I apologize if I came across as condescending. That wasn't the case, and often it's lost in translation when there's no context for written text. I think a combination of what we suggested would potentially work .... 1. Gauardian can select whether they want to do the strike with / without matchmaking. 2. A countdown timer once 2 out of the 3 guardians reach the Darkness Zone for AFK. 3. Force an event to occur to prevent runners before the Darkness Zone (similar to the Nexus Strike when you have to destroy the 3 servitors or the Devil's Lair when you have to fight those waves of ads to get the gate open). It won't stop a guy from getting ahead while you kill everything, but it would slow them down. Maybe it forces the runner to wait until the rest of the strike team catches up before it begins the event?