Bungie: We’re considering matchmaking for Destiny’s Raids

Are you a level 28 Guardian in Destiny, just waiting for your friends to level up to the same so you can take on Venus’ Vault of Glass Raid? Turns out, you mightn’t have to wait much longer.

Bungie took to their website to discuss the possibility of matchmaking for Raids yesterday. As you’d expect, it’s not a black-and-white type job.

“You don’t need to sell us too hard on the value of Matchmaking at Bungie,” Community Manager Deej said on Destiny‘s official site. “It’s something we helped to pioneer.

“Yet, we understand its limitations. In the recipe of a Bungie game, Matchmaking has always contributed the ingredient of a team built to play one match of competitive multiplayer. As you’ve probably witnessed in recent weeks (or years), many of those fresh allies have failed to go the distance together.

“The Raid was designed for solid teams of killers who have made a commitment to solve a dense and explosive riddle. Most of the raiding parties who have emerged victorious from the Vault of Glass have sworn that one weak link would have doomed their chain. There have been other stories, of course. We’ve heard tell of Guardians who met each other just outside the door that leads into that vault. Strange tales have reached our ears – tales of total strangers who have banded together to see the Raid all the way through to a triumphant finale.

“Those stories surprise us, but the players of our games always have. The best I can do to answer your question is to let you know that you’ve been heard. We’re having conversations about how Matchmaking might support the more challenging activities in Destiny. It’s a start. Keep sounding off about it, and maybe someday some matchmade Fireteam mates will hear you, too.”

Would you risk being matched up with strangers for the Raid rather than having to wait for a group of five friends to commit to a Raid?

Destiny is available now on Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3 and PS4.