So I have two fits I mostly use these days, one which is proto, one which isn't. Here they are;

Non-Proto Fit

'Dragonfly' Scout

Rail Rifle
Breach Scrambler Pistol
Nanite Injector
Stable Drop Uplink
Enhanced Shield Extender
Enhanced Ferroscale Plates
Enhanced Kinetic Catalyzer
Basic Cardiac Regulator

Proto Fit

Republic Assault mk.0

Republic Boundless Specialist Combat Rifle
Republic Six Kin Submachine Gun
Stable Drop Uplink
2 x Republic Complex Shield Extender
Republic Complex Shield Energizer
Enhanced Light Damage Modifier
Basic Cardiac Regulator
Enhanced Kinetic Catalyzer
2 x Republic Complex Shield Regulator


Now, the weird thing is, out of those two, I do MUCH better with the non-proto fit, which only has 335eHP, as opposed to the proto fit's 585eHP.
It just goes to show that using Proto gear will not make you invincible, and that you're not getting stomped because someone's using proto gear. It comes down to their teamwork, and how your team works together to combat them.

I don't even think Proto-stomping should be a term for it. I've seen plenty of people say that they'd still stomp in mlt gear.

Thoughts?

People stomping in militia gear in pubs these days, I'd really like to see.

I don't think it's the fact that people have prototype suits, but more that you get 5 or more people running proto and travelling in a group. Attacking one flares the attention of the entire group, which fires upon a player with prototype weapons.

Again, no squad public matches..

I hate the term proto-stomped. It's blamed on proto suits but often it's just a **** team on your side or a stacked team on the other side. Often the stompers aren't in proto suits.

People that wanted squads could run regular public matches, people who don't want squads could run squad free public matches.

Skirmish would work just fine without running squads if they team members knew what they were doing. The point of having no squad public matches as an extra option is to prevent stomping.

to be fair a player should be able to play solo if wanted. if the match making was working as CCP intended with the MU then there wouldn't be such a problem, solo players would be with solo players. the problem with the matchmaking system probably isn't the system itself but the fact there is such little pool of players that you can't help but 'break the rules' and incorrectly match players because there simply isn't any other choice.

and the reason we have such little player pool is because it took so long for decent match making to com ein that any new player was stomped through the floor so hard they just left the game. in the six months i've known 10 players that have just left because they're fed up of the try hards proto stomping all evening and for them its simply not a fun game so they leave to play an easier game

When someone use proto playing solo :

1. That person have isk to do so.
2. That person can't count on his ret@rded team.

Ps. Full squad of players using proto.. they don't need to use comms. They know what to do cuz they're not a bunch of ret@rds.