AFK players are as big a blight on this game as any glitch, imbalance or cheat. Ruining a game for your fellow players just because you feel others are ruining it for you is hypocritical. This is not how a community supports those players that share this space with them.

And this is your first post so I'm calling you out as an ALT which you are using to hide your main identity. Why hide if you think this is a fair response to an issue you are having? You wish to bully CCP, hurt fellow gamers trying to enjoy the game and then you hide behind a posting alt. DUST does not need people like you.

The correct response is to offer suggestions, contact the CPM, post in the feedback section or open a help ticket. You, OP, are bad for this game.

Why not get yourself proto? If it takes to long why not ask CCP to increase SP rewards? Why protest in a destructive matter, why don't you suggest something constructive that will help build a better foundation for this game instead of trying to rush the DEVs into forcing some sort of fix to a game mechanic. Better yet get some gun game, get some strategy, learn to play the game. I play in proto most of the time and there are time a MLT suit just obliterates me, and it's not by luck.

I feel that you are an alt, but I will not give you strife because of it. Unlike quite a few, I could give less of a damn about mains or alts. All the same to me, really.

What I will say to you, however, is that you are right for bringing up that notion. It's been going on for quite some time now. Whenever a force steps up, they (the same people that do what you mentioned) will immediately back down. If they had any merit, they would also have enough dignity to be fairer. "But, but, but... this is New Eden and life's not fair!" Neither is my own proto suit setup that is a miniature fuckin' tank. I'll never use it in a public game, for that is unjust for those that are unable to do the same.

The day I bring out my suit, I'll run my wallet dry fighting the good fight, for they (my opponents), must be truly worth it. Until then, I'll continue to don full standard. It's all I need. I'll gun down whatever I see. To use protogear in a public match against anything but a full team that is doing the same is a disgrace. A shame. A crutch.

Meta-based matchmaking is the answer. The vermin will be eradicated with it.

how about no?

No, we all went through the baptism of stomping.
Afk-ing hurts the game more than any proto stomp could.

This is inherently the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. I will be on the lookout for members of my alliance exhibiting this dumb, and will deal with them appropriately. Acting ungentlemanly with things like AFK farming, being a cancer to your own team, is not classy.

Proto has nothing to do with it. It had little do with it before, it has even less to do with it now. TTK is so fast, that what suit you're wearing is irrelevant. If you have to blame your suit on your death, it's just your refusal to admit you're a bad player. The game balance comes down to organization.

Yes, matches are heavily imbalanced. No, it has nothing to do with proto suits. Most "protostompers" are actually running full organized squads. And they have Planetary Conquest experience. Experience they're more than happy to use on the unwashed masses in pub matches. The fact that they have proto (largely just because they can afford it, from PC income), has little to do with their success.

If you want a way to sort players, it needs to be granting solo players a playground where squads aren't allowed. So that individuals can play on even turf. New players can start there to learn the feel of the mechanics and the gameplay, explore the maps, etc. Then they can hit up the squad finder to take it to the next step, having already learned the basics.

Instantly liked the fact no one liked his post.

With all due respect, Karl, this protest will get no one anywhere. I agree that protostomping is a problem, but it's not the only one. There's the blueberries not using teamwork, TTK being too short, etc,. etc. But an ingame protest? You want this game fixed? Get more people to play, or stop playing altogether. I'm doing the former.

The mechanic is failing because the new players are leaving, yes. But if we bring in more players than are leaving, then this will fix itself. In the meantime, CCP needs an artificial fix on this sort of thing. Raise the Academy WP. 1200 WP in Dom is easy. Created a new character. 1400+ WP in two matches.

Well, anyways, while I do think it needs to be changed, but that this won't work, I wish you the best of luck. Just don't be surprised if I make your merc fall.

Look on the bright side: The players still here are those that are in it for the long haul. Like myself. Been here since Beta. Love this game. Nearly 10M SP. *Shrug*

I'll have to make sure I can play that day then.