Bump. My number one issue towards continued participation aside from not having a grasp on gratifying weapon progression. Give us at least a list of ideas you are considering doing for optional matchmaking, considering we've done all the thinking for you. Alternately, tell us why you're so afraid of optional matchmaking with the specific issues it may have. The community is smart enough to suggest to you how to work around it, and many are not expecting the first pass to be the perfect implementation. In a dynamic environment you need to do things in steps anyway. Also to those concerned about "afker's" in vanguard strikes being a significant issue in higher modes of play, here is why I disagree. A reason why people go afk is because strikes do not in any way require teamwork or more than one person. Every single strike can be eventually soloed. You are always able to respawn. Selfish people take advantage of this.