Man, that statement by Luke Smith about a 6-person raid team requiring "hardcore coordination" or some other such thing that makes it sound like a near impossible expedition without life-long friends is such BS. One of two things will happen: 1) People will find a way to surmount the odds, or 2) people will not surmount the odds. This shouldn't be dependant upon finding 5 "friends" *just to gain access!* As the OP correctly points out, people are scrambling to get in to any kind of clan just to be able to play a *key part* of the game that they are *paying for!* I wasn't initially inclined to let this exceedingly poor judgement call on Bungie's behalf dissuade me from sticking with my pre-order, yet the more I think about it, the more upset I'm becoming. Maybe I really should just go for "Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition" and get my loot fix there. As a side-bonus, that would also see reviews from all sorts of quarters release before paying for this game. (I enjoyed much of the beta, yet I was also left hugely frustrated by various aspects of it.) How in the nine hells can anyone - Bungie or otherwise - reasonably expect anyone to make 5 "friends" when all we have are a very underwhelming 4 emotes - that's right: 4! - to communicate with? (Wave, dance, sit, and point.) Heck, I suspect an awful lot of us beta players didn't even realize you have to join a fire-team to activate voice chat. If I didn't know better, I'd say that Bungie's development team for "Destiny" have been living in a bunker in the Arctic Circle cut-off from the rest of humanity and civilization since ca. 1998. I'm going to end it here for now since I sense a full-blown rage tirade coming on the more I focus on this utter tripe. FFS Bungie! All you have to do is implement the basic staples of what *any* online game has today - has had for the past decade!