[u]this game needs matchmaking for everything[/u] because its a pain to even get a game going , one has to waste countless hours with various forums spamming , discrimination based on gear/grimoire/light levels is strong in the community , not even speaking about people who kick others right before the rewards [b]SOLUTION: add matchmaking as a option [/b] [b]HOW? [/b]: simply add it into the game settings to turn matchmaking ON/OFF. if there is a pretty useless option to wear a helmet in the tower there , why isnt a matchmaking option available for those who need it ? i had to add over 500 random people to my friendlist which i mostly met during the initial game where i added em only and never saw em again, for each person i added i had to spend between 5-30 minutes forums spamming and waiting , if i take a generous average of 10 minutes per player im at [b]83 wasted hours only to overcome bad game design[/b] in terms of matchmaking and thats a joke considering the game had a 500M $ budget [b] here"s my experience with this current "brilliant"destiny matchmaking[/b]. 1.) start destiny 2.) decide to play something that doesnt have matchmaking 3.) look at my friendlist which has always about 100+ players online but i lost track who they are since i only added em for one game and they busy doing their own stuff 4.) go away from console to my laptop and spam forum threads , one post isnt enough because it gets lost after a minute in the depths of the thread 5.) go back to console to see if there are any friend requests 6.) if no friend requests , repeat steps 4 + 5 7.) if someone responds by just providing a nickname i have to write it down as its hard to memorize nicnames such as xxxSup3rPlayya5678xxx , the go back to enter it into my ps4 and send a friend request (often they already are in the game with another party by the time or not accepting my add because they already play) 8.) after 5-30 minutes depending on the luck i get enough friend requests , sometimes even more than is needed for the game , then i have to decide who to leave out which sucks for me as i hate doing that 9.) while playing with those random people i keep getting more firend requests for my old post from 30 minutes ago which i have to ignore , i hate doing that [b] Optional Matchmaking alternative:[/b] 1.) start destiny 2.) decide to play something , press matchmaking 3.) play with randoms

There needs to be a change in matchmaking full stop. The amount of times I have launched the summoning pits strike and I've had to wait forever, only for my group to kill the boss before I collect the ghost on the wall. In my opinion, there should be options to go in solo and with match made teams into things.

A game that I think Destiny should take notes from on matchmaking would be SAO: Lost Song. In no other way should the two games be compared (because they are so vastly different) but SAO nailed matchmaking with that game. You simply go talk to an NPC in the social space and decide to search for a multiplayer room (pvp or pve) or you can create your own room which you can also make private with a password. It also allows you to place restrictions on your matchmaking such as purpose, level restriction, objective, serious/casual, quest specific, leveling focused, just for fun, etc. Another great thing is that it works seamlessly. Once you choose to join the room, nothing changes in terms of your social environment (no loading screen) except that all of a sudden the people that you join/join you suddenly appear in your room. I know there are drastic differences to both these games, but my point is the overall implementation and layout of the matchmaking in SAO would work incredibly well for Destiny activities. It's basically like many of this thread have been saying. You can still go the find your own friends route, but you also have the matchmaking option. The more options for players the better, because not everyone plays the game the same way or takes it as seriously/casually as some do. That's just my two cents anyways.

Since the "complex raid mechanics" can't be argued as a reason anymore...For people saying that matchmaking means they would have 1 player carry a team. A) if you are the best person in the game at that time of day, congratulations, but for rest of the 99% of players you will always run into people better than you and doubtful you will always carry everyone else every time. B) the same exact can be said over any Crucible playlist except ToO, should they also remove matchmaking from: Iron Banner? Control? Rift? I am sick of people making theoretical objections to matchmaking when people without regular friends online have an [b]actual problem[/b] playing huge parts of this game for no reason.

If there is no MM I will probably never play this content. I'm an adult, can barely get a few hours of gaming here and there, sure as heck not going to spend time looking for people. Matchmaking or bust. Edit: [b]OPTION[/b] for anything to have matchmaking in this game, please. It's just making a lot of the content unatainable for many of us. Don't start with your make friends, LFG, it's just as random and I have no time for that, really.

People, this is our chance to finally get Matchmaking, This thread has got a lot of attention. IF WE WANT THIS, WE NEED TO KEEP THIS TRENDING. So Bump like Hell! Am I right, marines!

Stop with the matchmaking requests FFS. This isn't the division where everything is a bullet sponge with no mechanics other than point and shoot. This game actually requires communication for end game content and I'm sure these new bosses will have some interesting mechanics. THE ONLY THING MATCHMAKING WILL DO FOR THIS GAME IS INCREASE THE FAILURE RATE OF RAIDS, MAKING THE COMMUNITY CRY EVEN MORE ABOUT HOW HARD THEY ARE AND MAKE BUNGIE DUMB DOWN THE RAIDS TO APPEASE THE CAUSALS. YEA. IM YELLING AT YOU IDIOTS. IF YOU WANT A GAME WHERE THE ENTIRE ENDGAME IS SO PAINFULLY SIMPLE AND THOUGHTLESS GO PLAY THE DIVISION.

Gross. The m word. Usually spoken by the lazy or scrubby

Only bad players want end game matchmaking. Fact.

I'm a full supporter for optional match making. Other games do it with no problem. If I'm having issues on a challenging mission with a mm group and it's not going well I simply leave and queue up with another group. If we can't get it done maybe I'll try and find friends to help but more than likely I'll play other parts of the game understanding that I'm not leveled or geared for that content. Are the devs really trying to tell me the rest of the world is incapable of the same thing?

Not in a million years