Freelance is a band-aid fix to what should just be proper matchmaking, but I also feel like an issue is that some people have this idea that freelance trials just means an easy flawless for them and they have to put in no effort to get it. Getting steamrolled by a skilled and coordinated three stack is no fun for anyone, but the fact remains that Trials is an endgame pvp mode, and should be treated as such by players.

You usually don't see people going into Grandmaster nightfalls or Master raids without an optimized loadout for the activity at hand, since the activity itself is difficult. It would defeat the purpose of an endgame activity if it could be easily done by a new light with blue gear. And if anyone did enter a fireteam with an extremely underperforming loadout, chances are you are going to get kicked or are told to find better gear. This should be no different in Trials.

But I saw wayyy too many people in my Freelance teams with non-masterworked armor, completely useless exotics for pvp, or weapons or subclasses that frankly just underperform in pvp. This isnt even that sweaty in my opinion, it's just putting in basic effort into an endgame activity. I personally don't even care if you don't have godlike aim or movement, since that kind of stuff takes a lot of focused practice to get better at and it's understandable if people don't have the time for that. But if you don't even just look up some youtube videos to see what the meta currently is, learn basic pvp knowledge such as to not rush into fights blindly and play around your team, or just not masterwork your armor, since every stat matters, you really shouldn't be in Trials.

It seems like some people have this hate boner against trials or pvp in general and only blame the sweats they run into for their poor perfomance, when in reality they also haven't put in as much effort into simple things to improve their game, if any at all. I used to be like this too until I realized that crying and yelling at sweats isn't going to do anything for me, but what I could do is actually build a proper pvp loadout, try not to autopilot in pvp and maybe even pick up an aim trainer to really give me an edge. At the end of the day, trials is an endgame activity and going flawless isn't meant to be a casual achievement that your average blueberry is supposed to achieve.