I've had a series of crazy thoughts about matchmaking lately (Destiny)

by marmot 1333 , Thursday, October 08, 2015, 19:23 (3430 days ago) @ Cody Miller

On the other side of the coin, there are some overwhelming facts that support the inclusion of matchmaking. Not everyone has a friends list full of people playing the same game all the time. Many people have inconsistent or unpredictable schedules that make it difficult to set up events with friends in advance. And for many, many people, they just don't want to spend the time thinking about this stuff in advance. They want to sit down and play whenever they feel like it and jump in to whatever activity they want. If matchmaking was removed from Destiny, the truth is that most people wouldn't play it. Just look at the PSN trophy data; as of today, only 23% of Destiny players have completed a raid. By omitting matchmaking from any specific activity, you chop off 3/4 of your player base.

This could all be mitigated by designing Destiny with no RNG loot, so that things do not have to be replayed over and over. If you only ever have to do one raid to get what you want, it makes organizing one easier.

I'm going to disagree with you pretty solidly, here. If the game had no loot at all, it would be EVEN HARDER to get random, non-matchmade groups together to do the activities.