Destiny’s Trials of Osiris returns with matchmaking changes

Now that Hunters have been fixed, Trials of Osiris is returning to Destiny today. At 10:00am Pacific (1:00pm Eastern), Brother Vance will return to the Reef with a slightly tweaked competitive events. As Bungie previously explained, update 2.0.1 brought a series of changes to Destiny's PvP endgame.  Below are some of the highlights:

The original design for Trials of Osiris employed no skill-matching whatsoever. Instead of expecting teams to win roughly 50% of their games (the goal of most matchmaking systems), you’d expect above-average teams to win and below-average teams to lose. While this was generally interesting, one of the side-effects was that a capable team could breeze though a field of challengers to reach the Lighthouse without really breaking a sweat. PvP Sherpas were even conducting Lighthouse safaris for players who couldn’t get there under their own power.

Tomorrow, we’re hoping you’ll find the competition a little fiercer. With the changes we’ve made to matchmaking, there will be a greater chance that the other team will be on the same rung as the ladder as you, making your climb to 9-0 much more meaningful, and those last few matches much more fun for everyone. Well, almost everyone. Half of everyone?