Automatically placing players in squads doesn't solve any problems. It tries to obscure the problem.

The problem is organized, coordinated squads being matched against solo players. Auto-shoving them into a squad doesn't make six solo players organized.

And Thor, there's a ton of people who prefer to play solo. I'm not sure why you're crusading so hard to tell people that they must play the game the way you want them to. It's supposed to be a sandbox (in theory), where people can play how they want.

I don't think the possibility of an orbital issued to an arbitrary solo player is a justifiable reason to force soloers to squad. Entering a vehicle sooner is more a sign of a systemic problem with vehicle locking being a thing.

Avinash, would you consider DUST a large scale battle game? :)

Turning blue dots to green dots changes very little. However, there is nothing in the Academy in game tutorials that ever explains how squadding works or the benefits of squadding. Casual players won't ever figure it out. Being squadded as the default option is Ok if one can drop squad if they wish.

There are an awful lot of people complaining about the idea of being automatically placed into squads saying it would ruin their experience but this is exactly what Mag did and not only did no one complain but it was great.

In Mag you didn't have to be on comms if you didn't want. You didn't need to follow squad orders. You didn't need to engage with your team at all, but there were benefits for doing so in the way of increased XP.

In Dust this would play out as increased SP which would directly translate into more SP growth for players working as a team. It wouldn't impinge upon your ability to tool around in anyway but would definitely encourage you to work with your squad.