So Bungie seems to think that matchmaking would never work with the raids. That communication would fail or people will randomly quit so on and do forth. Personally, I disagree but that is not what I'm discussing now. I have (2) possible solutions for raid matchmaking. [b][i][u]Solution 1:[/u][/i][/b] Bungie has already incorporated an excellent checkpoint system into the raids since they can be so lengthy in nature and require multiple play sessions. This was a great idea on their part. My first solution would be to essentially allow matchmaking for whichever checkpoint you are currently on. You would still earn the checkpoints as you do now by finishing each section in the raid i. e. The Templar or the Gorgan maze. If an individual has the first checkpoint they can go into matchmaking and connect with others whom are also on the first checkpoint. Once they reach the second checkpoint they can decide to continue on as a fire team or to exit the raid and complete during another play session prior to the weekly reset. It would work the same for the second and third checkpoints as well. [b][i][u]Solution 2:[/u][/i][/b] Fire Team matchmaking; Bungie insists that 6 random people would not be able to complete the raid. So what if we minimized the randomness. I make a 3-man fire team and we go into raid matchmaking. Matchmaking hooks us up with a 2nd 3-man fire team. Voila. Atheon is mince meat. In this situation, for the most part, people know who they are playing with and it's much easier than finding 5 other friends online at the same time. Opinions?