Explorer mode ftw

It could be done, but it won't because it's a bad idea.

Imagine matchmaking into a raid and you’re the only person that knows the mechanics… FAAAAHH

More questions: [b]What are you changing in the core game mechanics to balance fun, and engaging game play against the difficulty and grind we currently have?[/b] [b]What do you see as the top ten reasons why players left D2 in the first place?[/b] Without this you have no hope of affecting meaningful change that brings players back and keeps them! Knowing that it is an evolutionary process, things may and will change along the way and that you said you would share, [b]Why are you not sharing?[/b]

Raids are not designed for matchmaking and if you want them to adjust raids so that matchmaking would make sense, then you want activities like menagerie and the other 6 person match made activities that we've had over the years. There is usually no matchmaking for endgame and raids in most games because that defeats the purpose and design. I just don't understand why you don't get together with like-minded individuals who want to raid. This is how it's supposed to work and has worked for like every person. You can also join a clan or make one yourself to learn with others.

Only for dungeons since they’re much easier to pickup the mechanics first run

Problem with matchmaking in raids is you need comms for most of them. Ok Kings fall and vog maybe without if everyone knows what to do and can type fast. Few issues I see right of the bat. 1. You'll get people who want a carry and not do mechanics. 2. Raids like the two latest absolutely needs a mic for. 3. People would quit mid game because of deaths or board. 4. Revive tokens are limited especially when you have most of the team not knowing mechanics. 5. Odds that no one will have a clue what to do. Only real solution would be a matchmade version with more or no revive tokens and watered down mechanics. As for rewards mer who cares if a match made version has the same rewards not important. Raids lite would be a good idea in general especially for matchmade. As for dungeons I don't see as many issues with them being match made just up or remove tokens.

Fireteam finder already exists if you want to find a team... you could also join a clan, or add people like me, who are willing to teach. Matching-making would NOT work in raids, for the following reasons : (1) revive tokens are not only limited, but are allotted one per player & there's no way to earn more (like by killing champs in GM's). When a new player joins mid-encounter, they spawn in dead, so if match-making forces someone into an open spot when the team has used all their tokens, then the whole team will wipe just cuz someone joined. (2) another problem is when people have connection issues. It would suck to get dc'd halfway thru the raid & cant even rejoin or get invited back because match-matching has already filled up your spot. (3) and what about the idiots who join with no mic, no clue, just standing around not contributing, or even worse, spewing hateful obscenities & insults? The entire fireteam would be at a stalemate, unable to proceed forward because there's no way to boot someone in a match-made activity. Everyone will inevitably leave the activity to escape the problematic person & then come complain in the forums about how match-making sucks & the community is toxic etc, etc, etc. (4) on the topic of leaving... when you launch a match-made raid, there's no way to tell which encounter you're spawning into or who your fireteam will be. People would load in & then just insta-leave if its not the encounter they want, or if they dont wanna teach, or cant do the role they like, etc. It would just end up being an endless carousel of people joining & leaving & joining & leaving, without any recourse for ditching your team. (5) and then there's the actual mechanics. Some of the raids randomly select players to do certain mechanics and/or require everyone to participate. What if its a slow day & match-making can only put together 4 players ? Are people gonna actually stick around to figure out how to 4-man the Herald encounter in SE, or the Bridge encounter in Crota? And imagine all the complications if match-making randomly spawns people into encounters with randomized buffs, like getting selected for the Temporality buff on Epoptes before you're even done loading in. Whatever you think is bad about Fireteam Finder now, it will be 1,000 times worse with Match-making.

There are no future raids or dungeons, so no.

Matchmaking for raids and dungeons, and for every other activity in the game, sounds good to me.

I think it could work for dungeons, but for raids as they are now I think it would be very bad. If raids had a matchmaking difficulty level with unlimited revives and no team wipes it might work, but I think the mechanics would also need changing to remove the need for a mic as too many would join without one.

This should definitely be a thing It would be hectic and have a learning curve but it would open the gates for raids... But I think it should be encounter based... So you start the raid... Complete an encounter claim chest... Then match for the next leg... To minimize possible problems... Post...

Tale as old as time 😂

Yes let us all fall on our faces please...