[quote]It takes less than a minute to send a friend invite, or a request to join a clan. All you have to do is make a decent first impression during a strike, crucible, or mission.[/quote] But that's sort of the whole point. Bungie are suggesting that the raid needs 'friends'; dedicated people who put in the 'investment' and 'coordination' required to succeed. If you're telling me to add random people in-game, how are these random people my 'friends'? How am I to know they are 'coordinated' and 'invested'? I am not to know, and the idea that a 'friend' is more 'coordinated' and 'invested' in a game than somebody who is not a 'friend' is not even logical. A good player is a good player whether they're your friend or not. :/ If you're adding random people, online, in-game, whatever, just to attempt the raid, how is that any different from matchmaking? It isn't. You'd just be joining random people in the same way. That's why none of this makes sense. Whatever Bungie wanted out of this, it certainly has not gone their way. We aren't going to have countless groups of coordinated clans comprised of deep friendships and tactical greatness, and gracious groups of 'coordinated' 'friends' attempting this. We've just ended up matchmaking online with a bunch of randoms, called them clans, added them to our friends list, and are waiting until September. It's madness. :/