Kind of sounding like it will be better to go in with a group and not matchmake group. Damn now I have to find time to get people together to play.
I tried with matchmaking and to put it diplomatically it was bad. Of 5 times we made to the last encounter 3 times and all 3 we ran out of time. So yeah I definitely would recommend going with a Fire team.
You'll definitely want to use LFG, at least. I found a couple people and ran through the mission yesterday, and it was challenging but doable. It took us a couple tries, mostly just needed to clean up some deaths during the boss fight. Pro tip: don't die during a damage phase or you'll lose your buff, and that's a huge hit to your potential damage.
We didn't bother with mics or anything, so if that's something you're concerned about, don't worry about it.
After reading the perks, on paper this exotic sounded kind of boring to me. But after actually seeing it, I really want it. I dig the look of this thing and could totally see myself using it a lot as just a sort of workhorse gun!
