Great article and I totally agree with the author. It just amazes me that some people just can't grasp the concept that getting 6 people together is SUPPOSED to be difficult. That's the whole point. Bungie doesn't want everyone to be able to easily access the raid. They've come right out and said it. By not including MM, they aren't excluding anyone. I surely won't have 5 friends that I can call on to raid, but I'm not worried about it. I'll join a clan, get a plan together, and raid with those guys/gals every now and again. I see this as a challenge, not a punishment. This isn't anything new. Just a few years ago, raid match making didn't exist in WoW. You had to get the word out ahead if time that there was going to be a raid on a certain day at a certain time. It was difficult to get 40 people together for the first raids. They didn't add it out of the kindness of their hearts so that everyone without a big enough guild could access them. They added it because they were losing subscribers. They thought that opening up raids to everyone would keep people interested. Now it's become a crutch. Bungie doesn't care about that. They WANT you to have to do it the hard way. They don't want to spoon feed you endgame. They don't want just anyone who reached 20 to get to the raid. They want you to put in the extra effort. Prove you really want it by getting a group together outside the game. Match making it the easy way. It's a crutch. It's something that didn't exist until recent years for raids and now you've become reliant on it. Just because you paid to get into the park, doesn't mean you're tall enough to ride the roller coaster.