Destiny 2 remains one of the largest video games on the market, and it combines an ever-evolving sandbox with plenty of content dropping from Seasons and annual expansions. Across the game modes Destiny 2 offers, one that often ends up sparking debates is PvP, with its regular Crucible playlist and the recently reworked Trials of Osiris. PvP is constantly updated in Destiny 2 thanks to all the sandbox patches that adjust the meta by tuning up or down items and abilities based on their performance thus far.
The same principle is what Bungie has been using to determine what was going to be done with Trials of Osiris after the initial rework that came with Season of the Lost. Despite the fact that players are still unhappy about no new Destiny 2 PvP maps coming to the game prior to next year, the reworked Trials managed to dramatically increase the PvP population with a revamped reward system and rules. However, changing the rules was always going to be Bungie's intention in order to keep track of what works and what doesn't for Destiny 2 moving forward.
A Reddit user called White_Stallions shared a post about how Destiny 2's PvP community would do just about anything in order not to match against players with similar skill levels. This refers to how many players have been complaining about the recent Trials of Osiris changes, where the matchmaking system works in a way that tries to match players with and against others with similar statistics. In fact, the post is meant to be calling out those who adopt this mindset, but it also offers some precious insights on why this is the case in the first place.
I've never seen a PvP community do everything in their power to avoid playing opponents of similar skill or better. from DestinyTheGame
One of the comments explains that one of the biggest problems Trials of Osiris face is that the rewards are based on dominating the matches and defeating the opponents, which is far easier to achieve against someone who is less skilled. This is further emphasized by the Flawless system, which only allows players with a streak of 7 wins to access an exclusive area called The Lighthouse for much better rewards. Again, this is much easier to do if the players encounter opponents under their skill level.
Removing the Flawless Pool was something many Destiny 2 players have been asking of Bungie over the last few weeks, and yet, now that it's done it's still a problem due to the solution the developer found. Balancing PvP is not as easy as one would think, and it's likely Bungie will need some time to do it properly.
Destiny 2 is available on PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.