TV, as a whiskey guy my favorite home remedy for colds is 6-8 oz of boiled water 2-3 oz of high proof whiskey 2 tbsp of real honey 1/4 lemon squeezed in and leave the remains in the cup. I like to use a crushed mint leaf if I happen to have any. It’s basically a hot toddy for a cold. Some people will dissolve a peppermint in there but I like mint leaves. Hope you feel better man!
Its a cute drink and makes you "feel" better but it does nothing but cultivate the bacteria that's causing the issue. Drink water, take a shot of apple cider vinegar or just vinegar, stay away from carbs as the sucralose and fructose will also strengthen the bad bacteria. Best to enjoy steamed dark greens like broccoli or brussels sprouts. The vinegar will both help the depleted good bacteria in your gut while allowing the magnesium rich foods to "sift" through the blood brain barriers and give relief through the rest of your immune system.
It's not that bad, like it sucks but the matchmaking is weird. Like, I swear it puts you through like 10 endurance games to see if you're willing to keep playing but then after that every game becomes a joke. It's so weird, every weekend I go flawless, I go through a dozen bad games before I suddenly start getting really good teammates but very bad enemies. It's unfun either way. Duos is the most fun imo. It feels like every match is fairly balanced. Like you actually have to fight for it, and it's not entirely one sided.
@@legoshi6531 all the weekend was the same, three days of wining 1 and loosing the next, that´s not even weird, thats trash, all tha game were just me with 2 guy ready to play nightfalls with their lodouts and dying all the time with no kills, vs 3 guys ready to kick our ass
Solo queue is absolutely terrible unless you can hard carry most games. Also, ive noticed it takes so much damage to put teams down. 3000 damage to get a round win.
Yep, permanent freelance was a mistake. I wish it would have stayed once in a while or every other. Now I wish friends could at least get thrown a bone and get a friend-play weekend where you get teams-only queue.
@@boatsfa2015 Yep, me and my last hold out buddy still duo. It was refreshing one twid to see Bungie actually say they won't quash the duo queue because they know these players won't go to the solo or trio, they'll just quit. Very validating. But sometimes we wish they would just do it. Then we could finally quit like all our friends did when they made PvP a solo experience.
So much worse now. They should separate passage of persistence players who just want adept weapons so they stop quitting out of sweaty lobbies. I'm not great, but have been to Lighthouse several times as a solo player. But these new lobbies are impossible for me to make it to 7 even with mercy because of the quitting/jumping off map after losing 1 or 2 rounds.
No. You still have to earn your adept. Don’t blame the game because all these kids are quitters. Kids today are so spoiled and used to getting their way with everything the second something doesn’t go their way they just give up or quit. No heart at all in any of these kids. They fold like a piece of paper. Never done anything hard in their hole life. So the game isn’t the problem, it’s the people that are the games biggest problem.
It’s not even the meta. The problem and the main bungie killer is the lobby balance and matchmaking. Every game is 5-0 either way. They put the highest kds on one team and lowest kds on the other. It’s ridiculous at this point. Edit: To clarify I go flawless solo every weekend. This is not a skill issue here it’s an observation. I’ve had weekends where I’ve played over 200 games to get flawless. I know what I’m talking about and bungie is 100% lying to us about matchmaking. It is not random in the slightest.
It may feel like that, but they’ve stated that they do not do any form of lobby balancing. It’s just completely random. I’ve been with the best players and also the worst players. It’s just rng what happens.
Duos and trios does not feel that way. Solos if that’s what you’re referencing shouldn’t exist. Well actually lemme rephrase. It should only exist if DUOS didn’t exist. Duos ruins solos and trios matchmaking.
I feel like its the same, if anything slightly worse for solo queue because if youre stuck with a bad team, your teammates will get farmed and if you rez them they get farmed again. It pretty much turns into an infinite special ammo glitch for the enemy team. Bad teammates you could usually almost carry them but now it gets nearly impossible when everyone on the enemy team has several shotgun shots. Either way i dont really care, it feels pretty much the same but a lot less snipers which makes me happy. Something so nice about being able to peek a lane and not have 3 sniper dots on your face.
I'm curious how Trials would be if they just took out the super meter and everyone just starts off with 1 super they can use at any time, but only get 1 super per game for Trials.
First 2 rounds would be terrible😂 but I kinda like that. I hate how anxious everyone gets at the end of a match wondering those bubble titans are gonna get it. And then you have rush to sight not really caring about positioning just to keep the titan away. It’s really annoying
The better players destroy you now because you cant ease out the game with special. Or your team that is, my teams tend to be bots and only get kills with abilities or special in the first two rounds then they do 100dmg 😂.
@@fotis3v480 I will admit forerunner maybe have a several hundred trials kills on it. Just need to get used to not crutching on it or learn to love shotguns I guess.
Funnily enough i started using it cuz that gun has legit no counterplay with the 0.6ttk and zero flinch😂. Stockpiled like 400kills last weekend.@@ThomasFort
As always well thought through, informative and reality. Been playing D1 & D2 on and off since inception, never too hard-core and a less than average player. Decided to jump into trials last week solo for the first time and it's tough, but advice and learning points help, cheers TV.
What happened to the practice/challenger pool? Half of my matches this weekend were with people who already went flawless, sometimes multiple times. I don’t recall hearing about any recent matchmaking changes. Seems like bungie just said “fuck it, let’s try lottery matchmaking.”
If you are playing on a Flawless card you are in the Challenger pool. The only way to get into the Practice pool is to either be on an epic losing streak or to be playing on a flawed card after Sunday reset.
Same here man, like my first match would be against players that have gone flawless already and I can’t seem to pass my fourth win. Cause I get teamed against ether flawless or sweaty players. Which don’t get me wrong I can hold my on, but my teammates don’t. The matchmaking system in trials is weird or just not working at all.
This has and always will be the thing that ruins trials for me. The population just isn't there. It either feels like I'm playing against a New Light who's doing PVP for their first time, or (much more often) a team of players who have the Flawless title, or at least go flawless regularly. I had maybe 5/40 games that felt balanced and they were really engaging, but the rest it just felt like there was no hope for one team to win and the match was decided before it even began. I actually enjoy the auto meta and general gameplay right now, but matchmaking is making me not want to return this weekend.
@@donroboto3051 this. This past weekend I could not go above 5 wins in 30 games. That 5th win was harder and sweatier than any 7/7 game I've EVER played. I really miss the non-flawless/flawless pool. It was so much more consistent and rewarding when you finally got to the flawless pool. The flawless pool was full of players who just wanted to relax and farm loot. Now the challenger pool is a mix n match of players who are trying to get that 7th win and players who barely got their 4th.
@@MaybeABear The problem here is using such a complex matchmaking in a game mode that doesn't have enough people playing. It was easier to go flawless and even help people back in Destiny 1. Bungie's obsession on protecting people who aren't meant to be there, that they are ruining the playlist for everyone including those they are trying to help.
Playing Trials over the weekend some of the callouts I saw as older gamer in a smaller region (Australia) on D2 PC 1. Passage of Persistence - Whilst a interesting way to give access to players who can't go flawless it's still fundamentally flawed with the ping/pong wins/losses and team matchmaking within Trials. I watched as matching making would place the stronger players onto the enemy team and then repeat that for consecutive matches. So the slow and stead climb ended up more like walking through a blizzard whilst a avalanche is occurring and whilst only wearing undies. So for my 12 hours of grinding I managed to get one adept weapons so the time to value balance still requires some tweaking. 2. Connectivity/Networking - Still a major pain point within smaller regions and varies so wildly as I played people from the Russian Federation, Canada, US, Japan, China and is so instrumental in influencing the match outcome when latency and the current tick rate of the game. Damage is suddenly applied or double damage glitching makes the majority of gunfights a frustrating experience and a unknown variable with each engagement. Then we have the situations where you will disengage and be safely behind cover but due to latency the game still registers on there screen you as not been in cover. 3. Player protection - I came across far to many situations of team mates leaving matches, which created this situation of 2v3 or 1v3. Whilst the player may get punished with a timeout the remaining players aren't offered any type of win/loss protection and leaves them in a no win situation. Overall Bungie needs to consider re-working the persistence card to either allow the farming of adept weapons on wins once you reach 7 wins or drop the losses remove wins so that people continue to farm the 7 wins to get the adept drops.
Actually about that 3. callout, I have received some passage protections last weekend when one of my teammates got disconnected. It did not happen 100% of the time but it *did* happen? I was pleasantly surprised. Also connection sucks even in bigger regions and matchmaking for some playlists can take FOREVER
Same experience here. Did the Persistence Passage and it was a total nightmare. Teammatss getting absolutely farmed, or jumping off the edge. They need to add OR 21 total wins. Took me at least 12 hrs as well and it was absolute misery. Will never do it again.
@@itshadouken i played the entire time the node was active and 3 hours before reset when i needed to go to sleep, i was two wins short of my first ever flawless
@@PERCY-1417not sure how it applies when teams mates straight up leave and maybe I missed the message during the ongoing action. The after action screen would show it removing a win but maybe that's just a visual bug.
@@itshadouken Same boat here, roughly 12 hours. If I had to guess, I was north of at least 35 total wins and dealt with at least 15 cases of leavers/disconnectors.
Hope you feel better dude. The one weekend I played trials since the update didn’t feel terrible (summoner weekend), but it wasn’t a ton of fun either. I definitely appreciated the new persistence card, made getting my adept faster (got insanely lucky on my one drop), but the meta was rough. Once I settled in, I ran an old adept summoner to get my new one, but autos were everywhere, and it felt like it wasn’t worth starting with a special then switching after using all of my ammo. I think your breakdown was spot on, and as a warlock main, I’d give anything to not have to run well of radiance in every single activity or feel like I’m actively throwing whatever I’m doing.
Thank you for highlighting the fact that some people are horrible team players. Bungie’s changes to PvP have been great and I hope they keep going in this direction. I would love to see a PvP mode where everyone gets the same weapons and armor with all abilities turned off.
I strongly disagree with you on the Well-Lock/Bubble-Titan. It's worse for titans, but the reduction of the regen means they're not getting that super until 3-4 / 4-4 with 100 INT which most are not running. If anything in 8-10 matches, especially if you're dual/solo-queue, you're a detriment to your team by running solar and to some degree void titan. Void is by far the strongest Warlock build, titans on solar/arc with their kits can be very effective. It's your neutral game build that matters more (precious scars for example). You have a CHANCE to get the solar titan super at or near 100 INT, Nova is a game ender and a counter to well and bubble. Hunter supers (which they will get quicker than your bubble or well very likely) are also bubble and well killers. I still don't like the domination mode, but it DOES get people moving and reduce the match time and sitting and waiting.
I'll be honest, I'll prefer this meta over the special ammo any day. Getting one shot by a special weapon accidentally or seemingly out of nowhere feels so much worse than getting team shot because you weren't paying attention to your positioning
@@WHlSKYtx I mean, yeah, but if I'm just getting one shot by random apes with shotguns, or because I peeked an angle at an unlucky time to a sniper, it doesnt exactly show me any way to improve said game sense other than just, "git gud"
I actually don’t care either way I’m just glad there’s less ability spam. I do with special wasn’t AS rare tho.. as a sniper I enjoy being able to you know.. snipe? lol
Always make it to the end of your videos TV, ever since D1. Doesnt matter which game. Always rooting for you. Always happy to hear your opinion on the internet. What else is there to say. Good guy makes good content and is a good time.
This video was longer than I’ve played trials this season. I just find your takes very well thought out and I like to keep my finger on the pulse of PvP a little bit
Hey TV! Made it to the end! I agree with you in all the points you made. I especially like the risk and reward aspect to choosing double primary or having that special for “just in case” scenario. Witherhord is my fun go to special that can come in clutch for the team firing meta we are in
My biggest complaint is the uncertainty of special ammo. Previously, you knew someone only had 2 shots. If you could bait 2 sniper shots at the beginning of a round, you knew you were clear to push. Now, I have no idea if someone has special or not. Is that shotgun full or empty? Can I push or not? The first two weeks, special was bugged and you got even less, that was easier to manage. Now, you have to assume they have it. On my side, knowing that the other team is stacking bubbles, you have to run conditional and save ammo for the later rounds as that is your only counter. Bungie nerfed roaming supers when Trials was just elimination, now that it is dominion, the super changes are all wrong. Bubble and well need more counters. Teather is meh.
If you were actually able to get other supers in a trials match it might not be so bad but it seems like you hardly ever get mid tier let alone high tier supers at all.
Loved the video. You basically summed up my trials experience this weekend. While I definitely could be better, I agree that playing off of your randoms is possible and practical. Hope you feel better TV!
@TrueVanguard : Good stuff brother. Well articulated. Although I'm a scrub at execution of strategy in PvP (which I'm planning to get more practice in to improve), your thoughts are quite helpful towards my desired end! Made it to the end, and I always seek to listen to the entirety of your videos my brother! I pray your continued and complete healing, and hopefully the Mrs' and children will finally let you go on vacation with them too!
Bro, i like how u talk and your vision on trials/comp side of the game..u dindt screamed everytime nerf that, or that like many another streamers, u do not play with the same guns everytiime means a lot and also u play solo..not so easy, even for a pvp focused guy.Appreciate ur videos and keep doing them.
I made it to the end. I like the longer commentary videos to listen to on my way to work. Two things this new sandbox taught me are I need to improve my reticle placement prior to engagements and practice tracking a bit more.
I've actually been playing more Trials these past two weekends than the rest of my trials playtime combined. Even reset my rank with Saint. As a primarily PVE player with 3500hrs in the game i always felt like trials was stingy with loot, especially since I'm not very skilled Silver 1 gang rise up lol). But with passage of wealth and the 3 stack bonus I'm now drowning in loot. I play PVP solo but this has pushed me into making an LFG for "trash players, no toxicity, losing is OK" every weekend and farming out engrams. Great changes, a W for bungie PVP.
Gonna be honest I think the primary reason snipers arent being used is the ammo economy. 2 sniper bullets feels a lot less than 2 shotgun shots... idk if its just me for that though. I think a fair balance change would be snipers getting 4 shots per transmat while shotguns continue to get 2.
solo matchmaking was painful last week, but overall I like this meta more. More primary gun skill, I enjoy making intelligent decisions on how to use my special ammo. i am an arc titan main, as I love knockout, especially with less special making strong melees more valuable. i never really felt outclassed by my void brethren, but I definitely feel the pressure to switch to void and the data supports that. overall we’re heading in the right direction methinks
I came back to d2 pvp recently after not touching it since October, and I can say I enjoy it way more with the threat of snipers being diminished. I also got my first flawless this year easily with this new sandbox (got 9 wins in a row before losing)
I'm a double primary main since stasis first dropped and this season I'm pushing to have my highest kds in trials. Finally having weeks with over 2.0 kds as a stasis titan not using the over shield shard cheese, just oem. Feels way more rewarding to hit your shots now and getting out a fight and living because someone didn't hit their crits makes movement even more important. (hence using shiver strike as my main way to get out of situations if I push in too much).
Thank you for your insight. I have been playing for nine years and I’m a mediocre crucible player at best but I have gone flawless once when it was based on abilities and connection, if they had kept that in place, I would’ve played more.
Made it to the end. You know, over the past few years I've disagreed with you a lot TV on the sniper nerfs (and agree with you and most everything else, although I was always a Swift Verdict stan when you were saying other sidearms were better lol). I thought some of them were definitely warranted. But it's pretty undeniable now that it's gone too far - and I say that as someone who really hates snipers and how oppressive they can be. Maybe the auto nerfs will help, but I kind of doubt it'll make a dent. The problem is that you can't follow up very easily. You get a body shot, they get away. You might as well run a bow instead at that point. At least with a bow you can quick swap, or even if they get away you have infinite ammo. Anyway, great video as usual, hope you feel better soon.
I’ve been enjoying blink voidwalker recently. It’s won me gunfights and games. Still learning trials and blink as a whole but I’m having a pretty good time. The persistence card gives me more confidence
What's crazy to me is the fact that duo trials is ridiculously hard compared to running solo. Every single time me and my buddy queued into trials as a duo, the matches were basically the sweat olympics. When running solo, it's really easy for some reason. To the point where i can go flawfless every card without even breaking a sweat. Something is seriously wrong when a game disincentives you from playing with friends.
Hey TV - I think the reason your KD has gone up, is that you’re a really skilled player with great positional play, so you’re rewarded. My concern therefore is that low to average players will struggle even more, and so their KD will drop, and then they’ll stop playing altogether - and trials biggest issue is low player population. Passage of persistence should just be wins (no loss removal) - give people the loot, to get them in the game and everyone will have more fun!!
Overall, I like the ability nerf in Trials, but the inability to combat Wells and Bubbles with special has made Trials worse than it was before update. Really wouldn't have taken Special Ammo away. It's made the game (as a PVP MAIN) much less enjoyable. Still solo flawless every weekend, but in this Guardians opinion, the overall change from last update has made PVP worse, ESPECIALLY Trials.
I’m glad you are enjoying it. I know there are many of you having more fun than ever before. I’m just not one of them. Over the last few years , I’ve improved to become the definition of average. I run a .9 KD and win 51% of my matches. (Up from a .7KD winning about 25%). I’ve gone from playing 30 Trials matches a season to playing 4-500/season. But checkmate takes virtually all the fun out of the mode for me. I enjoy Collision as the last refuge where the crucible is enjoyable. I enjoy the flow between all my weapons and tactical use of abilities. I love aggressive play, but find shotguns boring. The ability change is fine w/me… barely notice it as you stated. But being limited to primary feels like a slower CoD to me. The games aren’t compelling in ToO with nearly 60% of matches ending in 5-0/5-1. The compelling games are those ending 5-4/5-3, but those are only 21% of the games. Until they figure out how to shift the curve so that 5-0/5-4 happen about the same frequency- the outcome of most matches is predetermined no matter how well/poorly a team performs. I got my great adepts for the new scout/summoner and I’m out. I’m going to go from playing 80-100 hours a season of Trials, and probably 3-4 times that in control/comp to…. 5-10? Many of those I play with feel the same. There is just no room for the average player in the space anymore unless you enjoy running bubble Titan/wellock with CF and an Auto. It’s not just snipers that are dead, Bows are down 89% Smgs are down 58% pulses are down 30% HC are down nearly 10% (although I believe they will rebound with the fix to EP) Snipers are down 92% Fusions down 89% Traces down 73% Glaive down 72% GLs down 83% LFR down 47% There are a few weapons benefiting, namely Autos, Scouts, Sidearms, and LMGs, but there are even fewer viable PRIMARY options than before. The new card system without checkmate, and I would have probably increased my PvP time. Go get it. I enjoy your content and find you to be a creator that tries to see perspectives of all players, I’ll still be watching your vids, so let me know when they decide to bring back the space magic and give fusion rifles more than 1 shot. I’m nit leaving the game, just going back to my raiding roots and finding it quite enjoyable to meet people in the LFG to help them get their first clears.so all is well, please keep speaking for the average players as well, like you always have.
I think this was the best possible outcome for the Crucible. Little to no specials (unless you're already super good and charging your meter faster), and if you are getting specials you were already guaranteed to win that match on primary gunskill alone, so it helps speed up the stomping. I was so sick of getting domed by snipers winging out shots (since ammo wasn't a precious commodity), fusions mapping people, and shotgun aping 24/7. By making specials a precious (special) commodity, they made them require a more measured approach. That said, we can hope to see some buffs to the lesser-used special weapons because they can be powerful tools again. They don't need to constantly eat nerfs anymore.
And before any trolls get in here. My performance is about the same, maybe slightly better. It’s not an issue where I feel I can’t compete/win in this sandbox. I just find the playstyle as exciting as watching the Revolutionary War being fought with two lines plinking at each other from across the field. I can shred with my scout/sidearm setup. I can suck with it too-just like before. Depends on the game... I’m just an average player. I’m cool with that.
The problem isn't as much teamshoot but a certain type of player that is overly reliant on radar and their version of 'engaging' is waiting for the red on radar to engage them. Usually paired with longer range weapons too. This is the real poison of the sandbox.
It's been fun to be able to use my favourite loadout (rose, slug shotty and stompies) and feel like I can compete without having to resort to some kind of cheese like invis, GL, rat king, Gemini, ahamkaras etc.
I personally like the new changes as it allows me to play without worrying about the excess special in the old sandbox. Ive found success using a glaive on a blink hunter and while i still havent been flawless, im able to better discern areas of improvement since if i die to a primary 9/10 times its because of a mistake i made
This is my biggest problem as well. I played 300 matches no joke last weekend. And i saw bubble, well, blade barrage, and a very rare nova bomb, thats literally it. They need to adjust the super teirs and make others at least attainable sometimes. As it is now people will choose subclasses based on if theres even a small hope they will get the super, which is absolutly not happening unless you use one the few classes i mentioned
Nah, there are just so many more hunter players. We've seen it with guardian games where Bungie had to skew the point system in favour of the other classes to gain a semblance of balance. Titans and Warlocks are really strong in trials, whereas hunters don't have anything game breaking, that's why they can play whatever.
I think one of the hardest parts of the new update, is that like you mentioned, it rewards player with great aim but also severely punishes players without it. Im not gonna say im great, but i average a 1.3kd in Trials and just feel like when I go in solo, i consistently get those players that have 0 map awareness, cant aim, and heck, dont even TRY to get revives 🤦🏻♂️ but great vid TV. I always enjoy your mellow input and just overall outlook on the game.
The solution is give every super the same default cooldown time for trials. So that way it's more likely that others will have supers up to counter the bubbles or wells
If you’re struggling going flawless use your shotty or fusion in the first round than swap to devils ruin. It got a slight nerf but it is still just as easy to get the lazer kill. Especially with the radiant mod in the artifact. I also pair it with knucklehead radar so I can precharge perfectly. Also with knucklehead giving the damage boost to weak targets it just makes it again, easier to lazer people
I hope you start to feel better MrTV. I did make it to the end. With all the changes Bungie has made I am still hesitant to jump into a solo q for trials. I guess I just need to get over it and try.
Bungie wants people to stand together in bubbles and wells , standing at 1 point of the map waiting for someone peaking , then teamshotting the hell out of solo players with auto rifles .. roaming supers charge for ever and you have less ammunition to counter with a special .. that should be better then before . I think not .
It is telling that shotguns have not left the top slot of special weapons (that i can remember) ever. They now make up more than 3 times the kills of all other special weapons combined
Honestly since the changes, I’ve improved a lot. I’m not much of a crucible player, but I was told how much I’ve improved when someone told me “I’m only a 1.2 KD player and im trash” lol but I remember my KD being a .9 the meta has really helped me become better winning my 1s but I still need to learn movement and have better knowledge of maps when I solo queue. I do understand the frustration tho with this auto meta cause playing against it is annoying, but I feel rewarded when I can land my shots with my prophet adept. To me in my opinion, I like this meta and I hope to improve more while playing in it
I think one of the biggest problems is matchmaking it’s incredibly inconsistent and you don’t know what ur getting. Last weekend I averaged a 3.1kd in trials. I had to reset my card to go flawless 5 different times bc I would just get .4 and .3 teammates and would have to play double 2kds, it felt like bungie was trying to make me lose. In order for me to go flawless this weekend I had to have my best trials card I’ve prob ever had I averaged a 6.6kd and 7.87 kad over the 7 games, I felt like I had to try unbelievably hard and never had an easy game. Half the rounds I was left 1v3ing it was awful. Bungie has got to find a better way to balance out games especially in the solo playlist. It’s just to inconsistent.
Made it to the end!! But seriously I hate that snipers are dead. There's no benefit to running one, when you can't get amo for it and your likely hood of missing is so much higher than a shotgun. I spent a ton of time learning to snipe well, it's a shame I put my team and I at a disadvantage when I run one
Biggest issues I have with new matchmaking (from a solo player perspective) is that in a match with a 2 man on both teams, which is a LOT of my matches probably atleast 60%, I feel like the rounds are WAY less dependent on personal skill. Don't get me wrong I am a middle tier player hovering in the gold area of MMR, but when the game matches you with a bronze duo vs even a gold duo, unless you can carry 3/4 your rounds solo, you just kinda locked into a loss. To an extent that is expression of skill, but only for those that can probably go flawless anyways, it kinda mutes middle tier skilled solo players a lot, atleast what it feels to me. If the enemy duo is better then yours they will 90% of the time coordinate to either pin you down knowing your the best player, or just farm the bad duo you got on your team. This goes both ways in that if you get the good duo you can get a free carry sometimes, but it really makes the que feel more like a lottery of if you get the better duo or not. The other issue I have found is the Flawless farmers. Now at this point I mostly go for adepts which is why I have been using the new persistence card and I by no means am seeking a easier flawless for myself. I am here to get my adepts and help populate the trials pool. I have done it before all the way back to Trials of the Nine, but quing in on my first and second games only to get stomped by a couple players at 6/7 games on their flawless card feels BAD. I don't think the Game X vs Game X system should come back by any means. That system was a sweaty unfun pool for good players, and next to impossible for average and lower players, but I do think it might be better if maybe people on games maybe 4/7 and up with a flawless card could only pair with people whose cards are at least at game 4/7. This would line up to make it a bit easier for people using the new Ferocity card to get atleast their 3 wins, and remove a bit of the farming. I don't mind going up against people who are trying for flawless, but these past 2 weekends I have seen a lot of "[...] has been granted access to the lighthouse" but I think I only saw 1 "[...] has fallen at the gates of the lighthouse]". Im not so much bothered by losing to a flawless team in general as it is I am tierd of losing to 3 back-to-back when I am just trying my first games of the night and don't even have 1 on my card yet. Oddly enough, I found the further into a card I got, the less flawless people at the gates I actually ran into.
Made it to the end, hope you feel better TV. Chasing Summoners made Trials fun for the last couple of weeks, and the Persistence card makes it feel worth it for me as a .65 KD player 😋
Honestly when it comes to special balancing, I really hated the idea of that at first but now I am actually really missing how it was when the change first went out. Now it feels like there’s too much special and I wish they’d roll that “fix” back up.
The fact that Bubble, Well, and Intellect tiers have gone unchanged since Subclass 3.0 is why ppl think Bungie doesn't understand their game. There's less ability and exotic armor updates compared to weapon changes and the same pain points remain. What have they been doing this whole time??
Yeah as a Titan I would love to play other subs but Bubble is just the best choice by far even though I would prefer to play others. Made it to the end always enjoy your looks at the analytics of usage as well
I found a lot of success with mida and shayuras this weekend. Perhaps it was the map but I'm just saying... I like these shake-ups that force folks to try out new things.
Although I feel like as a hunter I can dual better, when it comes to the zones warlocks and titans have the upper hand. If I see two or three hunters on the enemy team, I feel confident to keep them off the zone, but when I see teams of warlocks and titans, I know it’s going to be a pain to get them off their rift and barricade.
I know this counter isn't one people recommend but has worked for me. Edge of Concurrence for the Hunter. The exotic glaive. If you save your shots for the well/bubble round and (with lucent blade mods) land three shots. You can shut down anyone camping in them. Not meta and I wouldn't even say underrated but comes in clutch when you're solo and they are just camping the zone and seeing the chain reaction the wave frame can do just wipe out all three enemies is so satisfying.
@@BarderBetterFasterStronger They make up 41% of the entire player base for trials this weekend. There is NOT 41% more hunters than titans or warlocks. Win rates and usage rates show that Solar warlock and Void Titan are better than anything hunter has to offer.
@@BarderBetterFasterStronger Just to be clear, I prefer this new sandbox over the previous 9/10 but I think innovation to make diversity within subclasses is needed (people are going to play whatever class they like).
I personally absolutely hate the changes… like loathe them and its basically made me not want to play PVP at all, almost overnight. Problem points being horrible matchmaking (Repeatedly placing stacked flawlesses players against low-skilled, non-flawless players), bad lobby balancing, and a teamshoot auto meta. The worst change of all, that’s single handed killed my fun in PVP, is the special ammo changes. I never liked Checkmate, but was fine with it being its own thing… until they shoehorned it into being the standard, and I hate now. For a lower skilled player with a hand disability like me, I’m very reliant on special like Fusions to have any kind of fighting chance as my aim with primaries isn’t as competitive with others due to my injury.. now I practically have no chance since Primary is basically all you get now. The system also rewards better players with more special since they get more kills/damage, while weaker players get less special and continued getting stomped.. It’s just badly balanced in general. I’m more of less done with PVP now if this is going to stick forever. Special ammo being semi-available was a core part of what made PVP fun IMO.. not having it just reminds me of the all-primary era of vanilla D2, and most people remember how boring/lame that era was.
I think its a bit of both. The well and bubble need a slight cooldown nerf and the roaming supers need a cooldown buff. You'll barely see any of those supers unless they're 100 int and it's a 4-4 game in a 3's environment.
Made it to the end TV. Glad to see you back, and hope you feel better. On another note I am mediocre in PvP… I Wish I could go flawless even one time, would be nice 😂
Being below 1.0kd in trials, I feel it's always hard and rightly so. But managed to get adepts from Persistance card. Took a while but happy with change.
Made it to the end. As an overall average player/below average Trials player who typically plays solo, Ive had less luck going flawless but enjoyed the mode more overall. Fights feel more like aim and positioning are of key importance, and it's usually easier for me to tell how I was outplayed in a given scenario. The ability spam change has been really nice, and special ammo feels like it's in a decent place as of last weekend.
Stayed till the end but my issue is toxic players telling me I have no business playing trials. To get out. Stop holding others back. Very discouraging.
I think they should try to make a vennogram with (solos(duos)trios). Solos can meet solos and duos, and trios can meet trios and duos and see how that plays out. The player pools will overlap a bit making the playlist feel a bit more populated,
Sniper rifles are dead solely bc of the ammo change. Shottys aren’t that affected bc a shotty shot all but guarantees a kill and are generally used after the round devolves into pushes. Snipers are openers and even the best snipers aren’t landing more than 2/4. That means you can try your 2 snipes at the start, maybe get 1 kill. Then you are primary only for the next 2 rounds at least.
made it to the end. Personally the new sandbox feels amazing. I get way more duel's, abilities feel like they're strong but not omnipresent in every engagement, and special feels important and less spammy. The first weekend with the incorrect special meter progress definitely felt like special was too sparse and double primary was the way but now it feels like there's an even balance. Really unfortunate about snipers getting thrown in the ditch though. Sniping is hella fun but missing a single shot feels sooooo bad now that you can't justify it, shotguns are just way more consistent in the role.
I sure do love having. My first match of the week be against Panduh, x840 flawless s with a 2kd double mine oh a flawless card /9 flawless win streak. Win based matchmaking is INFINITELY SUPERIOR to fireteam based (This ain’t an isolated issue the amount of x500 flawlesses I match is rediculous.
I've had success in solo and 3's. 3's almost feels better right now, it's strange. Oh, we still got wiped by good teams but it felt like there were more people in that lobby.
made it to the end of the vid and 💯 agree with all your points. i hope the devs at Bungie find this video and can make some meaningful changes in the crucible.
As a mainly solo player who has gone solo flawless a few times, my overall crucible experience lately has been HORRIBLE.. I have no problem facing high skill players but the lobby balancing mixed with the current meta has been so frustrating. I don’t mind facing a good team if I have competent team mates too.
My take on sniping: The nerfs came because people don't like getting domed while they're landing their shots. A sniper is something you should be shooting while the other dude doesn't even know you're there, the issue in D2 is this is literally impossible in almost all cases. The small maps, the huge radar range and the fact that everyone playing knows every millimeter of every map means whenever you aim a sniper rifle, the guy you're aiming at is aiming back at you. In the small amount of cases where you can get far enough away from someone to maybe take them by surprise, all the nerfs have made those shots v hard to make (for me, a bad player, anyway) What would be the issue in giving snipers a kind of reverse aim assist? Make it so the aim assist ramps UP with range instead of down. When someone headshots you from a million miles away it feels much less annoying, even if you're plinking away with an auto rifle, you know you shouldn't be winning that dual.
The sand box is fine, minus high impact pulses imo, but the biggest issue is matchmaking. It's very obvious games are being stacked to promote fast games. There's no other reason blowouts make up 90% of solo queue matches
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TV, as a whiskey guy my favorite home remedy for colds is
6-8 oz of boiled water
2-3 oz of high proof whiskey
2 tbsp of real honey
1/4 lemon squeezed in and leave the remains in the cup.
I like to use a crushed mint leaf if I happen to have any.
It’s basically a hot toddy for a cold. Some people will dissolve a peppermint in there but I like mint leaves. Hope you feel better man!
Its a cute drink and makes you "feel" better but it does nothing but cultivate the bacteria that's causing the issue. Drink water, take a shot of apple cider vinegar or just vinegar, stay away from carbs as the sucralose and fructose will also strengthen the bad bacteria. Best to enjoy steamed dark greens like broccoli or brussels sprouts. The vinegar will both help the depleted good bacteria in your gut while allowing the magnesium rich foods to "sift" through the blood brain barriers and give relief through the rest of your immune system.
I'm not even sick and that sounds great. Honey and lemon also garlic are just amazing.
The martchmaking its just trash in solo, now its so difficult for me to go flawless solo
It's not that bad, like it sucks but the matchmaking is weird. Like, I swear it puts you through like 10 endurance games to see if you're willing to keep playing but then after that every game becomes a joke. It's so weird, every weekend I go flawless, I go through a dozen bad games before I suddenly start getting really good teammates but very bad enemies. It's unfun either way. Duos is the most fun imo. It feels like every match is fairly balanced. Like you actually have to fight for it, and it's not entirely one sided.
@@legoshi6531 all the weekend was the same, three days of wining 1 and loosing the next, that´s not even weird, thats trash, all tha game were just me with 2 guy ready to play nightfalls with their lodouts and dying all the time with no kills, vs 3 guys ready to kick our ass
How would you like the matchmaking to be in order to get you specifically to win 7 straight matches? Like what are your ideas?
Duo is easiest, solo is 2nd and 3s is by far the hardest and it's not even close. If you wanna go flawless just play with 1 other person.
Honestly it's been so much easier going flawless now especially solo
Solo queue is absolutely terrible unless you can hard carry most games. Also, ive noticed it takes so much damage to put teams down. 3000 damage to get a round win.
Yep, permanent freelance was a mistake. I wish it would have stayed once in a while or every other. Now I wish friends could at least get thrown a bone and get a friend-play weekend where you get teams-only queue.
@@BarderBetterFasterStronger yeah i just wait until sunday or monday night and duo queue. Usually a way bettet experience.
@@boatsfa2015 Yep, me and my last hold out buddy still duo. It was refreshing one twid to see Bungie actually say they won't quash the duo queue because they know these players won't go to the solo or trio, they'll just quit. Very validating. But sometimes we wish they would just do it. Then we could finally quit like all our friends did when they made PvP a solo experience.
@@BarderBetterFasterStronger we hate destiny it's our favorite game! 😂😂😂
@@boatsfa2015 My most played game, that I will not recommend to anyone.
So much worse now. They should separate passage of persistence players who just want adept weapons so they stop quitting out of sweaty lobbies. I'm not great, but have been to Lighthouse several times as a solo player. But these new lobbies are impossible for me to make it to 7 even with mercy because of the quitting/jumping off map after losing 1 or 2 rounds.
100%
No. You still have to earn your adept. Don’t blame the game because all these kids are quitters. Kids today are so spoiled and used to getting their way with everything the second something doesn’t go their way they just give up or quit. No heart at all in any of these kids. They fold like a piece of paper. Never done anything hard in their hole life. So the game isn’t the problem, it’s the people that are the games biggest problem.
dude the quitting is out of this world. like, from round 1.
@@223ndogThis is not a generational thing, and acting like it is is funny.
It’s not even the meta. The problem and the main bungie killer is the lobby balance and matchmaking. Every game is 5-0 either way. They put the highest kds on one team and lowest kds on the other. It’s ridiculous at this point. Edit: To clarify I go flawless solo every weekend. This is not a skill issue here it’s an observation. I’ve had weekends where I’ve played over 200 games to get flawless. I know what I’m talking about and bungie is 100% lying to us about matchmaking. It is not random in the slightest.
It may feel like that, but they’ve stated that they do not do any form of lobby balancing. It’s just completely random. I’ve been with the best players and also the worst players. It’s just rng what happens.
Agree on that point. Too many matches led to going against people who were already flawless when I was only on game 3 or 4 lol...
Amen
Duos and trios does not feel that way.
Solos if that’s what you’re referencing shouldn’t exist. Well actually lemme rephrase. It should only exist if DUOS didn’t exist. Duos ruins solos and trios matchmaking.
It’s very one sided, and you really just have to beat the matchmaking to go flawless
I feel like its the same, if anything slightly worse for solo queue because if youre stuck with a bad team, your teammates will get farmed and if you rez them they get farmed again. It pretty much turns into an infinite special ammo glitch for the enemy team.
Bad teammates you could usually almost carry them but now it gets nearly impossible when everyone on the enemy team has several shotgun shots.
Either way i dont really care, it feels pretty much the same but a lot less snipers which makes me happy. Something so nice about being able to peek a lane and not have 3 sniper dots on your face.
this.
Yea exactly!
I agree that parmenent freelance was the mistake. Should have stayed once in a while. Or like every other/third weekend.
Only happens to me 3 games in a row at the gates.
i have made loadouts purely for 1v3 and find it easy, but teammates can be extremely detrimental
I'm curious how Trials would be if they just took out the super meter and everyone just starts off with 1 super they can use at any time, but only get 1 super per game for Trials.
Honestly love that suggestion
First 2 rounds would be terrible😂 but I kinda like that. I hate how anxious everyone gets at the end of a match wondering those bubble titans are gonna get it. And then you have rush to sight not really caring about positioning just to keep the titan away. It’s really annoying
This is the worst idea I’ve ever heard. Thank god you are not a developer.
Interesting idea. You would have to overhaul the intellect stat though
I do g think there should be any supers at all. Would make it much more competitive. But I get why people don’t like that
I feel like matchmaking in trials is different. Before most matches felt close occasionally one sided. Now i feel like 90% are one sided .
The better players destroy you now because you cant ease out the game with special.
Or your team that is, my teams tend to be bots and only get kills with abilities or special in the first two rounds then they do 100dmg 😂.
@@fotis3v480 I will admit forerunner maybe have a several hundred trials kills on it. Just need to get used to not crutching on it or learn to love shotguns I guess.
Funnily enough i started using it cuz that gun has legit no counterplay with the 0.6ttk and zero flinch😂.
Stockpiled like 400kills last weekend.@@ThomasFort
As always well thought through, informative and reality. Been playing D1 & D2 on and off since inception, never too hard-core and a less than average player. Decided to jump into trials last week solo for the first time and it's tough, but advice and learning points help, cheers TV.
What happened to the practice/challenger pool? Half of my matches this weekend were with people who already went flawless, sometimes multiple times. I don’t recall hearing about any recent matchmaking changes. Seems like bungie just said “fuck it, let’s try lottery matchmaking.”
If you are playing on a Flawless card you are in the Challenger pool. The only way to get into the Practice pool is to either be on an epic losing streak or to be playing on a flawed card after Sunday reset.
Same here man, like my first match would be against players that have gone flawless already and I can’t seem to pass my fourth win. Cause I get teamed against ether flawless or sweaty players. Which don’t get me wrong I can hold my on, but my teammates don’t. The matchmaking system in trials is weird or just not working at all.
This has and always will be the thing that ruins trials for me. The population just isn't there.
It either feels like I'm playing against a New Light who's doing PVP for their first time, or (much more often) a team of players who have the Flawless title, or at least go flawless regularly. I had maybe 5/40 games that felt balanced and they were really engaging, but the rest it just felt like there was no hope for one team to win and the match was decided before it even began.
I actually enjoy the auto meta and general gameplay right now, but matchmaking is making me not want to return this weekend.
@@donroboto3051 this. This past weekend I could not go above 5 wins in 30 games. That 5th win was harder and sweatier than any 7/7 game I've EVER played. I really miss the non-flawless/flawless pool. It was so much more consistent and rewarding when you finally got to the flawless pool. The flawless pool was full of players who just wanted to relax and farm loot. Now the challenger pool is a mix n match of players who are trying to get that 7th win and players who barely got their 4th.
@@MaybeABear The problem here is using such a complex matchmaking in a game mode that doesn't have enough people playing. It was easier to go flawless and even help people back in Destiny 1. Bungie's obsession on protecting people who aren't meant to be there, that they are ruining the playlist for everyone including those they are trying to help.
I'm sure the veterans are doing well now, because everyone else is being punished for not landing as many crits. This divide is very noticeable.
Playing Trials over the weekend some of the callouts I saw as older gamer in a smaller region (Australia) on D2 PC
1. Passage of Persistence - Whilst a interesting way to give access to players who can't go flawless it's still fundamentally flawed with the ping/pong wins/losses and team matchmaking within Trials. I watched as matching making would place the stronger players onto the enemy team and then repeat that for consecutive matches. So the slow and stead climb ended up more like walking through a blizzard whilst a avalanche is occurring and whilst only wearing undies. So for my 12 hours of grinding I managed to get one adept weapons so the time to value balance still requires some tweaking.
2. Connectivity/Networking - Still a major pain point within smaller regions and varies so wildly as I played people from the Russian Federation, Canada, US, Japan, China and is so instrumental in influencing the match outcome when latency and the current tick rate of the game. Damage is suddenly applied or double damage glitching makes the majority of gunfights a frustrating experience and a unknown variable with each engagement. Then we have the situations where you will disengage and be safely behind cover but due to latency the game still registers on there screen you as not been in cover.
3. Player protection - I came across far to many situations of team mates leaving matches, which created this situation of 2v3 or 1v3. Whilst the player may get punished with a timeout the remaining players aren't offered any type of win/loss protection and leaves them in a no win situation.
Overall Bungie needs to consider re-working the persistence card to either allow the farming of adept weapons on wins once you reach 7 wins or drop the losses remove wins so that people continue to farm the 7 wins to get the adept drops.
Actually about that 3. callout, I have received some passage protections last weekend when one of my teammates got disconnected. It did not happen 100% of the time but it *did* happen? I was pleasantly surprised. Also connection sucks even in bigger regions and matchmaking for some playlists can take FOREVER
Same experience here. Did the Persistence Passage and it was a total nightmare. Teammatss getting absolutely farmed, or jumping off the edge. They need to add OR 21 total wins. Took me at least 12 hrs as well and it was absolute misery. Will never do it again.
@@itshadouken i played the entire time the node was active and 3 hours before reset when i needed to go to sleep, i was two wins short of my first ever flawless
@@PERCY-1417not sure how it applies when teams mates straight up leave and maybe I missed the message during the ongoing action. The after action screen would show it removing a win but maybe that's just a visual bug.
@@itshadouken Same boat here, roughly 12 hours. If I had to guess, I was north of at least 35 total wins and dealt with at least 15 cases of leavers/disconnectors.
Hope you feel better dude. The one weekend I played trials since the update didn’t feel terrible (summoner weekend), but it wasn’t a ton of fun either. I definitely appreciated the new persistence card, made getting my adept faster (got insanely lucky on my one drop), but the meta was rough. Once I settled in, I ran an old adept summoner to get my new one, but autos were everywhere, and it felt like it wasn’t worth starting with a special then switching after using all of my ammo. I think your breakdown was spot on, and as a warlock main, I’d give anything to not have to run well of radiance in every single activity or feel like I’m actively throwing whatever I’m doing.
LOL that guardian just rag dolling and hitting the floor at 5:00 killed me 💀
Thanks for the great opinions… always appreciate TV. ✌🏾🍻😊
Thank you for highlighting the fact that some people are horrible team players. Bungie’s changes to PvP have been great and I hope they keep going in this direction. I would love to see a PvP mode where everyone gets the same weapons and armor with all abilities turned off.
I strongly disagree with you on the Well-Lock/Bubble-Titan. It's worse for titans, but the reduction of the regen means they're not getting that super until 3-4 / 4-4 with 100 INT which most are not running. If anything in 8-10 matches, especially if you're dual/solo-queue, you're a detriment to your team by running solar and to some degree void titan. Void is by far the strongest Warlock build, titans on solar/arc with their kits can be very effective. It's your neutral game build that matters more (precious scars for example). You have a CHANCE to get the solar titan super at or near 100 INT, Nova is a game ender and a counter to well and bubble. Hunter supers (which they will get quicker than your bubble or well very likely) are also bubble and well killers.
I still don't like the domination mode, but it DOES get people moving and reduce the match time and sitting and waiting.
I'll be honest, I'll prefer this meta over the special ammo any day. Getting one shot by a special weapon accidentally or seemingly out of nowhere feels so much worse than getting team shot because you weren't paying attention to your positioning
You’re not wrong. I think it’s a step in the right direction. Still not perfect. But I don’t think it’ll ever be perfect.
Most of this is you not having game sense tbh
@@WHlSKYtx I mean, yeah, but if I'm just getting one shot by random apes with shotguns, or because I peeked an angle at an unlucky time to a sniper, it doesnt exactly show me any way to improve said game sense other than just, "git gud"
I actually don’t care either way I’m just glad there’s less ability spam. I do with special wasn’t AS rare tho.. as a sniper I enjoy being able to you know.. snipe? lol
Great vid. Enjoyed listening to your thoughts. Oh and you're not boring. Insightful, not boring 😂
Always make it to the end of your videos TV, ever since D1. Doesnt matter which game. Always rooting for you. Always happy to hear your opinion on the internet. What else is there to say. Good guy makes good content and is a good time.
This video was longer than I’ve played trials this season. I just find your takes very well thought out and I like to keep my finger on the pulse of PvP a little bit
Hey TV! Made it to the end! I agree with you in all the points you made. I especially like the risk and reward aspect to choosing double primary or having that special for “just in case” scenario. Witherhord is my fun go to special that can come in clutch for the team firing meta we are in
My biggest complaint is the uncertainty of special ammo. Previously, you knew someone only had 2 shots. If you could bait 2 sniper shots at the beginning of a round, you knew you were clear to push. Now, I have no idea if someone has special or not. Is that shotgun full or empty? Can I push or not? The first two weeks, special was bugged and you got even less, that was easier to manage. Now, you have to assume they have it.
On my side, knowing that the other team is stacking bubbles, you have to run conditional and save ammo for the later rounds as that is your only counter. Bungie nerfed roaming supers when Trials was just elimination, now that it is dominion, the super changes are all wrong. Bubble and well need more counters. Teather is meh.
If you were actually able to get other supers in a trials match it might not be so bad but it seems like you hardly ever get mid tier let alone high tier supers at all.
Woohoo! Finally made it into a TV video! Nothing like seeing myself pop into a 3v1 at the 4:17 mark. “It was at this moment, he knew…”
Loved the video. You basically summed up my trials experience this weekend. While I definitely could be better, I agree that playing off of your randoms is possible and practical. Hope you feel better TV!
@TrueVanguard : Good stuff brother. Well articulated. Although I'm a scrub at execution of strategy in PvP (which I'm planning to get more practice in to improve), your thoughts are quite helpful towards my desired end! Made it to the end, and I always seek to listen to the entirety of your videos my brother! I pray your continued and complete healing, and hopefully the Mrs' and children will finally let you go on vacation with them too!
Made it to the end! This was the 1st weekend I've got FL 2x in the same weekend. So I was happy with the changes.
Bro, i like how u talk and your vision on trials/comp side of the game..u dindt screamed everytime nerf that, or that like many another streamers, u do not play with the same guns everytiime means a lot and also u play solo..not so easy, even for a pvp focused guy.Appreciate ur videos and keep doing them.
I made it to the end. I like the longer commentary videos to listen to on my way to work. Two things this new sandbox taught me are I need to improve my reticle placement prior to engagements and practice tracking a bit more.
I've actually been playing more Trials these past two weekends than the rest of my trials playtime combined. Even reset my rank with Saint.
As a primarily PVE player with 3500hrs in the game i always felt like trials was stingy with loot, especially since I'm not very skilled Silver 1 gang rise up lol). But with passage of wealth and the 3 stack bonus I'm now drowning in loot.
I play PVP solo but this has pushed me into making an LFG for "trash players, no toxicity, losing is OK" every weekend and farming out engrams.
Great changes, a W for bungie PVP.
Gonna be honest I think the primary reason snipers arent being used is the ammo economy. 2 sniper bullets feels a lot less than 2 shotgun shots... idk if its just me for that though. I think a fair balance change would be snipers getting 4 shots per transmat while shotguns continue to get 2.
solo matchmaking was painful last week, but overall I like this meta more. More primary gun skill, I enjoy making intelligent decisions on how to use my special ammo. i am an arc titan main, as I love knockout, especially with less special making strong melees more valuable. i never really felt outclassed by my void brethren, but I definitely feel the pressure to switch to void and the data supports that. overall we’re heading in the right direction methinks
Hey TV I’ve been having a lot of fun with my 180rpm hand cannon with outlaw killclip. It still 3 taps most guardians to the head with kill clip active
great vid, couldnt agree about the sniper/ shotty differential.
I came back to d2 pvp recently after not touching it since October, and I can say I enjoy it way more with the threat of snipers being diminished. I also got my first flawless this year easily with this new sandbox (got 9 wins in a row before losing)
Made it to the end, be warm and well fed yourself TV! 🤜🏾
I'm a double primary main since stasis first dropped and this season I'm pushing to have my highest kds in trials. Finally having weeks with over 2.0 kds as a stasis titan not using the over shield shard cheese, just oem. Feels way more rewarding to hit your shots now and getting out a fight and living because someone didn't hit their crits makes movement even more important. (hence using shiver strike as my main way to get out of situations if I push in too much).
Thank you for your insight. I have been playing for nine years and I’m a mediocre crucible player at best but I have gone flawless once when it was based on abilities and connection, if they had kept that in place, I would’ve played more.
Made it to the end. You know, over the past few years I've disagreed with you a lot TV on the sniper nerfs (and agree with you and most everything else, although I was always a Swift Verdict stan when you were saying other sidearms were better lol). I thought some of them were definitely warranted. But it's pretty undeniable now that it's gone too far - and I say that as someone who really hates snipers and how oppressive they can be. Maybe the auto nerfs will help, but I kind of doubt it'll make a dent. The problem is that you can't follow up very easily. You get a body shot, they get away. You might as well run a bow instead at that point. At least with a bow you can quick swap, or even if they get away you have infinite ammo. Anyway, great video as usual, hope you feel better soon.
I’ve been enjoying blink voidwalker recently. It’s won me gunfights and games. Still learning trials and blink as a whole but I’m having a pretty good time. The persistence card gives me more confidence
What's crazy to me is the fact that duo trials is ridiculously hard compared to running solo. Every single time me and my buddy queued into trials as a duo, the matches were basically the sweat olympics. When running solo, it's really easy for some reason. To the point where i can go flawfless every card without even breaking a sweat. Something is seriously wrong when a game disincentives you from playing with friends.
Hey TV - I think the reason your KD has gone up, is that you’re a really skilled player with great positional play, so you’re rewarded. My concern therefore is that low to average players will struggle even more, and so their KD will drop, and then they’ll stop playing altogether - and trials biggest issue is low player population. Passage of persistence should just be wins (no loss removal) - give people the loot, to get them in the game and everyone will have more fun!!
Great video. Watched all the way through and I am also enjoying the new trials meta. Hope you feel better soon TV
Overall, I like the ability nerf in Trials, but the inability to combat Wells and Bubbles with special has made Trials worse than it was before update. Really wouldn't have taken Special Ammo away. It's made the game (as a PVP MAIN) much less enjoyable. Still solo flawless every weekend, but in this Guardians opinion, the overall change from last update has made PVP worse, ESPECIALLY Trials.
I’m glad you are enjoying it. I know there are many of you having more fun than ever before. I’m just not one of them. Over the last few years , I’ve improved to become the definition of average. I run a .9 KD and win 51% of my matches. (Up from a .7KD winning about 25%). I’ve gone from playing 30 Trials matches a season to playing 4-500/season.
But checkmate takes virtually all the fun out of the mode for me. I enjoy Collision as the last refuge where the crucible is enjoyable. I enjoy the flow between all my weapons and tactical use of abilities. I love aggressive play, but find shotguns boring. The ability change is fine w/me… barely notice it as you stated. But being limited to primary feels like a slower CoD to me.
The games aren’t compelling in ToO with nearly 60% of matches ending in 5-0/5-1. The compelling games are those ending 5-4/5-3, but those are only 21% of the games. Until they figure out how to shift the curve so that 5-0/5-4 happen about the same frequency- the outcome of most matches is predetermined no matter how well/poorly a team performs.
I got my great adepts for the new scout/summoner and I’m out. I’m going to go from playing 80-100 hours a season of Trials, and probably 3-4 times that in control/comp to…. 5-10? Many of those I play with feel the same. There is just no room for the average player in the space anymore unless you enjoy running bubble Titan/wellock with CF and an Auto.
It’s not just snipers that are dead,
Bows are down 89%
Smgs are down 58%
pulses are down 30%
HC are down nearly 10% (although I believe they will rebound with the fix to EP)
Snipers are down 92%
Fusions down 89%
Traces down 73%
Glaive down 72%
GLs down 83%
LFR down 47%
There are a few weapons benefiting, namely Autos, Scouts, Sidearms, and LMGs, but there are even fewer viable PRIMARY options than before.
The new card system without checkmate, and I would have probably increased my PvP time.
Go get it. I enjoy your content and find you to be a creator that tries to see perspectives of all players, I’ll still be watching your vids, so let me know when they decide to bring back the space magic and give fusion rifles more than 1 shot.
I’m nit leaving the game, just going back to my raiding roots and finding it quite enjoyable to meet people in the LFG to help them get their first clears.so all is well, please keep speaking for the average players as well, like you always have.
I think this was the best possible outcome for the Crucible. Little to no specials (unless you're already super good and charging your meter faster), and if you are getting specials you were already guaranteed to win that match on primary gunskill alone, so it helps speed up the stomping.
I was so sick of getting domed by snipers winging out shots (since ammo wasn't a precious commodity), fusions mapping people, and shotgun aping 24/7. By making specials a precious (special) commodity, they made them require a more measured approach.
That said, we can hope to see some buffs to the lesser-used special weapons because they can be powerful tools again. They don't need to constantly eat nerfs anymore.
And before any trolls get in here. My performance is about the same, maybe slightly better. It’s not an issue where I feel I can’t compete/win in this sandbox. I just find the playstyle as exciting as watching the Revolutionary War being fought with two lines plinking at each other from across the field. I can shred with my scout/sidearm setup. I can suck with it too-just like before. Depends on the game... I’m just an average player. I’m cool with that.
The problem isn't as much teamshoot but a certain type of player that is overly reliant on radar and their version of 'engaging' is waiting for the red on radar to engage them. Usually paired with longer range weapons too. This is the real poison of the sandbox.
Long long time watcher, always love the content, feel better!
It's been fun to be able to use my favourite loadout (rose, slug shotty and stompies) and feel like I can compete without having to resort to some kind of cheese like invis, GL, rat king, Gemini, ahamkaras etc.
I personally like the new changes as it allows me to play without worrying about the excess special in the old sandbox. Ive found success using a glaive on a blink hunter and while i still havent been flawless, im able to better discern areas of improvement since if i die to a primary 9/10 times its because of a mistake i made
This is my biggest problem as well. I played 300 matches no joke last weekend. And i saw bubble, well, blade barrage, and a very rare nova bomb, thats literally it. They need to adjust the super teirs and make others at least attainable sometimes. As it is now people will choose subclasses based on if theres even a small hope they will get the super, which is absolutly not happening unless you use one the few classes i mentioned
Good commentary! I agree. Except on Snipers lol. I'm glad they are less prevalent. Just my opinion!
Nah, there are just so many more hunter players. We've seen it with guardian games where Bungie had to skew the point system in favour of the other classes to gain a semblance of balance. Titans and Warlocks are really strong in trials, whereas hunters don't have anything game breaking, that's why they can play whatever.
I think one of the hardest parts of the new update, is that like you mentioned, it rewards player with great aim but also severely punishes players without it. Im not gonna say im great, but i average a 1.3kd in Trials and just feel like when I go in solo, i consistently get those players that have 0 map awareness, cant aim, and heck, dont even TRY to get revives 🤦🏻♂️ but great vid TV. I always enjoy your mellow input and just overall outlook on the game.
The solution is give every super the same default cooldown time for trials.
So that way it's more likely that others will have supers up to counter the bubbles or wells
If you’re struggling going flawless use your shotty or fusion in the first round than swap to devils ruin. It got a slight nerf but it is still just as easy to get the lazer kill. Especially with the radiant mod in the artifact. I also pair it with knucklehead radar so I can precharge perfectly. Also with knucklehead giving the damage boost to weak targets it just makes it again, easier to lazer people
I hope you start to feel better MrTV. I did make it to the end. With all the changes Bungie has made I am still hesitant to jump into a solo q for trials. I guess I just need to get over it and try.
I can tell you really were at the END of your rope, I really appreciate you making the video! Fell better!
Bungie wants people to stand together in bubbles and wells , standing at 1 point of the map waiting for someone peaking , then teamshotting the hell out of solo players with auto rifles .. roaming supers charge for ever and you have less ammunition to counter with a special .. that should be better then before . I think not .
It is telling that shotguns have not left the top slot of special weapons (that i can remember) ever. They now make up more than 3 times the kills of all other special weapons combined
Honestly since the changes, I’ve improved a lot. I’m not much of a crucible player, but I was told how much I’ve improved when someone told me “I’m only a 1.2 KD player and im trash” lol but I remember my KD being a .9 the meta has really helped me become better winning my 1s but I still need to learn movement and have better knowledge of maps when I solo queue. I do understand the frustration tho with this auto meta cause playing against it is annoying, but I feel rewarded when I can land my shots with my prophet adept. To me in my opinion, I like this meta and I hope to improve more while playing in it
I think one of the biggest problems is matchmaking it’s incredibly inconsistent and you don’t know what ur getting. Last weekend I averaged a 3.1kd in trials. I had to reset my card to go flawless 5 different times bc I would just get .4 and .3 teammates and would have to play double 2kds, it felt like bungie was trying to make me lose. In order for me to go flawless this weekend I had to have my best trials card I’ve prob ever had I averaged a 6.6kd and 7.87 kad over the 7 games, I felt like I had to try unbelievably hard and never had an easy game. Half the rounds I was left 1v3ing it was awful. Bungie has got to find a better way to balance out games especially in the solo playlist. It’s just to inconsistent.
Made it to the end!!
But seriously I hate that snipers are dead. There's no benefit to running one, when you can't get amo for it and your likely hood of missing is so much higher than a shotgun. I spent a ton of time learning to snipe well, it's a shame I put my team and I at a disadvantage when I run one
Biggest issues I have with new matchmaking (from a solo player perspective) is that in a match with a 2 man on both teams, which is a LOT of my matches probably atleast 60%, I feel like the rounds are WAY less dependent on personal skill. Don't get me wrong I am a middle tier player hovering in the gold area of MMR, but when the game matches you with a bronze duo vs even a gold duo, unless you can carry 3/4 your rounds solo, you just kinda locked into a loss. To an extent that is expression of skill, but only for those that can probably go flawless anyways, it kinda mutes middle tier skilled solo players a lot, atleast what it feels to me. If the enemy duo is better then yours they will 90% of the time coordinate to either pin you down knowing your the best player, or just farm the bad duo you got on your team. This goes both ways in that if you get the good duo you can get a free carry sometimes, but it really makes the que feel more like a lottery of if you get the better duo or not.
The other issue I have found is the Flawless farmers. Now at this point I mostly go for adepts which is why I have been using the new persistence card and I by no means am seeking a easier flawless for myself. I am here to get my adepts and help populate the trials pool. I have done it before all the way back to Trials of the Nine, but quing in on my first and second games only to get stomped by a couple players at 6/7 games on their flawless card feels BAD. I don't think the Game X vs Game X system should come back by any means. That system was a sweaty unfun pool for good players, and next to impossible for average and lower players, but I do think it might be better if maybe people on games maybe 4/7 and up with a flawless card could only pair with people whose cards are at least at game 4/7. This would line up to make it a bit easier for people using the new Ferocity card to get atleast their 3 wins, and remove a bit of the farming. I don't mind going up against people who are trying for flawless, but these past 2 weekends I have seen a lot of "[...] has been granted access to the lighthouse" but I think I only saw 1 "[...] has fallen at the gates of the lighthouse]". Im not so much bothered by losing to a flawless team in general as it is I am tierd of losing to 3 back-to-back when I am just trying my first games of the night and don't even have 1 on my card yet. Oddly enough, I found the further into a card I got, the less flawless people at the gates I actually ran into.
Made it to the end, hope you feel better TV. Chasing Summoners made Trials fun for the last couple of weeks, and the Persistence card makes it feel worth it for me as a .65 KD player 😋
Made it to the end. I really like these informative vids about trials you put out. Thanks TV
Honestly when it comes to special balancing, I really hated the idea of that at first but now I am actually really missing how it was when the change first went out. Now it feels like there’s too much special and I wish they’d roll that “fix” back up.
The fact that Bubble, Well, and Intellect tiers have gone unchanged since Subclass 3.0 is why ppl think Bungie doesn't understand their game. There's less ability and exotic armor updates compared to weapon changes and the same pain points remain. What have they been doing this whole time??
Despite being a detriment to my team, I have loved playing as a Necrotic Grips strand weave lock.
Great insight as always, TV. I’ve loved the primary focus, but I haven’t used a sniper in like a month and some change in trials 😮
Made it to the end! Keep up the great vids brother!
Yeah as a Titan I would love to play other subs but Bubble is just the best choice by far even though I would prefer to play others.
Made it to the end always enjoy your looks at the analytics of usage as well
I found a lot of success with mida and shayuras this weekend. Perhaps it was the map but I'm just saying... I like these shake-ups that force folks to try out new things.
Although I feel like as a hunter I can dual better, when it comes to the zones warlocks and titans have the upper hand. If I see two or three hunters on the enemy team, I feel confident to keep them off the zone, but when I see teams of warlocks and titans, I know it’s going to be a pain to get them off their rift and barricade.
I know this counter isn't one people recommend but has worked for me.
Edge of Concurrence for the Hunter. The exotic glaive. If you save your shots for the well/bubble round and (with lucent blade mods) land three shots. You can shut down anyone camping in them.
Not meta and I wouldn't even say underrated but comes in clutch when you're solo and they are just camping the zone and seeing the chain reaction the wave frame can do just wipe out all three enemies is so satisfying.
And yet hunters were played 41% more than each of the other classes last weekend.
@@BarderBetterFasterStronger They make up 41% of the entire player base for trials this weekend. There is NOT 41% more hunters than titans or warlocks. Win rates and usage rates show that Solar warlock and Void Titan are better than anything hunter has to offer.
@@BarderBetterFasterStronger Just to be clear, I prefer this new sandbox over the previous 9/10 but I think innovation to make diversity within subclasses is needed (people are going to play whatever class they like).
I personally absolutely hate the changes… like loathe them and its basically made me not want to play PVP at all, almost overnight. Problem points being horrible matchmaking (Repeatedly placing stacked flawlesses players against low-skilled, non-flawless players), bad lobby balancing, and a teamshoot auto meta.
The worst change of all, that’s single handed killed my fun in PVP, is the special ammo changes. I never liked Checkmate, but was fine with it being its own thing… until they shoehorned it into being the standard, and I hate now. For a lower skilled player with a hand disability like me, I’m very reliant on special like Fusions to have any kind of fighting chance as my aim with primaries isn’t as competitive with others due to my injury.. now I practically have no chance since Primary is basically all you get now. The system also rewards better players with more special since they get more kills/damage, while weaker players get less special and continued getting stomped.. It’s just badly balanced in general.
I’m more of less done with PVP now if this is going to stick forever. Special ammo being semi-available was a core part of what made PVP fun IMO.. not having it just reminds me of the all-primary era of vanilla D2, and most people remember how boring/lame that era was.
I think its a bit of both. The well and bubble need a slight cooldown nerf and the roaming supers need a cooldown buff. You'll barely see any of those supers unless they're 100 int and it's a 4-4 game in a 3's environment.
Made it to the end TV. Glad to see you back, and hope you feel better. On another note I am mediocre in PvP… I Wish I could go flawless even one time, would be nice 😂
Being below 1.0kd in trials, I feel it's always hard and rightly so. But managed to get adepts from Persistance card. Took a while but happy with change.
Hope you feel better. Made it to the end!
Made it to the end. As an overall average player/below average Trials player who typically plays solo, Ive had less luck going flawless but enjoyed the mode more overall. Fights feel more like aim and positioning are of key importance, and it's usually easier for me to tell how I was outplayed in a given scenario. The ability spam change has been really nice, and special ammo feels like it's in a decent place as of last weekend.
Stayed till the end but my issue is toxic players telling me I have no business playing trials. To get out. Stop holding others back. Very discouraging.
I think they should try to make a vennogram with (solos(duos)trios). Solos can meet solos and duos, and trios can meet trios and duos and see how that plays out. The player pools will overlap a bit making the playlist feel a bit more populated,
Made it to the end! I will say flinching on snipes feel harder, but to me they’re still manageable
Sniper rifles are dead solely bc of the ammo change. Shottys aren’t that affected bc a shotty shot all but guarantees a kill and are generally used after the round devolves into pushes. Snipers are openers and even the best snipers aren’t landing more than 2/4. That means you can try your 2 snipes at the start, maybe get 1 kill. Then you are primary only for the next 2 rounds at least.
Great points brother, made it to the end, hope you feel better soon! Take care.
Hope you feel better soon TV!
Great video TV- always like the insight my dude. Get well soon 🤙🏼
Made to the end. Also, your necro video made me try it out, and you’re right! That thing slaps!!
made it to the end. Personally the new sandbox feels amazing. I get way more duel's, abilities feel like they're strong but not omnipresent in every engagement, and special feels important and less spammy. The first weekend with the incorrect special meter progress definitely felt like special was too sparse and double primary was the way but now it feels like there's an even balance. Really unfortunate about snipers getting thrown in the ditch though. Sniping is hella fun but missing a single shot feels sooooo bad now that you can't justify it, shotguns are just way more consistent in the role.
Hope you feel better
Haven't played in months but I still need to hear TV's opinion out of tradition.
I sure do love having. My first match of the week be against Panduh, x840 flawless s with a 2kd double mine oh a flawless card /9 flawless win streak.
Win based matchmaking is INFINITELY SUPERIOR to fireteam based
(This ain’t an isolated issue the amount of x500 flawlesses I match is rediculous.
I've had success in solo and 3's. 3's almost feels better right now, it's strange. Oh, we still got wiped by good teams but it felt like there were more people in that lobby.
Made it to the end. Love your content TV! Maybe one day they'll bring back empyrean bellicose and sky sniping for us. Hope you get well soon bruv.
Made it to the end! But I’m going to go back to lay down on the couch as well. Got Food poisoning this week 🫠
lego nooooooooo!
made it to the end of the vid and 💯 agree with all your points. i hope the devs at Bungie find this video and can make some meaningful changes in the crucible.
Hey T.V. feel better man. 💪
As a mainly solo player who has gone solo flawless a few times, my overall crucible experience lately has been HORRIBLE.. I have no problem facing high skill players but the lobby balancing mixed with the current meta has been so frustrating. I don’t mind facing a good team if I have competent team mates too.
My take on sniping: The nerfs came because people don't like getting domed while they're landing their shots. A sniper is something you should be shooting while the other dude doesn't even know you're there, the issue in D2 is this is literally impossible in almost all cases. The small maps, the huge radar range and the fact that everyone playing knows every millimeter of every map means whenever you aim a sniper rifle, the guy you're aiming at is aiming back at you. In the small amount of cases where you can get far enough away from someone to maybe take them by surprise, all the nerfs have made those shots v hard to make (for me, a bad player, anyway)
What would be the issue in giving snipers a kind of reverse aim assist? Make it so the aim assist ramps UP with range instead of down. When someone headshots you from a million miles away it feels much less annoying, even if you're plinking away with an auto rifle, you know you shouldn't be winning that dual.
The sand box is fine, minus high impact pulses imo, but the biggest issue is matchmaking. It's very obvious games are being stacked to promote fast games. There's no other reason blowouts make up 90% of solo queue matches