Why aren't there 6-player fireteams in patrol? (Destiny)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Wednesday, September 23, 2015, 19:43 (3445 days ago) @ dogcow

I wonder, why aren't there 6 player fireteams? What was the reasoning for that design decision? I have trouble believing it's because more than 3 people are too powerful for public events as instances with public events often have that # of people in it. Is it because patrol missions would be too easily accomplished, I doubt this too as they could be adjusted based on the # of players in the fireteam, except for the scan a specific location, but then they'd just be saving time if they were spread out.

If I had to guess, I'd say it comes down to the logistical side of things. Look at what happened when House of Wolves launched:

Many of us DBO PS4 players spent several nights per week raiding together. If we weren't raiding, we would often jump into PvP as a full group. Even when we did our weekly Nightfall night, we'd party up into a group of 6 so we could still hang out together.

Then HoW came along, and suddenly there were fewer ways for us all to play Destiny's end game together. Trials of Osiris and Prison of Elders were both 3-man activities, along with all the strikes and story missions and patrol... it kind of "broke up the band" for a while.

Since the majority of Destiny's activities are designed and built to accommodate 1-3 players, I suspect Bungie wanted to limit our ability to jump in to larger groups because most of the game would only force those groups to break apart again.

All that said, I am 100% in favor of 6-player patrols :)