Destiny And The Case For Matchmaking

By Ted Schwerzler | Nov 11, 2014

While the success of Bungie’s latest game isn’t to be ignored, Destiny is still an experience that could benefit from one significant improvement.

Bungie has now had Destiny on the market for nearly two months, and in that time, over 9.5 million gamers have taken to the skies in hopes of becoming the ultimate guardian. However, as large as the gaming population is behind the experience, guardians are limited to only those they befriend. Maybe it’s time for a different way?

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Destiny is the game that Bungie decided to step away from their baby for. Walking away from Microsoft and Halo was a calculated decision, and one that only a game like Destiny could replace. However, despite moving on, the abilities shown in the creation of the Halo series cannot be overlooked.

Arguably, Halo as a series provides gamers with the best matchmaking experience on consoles. Microsoft has a game that has essentially laid the groundwork for every multiplayer title to come after it. Being able to hop into a game at a moments notice and find players around the world to fight alongside you is something that Halo revolutionized.

So why then does Destiny snub those same principles?

Some of the greatest aspects of Destiny take place amongst the Weekly Nightfall Strikes as well as the game’s raid, The Vault of Glass. Unfortunately for gamers, unless you are able to coordinate a fireteam capable of tackling each instance, you’re out of luck when it comes to ever experiencing either game mode.

Destiny has proven to be one of the ultimate social experiments thus far. On the PlayStation 4, players rarely use a microphone, however hopping into a strike playlist immediately shows off the ability for gamers to follow their designed tasks based upon knowing their own abilities, all without ever verbally communicating.

With that in mind, the idea that the same level of trust, communication, and execution couldn’t be replicated in either the raid or weekly events through a matchmade system seems off.

Bungie has decided to limit two of the best game modes that Destiny has to offer, and they have done so by not utilizing one of their biggest strengths in developing a matchmaking system.

Bungie has decided to limit two of the best game modes that Destiny has to offer, and they have done so by not utilizing one of their biggest strengths in developing a matchmaking system. Why the decision has been made is anyone’s guess, why it continues to stand is frustrating, the hope that it changes is what keeps many coming back.

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