I've seen countless threads relating to redline issues, MCC/afk camping and the struggles of new players trying to get established in the game. Here's an idea which I believe could help, if not resolve, all of these things.
(Thanks to Jaqen Morghalis for helping spark this idea)

The change:

• Return gains of Active SP for time spent in match to their prior 1 second = 5 SP level
• Remove/pause all such 'time played' gains of Active SP while the Merc is either in the red zone or unspawned.

Note: There would be a "grace period" on spawn in during which full 'time played' gains would be granted even in the red zone. This is to avoid punishing Mercs who are moving from initial spawn into the battle or who have been pushed back but are still fighting. The timer would be reset upon each spawn in allowing even Mercs who are red lined to get full 'time played' SP so long as they continue to actively try and break out of the red line.

Specific length of the timer to be determined by CCP based on in game metrics.

Effects

New players are gurenteed some solid level of SP earnings for deploying into match, so long as they stay actively participating in battle. This helps reduce their frustration and earn SP a bit more rapidly to help soften that learning cliff Dust 514 has.

MCC Campers - These guys get essentially nothing under the new system. Zero 'time played' earnings and zero WP based earnings doesn't leave you with much.

Redline snipers - Sniping from within the redline with tanks, rifles, et al would still be possible under the new mechanic but that extra safety would come at a cost in reduced SP and ISK gains per match. This may not fully resolve the issue of red line sniping but it would at minimum create a tactical and earnings trade-off if choosing to redline snipe thus bringing greater parity to the risk vs reward paradigm of sniping in match.

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