven by the PvE power fantasy of carving through enemies like I\u2019m playing a Musou with guns. After finding time to play over a busy weekend, though, I\u2019m sold. Trials of Osiris now feels like it can appease both more casual and more hardcore fans, and it\u2019s better for it. And it appears I\u2019m not the only one who thought so. This is now officially the most populated Trials of Osiris weekend in Destiny 2. We\u2019re less than a day in. \u2014 Trials Report (@TrialsReport) September 11, 2021 While Trials\u2019 best gear is still tucked behind flawless runs of seven wins, this weekend I finally earned not only my first Shayura\u2019s Wrath SMG \u2013 but my second, too. And I didn\u2019t win a single game. How casual is too casual? Purists will (understandably) scoff at the thought, but while I was winning rounds, I was losing matches. I leaned on matchmaking, and sure, it was a mixed bag. Some players had me almost screaming \u201crevive me\u201d at my screen, while others did their best to carry me on my less positive rounds. That\u2019s the price you pay to form a squad, and there are plenty of other idiosyncrasies that Trials can\u2019t quite get around. \u201cRoaming\u201d Supers, for example, tore through my team on the final round more than once, feeling downright galling when you know you\u2019re about thirty seconds from earning one of your own. Still, in one match I managed a more than respectable 12 kills across the rounds, slowly edging my reputation rank upward with Saint-14. We lost, sure, but I earned a nice, shiny Trials engram for my blood, sweat, and bulletholes. Farmer\u2019s market If there\u2019s one thing Bungie has been working on in recent seasons, it\u2019s farmable weapon rolls. From Hawkmoon, to Dead Man\u2019s Tale, to the prevalence of Umbral Engrams for several seasons in a row, the team has done its best to negate getting a great gun with a middling (or terrible) roll (looking at you, Adrenaline Junkie). Read More: Destiny 2\u2019s best weapons – Saint-14\u2019s new setup is a testament to this. With my single Trials Engram, I had the chance to earn a piece of armor or a weapon, and I got lucky with Shayura\u2019s Wrath. After completing a few more matches (and a Bounty), I earned a second one and was able to get a better Shayura\u2019s Wrath because of it. It\u2019s a far cry from the days of grinding for your perfect weapon only for it to be one perk short of a god roll, and it has reignited the gear chase for me. If you bounced off of Trials in the last few years, it may be time to rethink that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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