Now I really have no clue how CCP went about the current matchmaking but it isn't working out well. I'd say during off-peak hours that maybe 1 in 5 matches are anywhere near close. I understand that CCP will not be able to make game modes that are exclusionary because of the small user-base, but I do have a suggestion. A point system;

Each side in a pub-match has a running point total and as players are added the point total goes up until a minimum number is met, then a countdown (i.e. warbarge time) is initiated to allow time for Skotty to fill up the teams further, but ensure matches take place in a timely manner.

I propose point tallies should be as follows;

10 points for characters less than 10 million sp
20 points for characters between 10million and 20 million sp
30 points for characters over 20million sp

(character points would be pre-stored on characters, much like skills or name, to reduce computational load)

+10 points per squad member

This way teams can start to resemble balance. A 6-man squad of proto-players would be between 180 and 240 points meaning that a 6-man protosquad would have to go up against and entire team of random newberries (they would probably still win), or a team of between 9 to 12 moderately skilled solo-players, or possibly even a similar squad with newberries sprinkled throughout.

You would never again have a 12 vs 1 match as we are all familiar with.

This is a non-computationally expensive method to make matches much more balanced.

Of course CCP would need to monitor matches to see if these numbers would need tweaking (which is why the numbers are 10,20,30 instead of 1,2,3)

Thoughts?