Trials kinda sucks as a mode
I get that if they added skill based match making it would kinda defeat the purpose and make it really hard to go flawless, but it’s just not fun with how many really good people are in there
my friends and I had been doing 3v3 elimination to practice for it and we had been winning like 80 percent of our games, but we join Trials and there everyone is just so good we can’t get any wins
The biggest problem with Trials right now isn't really the mode, it's the sandbox.
Stasis, 120rpm hand cannons, and snipers are so oppressive.
The biggest shift from Competitive 3v3 to Trials is a hard shift towards defensive play. The number one rule of Trials right now is 'make them come to you'. In the early rounds, matches go quick. Once you get to the later rounds, both teams tend to sit back more, try to bait more, etc. Basically that first pick (first kill on either team to turn it 3v2) completely shifts thing, and the team with 3 gets aggressive.
Stasis, 120rpm hand cannons and snipers make it so tough to play aggressively and push, so easy to punish.
Wasn't always this way. Once upon a time, there was a period where the most powerful classes were top-tree solar warlock, mid-tree arc titan, and mid-tree void hunter. All fast, aggressive classes. 120rpm handcannons hadn't been buffed, 150rpm hcs and shotguns were the favorite weapons. Trials played very differently.