People departing strikes as soon as they see it's not the one the want is getting more than a little old. I know that heroic strikes are not exactly the most challenging activities in the game, but two-manning or soloing every other strike is so slow that it's barely worth doing it (e.g., it would be faster to do patrols to earn Vanguard rep). Leaving immediately because a given strike can't drop the item a player wants is pretty selfish, but there's really nothing Bungie can do about it--- departing players paid for the game, too. [b]What Bungie could do is sweeten the deal for those who stay.[/b] There should be a fixed amount of rep to be divided evenly between three strike team members. If all three people stay, each gets a third of the allotted reputation. But if one person leaves and the strike is finished with just two players, they each get half of the allotted rep. Finally, if two members leave and the remaining player solos it, he or she would get all of the allotted rep. This would help the situation in two ways: 1. Doing a strike with two players as opposed to three will always take at least a little bit longer, regardless of how good the two remaining players are. A little extra rep might make the extra time investment worthwhile. 2. I think the second player to depart is doing so not because he or she doesn't wanna do the current strike, but because they don't want to two-man it. Extra rep might help get the second player to stay. I can't see this being too hard to implement and I can't see how it would hurt anything. Edit: Here are some good additional ideas from the comments below: [b]Mayhem420[/b] suggested adding all strikes/maps to the Vanguard and Crucible playlists. This is a great idea and addresses something I didn't even consider: some people are leaving a strike because they probably just played it ten minutes ago. Having more variety and a way to influence the strike/map you're about to play would definitely and immediately decrease the number of players who leave. [b]JLoco11[/b] had another great idea ([i]talking about players who go AFK for the whole strike and never help[/i]): So they get to the boss and literally do not do anything. I say after 5 minutes of strike inactivity, players should be given the option to kick that player. That would mean 5 minutes of someone not dealing damage or taking damage from enemies. Otherwise someone just putting a rubber band around their controller at the beginning area of strike can avoid being kicked. Here's an absolutely stellar idea from [b]DaddysPainsX5. [/b] I moved it up here from Cozmo's subthread: "I like the voting system a lot, with all the strikes in the list though. Another suggestion is this. On the set destination screen, in the lower left hand corner, we have about 5 playlists that include crucible and PVE daily and weeklies. One of those is dedicated to vanguard heroic strikes. How about instead of that icon, we have a daily vanguard heroic strike, from all the strikes please, and if people want to grind and farm for something specific, at least their strike is there and they don't have to go through the chore of leaving strikes to get a certain one." [b]Wolfe86314[/b] suggested that a multiplier on Vanguard rep be applied to each sequential strike that the same three people stay together. I like this because it addresses the problem before it even starts. A few other people have mentioned or alluded to Bungie introducing [b]strike-specific loot to every strike[/b] and making it so [b]all strike bosses can drop exotic engrams.[/b] If even 2/3 of these three ideas were implemented, I doubt this thread would have been made in the first place.