Well so far, no proto week, is not being followed by the following corps:

Nyansan/chan (no surprise)
Mottqnai japan (no surprise)
Ravenclaw something or other

That's as of 12:52 dust time. Will update as more become known

I don't care about the new player base it's al about me and only me.

Every one gets 50 000 a pop killing me in this ongoing event but I have to kill ppl with nova knifes to get anything in return.

Yeah I will proto stomp, spam militia tanks do whatever it takes to stomp the reds face throw the grownd.

Im always in my Advanced gear anyway so, yeah, I'll do it. =)

I love the sentiment, considering I'm one of the few newberries to migrate to the forum after so short a time in game. However, as this very post demonstrates, only 1/4 of the forum player base demonstrates compassion, understanding, for the newberry cause. Sportsmanship and honor is a lacking quality amongst these mercs, and will continue to be so till an over arching reason to play besides grinding sp/risk/ kills is introduced.

I of course, will be rolling standard gear, with an advance AR, as always. And yes I have proto gear, I got my duvolle this morning and have plenty state proto assaults.

To those of you have posted their desire to honor this agreement, I thank you, and encourage our to hold out. The desire to run protos will tear at you, but please refrain. Remember that week, remember the difficulties you may face running just standard gear, look at your kdr, and weep. And then remember that your standard suit is practicly as good as an advance, because of your skills. Remember that those newberries around you are not running in a 6 man squad.

Also, proto AVers, don't stop running proto AV. Tankers, and tank spammers, need to die. I feel bad for the real newberry who falls to your forge, but I pity more the 10 newberries who fall to that tank due to its indestructible nature in relation to the AV options available to newberries. And well, most tankers won't park their proto plaster madrugar for a match, never mind a week.

Hahaha, seems like there are more douchebags in this community than I thought... jk, jk! (but it is true)

I'm surprised that ML has such a bad reputation (I personally never use proto suits in pub matches.) and I want to make clear that I'm not officially speaking for ML. This proposal is not an official ML one but a personal one from my side. I can not say if any of my corpmates will join me, but I hope so.

Yes, I agree that it is upon CCP to improve the new player experience, but I think we as a community also can do something to make this game more fun for new players every once in a while. At least for as long as the NPE is not fixed. I don't think that this is too much to ask for.

But I can also understand if people want to use this event to grind a ton of WP, so I have a new proposal:
Lets try to keep at least one game mode, lets say pub Skirmishes, free from stomping.

Maybe I was aiming too high with my first proposal, but I hope we can all agree on this one.

Thanks.

With the upcoming accelerated SP week (Jan. 22-29) I propose to make this week a no proto, no advanced gear week.

Yea, I know, but hear me out.

I see people, probably new players, going 0/5, 0/8, 0/12 or even worse in every single match and I can not imagine that these guys are having any fun whatsoever. But we need more people to stick to this game if we want it to succeed.

I'd imagine that many people who have given up on this game might return for this event to see if the game got any better and additionally this event is a good opportunity for new players to catch up on SP.

So what we as a community can do is make it a little easier for those guys to get into the game and have fun without getting roflstomped 23/7. At least for one week.

So, for just this one week, I'd ask everyone of this lovely community to only use standard dropsuits, weapons, and modules in pub matches. (you are free to use whatever you like in FW and PC, of course)

I know I can not stop everyone from using proto gear and the trolls will inevitably keep stomping, but the more people participate the better.

even without advanced gear veterans will still have more than enough bonuses from their skills and knowledge about the game to distinguish themselves from the rest of the people. You can not lose anything, except your KDR might take a slight hit, if you care for such silly things.

So, if you are with me on this, please let your corpmates know about this aswell, and refrain from using anything but standard gear for this one week. Just 1 week.

Thanks.


EDIT:

I doubt that my corp will. still most of us usually don't run proto. There are times we are left with no choice though. What I do love about this is how low the payouts will be for the stompers. 200k suit? here have 120k payout. May your kdr rise and your isk sink.

Ok guys, no proto week starting in a few minutes.

I'd like to thank everyone who is willing to participate and keep pub Skirmishes free from proto and advanced gear to make life a little easier for new players.

If you are not willing to quit using proto gear I'd ask you to not play pub Skirmishes and instead use the other game modes to stomp and farm WP.

Thanks.

You didn't learn how to tackle or play football by playing in air conditioned padded room, did you?

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No...

No, but my first game and every practice match wasn't against pro teams, in full gear, going all out. How about you?

The point is, the blueberries need to be taught how to fight. The exclusion of prototype suits doesn't train them. Yet the blueberry still doesn't have battlefield awareness. He still drops uplinks facing the wall. He still revives people in the middle of a gunfight.

While the idea is commendable, the truth is it doesn't train the blueberry anything. My coach didn't put me up against freshmens when we did tackling. They put me up against seniors in order for me to gain experience of what happens when I get on the field for a game. Coaches didn't soften up practice just for us to get a handle. Hell, our T-shirts had on em, "Go Hard or Go Home"

I don't know, I come from a different background than most. Not to say that makes me better than anybody else, that's not what I'm implying. But where I come from, the toughness is what built character and instilled skills that aren't perishable as opposed to someone getting the easy way out all the time.

I see where you are coming from, but the problem is this is a video game, which is supposed to be both enjoyable and challenging, and the NPE is neither of those. It is unenjoyable and brutal for most, which is why we have few new players. What you propose is fine for real life, but this game is what most of us are doing as a temporary escape from real life, as a way to unwind after a hard day of being challenged at work, at school, or on the football field.

It's fine for a game to be challenging, and everybody's idea of how "difficult" their entertainment should be to consume is different. Personally, I like whatever entertains me to challenge me on a somewhat higher level than what most people would probably consider enjoyable -- and I suspect most of the Dust/Eve community feel the same, otherwise they wouldn't be playing this game. But it can't be so difficult that a person begins to feel iike there is no progression, which is what being stomped feels like. Then it just sucks, and makes people want to do something else. And that's bad for this community.