BUNGIE
GET RID of timers!!!
What part of racing through activities at break neck speed is not fun for for all players do you not get?
on top of that
There is the issue of - not every player has the gear to make builds that kill stuff fast enough to get through in those times.
Seriously, you keep trying to make timer adjustments when the real issue is the timers themselves. Just eliminate timers, grades and scores based on time. It should be about fun and working to complete activities, not how fast you can do something.
The system you have with the portal is NOT working, and no amount of fooling with it is going to fix it so all players are happy with ti. It is still driving your players away not attracting them and enticing them to play more. I could make better decisions blind drunk than you are now.
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I stop and kill enemies in pretty much everything other than solo ops and even when I run pretty much anything solo, I'm still able to comfortably finish in the time limit.