I like to go rewarding those that stick out losing fights better ... killing that super merc is a big pay day.

Like this idea.

The Cowardly Cowards Leaderboard.

I'm out of the academy, but consider myself still a newb. Came back to DUST after a longer break and had not muc success in the last days, but oday was a blast. For low SP in Militia/Standard gear this was the first day I had the impression the enemies had my skill level and were not killing me over and over with two or three shots in much better gear.

I really enjoyed that day, if this was because improved matchmaking: Thumbs up, it worked!

Waiting time was longer, but always under 2 minutes in EU prime time. Had no match were both teams were not even in numbers. Matches were overall also way much longer and ended closer.

As far as quitting early, CCP could suspend passive SP gain for 24 hours if you quit match x number of times per day. X would be a reasonable number, decided by the community (3-4 perhaps?).

It's going to take penalties for leaving matches. Put people that leave matches a lot in a queue that throws them into matches already in progress. Two birds, one stone.

When I see one of these veterans, I will spend all the battle just getting a single kill on them, because if they go 20/1, it was me that got that kill.

This is the biggest problem with everything. That dial needs to be turned down so people are more willing to throw down.

IDGAS

Change the mechanics that let Protostomps happen and people will fight more.
1. 4 Man squads.
2. Give all suits the same number of slots

Perhaps when a squad ditches the match like that we can have the ISK payouts spike dramatically based on the end-of-match Mu disparity.

People aren't going to scream overmuch if their payout jumps x2-x3 in ISK/SP (insert amount based on how lopsided) when the mu ratio between teams becomes heinously lopsided.

Because what happens in the end is going to be pro squad wimps out leaving the miscellaneous masochists to pick up the slack. If there was a situation like that you'd see me gleefully playing last man standing vs. 16 bads without complaint.

The squad I'm with now said this happened to them too.

No matchmaking algorithm from even a mathematical genius would fix players' willingness to look good instead of fight hard.

Not sure what you mean by stacked

I solo queued for 5 matches today. I was placed into all Doms, and my team never had more than 10 people. By the end of some matches I had 5 or 6 people on my team. Lost every single match by a landslide. I was one of the only players doing anything on my side every time. I got the train map 4 times, 3 in a row at one point. The other map was the meat grinder. The other team had no less than 14 players each time, and every one of the opposing team contributed.

I hardly ever run with squads, there is no way my Mu can be that high. Frustrating...

At least pay me well for sticking around and trying. I was still only getting 200-300k for being in the top 3 and being one of the only mercs on my team trying, and not caring about their kdr.

Turning off the console and doing better things with my time.

Unknown yet. I will give 5 Skirm, and 5 Ambush a go tomorrow. I'll post my findings, but I'm not very hopeful right meow.

I would argue though... that the Academy is a fun place to play, because it feels balanced ... Everything is balanced, and gameplay boils down to tactics.

... how about a smart idea, leave ratio, that starts at 1, but deteriorates if you leave, goes up to 2 if you always complete, and is a multipler on rewards, just for pubs.

yes. this is exactly what happens

We need fewer queues as we currently have too many for our small playerbase.

Acquisition
Ambush + Ambush OMS
Domination
Skirmish
Caldari vs Gallente
Amarr vs Minmatar
PC

^ Plenty of different queues spreads out the playerbase too much, leading to ridiculous queue times and harder time for Scotty to do his matchmaking magic.

If squad size is reduced to 4 and if we reduced the number of queues to
[PUB] Solo queue GÇö Ambush, Ambush OMS
[PUB] Squad (4) queue GÇö Acquisition, Domination, Skirmish Lite (3-point)
[FW] Amarr&Caldari vs Gallente&Minmatar GÇö Skirmish Proper (5-point)
[PC] GÇö Skirmish Proper (5-point)

It would be quicker to find battles and the battles would be better since the playerbase would be condensed into fewer queues.

[PUB] Solo queue GÇö Ambush, Ambush OMS

Matches today have been really lopsided and underpopulated. 16 (multiple squads) v 6 was a personal low point of the day. It was seriously boring. And a challenge to reach 150wp.

Didn't get hardly jack for rewards because I couldn't find anything to kill in what little time I had..

Currently, if you leave a battle you still get a small portion of ISK when the battle finishes. So if 6 people leave, then are replaced by 6 people who also leave at some point then are replaced by 6 who stay, the payout at the end is divided between 44 players!

Yes, also true.

And yes, it is a very small sum (the most I've seen is ~80K), BUT you still get a win or loss depending on the outcome, which is unique to this game - on any other game, if you leave the match prematurely it counts as a loss.

So if I wanted to make 1m ISK - how long would that take me to do by joining / leaving games? Is there an exploit here that people do? The whole idea of giving people something for not fulfilling (as mercs) the contract is nuts. And giving them a win to boot? Madness.