The Twitch streamer Jake “GernaderJake” Straus (27) is probably the toughest PvP player in Destiny 2. The Trials have greatly boosted his channel and brought him some money. But now he explains what the problem with the new Trials of Osiris is: Players will soon run out.
This is the Twitch streamer: GernaderJake has been streaming Destiny 2 for years and is a PvP expert. With the return of the Trials of Osiris, his Twitch channel experienced significant growth in March 2020:
- On the first weekend with the Trials, he played flawlessly 55 times, thus began his rise.
- On the last “Trials” Friday, he had an average of 6,760 viewers – this was a considerable increase for him. In January 2020, his channel averaged only 497 viewers.
- On Twitter he writes “8,000!”. That’s the number of his subscribers on Twitch, the viewers who support him with a monthly subscription. This earns him over $20,000 a month just from subscriptions. That’s not quite as much as what Destiny streamer Gladd earned during the riddle hype, but a reason for GernaderJake to celebrate.
Players are fleeing from the Trials to “softer lobbies“
This is what he says about the Trials: The Twitch streamer says that he loves the Trials at the moment, but he sees problems for the future. The problem is that the Trials become more and more “sweaty” from week to week, meaning harder.
For weaker players, it is a rude awakening to enter the Trials, as they are driven out into “softer” lobbies with skill-based matchmaking, where they compete against players who are just as strong as they are.
This flight happens every week. As a result, the Trials become harder from week to week.
This is what the streamer wishes for the Trials:
- The Trials need better rewards to attract players.
- The “skill-based matchmaking” should be removed from the other playlists in Destiny 2 so that the Trials don’t feel so difficult.
Trials of Osiris loses players week by week
This is what lies behind it: Cynically, one could say it seems a bit like he wishes for “more victims” in the Trials so he can continue to dominate and maintain his channel.
However, the problem that the Trials are running out of players over time has already been an issue in Destiny 1. An acute loss of players was also the reason why the mode was absent from Destiny 2 for so long.
This is a problem that Bungie can hardly solve: The Trials are designed to become harder as fewer players participate because the “unsuccessful” exit. Better rewards could not prevent the decline in the past. However, the current circumstances seem to accelerate this flight and thus the drying out of the Trials.
Bungie will have to deal with the criticism of the Trials, especially regarding the criticism of the weak loot, or they risk that the mode, which players waited years for, will lose its shine after just a few weeks.
