Add an objective to Trials and everyone loses their minds!
It needs fine tuning to be sure, but this is a good start. The zone should move in between a few places around the middle of the map, not to one extreme and the other. It shouldn’t be affected by score, it should just be centrally located.
An objective is a good thing. Having it be a capture point is a good thing to have once in awhile. It shouldn’t be the only new idea brought to Trials game modes. Simple elimination is boring. So change it up and refine the game modes before Witch Queen. Use this down time to get Trials into a really good place. This week, the capture point idea is good, but poorly executed. Refine it.
Its not all about the objective (but its a part of it). My biggest issue is the matchmaking is still just wrong. Consistently matching full teams against 3 randoms is doing nothing but handing out the good toys to the kids that already have them. Its like NFL players going up against Pop Warner 8 year olds. It shouldnt happen and shame on any good player that actually wants to play people who arent NEAR their league to pad their stats.
I hated the first two weeks of Trials this season. Why? I played solo. The solo experience is never going to be great honestly. Even against only other solos, it’s going to be a rough path to victory. Especially with an objective involved. If I was you I’d look into finding clan members to play with. If you can keep spirits high even when losing or having rough matches, it feels great to play with a team. If you can’t play with others for some reason, that sucks, and I feel bad, but I can’t see any way to make solo Trials a quality experience so long as flawless rewards the best stuff.
Definitely needs work but made the game feel so much less stale! Plus I ran into so many different play styles and team comp choices, it really made it feel like so much fun. I think I burnt 6 hours playing yesterday night and I havent even wanted to play more than like 2 cards in idk how many weeks/seasons. It needs to be tuned for sure, but really made it so 100 int and a few early kills doesnt just insta win a game