[quote] [b]UPDATE (02/18/2016): Matchmaking tuning has been revised to prioritize finding people who are close to your locality in the interest of further reducing lag.[/b][/quote] Ok, so how does this work when my fireteam is in three different states? Is "locality" in this sense an area of 1000 miles of me, or my own city? As for lag, the last iron banner was horrible after the updates. I saw nothing but negative reviews about it, and then someone at Bungie said the reviews were mostly positive. I finally see a couple of positive reviews in these comments, but still, it's generally negative. You can't please everyone, so I'm not sure who you're trying to please now. Skill based matching works better, hands down. Lag comes into play with the person's skill in many cases...someone who is lagging on their end will be unable to make the shots. And someone that has a periodic downturn for a few seconds might get rated with a worse connection and therefore get put with poorer performing connections. There's no perfect solution, but I don't think you're going in the right direction. The breaking point for me today after several similar scenarios was seeing a blade dancer with his shields gone take zero damage while I unloaded half my auto rifle into him. He was moving, so the game was sending data to me (and it wasn't just the lagging last direction of travel movement...he was changing directions). I never saw these problems prior to the moment you started doing connection based matches. So, I will be hanging up Destiny for a while. I enjoyed the Crucible from the very beginning, but I can't take it like it is anymore. Meles not registering, grenades not doing any damage, etc. I can tell when I miss a shot, and I can handle being outgunned by heavy ammo or a ranged scout rifle. That's fine. But, when damage doesn't register....the frustration is just not worth it. I'll play something relaxing. I was just about sold on some emotes, too, but I won't be spending the money now.