To start, enabling the artifact was such a clueless move. Its like Revelry Comp all over, again. I feel like the devs are all stove touchers. Secondly, the loot lockouts and lack of loot is another ignorant move. The whole thing about Trials D1 was, while a pinnacle PvP activity, anybody could get loot from it, but the prestige of flawless came with emblems, Adept weapons and special armor only found there. Locking gear at a certain tier of accomplishment AND rotating the gear to force coming back each week, on top of lore, ugh... dirty pool. And, of course, there's the whole recovs at first or second match, and other great matchmaking shenanigans, to boot. I still feel like there should be a pinnacle 3 man activity that's a PvE counterpart to Trials that shares the same themes and loot pool, but that's just me.