{"id":134113,"date":"2025-09-17T16:25:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T16:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2139013"},"modified":"2025-09-17T16:25:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T16:25:47","slug":"destiny-2s-trials-disabled-after-match-fixing-method-spreads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/destiny-2s-trials-disabled-after-match-fixing-method-spreads\/","title":{"rendered":"Destiny 2&#8217;s Trials disabled after match-fixing method spreads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/destiny-2s-trials-disabled-after-match-fixing-method-spreads.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Destiny 2&#8217;s top-tier PVP activity was forced offline at the weekend after a popular method to fix matches was suggested to have affected around 50 per cent of players on flawless runs (where teams hit the mode&#8217;s goal of a seven-match streak).<\/p>\n<p>Via its Bungie Help <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BungieHelp\/status\/1366111830247051266\">Twitter<\/a> account, Destiny 2&#8217;s developer said it had pulled the mode yesterday evening for the remainder of its weekly rotation due to an unspecified &#8220;issue&#8221; &#8211; though fans were quick to guess why.<\/p>\n<p>Frustration at the state of Trials of Osiris, the game&#8217;s sweatiest and most competitive mode, has been growing for some time. Players have long complained of cheating, team carrying, poor matchmaking and the sheer amount of effort (seven consecutive match wins) required to grind out its best rewards.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-03-01-destiny-2s-trials-disabled-after-method-to-fix-matches-spreads\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-03-01-destiny-2s-trials-disabled-after-method-to-fix-matches-spreads\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Destiny 2&#8217;s top-tier PVP activity was forced offline at the weekend after a popular method to fix matches was suggested to have affected around 50 per cent of players on flawless runs (where teams hit the mode&#8217;s goal of a seven-match streak). Via its Bungie Help Twitter account, Destiny 2&#8217;s developer said it had pulled the mode yesterday evening for the remainder of its weekly rotation due to an unspecified &#8220;issue&#8221; &#8211; though fans were quick to guess why. Frustration at the state of Trials of Osiris, the game&#8217;s sweatiest and most competitive mode, has been growing for some time. Players have long complained of cheating, team carrying, poor matchmaking and the sheer amount of effort (seven consecutive match wins) required to grind out its&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/destiny-2s-trials-disabled-after-match-fixing-method-spreads\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":134114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Destiny 2&#039;s Trials disabled after match-fixing method spreads | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Destiny 2&#039;s top-tier 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