If people would actually play the game and not get intimidated before the game even starts, or quit half way through it would not be so bad. A lot of them are not as good as you think they are, this is why they que-sync to begin with. Safety in numbers.

I've basically just started leaving matches against corps que-syncing into pub matches to proto stomp. What I don't understand is why they need more than a squad of 6 to turn the tides of the battle or why they use proto when they have 10+ organized players. It really just seems like overkill. Is it even fun? I get bored enough if my team redlines the enemy halfway through the match let alone within the first minute.

Is there something wrong with trying to prevent this from happening or am I right in assuming most of the community looks down on the practice as pathetic?

I agree with you entirely- it's truly pathetic. However, a bunch of vets are about to come out of the woodwork shrieking "HTFU queue sync or go back to COD" and some blather about how it should encourage newbies to corp up. Just so you know.

Not trying to insult. Honest suggestion: instead of quitting, hide from proto stompers and encourage the team to do the same - give them an empty game of redline sniping. Let them waste 10 min to get 20 kills. Action, not words.

It's to minimize the chances of them losing significant ISK. So they stack the odds in their favor to come out positive in the end without a true challenge. Notice how if they come across another stacked team they leave. Why? Because now the chances of them losing have increased. It would take modifications to the match making process. Perhaps if you're in a squad it averages out the total meta and places you in matches that meets the meta requirement.

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Pubs or FW?

It's to minimize the chances of them losing significant ISK. So they stack the odds in their favor to come out positive in the end without a true challenge. Notice how if they come across another stacked team they leave. Why? Because now the chances of them losing have increased. It would take modifications to the match making process. Perhaps if you're in a squad it averages out the total meta and places you in matches that meets the meta requirement.

People sync when they can because it's more fun when you've got a full team of people willing to play as a team, and because it makes the game actually fun when you get matched against a stacked team (synched or otherwise). Outside of PC, which is a hilariously bad and broken game mode, it's the only way to practice working as a team with your team.

This whole QQ thread is basically the same as calling people out for joining a squad of people they know instead of going into battles solo.

People sync when they can because it's more fun when you've got a full team of people willing to play as a team, and because it makes the game actually fun when you get matched against a stacked team (synched or otherwise). Outside of PC, which is a hilariously bad and broken game mode, it's the only way to practice working as a team with your team.

This whole QQ thread is basically the same as calling people out for joining a squad of people they know instead of going into battles solo.

Not even close to the same thing. Lets say the average squad you join on the MCC has that average meta level of 4. And those stacked teams have a meta level of 7. Still not going to be a legitimate fight as their gear is going to be that much better. The only defense against another pro fitted squad is another pro fitted squad. That is the only way all relevant factors of gear are eliminated and it comes down to skill of the players involved.

Which is why the q-synch to begin with. Their gear is their compensation for bad play. They win through that difference. I don't advocate tiericide. But a match making system that looks at meta level of all involved.

sometimes it's nice to be able to play with your buddies.

How do you determine the meta level of a person if they have a ton of proto fiys, but run the one standard fit mainly?

Or the guy with a ton of standard and militia fits but primarily runs their one proto fit?

It's a good idea, but it would have a hard time telling if somebody was cheating the system to stomp in lower meta level matches.

People sync when they can because it's more fun when you've got a full team of people willing to play as a team, and because it makes the game actually fun when you get matched against a stacked team (synched or otherwise). Outside of PC, which is a hilariously bad and broken game mode, it's the only way to practice working as a team with your team.

This whole QQ thread is basically the same as calling people out for joining a squad of people they know instead of going into battles solo.

First thought would be you select what suits you take into battle. So while you may have a lot of fittings you can't take them all which makes sense. If you include a pro suit in the list you won't receive anything less than an adv meta game. So if you chose militia/std gear then you would get those matches with the max meta of 3, etc etc.

Allow me to explain it to you.
Blues are ******* stupid. They annoy us and tend to do very stupid things. Instead of playing with them we would rather play with competent players who know how to play their role and actually communicate with each other.

Plus it's easier to counter scrubby tank spammers with 2 full squads than one. The good corps tend to have much more AV.
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Squads?

How many friends you got that still play?

HMMMM... at one point in time...was you a BLUE? Not sure I am understanding the dominant entitlement mentality.