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10/24/2021 6:37:39 PM
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Freelance trials needs to be permanent
Plain and simple the best thing for the solo player that can't always get a team together this 8s the best thing for them. They may not always go flawless but I can say for me it was a far better time to go into and not worry about a sweaty 3 stack of 100× flawless farming the first three matchs every time.
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So many times i get paired 3 solo vs 3 stack... sucks!!!!
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1 ReplyAgreed. Really I think the Dev team should divest entirely from pvp but if they’re intent on prioritizing it this is a great move. Splitting the player base matters zero percent, not at all. Prior to recent weeks those solo players weren’t in the tally at all, so the existing sweats lose nothing apart from the easy access to no brainer wins against unoptimized teams. Who cares? Keep it and grow the game mode in aggregate. Let the whiners whine.
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4 RepliesEdited by TwelveBz: 10/26/2021 1:11:42 PMOnly sad part about freelance is that most people got carried to flawless that are now in the flawless pool can’t even hold their own. That was one problem I wasn’t thinking about.
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As a solo player who is usually doing casual PvP, I had my first experience with Trials this weekend, and for the most part it was great - actually, probably one of the best experiences I have had so far in the whole game (some kind of matchmaking balancing would be appreciated though - too many 5-0s with either me winning or losing). However, I understand and agree with others who say that making freelance permanent would significantly damage the player base of the regular trials. If it were up to me, I would probably make freelance a recurring, but not permanent, feature, appearing for, say, one weekend per month, or for one day per Trials weekend.
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89 RepliesEdited by PapaSohan: 10/26/2021 5:38:28 PMI disagree because I like to do trials as a team and the team matchmaking went right back to being too hard for us without half the population mixed in. Edit: Very funny how childish so many of the responses here are. I simply stated my perspective on the matchmaking - on a forum designed for feedback. If you disagree with me, that's totally fine, that's what we're here for. I don't see the need for all the "waaaaaaaah" responses. That doesn't help anything. Edit 2: So many straw man arguments thinking I said I can't go flawless without only facing blueberries. This isn't the case and it's not what I said.
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I tried trials for the first time ever this past weekend since PvP is full of abusive people who would be in prison if they weren’t addicted to the game. I had a decent time, only bad times were when some control freak or loser would try to express their anger towards me because I was learning the game. I just called them a cancer and went about my way learning this new game mode. Veteran players are killing this game with their pitiful sense of self-importance with in game achievements and getting angry at others at the drop of a hat. It would be more enjoyable if people don’t have the temperament of a murderer or criminal.
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Absolutely love freelance, not had chance to play trials before this
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3 RepliesFreelance did exactly what I expected it to do: Make it more like a regualar competitive/ladder gamemode and less of a playground for no-life sweats preying on most of the population. And that is 100 % why it should stay. Does it split the playerbase, leading to potentially longer queues? Yes. Are some matches horifically unbalanced because you're playing with 2 randoms? Sure. Will you sometimes pull your hair out because you carry your -blam!- off and still lose? You bet you are. But all of that is the regualar competitive experience in any game, and overall I'm actually having FUN playing Trials for the first time ever since it was introduced. I'd probably play Trials (semi) regularly if this mode were to stay, but otherwise my time investment is going from me doing 1 - 2 full rank resets this weekend to a fat ZERO games again. I'm never going back after experiencing this, lmao.
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1 ReplyI agree with you. I want permanent freelancer matchmaking. It doesn’t matter if we have to wait more time. I prefer more fun than more agility
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Freelance will always be better than going against a 3 stack of sweaty players. I hope the mode stays or player base in trials will drop again.
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Agree, my win ratio against stacks are 0.05, in freelance its 0.2.
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2 RepliesExactly, all the people are like “Dont want to get stomped then find a team!” Lfg is just as bad though these same people won’t play with lesser or average skilled players because of stats unless it’s carrying for money or subs on streams. Not everyone can get good no matter how hard they try. I’m almost 40 I’ve been playing games since old school nes, plus I’m a mechanic by trade my hands don’t work the same way they used too. Freelance altleast gives me the opportunity to get wins, I almost went flawless twice and I’m fine with that outcome. Got my pinnacles done and didn’t feel like I was just getting farmed by 3 stacks. It’s a healthy option for people like me and the games still felt competitive.
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Yep. The only issue I have is people don't know what fireteam/party chat is apparently? Lol
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5 RepliesThis seems to be great for everyone. I thought it would suck bc of how many different pools it makes but it’s not bad at all. Sometimes MM is a little long but that’s it. I used to be a sweat but got burnt out on D2 so I’ve mostly lost my team and freelance makes it possible to play in a more relaxed manner and still have a shot at flawless.
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5 RepliesFreelance is great. But a few things. Blueberry's, stop pushing alone and dieing. Your #1 priority is to stay alive and not push alone. Play angles better and focus on team shots. I can't stress this enough. Stop doing flanks over and over and getting killed. If you suck, stay with your team. Learn to get better and stop blaming everything that you do wrong on broken weapons or better players. Get Good.
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The issue is the matchmaking, stop giving me Timmy no Thumbs and Brian no Brain on my team every game
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Indeed, i am not only having more fun because of better matches but also playing a lot more because i don’t have to wait on clanmate xyz to have spare time (and i can still hop into normal trails when they do have time). My overall experience is really good
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2 RepliesI liked it but it needs to be more balanced. Most of the games i was basically 1v3ing because i was on team cripple or we would get washed because the other team was of similar skill to me and my teammates were playing with thick oven mitts. Fairer teammates and enemies would be nicer but overall pretty good 7.5/10
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I feel like it would die off so fast. Kind of seems pointless outside of labs occasionally.
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I'm currently playing another game but I would really like freelance trials available when I come back.
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6 RepliesI'll have to (sadly) agree. I will not touch regular trials anymore after experiencing freelance. BUT i still stand by my opinion that a matchmaking preferance to exclusively match solos vs solos and then open up the matchmaking algorythm to solo + duo against solo + duo after like 3 mins of not finding a match and after another 2-3 mins to make it possible to face a 3-stack. Because right now the trials pop is still somewhat healthy, think about the future, the population will go down, really steep down. With a split queue that might become a problem. I'd rather have long queues than these horrible solo vs stack guarantees we had previously tho for sure. The "old" trials weapons like astral and summoner need to come rather soon than late aswell (like right now or at the latest with the anniversary thing, not in witch queen or later) or people will stop playing regardless including myself.
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I agree
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Freelance isnt as fun as the first week of trials was but its pretty close. Bungie should definitely keep it.
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9 RepliesYou truly are a idiot. Spawning the player base. Lol you trally need to think about stuff before you post cuz you look stupid
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Loving freelance right now sure the matchmaking takes a bit longer but it’s worth the wait for an actual fair match
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Yeah couldn’t agree more.
