THE RETURN OF TRIALS OF OSIRIS & IRON BANNER

Brother Vance will welcome competitors back to the Reef on October 16. Prepare to eliminate the enemy. Yet again, power still matters. Increase your Light and form your very finest Fireteam. Trials of Osiris is keeping the trend of evolution in Year Two. Senior Designer Derek Carroll is here to tell you what you need to know to reach the Lighthouse, or die well trying: Trials gear will now drop exclusively as end-of-match rewards for winning teams. The more you win, the better those drops will be! There’s no need to return to Brother Vance, all rewards come directly to you. Passage Coins still drop for the losing team. Trials is still about winning, but Coins can help make that easier. Trials Passages now have a Details page containing your active buffs. You won’t be able to add buffs once you’ve started your Trial, so make sure you buy them first! Players that go undefeated on their Passage will continue to be invited to The Lighthouse. Players may continue to play in the Trials past 9 wins (but they won’t get any better gear). Brother Vance now has Trials Bounties available each weekend to provide players with a way to get sweet Trials gear, even if they’re not reaching the Lighthouse. Regular Crucible Bounties are also still valid in Trials. We will attempt to match up teams with similar win counts. If you have 1 win, we will try to match you with another team with only 1 win. If you have 8 wins… yup. If we can’t find a high-quality match, we will loosen the win requirements first (in other words, we will not prioritize “wins” over low-latency matches). Overtime timer in Elimination will now show 0:00 instead of stopping at 0:01 when time expires. Teammate and enemy Revives now have distinct audio cues. Recommended minimum Light for Trials of Osiris: 290. Only Guardians with at least 251 Light can lead a Fireteam. “You return. My master is pleased.” –Brother Vance