If you run too far or skip areas in Nightfalls you can make champions despawn. If you make champions despawn it counts as not killing them and therefore you cannot get platinum. If you dont get platinum you do not get ANY nightfall rewards. No weapon, no cores, no prisms, no shards, NOTHING.
PLEASE STOP!!!!!
We are not playing these Nightfalls for the end of strike chest for 3 legendary shards. We are doing them for the WEAPONS.
Optional matchmaking would fix this in a heartbeat.
Guardian Games proved this 100X over.
Giving players an option to play how they want is a positive especially if it is legal.
Optional matchmaking is literally a middle ground for all players to meet.
You can matchmake or you could solo.