More fundamental question: Will difficulty even be a thing for this game? Halo difficulty settings were created to allow scalability of challenge for single-player campaigns. Once you hit multiplayer, either the firefights were mutually agreed upon or there is only one damage setting shared for all players. MMOs generally scale difficulty by location. Enemies are leveled according to what you are expected to have grinded to by the time you reach an area. This creates walls for where a new player can enter, which detracts from adventuring. Borderlands does something similar, except that the levels are determined by what you entered an area with for the first time (and only when the plot allows you to). Then, levels don't scale unless it's one of the last areas, such as Lynchwood. The bigger problem with multiplayer co-op in that game, however, is that newer players are essentially useless if they join a session where the hosting players are interested in an area that is too high a level for them to keep up. The number-based damage system leaves the low-level characters unable to use their skills to perform significantly (barring slag, phaselock, unique enemy weaknesses, and static explosives). It isn't a very considerate leveling system, and it makes some locations too weaksauce to return to for anything other than target practice and ammo-hoarding after leveling so much afterwards. Bungie wants an invested player to be able to play alongside a new player. This presumably also applies to different levels of skill in the case of co-op. The answer lies in what the significance of leveling in Destiny is and whether or not difficulty settings are a thing. If difficulty setting isn't there, the answer is that you don't have the problem and your consideration of static difficulty is correct. Enemies will presumably present a challenge at first, but the challenge will be accessible and may not be at your speed for anything but relaxation. Later levels in the campaign may be designed to be more difficult to overcome, but the numbers are the same in terms of damage and health. Your niche as a hardcore player may have to be found in other activities such as competitive multiplayer or challenge modes in the form of raids and strikes (which may be made more difficult by design, unlike the campaign and general destinations). Presumably, though, if there were difficulties, you could be matched with only people who are playing at your level. It still employs the same seamless matchmaking, but adds an additional parameter for the system to consider before matching you to other players. Yes, you shouldn't be made to sacrifice your desire to push limits, and others shouldn't be forced into a position beyond their comfort zone if that's not their speed. Your randies will be people who also play legendary like you. This question then brings up the next question of how will leveling affect the gameplay. We have seen in the E3 demo that enemies have levels, as does equipment and your character. Bungie doesn't want there to be "number-shooting" like Borderlands, but it leaves you wondering what the significance of the leveling system will be.