I've been reading a lot of this topic lately and have been watching the struggle. I've only just started talking on the subject last night but I want to put this out there to whoever is pro matchmaking. No matchmaking is not .. despite what some people seem to think. to bring the community together. The playlists that have matchmaking do so because they're not overly complicated. They don't require communication or gear loadouts. They simply require the desire to point and shoot. If they added matchmaking to PoE it would.. I couldn't imagine trying to do Qodron with people that don't know the fight You could say "Teach those that don't know!" But come on .. this isn't a utopia Anyone that's played any online gaming ever know that there are just some people that won't read your messages or listen to you when you try to explain something. You could dumb the fights down so that it's easily do able with a "let's shoot things " attitude. But that's not fair to people that can form groups with friends or are willing to take the time to find a solid group on lfg. So what then create two versions where the non match made version rewards more so that the more hardcore players feel rewarded. Then we're right back here with this problem. People wanting matchmaking for that too. Don't get me wrong I hate the prejudice of people thinking you have to have gjally for everything. I do each Poe / nightfall / raids multiple times a week just to help people and I don't have a gjally because that's just how rng is in a tradeless game. So thinking how this would affect the difficulty curve of the game .. Matchmaking is a terrible idea. Maybe for nightfall ? If you wanna risk it with people you don't know I mean .. could be a time sink but most nightfalls are easily soloable so it's reasonable to request matchmaking there. And finally Trials. I ... Don't even think I need to say why this would be a terrible idea to be matchmade If you aren't a big pvper then well. It just doesn't matter because aside from adept weapons the gear is just okay at best. Matchmaking would just make my 9-0 easier.