Turn the Matchmaking Bug into a Feature

[Grave.Knight]

Now that the Matchmaking bug, which put you in random matches despite what you queued up for, is fix can we have it as a feature? Just have like a Random Mission node that'll put us into any mission someone has already started or is starting, or a random one if no mission meet the criteria. Additionally if the planet is controlled by a Kuva Lich we could queue for a random Kuva Lich mission.

[(PSN)Ozymandias-13-]

I kind of like this idea to help out in nodes that don't tend to get as much population, but at the same time I feel like it's a recipe for disaster.

Many mission types, especially in higher level missions, should have appropriate gear to a degree. Sure, many people like to exclusively use a frame like Mesa or Inaros but they don't realize that they aren't actually all that helpful in something like Defense if there isn't a frame to directly protect the objective.  If you show up randomly queued into Aten, Void for mobile defense with just an average player with just an Excalibur and Ivara you're going to have a bad day and end up spamming Radial Blind and Sleep Arrow 80 times. 

Obviously a good player can make do in any situation with most loadouts, but a simple fact is that most players are not actually good. They're, by definition, average at best.

With that information in mind, they could limit some of the headache that is bound to come up with certain rules. Like only max rank gear can be used (no leveling- there's plenty of content for that already), but you (whomever queued with the Random system) earn bonus credits from all sources in these missions with a chance for bonus resources from any resource pick-up. There's still going to be a likelihood of ending up unprepared in some random content though, like Void Defense, which just means people will end up extracting after 5 or 10 waves.