Matchmaking is nonexistent. I've been getting put in games against 6 man corp squads for the last two days.....

What a merc fits does not determine their mu score.

Mu score is what determines matchmaking.

Therefore, what dropsuits and weapons each player chose to field is irrelevant.

... until they impact Mu.

But they don't impact mu score. W/L, K/D, and lifetime seconds in match effect mu, if I can recall.

A player with 6mil SP might fit a proto dropsuit, it doesn't bolster his mu.
A player with 60mil SP might fit a standard dropsuit, it doesn't reduce his mu.

So, gear level has nothing to do with K/D or W/L? Then why have it?

ISK efficiency, for one. Gear is a choice. I run advanced, but I am capable of running proto in several dropsuits. I choose not too. Another merc might much more willing to spend ISK on proto than me.

Mu score is influenced by what you DO with your gear. Not the gear itself.

Meta game matching SooNGäó........ or is that back burnered for personal warbarge ships or flaming dropsuit colours , or march break,......

I think people are full of it.

I never start out a match in proto. But I end up in proto many times because the MU sticks a bunch of window lickers on our side and it's a 6 v 16. Many times you can "form up" as a squad and kill enough of them that the blueberries on your team come out of the shadows and start to contribute. Because the payouts are so crappy the dudes that are the most eager on the other side usually adjust their fits to a more cheaper version and end up losing in the end.

But I'm not going to lose every match just because I feel bad for solo players.

I could get behind 4 man squads IF it also came with auto-squading. THEN I'd remove team scans UNLESS you are in a squad. Players don't have to participate with the squad, they don't have to voice with the squad, just accumulate WP together. But also getting the benefits of the passive and active scans that come with team play.

This is a team game. Too many people want to be able to excel in this game solo and I think that's BS. There are plenty of solo FPS games out there, this one is different.

Squads > Strafing skills > Gear

just had an awesome game.

32 players and no more than 2 from the same corp.

we got cloned on the domination but they only won by about 20 clones and there was not much left on the ticker for us to win. i ran a basic suit and militia gun but did not face any suits or guns above advanced and the battle was on a knife edge throughout.

this was more or less a solo player only battle without much gear advantage to any one team, without the presence of large squads looking down the list WP's at each place seemed pretty even comparing the two sides. no one left and everyone kept pushing on the objective as it was not a lost cause.

on that note i stopped playing early

This is a team game. Too many people want to be able to excel in this game solo and I think that's BS. There are plenty of solo FPS games out there, this one is different.

Was in a game today.

our squad: 5 0uter Heaven and myself
Enemy squad: 6 pure Evil


Full out proto brawl. someone in our squad got a payout of over 1mil.

Matched ended with our side 3 clones
enemy side 0 clones.

was pretty awesome. good job CCP match making.

http://imgur.com/6qq9ZGf

an oms from earlier today

people play computer games for enjoyment, in the case of dust it is the minority who play as squads but they are the most vocal here on the forums.

If you consider that normally squads comprise of somewhere between 20-40% of the battle and use this as a benchmark of RL money contributions towards dust then solo players are what keeps the game going.

personally i do not see what is wrong with having multiple squad vs squad battles, team deploy battles ect catering for the more hardcore player base which would create more even and enjoyable battles as well as catering for the majority with solo/small squad battles which without a large squad would also be alot more even and easier to balance creating more enjoyable matches for those wishing to play that way.

player retention is key to the development of dust and its long term future - telling the majority to do it my way or do one is the wrong attitude if you actually care about the game.

personally i get board as hell when being on the stomping side or being stomped, its not fun or enjoyable so why even bother playing? unfortunately some players enjoy dominating unbalanced battle this confuses me as personally i cannot see what enjoyment can be had for either party. most people actually want balanced battles and good games, CCP needs to understand what different sections of the community want and how best to implement it. you obviously favor squad play and team deploys ect which is great - to get the best out of this CCP needs to take action to provide the type of balanced battles you crave, this is not forcing the majority to play as you wish but providing game modes for like minded players.

8 militia on my team and 12 Proto on the other team. We won by a landslide.

So your problem is that players are gifted an Infinite MLT suit supply, SO they run this suit solely to make money..

Not getting that investing even 30k in STD suits and items would yield them better earnings and results in a match? and still give them a profit for the match?


MLT suits are poor concept in this game... It directly competes with the core concept of this game.. Where every death matters. Players don't get emotionally invested or even invest ISK into the outcome of a match.

Matchmaking is nonexistent. I've been getting put in games against 6 man corp squads for the last two days.....

ISK efficiency, for one. Gear is a choice. I run advanced, but I am capable of running proto in several dropsuits. I choose not too. Another merc might much more willing to spend ISK on proto than me.

Mu score is influenced by what you DO with your gear. Not the gear itself.