Hello, today I went to do a Nightfall in the easiest difficulty because it was helping a new light and then the seeker put us in a game already underway, but what surprised me was that when I entered the game, the only player there was a new light and he was more than 1hour and 40 minutes in the match.(I recorded the gameplay to check the total time of the match)
So I decided to do a test, lowered my power below 2000, equip parts with power 1900, which I have in my safe and I went to do the same Nightfall, then the search engine put me with players of equivalent power between 1930 and 1960
I tested 3 matches and in all 3, the players were below the required power, alone and in two of these matches, these players in it for about 1 to 2 hours in the match, without any stronger player enter.
Don’t know if it’s intentional, but it seems to me that the searchers are only pairing players with equivalent power, leaving "New Light" players stuck for hours in these activities, just like it happened in Xur’s activity from the birthday pack.
https://youtu.be/ARbjdjA2Rx8
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I think bungie needs to make a seperate strikes and nightfalls tailored to newer lights that can help them get into the game better and help prepare/ level them up properly. Ever since bungie had change the match making where just about anyone join regardless whether they have the proper gears and/ or level is what causing more of a problem. On the original destiny, there was a separate strikes aimed at lower levels and then theres the more normal/ harder ones. I think bungie is trying to make a one size fit all when everyone is a bit different. Plus destiny 2 is missing alot of the older stories/ strikes which can leave new players a bit clueless or at a lost.