Completely untrue. Do you think someone goes from the little leagues to the nfl without facing a tougher opponent than they are? Here are my trials stats: http://destinytracker.com/destiny/trials/xbox/Raider1987 I dragged my win percentage up. Dragged KDA up (assists and team shooting is FAR more important than a high KDR). Day by day week by week. I didn't go flawless on my first attempt. Not my second. Not my third. But I kept trying. Last week I had a 100% win rate with a 3.18 kd. You HAVE to fight better players to get better. You are not going to learn how a better player plays without playing them. I got better at trials by playing players who beat the shit out of me. I record the games I lose and learn what I did wrong, what my opponents did right. And I use this knowledge next time. You also don't encounter any .5 kds in trials past the 3rd win. Trials largely is a much higher skill bracket than any other playlist by a substantial margin. People would be in the forums every single day complaining it was too hard if it wasn't.