Forcing casual non-PvP players to go into Trials and win is like asking the school nerd to get punched in the face by the body building school bully. No thank you, not going to do it.

The challenges for the glows aim towards completing every endgame activity the past year had to offer. PvE aswell as PvP. I mean thats what solstice is all about. Celebrating past years triumphs and accomplishments even in PvP. And 7 wins simply because Bungie likes their 7's and hinting at the number required to go flawless.

The armor objectives are activities people don’t run anymore Master NF Nightmare Hunts Altar Of Sorrow Pit Of Heresey(Prophecy killed it) Trials Of Osiris And the majestic set is also forcing people into unpopular activities like Gambit,Adventures,EAZ

Because if it was completions you'd have the option to just suicide throw games until you have all seven completed. The current way requires you to actually need to try and be decent at the game for once. It's nice having rewards that require you to succeed at something rather than being able to just coast through it.

Someone told me this, though I have yet to see it, is if you have all 3 of the final sets that it's only 3 games of Trials each. Can someone confirm or refute this?

for the glows you must complete each activity. what point would there be to mere participation? when making the step if so-and-so doesn't like the activity required does not factor into the step. it's for the game as a whole. it's 1 piece out of a set for an optional cosmetic. it is available for sale if you don't want to do the step and feel you must have it. why is it people think that because it's in the game they should have it? or think that a step should not apply to them? even more so over a mere cosmetic reward that you don't need, will not enhance your game, nor will it prevent you from progression without it.

Im not bungie but I can give you a short explanation. Ok so for finishing the blue and purple set it was pretty much all just tedioua busy work right? Cool. Now you have your purple armour through tedious grinding and its time to put the cherry on the cake. The glow. But this time instead of tedious busy work it is somewhat challenging. Now of course bungie isnt going to make a community event have anything thats too too difficult, so instead of putting a GM/raid on the helmet they give a master NF, which is a dip of your toe into endgame pve content. Then they have the pit of heresy which is relatively simple as long as you know what you are doing but still a dip of the toe into end game pve. Then they have NM hunts which is just kind of there to remind you they exist. Then the altar bosses which is also just reminding you that this activity exists. Finally 7 trials wins, but they arent just throwing you head first into trials of osiris no. Its 7 trials wins but without the main difficulty of trials, that difficulty being a card that you have a limited amount of loses on. Meaning all you have to do is get 7 wins with infinite chances and every win counts forever, as well as the fact that you will be matched with other people on 0 win cards. You could look at this as both a dip of the toe into end game PVP content aswell as a reminder of "hey this gamemode exists". But the most common misconception is that they are forcing people into end end game pvp, which is simply not true. Due to the matchmaking of trials the earlier in the card you are the easier your games. And all the end end game parts of trials are taken away except for the LL enabled part.

Probably to push people out of their comfort zone. Probably to make the white armor glow more exclusive and possibly sell more colored armor glow. At least you have three weeks left to get it. 7 wins isn't too many. Do you want PvP tips? I usually don't play trials, but started because of the MMXX seal. I've been having fun. I can usually average 1 win per card with anyone from LFG. 4 wins is my record, done on three cards.