I can see your line of thinking, but here's the problem with that... you're assuming the only reason people continue to play trials after going flawless is to deny other people their chance at flawless. You can't make an intelligent argument from that assumption. But let's just say that's what they were doing. So what? It would be no different if you ran into them when they were still trying for flawless. And if bungie did lockout all the flawless characters, by process of elimination, you'd eventually have little to no competition in getting to the lighthouse because all that would be left is the really bad players. Plus, the bad players can just wait till Monday if they see fit so they can bypass any challenges they might have in facing upper tier players. Using my Olympic gold medal analogy again: it would be like continuously having everyone in the country competing for the gold but once you win, you can't compete anymore. Eventually, the competition will be between elementary school kids because everyone before them is not allowed to compete. They'll receive the same reward as the true olympians, which is obviously not right. Sorry, but you don't deserve to have it easy just because the good players already achieved their goal for the week. And back when I used to play trials every weekend, I would play after my characters went flawless because I liked the competitive nature of the game and I enjoyed playing it with my friends. You're assuming people are out to get you and ruin your fun. Stop being a pansy and thinking you're special enough for a huge amount of people to deliberately take time out of their day to prevent you from making it to the lighthouse. Again I'll say, suck it up and get better. Don't blame anyone or anything else for you not making if it's purely because you couldn't beat another team.