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

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Thursday, October 08, 2015, 21:30 (3553 days ago) @ Leviathan

As someone who plays solo 90% of the time, I almost only play matchmade activities and actually wish Bungie added more matchmaking as an option to stuff like Nightfall and higher difficulty PoE - modes I don't play regularly because of the current requirement of socializing. While I've had a blast doing a few Raids with DBO, it's an exception to a medium I usually use as a cool down from extroversion.

I'm just thinking out loud here, so this might be a terrible idea. I guess I'll start with a question:

When you play match made gametypes, does playing with randoms make the experience more enjoyable, or does it just make it possible?

I've often wished Nightfalls had matchmaking, but I'm now starting to think that what I really want is for the Nightfalls to scale so I could more realistically run them solo if none of my friends are around.

I guess in my head, I'm still "playing alone" when I do a match made activity... There are just these other people involved who tend to detract more often than add anything meaningful to the experience. I think, in those cases, I'd rather be really alone and just have the mission or strike scale to suit 1 player rather than 3.

The games you and Cody are describing sound cool, but it wouldn't be something I play anywhere near as often as Destiny.

I'm not totally sure I would play it either, lol. I'm just letting my imagination wander :)