I'm in a clan of 200+ and it's still difficult to gather a team for a raid during my time. I've literally raided VoG and Crota both hard mode with no communication between teammates. I honestly didn't think it was going to work out, but after the first section of each raid I realized everyone knew what they were doing with out communicating. I honestly thought it was absolutely amazing! Our characters acted for us, kind of like sign language. A lot of players don't want to do raids anymore or they've just moved on due to the poor rewards and bad glitches associated with a raid. I do especially enjoy taking new players through a raid, but of course it must be done in normal for their first time. Which sucks for me, because I'm rewarded with shards and maybe a duplicate. I really believe matchmaking would bring a whole new aspect to destiny. It would be a way for others to create friends and eventually allowing some of the more shy players to open up. Implement a meeting area like in the bar at the tower. Where guardians can congregate and seek like minded guardians instead of soliciting each other through interact and message. It could look something like this. VoG team raid search: input your GT,experience, weapons and character's. Once all is imputed go about conducting ordinary business. When a team is formed you'll receive a message and you have 5 minutes to join or be replaced. There won't be a specific fire team leader either. This will also require a headset or some means of communication. The same can be done for every raid, PoE, nightfall and ToO. You want us to be a team,make friends create our destiny. But you put a huge road block in doing so. Not everyone feels socially acceptable until someone helps them break free of this awkwardness. By allowing MM can easily help others overcome this fear once they realize not everyone is an asshole and there's a lot of players willing to help and stand up for them. Look Deej! Your numbers don't lie and from my understanding there is a very small percentage of guardians that have completed the raids and or other content. Mainly due to the fact they're unable to connect with other players. I've journeyed around all of destiny and help as many as I can. This is were I realize there's a lot of guardians missing out on the best part of this game. Please give us a good explanation as to why optional matchmaking wouldn't be a good idea?