Public events that are spawned using runes, for a trial that you take time in doing and are completely player oriented not started by the game itself... It would be a public event if the game was oriented to have such things happen at random without player input, but that is not the case. It is also called the Court of Oryx which would make a great assumption as to them being Trials. A trial does not have to be a simple 3 person, or strike team related event. Yes the public can join in, but unlike regular Public Events not everyone can get something from these events. Another reason why I consider them trials, is that you alone can take on any Tier unlike the tier being set or dictated by the game. If one is allowed to activate something, that, while others can join, if they activate it for themselves, then they are challenging theirself, by that definition would it not be considered a trial?

secondly, it's exactly how they should work. 6 people show up. 6 people use their runes, everyone gets some help, and everyone gets rewards for using their own runes. If you don't contribute a rune then you wont profit as much as the others.

No they aren't. They're public events. You know how words pop up in the top left corner when you start/join it???? You know??? "Created/Joined [b]Public Event[/b]?????" Yeah. That means its a public event.

they are public events.