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Destiny’s Trials of Osiris sounds incredibly addictive

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Despite the perceptions you may come across on the internet, Destiny is still very much alive and kicking. It might not have the massive, mainstream appeal people expected it to have after launch, but there still seems to be a dedicated pocket of people who love the shooting, grinding and looting fun that Bungie has on offer. And if you hang around the PvP realm more often than others, Bungie is catering to you with House of Wolves.

Aside from the story content (and lack of another raid), the upcoming House of Wolves expansion is making really big changes to the most neglected part of the Destiny experience: online, PvP multiplayer. It’s a mode that has been an eternal grind for a long time, and one which fans have been begging to change. House of Wolves tweaks the formula here and then, and also adds probably the most exciting mode in the game right now.

Firstly, Crucible modes are becoming a lot more generous with rewards. That means double the experience, double the engram drops and even more rewards for playing games from the featured list. This is a small but important change to PvP, which felt like a long, boring grind to even the most dedicated players. Hopefully now a healthy investment into the Crucible will yield equally deserving rewards.

But the biggest addition with House of Wolves has to be The Trials of Osiris. Here, players buy into a wild card of Elimination games, which can only be launched if you have a pre-made party of three. The matches have no respawns (although you can revive teammates), awarding a point to the last team standing. Nab five, and you win the match – immediately kicking off the next one. This carries on until you lose, at which point your streak is evaluated for rewards.

Think of Hearthstone’s Arena mode here for a bit more clarity. The aim is to maintain a long winning streak, with a nine win cap. The more you string together, the better loot you’ll see available for purchase afterwards. It sounds incredibly addictive if you have two friends along to join the ride, and a way to ensure that your gear advantages are not glanced over in PvP.

If you’re playing on PS4, that exclusivity deal snags you an extra map too, when House of Wolves drops on May 19th. It might not have the raid you’ve been looking forward to, but it’s nice to see the PvP realm getting some much deserved love. Even if it’s only in paid additional content.

Last Updated: April 30, 2015

27 Comments

  1. Meh… I think I’ll just continue on with Deus Ex: Human Revolution instead! **cue the Admirals admiration** 😉 🙂

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  2. Admiral Chief

    April 30, 2015 at 10:15

    Geez, all this console related news.

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    • Admiral Chief

      April 30, 2015 at 10:16

      So, last night, a Russian, a Scot and a Boertjie get in a Liberator….
      (Btw, true story, I’ll gladly share the details if you are interested)

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      • ReaperOfSquirrels

        April 30, 2015 at 10:17

        Oh the mayhem!

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      • Lord Chaos

        April 30, 2015 at 10:25

        Is it as entertaining as a certain someone trying to fly?

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        • Admiral Chief

          April 30, 2015 at 10:31

          HAH, quite actually. The Russki was the pilot (a damn fine one as well), the Scot was on air deterrence in the tailgun, and I was on the belly gun. Such fun was had!

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          • Hammersteyn

            April 30, 2015 at 10:32

            If only you bombed Koreans or other Asians. That would complete the story nicely

          • Admiral Chief

            April 30, 2015 at 10:33

            LACIST!

          • Hammersteyn

            April 30, 2015 at 10:33

            XD

      • lygamnt

        May 3, 2015 at 05:27

        I know AWESOME right!

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    • Hammersteyn

      April 30, 2015 at 10:25

      Pc has no GAEMS
      *No GAEMS at all
      **Zero

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      • Admiral Chief

        April 30, 2015 at 10:31

        And your Indiestation has em all?

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        • Hammersteyn

          April 30, 2015 at 10:33

          No, only ones that are news worthy.

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  3. Jonah Cash

    April 30, 2015 at 10:16

    Holy crap I am busy enjoying the Iron Banner again, and if some of those teams get their best 3 together then I can see a world of hurt for the other teams! I felt like a noob on Tuesday night again… There are some very good players hanging around the PvP in this Iron Banner. But I am starting to look better already, reached level 2 this morning. Need to get to level 5 for that helmet… I am in love!!

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    • Hammersteyn

      April 30, 2015 at 10:30

      Happy for you, but the PVP is lost on me.

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      • Jonah Cash

        April 30, 2015 at 11:46

        Who am I going to get to fill up 3 places if you aren’t one of them????

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        • Hammersteyn

          April 30, 2015 at 12:05

          Sheeeeeeeeeit you don’t want me playing PVP.

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  4. Hammersteyn

    April 30, 2015 at 10:25

    Osiris was an Egyptian god, identified as the god of the afterlife and the dead. Like this game is to me.

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    • Lord Chaos

      April 30, 2015 at 10:26

      I thought that was Anubis…

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      • Hammersteyn

        April 30, 2015 at 10:27

        Greek name

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      • Admiral Chief

        April 30, 2015 at 10:31

        As did I

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        • Hammersteyn

          April 30, 2015 at 10:32

          Learn a new thing every day.

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          • Admiral Chief

            April 30, 2015 at 10:34

            Indeed, I remember now. Thank you Samurai Jack, for teaching me many things!
            I miss that show :/

          • Hammersteyn

            April 30, 2015 at 10:35

            Agreed, did he eventually succeed?

          • Admiral Chief

            April 30, 2015 at 10:49

            Going home? Sadly no. The series ended abruptly, the guy that did Aku’s voice passed away.

            (But I assume he went home, since in that one portal vision, he was a much older, bearding King-dude)

  5. Deano

    April 30, 2015 at 10:39

    Sounds great but will have to wait till after the Witcher 3 🙂

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  6. Dawid Eduard Roestorf

    April 30, 2015 at 14:06

    My Timeline Experience of HOW
    11 April 2015 House of Wolves release date announced. Was excited beyond words.
    13 April 2015 Heard there was no Raid or 6 man PVE activity – Was raging for 7 days. All excitement got lost.
    22 April 2015 Watched Reef revealed. Cannot see a single reason as to why one should be buying HOW expansion. Excitement still 0
    29 April 2015 Watched Trials of Osiris twitch stream. I hate PVP, trials of Osiris did not tickle my fancy

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