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Edited by HappyMeal75:
8/29/2016 5:34:06 PM
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Raid Matchmaking: THE DEBATE
Today I pose a question to you! How do you feel about raid matchmaking? Are we fine how we are now? Or would it be a great improvement?
LETS DEBATE:
[u]Pro Matchmaking[/u]
Adding matchmaking to the raids will allow for more players to participate in them. No longer will you be forced to use an LFG site or recruitment threads if you don't have any friends online. Just launch the activity and [i]Walla[/i] you are in a full fire team!
While some would argue that some people would get matched with lower light levels or just players who don't know what to do, this offers for players to teach others each encounter. This would add to the social aspect of the raids even more! And hey, if you still wanted to go on LFG, you can! Nobody is stopping you.
If you think the new raids would be too hard, that's okay. We could have matchmaking for VoG and CE but not Kings Fall, because those raids are much lower light level. That way newer players can run through those old raids for the first time much more easily, or old players can do the same just for fun. [i]Problem Solved[/i]
[u]Con Matchmaking[/u]
Matchmaking for raids is a terrible idea! This would lead to more frustration than ever. People with very low light levels, inexperienced players, people instantly leaving, players with no mic, these are the players you will be getting matched up with, and the list just goes on and on. Adding a matchmaking system is a waste of Bungies time. With half the player base on LFG and the other half raid matchmaking, wait times will be longer than ever. And when you finally do get a match, people could purposefully troll or go AFK with no one to kick them.
How do you expect checkpoints to work? If I have Golgoroth cp , will I only get matched with people at Golgoroth? If so, wait times will be even longer. If not, I might lose my checkpoint and miss out on the Golgoroth loot I still needed to get.
Getting through a strike with Randoms is hard enough, doing a raid with Randoms would be near impossible.
[b]So what do you think? Should raid matchmaking be a thing or not? What other topics are worthy of a Debate?[/b]
EDIT: Wow, glad to see everyone voicing there opinions in the comments. This post has gotten more love than I expected. Fun to read these comments.
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1 ReplyI typically look in LFG for raid groups, it's hit and miss. Sometimes you end up with terrible players who, or scumbags who boot you after one mistake, but at least on normal you can do ok. If random groups can get through most of the raid and communicate, might as well have in game matchmaking since so many are looking for teams or players. One issue is the possible lack of fire team leader, meaning one player could grief you and there would be no way to kick them, on the other hand, you could always invite the others to a new session. I see no reason why they couldn't add a separate option for matchmaking on normal, or have a built in system where you could mark the fire team as looking for player, and others could be added if they selected the option. That way you'd still have a leader, you could get a player to fill out a team, without losing the ability to close the fire team later if you want to invite a friend. This is sorely needed, as so few more players even attempt the raids, when they are some of the best content, with some of the best loot. There is no reason to think that adding this feature would dumb down the raids, players would learn firsthand the disadvantages of playing with randoms, and recognize when certain sections required more coordination. And once they see some of the content, I think they would be motivated to form their own groups for more serious attempts, but this gives you the option to get your feet wet, and find people to play with.
