Not sure why your Topic is about lacking RPG knowledge as most of your points don't really have anything to do with RPG'S .But to your points 1:The Fire team size being 3 has more to do with trying to have a more intimate and personalized experienced. I have played games like BL2 where their are 4 players or Defiance and there are 1000 of players and I am being pulled from one place to the next or one person goes one way, another person goes another and I am being dragged all over the place its not a fun experience 2: No match making raid? My gaming time is valuable to me as well and it might be hard for me to get some friends together. But nothing is going to be worst then setting some time aside to do a raid. Jump into a raid match making game and have people start quitting during the game. That will be a waste of my time and not fun experience 3: I agree with you on this one 4: I agree with you on this one and said this during the alpha as well. I would love to explore and area after a mission to see if I missed anything before going back to orbit 5: Same thing as number 1.More intimate and personal experience. Nothing worst then being lead around areas by other people. 6: By allowing PVP gear in PVE and PVE gear in PVP. It allows for people to play other modes that they might normally not play. I will use my brother for this example. He is just like you, plays 80 to 90% of his time in PVE. But during the beta he played a lot more of the crucible. Because he was able to go into PVP and get reward with loot.And then take that loot into PVE.