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Edited by HappyMeal75: 8/29/2016 5:34:06 PM
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Raid Matchmaking: THE DEBATE

All Raids should have matchmaking

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Old Raids should have matchmaking

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No Raids should have matchmaking

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Other

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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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  • In the end I think raid matchmaking would turn more players new to raids off of raiding than help them. Imagine your first raid experience is match making with three people who have no mic or no understanding of the raid. How long would you or anyone stick around after being stuck on one phase of a raid for an hour or two. How many wipes because of someone wanting to use a rocket launcher and fusion rifle on golgoroth would you stick around for. I've picked up people on LFG with no mic before AND taught them the raid but that was my choice to do so and with the rest of the raid team being solid. People should be allowed to choose whether or not they want to take on inexperienced players, those under geared or with no mics. They shouldn't have it forced on them. As for the complaint that people don't have the time to go to LFG and find players.... is a weak excuse considering. As long as you're HONEST on LFG about your experience and capabilities you'll find a group. As long as you're not obnoxious you shouldn't have problems keeping a group. The easiest way to solve those problems is to be the host. You have the ability to kick people who are being douches, can pull in others that may need help, etc. 15 minutes (gross exaggeration on time) to find an LFG group is nothing compared to the hours you could potentially spend in a match made raid. If it's optional... to each their own. If this becomes a thing, just don't choose matchmaking then come to the forums and complain about how you can't complete a raid because of the people you get paired up with and talk about how it's "too hard" and start flooding the forums with "nerf the raid" posts like everyone likes to do with everything else in this game.

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