This is not a small investment you are asking people to make in your stop gap "celebration" content. 30 dollars I believe, for basically "old yeller-horn" a tracking rocket launcher with clusterbombs that simply isn't as relevant to the game as once it was, and a "loot cave" dungeon. If the content isn't going to have matchmaking, give public notice of that now so that solo players can make an informed decision to not buy it. Yes this means that your decisions will result in you consequentially making less money, but that is better than defrauding solo players of their money for content you intend to deny them access to. If you fully intend to grant full access to matchmaking through out the event that's great, and I infact urge you to state so as it will if anything drive up preorders. Look forward to it. But if you're going to lock solo players out of that 30 dollar content, you need to tell them, in plain language without the usual doubletalk and legalese that this is content they will not be rewarded for buying. And you need to do it now, not as an afterthought at the last moment after preorders have been made. It is a decision you have every right to make if you want to keep solos out of that content. But those players have a right to know you're going to exclude them before they pull out their wallet. Just put it in plain writing. "Following the release of the expanded version of Astral Alignment: Legendary, we have received some feedback about matchmaking in our game and how some players feel that they are being excluded from content they invested in. It is not our intent to exclude players from content, we do have an LFG feature on our app and website. But it is fair to say that players who [b]deliberately[/b] refuse to use that feature are in fact excluded from legendary content by their choices, rather or not that is fair, or even justifiable, is in our opinion irrelevant, it is none the less a deliberate design choice we have made and stand by. But because this has become a source of friction, we wish to prevent any misunderstanding or miscommunication about the upcoming celebration event. This is an event which will provide consistent access to high level rewards and, to be as clear as possible, [b]MATCHMAKING WILL NOT BE AN AVAILABLE ROUTE TO ACCESS THEM[/b]. We will as always provide access to our LFG network, but if you choose to not use that system, and do not have companions to assist you, you will not find this paid content to be a rewarding investment, and we suggest you consider that before making your purchase. We do not intend this to criticize your decision nor shame your play style, we only wish your decision to be informed by foreknowledge of our intents rather than you be forced to react after the fact once it is too late to receive a refund. If the upcoming celebration is not right for you, we do remind you that there will be many matchmade events in the upcoming expansion and look forward to seeing you then." You can even copy and paste that uncredited if you want. It's direct and polite while also firmly expresses the fact that this /is/ the case and you /won't/ be moved from that decision, and lets players express their feelings about that in the only way that matters. With their wallets. People only get angry when they feel like they've been tricked. Let them know the bottom line up front and we won't have to have this argument again in a few months. Being clear. I'm not telling you to enable matchmaking. I'd personally rather you did but I'm not telling you how to make your game, it's in every way your right to make that decision. I'm only counseling you you should let people know your plans before you take their money, from a position of ethics.