It's really annoying to have to wait for people to get on to form a group for Raids, Nightfalls and Heroic strikes, especially since we can't go to a public area like the Tower and recruit due to the voice chat restrictions imposed in the game. Not to mention it's hard to find people of the right level as well. Matchmaking would make this so much easier and make getting gear and leveling it less of a hassle.
The Matchmaking could look for players of similar level to match you with to make sure you're not going in with anyone too low to survive, as well as balance the group by diversifying the classes, bringing in 2 of each class for raids (2 titan, 2 warlock, 2 hunter) and one of each for the Nightfall and Heroic strikes.
While on the topic of Strikes, it would also behoove the player base if we could finally be able to voice chat with our random fire team members instead of having to form parties through the dashboard (X360 and XB1 versions). This should also be allowed in the Tower as well so those who are looking to form specific groups of people for Raids can do so much easier by simply talking to those around them. Being able to openly communicate with others is a staple of MMOs. Not allowing us to do is counter intuitive towards the game play in Destiny.
Also, we should be able to choose the difficulty of the Raids between normal and hard. The same goes for regular strikes as well. We should be able to play strikes up to level 30 as well as difficulty modifiers for players to challenge themselves. The higher the level and difficulty modifiers, the greater the rewards.
With the addition of PoE, matchmaking should be added for all modes of that activity as well, not just level 28.
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1) No raid or nightfall matchmaking cause many people want to solo it or we will have to deal with AFK teammates like tiger strikes. 2) In the game as of now, but nobody even uses it though it is in the game. 3) Could be greatly abused to get a lower level better gear. Ex: Lvl 24 joins strike and lvl 30 carries him through. Lvl 24 has chances to get armor to reach 30 by doing nothing. Though matchmaking would be nice, I think Bungie should fix some problems before doing this. My argument is that there would be a increase in bottom feeders. People who do nothing to get the best gear. Even if it was an option to turn on or off, there would still be people who are doin it cause they have no friends online and need to do the raid/nightfall and aren't skilled enough to do it themselves. They would then be filled with perhaps at least 1 AFK person and make the raid/nightfall still impossible to do. So I don't think so.