they don't need a mic to learn. if they don't learn, they dont succeed. same as every aspect of every game. raids are no different. not everyone thinks the same or plays the same and everyone who doesnt do what needs to be done, in any game, just makes things harder for themselves. if they want to learn, they will. either by actually trying, by being told tips via text like i mentioned before or by looking it up. and how many of those who don't learn are going to stay committed? not many I would wager. - loads of games use this teqnique. and not just darksouls-like games. even straight forward first person shooters often make you, or encourage you to change your style/tactics from time to time. even if its just because of other players on a certain map layout. - raids will be no different from heroic conditions of public events with the exception of failure = start again. I figured them all out on my own within 2 tries, with the exception of the blight one, which I figured out after I saw someone in the event constantly walking in and out of the blight shield. because I wanted to learn how to do it, so I looked at other people when I didn't notice it myself. I'm not the only one who thinks like that. unless everyone else who knew looked it up. which I doubt. - and my point at its core about matchmaking is simply, having it is better than not. .. fireteams don't suffer, and those who use it would obviously prefer to suffer repeated failure rather than join a fireteam and have to use a mic. which is out of the question for some of us with social//communication disorders. and that would be the trade off. so at least we have the option. and you know those around you are here to try at least. it hurts no one to put it in. which is why it wouldn't "fail" because there would still be people out there, at the very least people like me, who would keep using it. and if they are the only ones using it, then that's fine, at least I would know the people I'm with either know what they are doing, or are willing to learn and have no interest in being pressured to use a mic. - and those who notice who is doing well can always text each other to form a mic less fireteam if they can and want to.