Tl;dr [b]See? They showed us a different game at E3 before D1 and it turned out to cater to pvp? I want a focus on pve content like they promised at E3 so many years before. How can they focus on pve content when they spend so much of all their resources, time, money, staff, and efforts on trying to constantly balance the crucible and Trials of Osiris? Bungie is a small studio trying to take on a concept I feel is much bigger than they can handle. Prove me wrong Bungie![/b] Trials shouldn't even BE the end game for pvp, Iron Banner should have been. Destiny was marketed as a casual game before release and in walks Trials of Osiris (a game mode all about competition in a casual marketed game) and Bungie decides to make it the end game for pvp with locked in loot behind the mode (in a loot based shooter where loot is life) and tell the rest of the community "It was absolutely NOT intended that AVERAGE players make it to the lighthouse, NO FIX needed!"------------Bungie Bungie just admitted they made Trials especially for their MLG community and especially for their top tier player-base to enjoy and all the average players can go kick rocks because they didn't make it for the average player-base to play or enjoy. [b]Even if you are a casual player that plays Trials and enjoys It now, the point is Bungie did not make it with you in mind AT ALL![/b] This^👆🏻is not a good business strategy. Now we are at a point in time where there are people (streamers especially) making money off of carrying "average players" through its mode and onto the Lighthouse. Bungie just said it was not intended for average players to make it to the lighthouse and that they don't belong there or it was ABSOLUTELY NOT INTENDED for them to get there on their own! What??!! Did you hear me? Bungie did not intend for average players to make it to the lighthouse on their own merit. Every person on this Earth is only given a certain level of different talents and skills. That goes for gaming as well. We all have only a certain level of gaming skill or talent in this world. Should we be discriminating against a certain "type" of gamer just because they weren't as fortunate or blessed in the gaming or skill department? Now I have no problem with that mentality in which Trials was made to satisfy a niche group of the player-base (MLG players and top tier players) where they can duke it out over who has the best skills in Destiny, but DO NOT, and I repeat, [b]DO NOT LOCK END GAME LOOT/GEAR[/b] behind this mode in a loot based shooter where loot is life and it was marketed to the consumer prior to release that it was geared toward casual players and tell the average player-base, [b]where they outnumber the niche group 3 to 1 or maybe more[/b], that they do not belong at the lighthouse and that there is no fix needed. DO NOT DO IT UNLESS it was ABSOLUTELY INTENDED that you (Bungie) wanted those MLG players/top tier players to create a [b]black market[/b] where they can make money off [b]your game[/b] and carry those "average players" you're so adamantly inclined to exclude from the lighthouse to the lighthouse! Huh? [b]What were your intentions Bungie for making Trials of Osiris the end game for pvp in a casual marketed game like Destiny?!![/b] Iron Banner should have stayed the end-game game mode for pvp in a casual loot based shooter where loot is life and if you wanted to keep the peace in the community as a whole. OR Fix Trials of Osiris SOMEHOW to include everybody. Do NOT keep Trials of Osiris in Destiny or Destiny 2 the way it is working currently as the end game for pvp with lock in loot behind a mode geared towards the niche top tier player-base! OR [b]Change your marketing strategy for Destiny 2 to be towards the MLG/top tiered players/consumers![/b] Quit doing shady marketing strategies to try and "trick" the average consumer/gamer you are making D2 for them, and then after getting our money, in walks Trials of Osiris and the nerfhearding begins again in D2 to try and mold the entire game, Destiny2, so Trials of Osiris can operate properly. Trials has become toxic Bungie, and it NOW definitely, ABSOLUTELY NEEDS A FIX! OR DO NOT include it in Destiny 2: Forge of Hope if we have no HOPES of keeping it a casual game. You are yet again marketing D2 as a casual game again. Will Trials of Osiris be in Destiny 2? Will it stay the end game for pvp in D2? Activision announced D2 would be more casual friendly. Trials is NOT casual/average friendly!!! Edit: Your goal for Destiny 2 should be to try and keep the peace between the entire community as a whole. Quit making wrong moves that just further divides this community. [b]Important![/b] The intention and purpose of my post is so I and others can be informed consumers when deciding to buy Destiny 2. I want to know if I should invest my time and money in your game Bungie. Again I ask, are you keeping Trials in D2? Is Trials going to stay the end game for pvp in D2? Is Trials of Osiris balancing going to effect pve gameplay still in D2? Answer those three questions and I can decide whether to buy your sequel, D2! Thumbs up in the TWAB Bungie for trying to listen more to the community now let's see if you can make a proper balance change three years into the game.