To some extend I agree with this. I still think it should only be 3 guardians when you're in a story mission, strike etc, cause they are balanced for that, and rebalancing that would be impossible. But in patrol you should be able to have a full team of 6 players. Like you said, you run into all these random people anyway. And why do the "Respawn restricted" areas exist in patrol mode? Just get rid of them, and lets us explore as a 6 player fireteam. It wouldn't break any aspect of the patrol mode.