Possible solution to help address issues of squads leaving and making it a 3v10 (or whatnot):

1) Add option to surrender the match with a supermajority vote? Like 66%, or something similar.
2) Add 'cooldown' to searching for new battles for those that leave matches early (~5-10 mins before being able to join another?)

Obviously there could be problems if situations like 'being forced into a losing battle' pop up.

Had one match that took forever, but all my other matches were rather fun, perhaps you just have bad luck

This was my experience also. But then someone told me FW was running, and there it was business as usual, so I managed to get some decent games in, just not in pubs.

Cute. Allow me to explain, since you missed the point. Or choose to ignore it because you still cling to this idea that Skill > Gear.

True, we do have starter suits, and yes I do use them when making money. But why I'm a forced to run them consistently to fund proto. Yes this made perfect sense before, as you would be matched with newbs that lacked this themselves. So it was sort of a balancing factor with the lack of matchmaking.

But now that we have this match making system (which seems to be working quite well), shouldn't you be encouraging the use of proto at higher tiers. You know, since those being matched will no doubt have it. Why do we need to downgrade to lesser gear when you have the ability to run the best of the best and we are facing the best of the best.

Maybe it's time to reevaluate this, eh. Like I said, the reason many of us crave PC battles, is because we know going in that:

.: The match will no doubt incorporate the use of nothing but proto, meaning an even match based on skill and coordination alone.

2. The payout reflects this, allowing us to at least break even or not come out too far in the hole. Unless we lose of course, but corp reimburses for this.

I personally don't have much time in the day to dedicate to this game, so much of my time is spent grinding out isk to fund a game or two of proto. I want to have some fun, and am excited about this new matchmaking (if we only had full teams). Not spend a majority of my time being inferior to play on the same level.

So please, don't be rude about this and consider encouraging more proto play at higher tiers by giving us better payouts to do so. Your matchmaking is working beautifully, so encouraging gear for it's respective tier in matchmaking would be the icing on this delicious cake that is matchmaking.

They ****** bad, and whenever I tried to destroy vehicles, infantry got me. I tried to kill infantry, I was overpowered.
My teams did tried, for a while. Then most of them just stayed in the red zone. The few of us who kept trying kept also getting killed. Ja. I just realized this is what those who get protostomped should have felt.
Oh. Did a forget to mention that 6 of those 8 matches were in the train map? Yes, that map that Im sure a lot of people hate, myself included. Im sick of it coming out.

Am I complaining? Yes, I am, this sucks.
Am I happy about it? No, I hate complaining.
Would I like for this to change? Yes, and if Im not mistaking right now its a trial for the matchmaking, but even so, please check the data and if something can be fixed, please fix it.

Sorry, but the matchmaking still isn't making any sense:
What I have posted is an example of imbalance. Keep very much in mind that also I have been on the beneficial end as well.

The other team has 50% more players (15 v 10) Which is how the match began and ended.
The amount of experience on one team is grossly over the other (notice the scores, and starter corporation ratio)

http://imgur.com/RzXesHY (top half)
http://imgur.com/z1SmOuf (bottom half)

I understand that the game can't predict how well you'll play. But what chance does a team have when a single player has more combined lifetime stats and SP than 7 out of 10 players combined?