Wondering if this whole "philosophy" thing is just a convenient excuse for a crappy infrastructure. Starting to think maybe their system can't handle the amount of people playing at once if optional matchmaking were implemented for most game modes. Easier on the system if people are on external sites looking for teammates instead of playing the game. Might be also why they put forced matchmaking on the Heroic Strike. Acting like they were doing people a favor but actually eliminating solo players and cutting Heroic strike traffic to 1/3 of what it was. This is probably a stupid theory, but I felt like throwing it out there.