Raid size (Destiny)

by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Thursday, May 01, 2014, 16:50 (3868 days ago) @ Fuertisimo

Anyone else notice the number six being thrown around as the size for a raid with this latest round of news? I wonder if that's going to be the standard size or whether it will be variable.

In my mind I was imagining something like 12-15 players for a "raid", but I can see how that could be chaotic, plus you've got the added difficulty of gathering that many people together at once.

However, my creativity really starts churning when you think about the kinds of encounters you could design with 15 players in mind...

With too many players in the mix the amount of enemies you have to throw at the group to keep it challenging just crushes any lone player or players who get even momentarily separated. Also, it's no fun to play an FPS where your every kill is stolen by players 1-14. Keeping sizes very small ensures that each battle is more personal and that each team really has to rely on each other.