If a player has all 4 factions selected, what algorithm is used to decide which faction they will fight for? Is it alphabetical at all (ie. Amarr first, then Caldari)?

There is no bias towards any particular faction if that is what you are getting at.

However you will more likely get matched to an underpopulated faction just so we can get battles happening faster.

There are some subtle changes to the way it constructs matches which I expect will fix this problem too. That is unless 1 faction is just better all of the time in which case they deserve full control.

This could be simplified a little ... Just open a new channel when you join a battle ... call it 'Conflict Local' (or just the system name or whatever) ... that way you don't lose connection to your regular local channel and you get all the benefits you're asking for above.

No messing about coding a way to remove one channel and add a different one ... just the same system that adds the Team channel also adds the systems local channel aswell ... job done !

8213 had a theory that there are more random newbies on the Amarr and Caldari side because they are more likely to have left all 4 factions selected, and the game would then put them into those teams first. Sounds like the theory is busted though.

The problem with this is that the instant you win a match that district becomes under attack and you lose control majority of the time unless you immediately jump right back in. I have played where we took a district and then instantly went right back in to FW and defended the same district 7 times!!! Making absolutely no progress because most of the Gal matches are defense and as soon as the Cal take a district its attack on that one district until its over run and back to defending. There has to be a period of time set on a district that is taken as there is in PC that allows for progress in these fights other wise you will see the same two factions raining control of these regions in New Eden. I have organized some of the deadliest players in the game and formed a "special forces" for the Caldari and we win match after match after match and when you look at the star map its just depressing to see that all your hard work is for nothing. Hotfix this ASAP and put in a locked period for these districts so we can see some real Faction Warfare Competition. Also it is never in the advantage of those that attack. Maps always lean more to the defenders benefit and if we (Caldari) are always attacking because of the current situation of being unable to control anything the Gal will always have an unfair advantage. Additionally, being in the military there is one thing that has always remain the most important above all else and that is communication why are team chats and comms in general still bugged. We have to make channels just to have team comms and no comms with pilots.

But Nullarbor's statement does possibly reveal the problem. If lots of new players aren't selecting a specific race, they are more often than not going to be put on an Amarr or Caldari team since there are a lot less people fighting for those races.

But Nullarbor's statement does possibly reveal the problem. If lots of new players aren't selecting a specific race, they are more often than not going to be put on an Amarr or Caldari team since there are a lot less people fighting for those races.

I thought the basis for the land fights was due to FW pilot activity in space. They complete a FW "complex" in that system, it results in opening up a ground battle on a planet in that same system for DUST. Or did they change that?

As for the comms issues I cannot agree with you more. The single most important thing to anyone in combat, business, or even competitive sports is communication. It is what we use to generate situational awareness and without it you are trying to fight blind. Here is a link that has more details on a lot of the broken or borked up aspects of the current comms implementation:
https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=120222&find=unread

Yes this changed with 1.4. Matchmaking for us has nothing to do with pilots plexing anymore. They fight over space stuff we fight over land and they benefit from supporting us as do we from the orbital strikes.

im fighting for minnie/gall id love it if i were to stop being put on the amarr/call sides even though i dont have them checked im even happy to wait longer so i dont have to quit and reque =)

Also re comments about not being able to fight back, that will happen when those sides start winning more than 50% of their battles.

Actually this is incorrect, the systems that spawn faction warfare battles are based on plexing except when there are no other options. With 2 of the factions having full warzone control that means they don't get any choice.

For the 2 factions trying to fight back however, those battles are being chosen based on plexing in that system.

Also re comments about not being able to fight back, that will happen when those sides start winning more than 50% of their battles.

There are some subtle changes to the way it constructs matches which I expect will fix this problem too. That is unless 1 faction is just better all of the time in which case they deserve full control.

I find this hard to believe when TEST was fighting in Eha and plexing 24/7 we hardly could get matches there to support so I think the whole process needs a complete evaluation and be revamped.

Also re comments about not being able to fight back, that will happen when those sides start winning more than 50% of their battles.

There is no bias towards any particular faction if that is what you are getting at.

However you will more likely get matched to an underpopulated faction just so we can get battles happening faster.

Also re comments about not being able to fight back, that will happen when those sides start winning more than 50% of their battles.