ToO is pretty much the only part of Destiny that is still fun for me, but holy cow is it fun. My buddies and I have a great time playing, but I've never done better than 4 wins. Still, we're at the point where almost every match comes down to at least 5-3, which makes me feel like we're on the cusp of success.

I mean, it's fun, cause it's a game, but it's not, like, actually fun, at least to me. Then again, I'm bad at Destiny.

Is anyone having fun with Trials who isn't worryingly good at it?

I have a blast with it, and I'm alright at it. But yeah, it's more "worrying stress" fun than "fun" fun, but even when we get wiped I have a great time. I think it's the tension that sets it apart from other game modes (my first time playing it was comparable to the first time we got Flawless Raider in terms of the constant pain in my gut)...

I think Im good at PvP (I've gone Flawless with Cody and Chaos), but I have a harder time enjoying it with my regular, local Fireteam. Turns out our playstyles just don't gel as well in Trials as they do in other game modes, which means we struggle to gain momentum.

When it's fun it's real fun, but when it's not - noooooope.

Then again, I'm bad at Destiny.

Get the frick out! You've been to the lighthouse!

You're like the Rachel Dolezal of Destiny.

...is that I know I'm not quite good enough. And I don't have a fireteam that's in my position. The people I play with are either "ick, no way I want to put in the effort to get better at PvP to play ToO, why why is that fun to you?" or they are the people like cruel, who are weekly going to the lighthouse with others, and making it look easy.

Add the difficulty I have scheduling something reliably friday-sunday and it's tough. Trials is something I'd like to play, but fireteam logistics and my own schedule make it unlikely to happen on a consistent basis.

So I really like the idea of trials, but I guess I fail at fireteaming. heh.

I'm not great. My k/d is sub 1 in trials. I'm enjoying it though.

Cody and I had almost no experience with this map going in, so it took us a few games to really find our groove. But by the 3rd or 4th game, we really picked things up and began to play well as a team.

We were the same way last night. It was my first time on the map (Sammy's second or third), so we were a bit of a mess at first, especially with how quickly the map plays (and the fact that literally every time I move the thumbstick I feel pain). As usual, we tested Cyber's patience. :P
Eventually we got into the groove of things, and were able to get the chest piece that we were after, as well as all of the reward packs (and this fun clip:

Hopefully this will help anyone who is looking to jump in to Trials this weekend. Let me know if you have any questions!

I'll give it a watch when I get home, wanna see if you used our same strategies. :)

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