Trials of Osiris/The Nine are effectively dead. Poop. (Destiny)

by Korny , Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Friday, February 15, 2019, 18:32 (1889 days ago)
edited by Korny, Friday, February 15, 2019, 18:46

So Bungie released a new THAB yesterday, where they stated that they're currently at a loss about what to do with endgame PvP activities, but Trials will remain shelved for the foreseeable future:

As longtime Destiny players know, Trials of Osiris was released in May of 2015 as the original high-stakes weekend PvP event. Trials had an amazing impact on our game and our community. It was a pinnacle venue for players to show off their best skills, strategies, and gear. The 3v3 elimination mode combined with the card system created the coveted reward of earning a trip to the Lighthouse.

With the introduction of Trials of the Nine in Destiny 2, we made a few changes to the formula which never really hit the same mark. We were unhappy with its role in the ecosystem. The new activity wasn’t achieving the goal of bringing the community together every weekend. Both Destiny and the online PvP scene have evolved since 2015, so we don’t believe that bringing back the 2015 version of Trials of Osiris would accomplish what our goals are today.

Until we have a solid prototype for a pinnacle PvP endgame activity, Trials is staying on hiatus indefinitely and will not return over the course of the next few seasons. When we have those new plans ready, we’ll be sure to share them with you.

If you remember, only five months after the game launched, Trials of the Nine had half the unique player count (77.8k) of D1's worst weekend of Trials of Osiris (145k), so rather than improve upon it or revert the gametype to what it once was, they simply ditched it, made some vague statements about the Trials Tokens that you had to spend, and left it at that (on the same post where they talked about improving Faction Rallies and pointed out how they were working on how to make the Catalysts available, no less).

So yeh. Looks like for the next year or so, Apex Legends will be the best Endgame PvP experience for those who loved Trials. I mean, the pinnacle weapons provide a nice distraction, but I'm personally really bummed about it, since Trials was easily the most exciting element of Destiny, gameplay and teamwork wise (though the MIDA teamshot meta killed a lot of the strategy involved).
I wish they could have brought it back through the Crucible Labs, but I haven't heard about that in a while either...