Run front line suits in a few ambush matches.

Or learn the magic of militia and basic fittings.

I'm sorry, but that's a bad analogy. There is a way in which you can magically get rid of the $20,000 penalty by simply running Starter Fits which are 100% free and come with every character just like how Eve Online players are all born with a free Rookie Ship and 1 unit of Tritanium. There is a way to go completely ISK positive in Dust even in matches like Faction Warfare. The trick is getting the experience and unfortunately that experience is the result of dying a lot.

When you're in a weak suit, you start to learn how to pick your battles. You start to appreciate the importance of staying close to the herd even if that herd is nothing but a bunch of randoms because of the fact that there is always safety in numbers. Eventually you'll get to the point where you have become proficient with weak gear which invariably leads you to being able to have a better survival rate when you are using better and more expensive gear.

I have a certain doctrine I follow as a solo player which is as follows.

1. Always have a minimum balance as a reserve for those rainy days.
2. Always tell yourself how many times you can throw away an expensive fit before you have to switch to a cheaper one at the beginning of a match.
3. Always have a free fit standing by just in case you run out of options.
4. If the situation doesn't require using an expensive fitting, don't use it.
5. Set aside at least one day of the week to dedicate yourself to grinding Ambush matches in free or cheap gear so you can build up your minimum balance quickly.

As long as I stick to this doctrine, I'm good financially.

Off Topic: I have seen one Eve player beg in local for 5,000 ISK when all he had to do to get that ISK is warp to a nearby asteroid belt, kill an NPC rat, and then wait 15 minutes to collect the 5,000 ISK bounty. You often wonder what players do with their ISK if they have to beg.

CPM SirManBoy is advocating an increased Salvage method that is based on your contribution. Will not help hackers much but it might be something worth exploring.

Elaborate on that, please.

@Thor

Perhaps you do have a point.

In regards to me, I don't focus too much on KDR. I focus on how much I earn compared to how much I spend. Also, since I'm a dedicated nova knifer with very specific targets to chase, you should understand why my kills are not as plentiful as you think. It's been like that long before I even joined PRO.

Simple trading would also go a long way. Since Jara Kumora, the npc market agent, doesn't give asset holders much ISK in return, perhaps we should be given a means of being able to trade with each other so we can get more ISK in return for the salvage while the buyers get a better bargain via trading as opposed to having to buy directly from the NPC market.

I meant the "will not help hackers much" part.

Unless I'm just being incredibly dense to something written on the link.

The point is the low payout is the only boundary protecting new or low skilled players from a permanent proto stomp. Pubs are the only accessible areas for all skill levels. to increase payout would not affect the lower skilled guys as much as it would the higher skilled guys who now would be racking in the cash and stomping harder.

As for people saying use starter fits. Well that's not an issue. You don't need to use starter,bpo or apex suits to remain effective and still make isk. You just have play smart and not do suicide runs as a lot of proto's like to do.

There are also other modes more suited to proto players like PC and faction warfare. Try these if you want better payouts for your effort. Leave the pubs for everyone not just the elitists.

players where never meant to proto stomp pubs yet they did and ccp allowed this because it was a huge isk sink. the fact some players have billions of isk is not a pub match issue. it was a pc issue ccp didn't bother to correct which is why a lot of players come up against proto teams who don't care about losing isk.

the answer to the problem is not give them more isk so more players can join the proto stomp. the answer is give them somewhere else to waste their isk. which is what faction warfare was meant to be however even that was left in a mess because ccp didn't anticipate that a lot of players don't want to be proto stomped meaning low turnouts in fw fights.

if we increase payouts for pubs all this will do is allow more players to run proto without making losses. which is wrong. pubs should be places where the noobs can train and earn isk while the protos have fun and lose isk bringing in a bit of balance.

a noob cannot push any harder to get a win in a fight that is 1 sided. increasing isk does nothing for them. no players should suffer because proto players don't want to lose isk on low income fights.

you can still buy them. he cliamed you cannot. i didnt say you should mearly that you can.

but still not all the apex are bad.

I approve.

I want to turn even more of a profit when I proto-stomp.