I'll start out by saying that I'm glad matchmaking is finally making it's way in, we've been asking for it since launch and I'm sure tons of people will benefit from it. But why can't it be optional? I for one prefer to solo the weekly strikes. They provide a decent challenge and I can go at my own pace while glimmer farming or doing bounties. While there are plenty of pros to adding matchmaking, making it mandatory also gives it a few cons: [b][u]People going AFK.[/u][/b] I don't mind carrying people or helping them through the weekly activities, but when it comes to getting better rewards in the weekly, I don't want a KermitTHEfrog to walk away with an exotic even though he never left the starting area. We already have this problem with the normal strike playlists, it'll only get worse with the weekly heroic. (Again, I don't mind carrying people who die a lot or don't get very many kills, let them get good rewards, I just don't want to have to deal with people contributing absolutely nothing and getting rewarded for it.) [b][u]Running ahead, dying, wiping.[/u][/b] Another problem I come across quite a bit while doing ROC strikes. Trying to complete the bounty to not die in a strike when someone, whom is obviously way better than me and knows what they're doing, decides to run to the next area only to die and cause a wipe. It doesn't happen all the time, but it's very annoying when it does. [b][u]Going in with a friend and they get kicked.[/u][/b] It's happened before an it'll happen again. With mandatory matchmaking I might not always be able to invite them back, which forces them, or me, to do the whole thing over again. This is the worst when you make it all the way to the boss and then get kicked. If it's just me and a friend I can hold off on killing the boss until they get back, with another person in there, who may not have a mic or entered into the strike chat, they'll continue to kill said boss forcing the friend to do it all over again. Everyone I play with has been kicked at least once during a weekly or nightfall, and we always wait until they get back to finish it, this won't always be possible if it's mandatory. Again, I'm happy that matchmaking is finally being added, it'll help out a lot more people than it'll hinder. But I see no reason why it can't be optional. With it being optional, everyone wins. Being mandatory, a lot of your community loses out on a way they prefer to play; either with just one friend or by themselves. If DeeJ actually reads this then I ask you; is there any reason why it can't be optional? Why are they making it mandatory? Can you see why kids love cinnamon toast crunch? Edited for spelling.