Hi Bungie Apologises if someone has posted this before, discussed, etc. If you were to add Matchmaking for Raid would it be possible to search by section/area. I.e. You select the Raid then choose 'Standard' or 'Matchmaking'. You choose 'Matchmaking'. ((For those who have a team of six already, they can choose the 'Standard' option and play the Raid like they currently do)). Next after choosing 'Matchmaking' they choose difficulty. Next, have a screen with each of the stages of the Raid (Spire, Gorgon Maze, etc) and allow a person/persons to search for a team within that area. Once that area is completed the person can continue on with the next area and play as normal. If they do not have time to complete the next section they can back out. Once they are ready to resume completion of the Raid, they return to the menu screen and will notice that the section they completed previously has a check/tick or is greyed out and they can then select another area for a team to be matched with. In regards to rewards; you can either have certain things unlock at the end of each area, pop up on screen; with an additional reward when all areas are completed. (So obviously, you can't go straight to Atheon and get the [chance of] the Vex immediately). In addition, you can still go into an area you've already completed; maybe to help a friend out, or just for fun but you would not get any rewards. (Same as like now, if you've already completed the Raid or Nightfall, etc you get nothing). Chests can remain, but you only receive materials; metals, blooms, etc but maybe give a more generous amount to add incentive for people to replay sections. Also, maybe add an addition 'marathon' reward for those who complete it in the 'Standard' setting as opposed to 'Matchmaking'. (At least you can initially play matchmaking and you'll then come across some great people, who you talk with and add as friends. Eventually you'll have 6 people and then can attempt it on 'Standard'). I believe that this would really help those who do not have hours to spend in one go and allow them to at least experience one of the best sections of the game. Also, you mentioned that millions of people play Destiny for a few hours a day. Out of interest, how many have completed the Raid on Normal/Hard? Percentage? (You must have stats somewhere). If its quite high then this might be a good solution for people to try it; as the initial 'getting a good team together' is what puts most people off. Not only that, you need to find a 'good team again' when you need to continue the Raid. The people you played with previously may not all be online so its back to lfg sites or standing in the Tower spamming messages to random people. It would at least make the process smoother for the player. The player already has to leave the game to search for team mates and to look at the lore, so at least it remains in the actual game as a feature. Once again, apologies if this has been posted by someone else; but I thought it might be a good idea to consider. Also, as I mentioned this should be an additional option. For those who have a team of six already, they can choose the 'Standard' option and play the Raid like they currently do. (To note as well, if you do an area in 'Standard' and get a reward, then you won't get that reward if you then went into 'Matchmaking' to do the same area. Stops people abusing the system). Lastly, it goes without saying; this should only be considered when the other bugs/issues are fixed. Thanks for reading. EDIT1: Another person mentioned there should also be an "Ability to actually remove people who are a detriment to the group" and 3 reports should result in a ban. Therefore I think there could be a 'vote to kick' mechanism where you go into the roster select the player and select 'Vote to Kick'. There should then be a prompt/pop up on screen showing the individuals name and something like 'xyz has 1 vote to kick'. This could be a temporary ban or if after further discussion it might get abused, maybe leave it out altogether. I think like other games, if you find a 'bad' lobby, you just back out and search again. With the number of players and having split sections/areas, should not be a problem finding a 'good' lobby. (What I meant by abused is; say theres one level 26 and five other are 29s. They may think "lets kick this guy hes no good" and gang up on him using the kick option). Further discussion is needed on this, for the moment we could assume it should be left out. EDIT2: DoktorBoar has made some excellent points in regards to the 'meat' of the Raid: -Modify respawns, revives, chest rewards to reward whole group regardless if who opens it. -Don't wipe whole team at gorgon. Allow respawning. -Teleport players once a player reaches a boss checkpoint to catch everyone up if gets lost or stuck on the maze or platforms. -Hard mode matchmaking could be restricted to 29s that earned a weekly complete on normal -Clan mode (current method) could remain untouched minus fixing the bugs lol! EDIT3: Uriyaal has mentioned that additional search parameters could also be added. I.e. after selecting 'Matchmaking' you could add further options; 'Join Any Game', 'Search for Levels 28+' etc. More ideas are welcome for these options. (I just added it in now and we can discuss further).