How so? I'm not in any sense saying this idea is good, please feel free to disillusion me.

This could be abused in combat near redlines. Although a person in redline could not kill anyone, they themselves are un-killable. This could lead to drawn out engagements near the redline as players bob in and out of the redline to prevent themselves from dying.

I like this idea though.

But I like the idea of just reducing damage as well.

Add a countdown timer in ally redline for players to leave it - - otherwise kick 'em from the battle. Make the countdown something like 30 seconds. While this won't fix redline snipers, it'll help.

All of the proposed "solutions" here address a whole lot more than needed. The only true problem people have with the redline is sniping. The most simple solution to this would be to cancel any reward (WP, LP and/or ISK) for any kill made with the sniper rifle while inside the friendly redline. This would strongly discourage redline sniping, while still making it possible.

However, I still do not agree that even such a mechanic should be implemented without a complete rethink of the maps, sniper rifles and sniping as a role in DUST. Anyone who had experience in sniping will confirm that some of the best sniping spots on several maps are in the redline. Moreover, the most "appropriate" suits for sniping are currently Cal commandos, which lack a quality that snipers outside of redline will surely require, and that is stealth. Contrary to what most anti-sniper forum warriors think, snipers outside of redline are very easily located, and even more easily dispatched (unless they use DS to get to a location inaccessible on foot).

If redline sniping is removed (one way or the other), and nothing else is changed with regard to sniping, the role will become even more useless than it currently is.

CPM already feel the Thales zoom is OP and needs to be addressed, but your suggestion of no wp/lp/isk reward for kills made from the redline seems a nominal idea but players who dont care about such things will just continue to "farm tears" from the redline regardless as they probably have 30m isk+ anyway

Lol, this only suggests that the first statment applies to you. Why have a redline at all? I'm fine removing it entirely.

3. Increase timer in enemy redline......plenty of spawns where you already get tanks/ads inside, let's just go ahead n make that worse lol

You didn't address the other aspect of my proposal, which is they'd have to spend much less time out of the redline. Right now, with a spawn close to redline, enemy players can run in, camp and quickly run out to reset and immediately return to camping. In my proposal, they'd be forced to spend an equal amount of time out of the redline, allowing the loosing team the opportunity to regroup and push back. Also, guys camping redline spawns would have significant restrictions like not being able to regen health, giving the people being stomped a big advantage.

Doesn't stop them from splitting up the squad to do 3/3 with at least 1 logi, 1 set goes in while the other resets the timer, logi reps as they come out. If you have a good squad set up, would still be easy.

So instead of a full 6 guys running in, you've got teams of 3 who can't rep. Which would you rather deal with? It seems like this significantly reduces stomping, doesn't make it worse as you claim. Furthermore, you don't have to have a 1:1 ratio. It could be 2 minutes out for every minute in, or whatever the Devs think makes sense. The main point is you can't constantly spawn camp players in their redline, but players can't abuse the redline to always remain safe either.

That was just covering 1 squad, not all 16 of the enemy, as well as the fact that it can still be vehicles taking turns, which can completely decimate an entire team and leave before their time is up.