This is exactly why ambush and me have disagreements.

I either run a full proto squad of NF or DMG. We win nearly every single match with between 15-30 kills on average for me.

I run solo a lot, get similar kill scores but K/D drops from 7-15 to 2-4, as I run into twats like me. :)

1) No
2) Yes
3) Take games less serious, just talk about random stuff as you slay.
4) 90% of those who run Proto straight out of the blocks have 100s of millions of isk to burn (like me), and can afford to lose the suits. I only ever start with something else if its my first match of the day, so I can warm up (all BPO fits or APEX normally).
5) Escalation is logical, having silly amounts of isk is illogical. My first match of the day escalates, no others will.
6) Yes as my squads normally consist of 4 people and still destroy nearly everyone (not trying to be bigheaded, but 4 High SP slayers will nearly always win).
7) Gankers and Tankers are the wannabe tryhards (points at Nameless III, his bumboy David, and Kaizuka Sniper), who outside of Ambush are trash players. I tend to run varied suits focusing on a more broad approach (e.g. Trying to fit an Assault as a Scout and Logi, whilst keeping it as a slayer)
8) I want that so bloody bad. As much as I love Proto... an all Advanced mode with actual competition would be beautiful.

Makes me wonder what would happen if friendly fire was enabled ONLY for suqads in Public matches? As in, you can shoot others who are in your squad, but no one else on your team.
A lot of the time those guys were blindly shooting at one another to see if the health bar was going down.

The problem with what you think is sneaky, is that you'd end up dead a lot more often than the sniper, and AFK's usually don't squad unless they know the people they're with.

Ever try to sneak up on a sniper that can see your location from 150m out? You can't dampen and they can track you till you flee from the squad.

You're not so badass against more decent players :) I fought you on some ambush matches and you are not so good as people think you are :) Average movement,average aiming(almost killed you 1v1 while you were full and I was on half armor half hour ago).Without that jumping disgrace that CCP put on this game,you are only a sad,little man on the field :)