It doesn't even matter because the participation rates are skewed.

What everyone here fails to realize, and apparently Bungie as well, according to the way they nerfed hunter medals to the ground is this: you prove which class is best by selecting that class cuz they appeal the most to you if hunters appeal the most to majority of playerbase, apparently hunters are best deal with it After all, Bungie decided to give all the cool/effective/good movement to the hunters, leaving titans and warlocks to glide around like a bunch of monkeys. And at the end of the day, when their playerbase creates and plays all 3 classes, of course t hey will pick out 1 as a main, especially for events like these. I myself have and play all 3 classes, with an emphasis on hunters because I enjoy their movement, capes, and generally their skill set. Anyways, when the community makes their mind up and decides to main hunters in a large majority, what does Bungie do? They nerf hunter medals to the ground. I mean, what did they expect here, of course that the most popular class will have the most active players around. That's the thing, this has nothing to do with ''which class is the best'', it's just ''which class is preferred''. With a bounty/medal system like this, you can't possibly have ANY contest to prove ''which class is best'' because there is no equal environment for that testing/competition to happen. They could have easily made a number of queues/arenas where 1 of each class is required (same how 8 players are needed for gambit for example) and they create a number of different competitions. No weapons allowed, just you and your class abilities. Go and see who survives the longest, who runs the fastest, who is the most agile and who can mitigate the most damage. Or whatever. But this, whatever this is, is just a bunch of bs rigged heavily against hunters due to them being picked the most by the player base. The moment I get my hands on my heir, I'm done with the event, cuz all thje time invested, all the ''get good'' comments that I'm sure will fly my way for this, all of it... none of it matters because no matter how good you get, the odds are heavily stacked against hunters and that's a fact. Anyone who denies that is just a b**** who needs to ''get good'' because they can't accept the fact that, without Bungie holding their hand, they wouldn't even sneak a peek over the hunter banner.

What you're not accounting for is how many of that 60% is running 2 to 3 Hunters vs the Titans running 2 to 3 Titans on one account? One account can turn in 21 medals to their respective class if you run three of the same class. If you run Hunter, Titan, and Warlock, then this event pretty much isn't designed for each player to prove their worth, but each character under a player. Edit: And to add insult to injury, I find it very suspicious we've been beating their heads in about showing numbers instead of visuals objects to convey progress; progression bar, XP bar, etc, yet they decide to go with a banner approach of which is the tallest with no real number indicator that shows how many gold medals have been acquired and each player. Because if there was a visible tracker you would see a majority of players maining Titans with over the feasible amount within the given time of the event launched when deleting a character. The incentive is destroyed.

Agreed

I couldn’t care less which class wins. I’ve been playing all three and picked up Heir Apparent last night. Just the other 2 ghost shells to get over the next couple of weeks as I’m not playing Rumble to get super kills for that emblem.

It was obviously supposed to be the fix for faction rallies. Then some "genius" decided herpa derp derp derp let's make it the destiny Olympics and pit classes vs each other. I'm sure a few hundred people who worked hard said hell no are you stupid? However since this fools mommy and daddy were rich people they get to do w.e they want no matter how stupid cause they were given a job with no qualifications. That's how you get guardian games. That's life. Oh and sorry to say that lmg is going to be more disappointing to you then this entire thing once you try to use it and die vs everything with an arc weapon. Womp womp.

A rigged competition is no competition. Hell- the Warlocks are passed us! I've removed my Guardian Games cloak. I cant help if there is no longer an incentive to help. If i tell my clan this thing rigged they'll pull out on principle alone! There us no glory in this, no honor. It is a hollow victory and the Titans should know it.

Hah! Hunters most likely to win? Good joke. Our medal turn ins have been nerfed into the dirt, like what happened to sleeper simulant in season 4. We manage to win the first day, and I swear to god, there must have been another nerf to hunter medals. At this point, I'm just getting the exotic and using the medal packages for some gear, that's it. Hunter's aren't going to win.

They specifically said in the trailer the winner gets bragging rights it's exactly to show who's the best class

...but what if we give the sloth roller skates and a gun?

Thing is hunters are working at a marked disadvantage also, Bungie said so. Plus we don't really know how Bungie gets their info on guardian class numbers and how they are processing numbers for who's winning. (Bungie at this time isn't exactly known for their accuracy, much less ability to do anything balanced or fair) For example, there might be more hunters but it's usually in PvP from what I see. And every time I run PvE events it's the other way around. I'd really like to see what the numbers are for regular players in PvE and PvP crowd. Regular meaning ppl who regularly play the game instead of just something like 3 hours a week bc from what the results are looking like so far, Titans are beating out hunter class by something like 2x. Could also be that since there is a cheese for free gold medals players are vaulting their gear and deleting their unwanted classes and creating new ones. I use all 3 classes so this contest is pointless IMO, faction rallies made more sense.

The heavy machine gun is literally the only reason I even logged in. Wish the results of this actually mattered. Like it would be cool if the winner determined an exotic that got in. Tlaloc for warlock, Fabian for Titan, and an exotic still piercer for hunter since we already have the ace

There is no point other than propping up the most toxic elements and then throwing that toxicity a parade. This whole season warrants a written apology from Bungie. Nothing released yet has landed well, even Heir Apparent isnt gonna change the game in any real sense coz Bungo made damned sure to throttle down its boss damage.

It's not really a competition. No really? It's just bounties and bounties masquerading as medals and pretty colors to point your guardian towards the cash shop. No vision. No innovation. Not even fun. Just some lazily tacked on bounties and wasted development time for a coat of olympic themed paint in the tower. Would it have taken any longer than it took to design the new deposit in the tower toilet system to do leader boards, or a few speed run activities? Or a three way pvp mode? And maybe so unique theme event gear that drops randomly based on your individual participation in event activities? Anyway. I wont armchair quarterback. What I will say it's just a lazy uninspired event. I think I've said it over and over since the launch of these seasonal pass style content drops and events.

Well.... -blam!- me sideways. Gave up on PvP a year ago because it helps me keep my inner rage in check. I’ve accepted the fact that every Exotic god damn Hand Cannon requires crucible to complete... so let that pass. Just realized in order to get Heir Apparent PvP is required. So... -blam!- it, thinking I’m already done. At this point Guardian Games for me is a waste of time.