But what if the answer is "We're working on coming up with a solution that will actually work, but haven't found something viable yet"? I get why there's no Raid matchmaking, or at least the philosophy behind it. With people actively searching for players to play with, they're much more likely to be in it for the long haul of an entire Raid than a kid who's never done it before seeing "Raid Matchmaking," jumping in for a few minutes, ruining the experience for everyone (by intentional death or ineptitude), then leaving because Mommy's calling him off to dinner. I think Bungie's biggest fear in that would be turning people off from the Raid because they're having consistently "meh" (or worse) experiences from the Raid. Well, what if they just let people drop into Raids and such? Fill the team up after players drop out? I think the fear there is that, within the Raid, you may have players who really needed something from an earlier chest (high chances of Radiant Materials early in Crota's End, or something) and coming in late, only to receive a small bit of the spoils. Unless they make it so you can have a checkpoint preference, people may get screwed out of materials (and locked out of further gear due to weekly limits for each chest) by playing the same part of an incomplete Raid over and over. Some players may be more prone to simply do a part and bail, leaving the group waiting for a new match to come through and bail them out. If that takes too long, impatient players may leave and become disgruntled with the Raid themselves. So far, using an LFG (or even Bungie's own forums) has gotten me players who are in it for the long haul every time, except the occasional bailer who leaves after multiple failures/he simply runs out of time (both rather rare). It's a nuisance to go outside of the game for a minute, but it's been worth the effort. Could it be an option to just have MM in the game? Sure, I don't see why not. But if Bungie's afraid of the consequences that may bring (above), they may still be in the process of fine-tuning a system that does work.