Fusion rifles (Destiny)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Tuesday, November 17, 2015, 03:05 (3390 days ago) @ cheapLEY

Not really. You can keep playing on your same ticket even after reaching 9 wins. Most of the streamers that I watch while working on Friday afternoons when Trials goes live, upon getting their 9-0, they go ahead and play those extra three games on that same ticket before swapping characters to do it again.

Ah, okay. I just thought if you made it to the Lighthouse, you're card was done.

Yeah, it used to work that way - but that was one of the changes for Y2 Trials. It seemed like a good change... but hindsight might be showing otherwise.

I've never played Trials, but it seems like a bad change regardless. If you've already made it to the Lighthouse, why would you keep playing on the same ticket? Seems like you're ticket should be over, since you won, and if you want to keep playing, you get another ticket. I guess it doesn't really change anything whether you keep playing on that ticket or a new one, but it just seems like if you're going to be in the competition pool, it shouldn't be on the ticket you've "won".

So there are a few camps on this. By all accounts, it appears people who keep playing their ticket after going to the lighthouse maintain their "8 wins" ranking as far as matchmaking is concerned, which means they are consistently matched up with other "8 win" teams. I've heard some players say they enjoy playing at such a competitive level against highly skilled teams. In some ways, it's the closest Destiny has to ranked play or skill-based matchmaking. However, this means that those top-level teams who keep playing after going to the lighthouse spend their time denying other teams their chance at a 9-0 record, which is kinda rough.