"We’ve seen you backing out of matches on final approach in your ships because you saw formidable opponents on the other team. That tactic could earn you a restriction from future Trials of Osiris events. Please stick it out and fight – even if you know you’re about to be visited by tourists from the Lighthouse." - DeeJ, Weekly Update 6/4/15
I don't give a -blam!-. I don't owe that other team my time. I don't owe them my ass to stomp.
If [i]your[/i] matchmaking system pushes me against a group that severely, [i]obviously[/i] outclasses my group of guys that has yet to get to the Lighthouse, I don't - nor does anybody else - [i]owe[/i] them our deaths.
Our penalty is on our card in the form of the loss we take. If you have a problem with people backing out of these matches, [i]then don't count them as a Win for the other team[/i].
Trials of Osiris has some serious design flaws. [i]Solve them.[/i]
UPDATE: I should have edited this sooner, I apologize. I am aware of the Change Character exploit some folks may have been doing to avoid a loss. I was admittedly fuzzy on this issue when I initially posted. I believe a lot of my argument still stands, however, and, as others have noted in their replies, Trials of Osiris needs something done to its matchmaking. A simple step in matching Lighthouse Veterans to other Lighthouse Veterans, for instance, would do loads of good in evening the competition by placing the Proven against the Proven, and the Aspiring against the Aspiring.
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1 ReplySee, this is where the community is sorely wrong. ToO is for upper echelon PvP players, same as raids were for PvE players. Now, the community thinks that they should just expect to go flawless and reach the lighthouse every weekend cause its there. Frankly, I see no issue with Deejs statement. If your not able to win against moderate to good players, you shouldn't go to the lighthouse. And good competitive players keep playing because the games are fun. Now, I'm nit an amazing PvP person in destiny, but I can go flawless. Hate to be so harsh, but yeah. Same as when the PvP guys were upset that they had to do raids to get better gear and couldn't cause they were out of their comfort zone. Same applies here. You should only be able to get to the lighthouse, if your good enough to get there. Shouldn't be an easy riding lane to get there. PS: Lighthouse really isn't that big a deal. Exotic shader and a primary with elemental damage. Which for the guns, every player should already have elemental primaries by now. If not, your doing it wrong.