New issue of Edge Magazine (no scans, promise)

by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 11:21 (4048 days ago) @ Stephen Laughlin

Yeah. Bungie said… somewhere… that they would be limiting the number of players you see at any time, even in the cities. The goal, they said, wasn't to show a million jillion players but to provide each player with a good experience. I'd guess that the matchmaking system is, like you said, smart enough to prioritize friends if you're both playing alone, and surely you can group up and have the system keep your group on the same mission while randomly drawing in others as appropriate.