Trials is not for everyone. Neither is Iron Banner. (Destiny)

by Funkmon , Wednesday, June 03, 2015, 21:00 (3702 days ago) @ Morpheus

I go into trials looking to get the armor piece. That's not simple. You have to communicate well, get buff lucky, and also be pretty good. Getting to the lighthouse is difficult, and so is getting the 8 win reward. I never expect these things, I just hope.

Trials, generally, doesn't frustrate me, but it does excite me in clutch moments. It puts a lot of pressure on a person, and that is exhausting. I'll probably quit doing it at some point as fewer and fewer bad players even try. I would suggest everyone TRY trials, but there are some who shouldn't play it regularly. Those who care about losing quite a bit are the main ones.

Iron banner is far more forgiving than Trials, however.

Iron Banner just requires about a 20% win percentage. This is low. This is so low that it's difficult to string together that many random games and continue losing. Last night, we lost 4 in a row, but I can lose another one and win one and still have lost almost no rep. Or, we can lose every game and do the bounties. Zero problem hitting rank 5.

I suggested to someone on this forum that he try some crucible events (he is a purely pve player) with the "stop caring about losing" technique, and he said "I can try, but I will still care just enough to be frustrated." "Ahh, well shit. Don't play then."

If you can't get past caring "just enough," you definitely shouldn't bother. Honestly. If you aren't having fun, don't play that part of the game. And, if it's one of the last things that interests you in Destiny, then move on and play another game, or build something, or fix the deck, or buy a basketball hoop and get fit outside. Destiny will still be there to have fun with. You don't have to do everything every time.