On a separate but related note: any idea why finding Factional Warfare matches tank after 5:00 to 6:00 GMT? This seems to be a constant I have noticed.

Not sure, could it be that if the US is where the bulk of play comes from, then they're all going to bed? US is GMT -5 to GMT -8 (East to West coast)

As promised, we've mini updated the mini update again to allow some slightly unbalanced battles to happen for those who waited long enough.

We've also noticed currently the engine may have problems dealing with some players in special circumstance, we'll fix that in a recent update as well.

As promised, we've mini updated the mini update again to allow some slightly unbalanced battles to happen for those who waited long enough.

We've also noticed currently the engine may have problems dealing with some players in special circumstance, we'll fix that in a recent update as well.

That will happen as soon as possible.

As promised, we've mini updated the mini update again to allow some slightly unbalanced battles to happen for those who waited long enough.

We've also noticed currently the engine may have problems dealing with some players in special circumstance, we'll fix that in a recent update as well.

I share Stylie's concerns.

Waiting 4-6 minutes for a match then being put into a partially filled one ... to players unaware that Scotty is being overhauled, this could easily be misinterpreted as death throws. May not be a bad idea to communicate to players that matchmaking is being retuned.

What, you don't have starter loadouts. Better send in a ticket.

Allow me to explain: When playing is no longer worthwhile nor cost effective, you stop playing.
That simple.
Some of us genuinely don't have an ego to bruise in a match, but we do care about isk.

There are two factors I look at.
1. Can we win? At what costs?
2. If we can't, how much is victory going to cost the enemy? Can we inflict enough damage to make their victory empty and meaningless?

If an enemy player goes 20/1 that 1 is meaningless.
You need to make it 20/5, 20/9, or 20/20 with him using an ADV or PRO suit for it to matter.

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

^ If this were to materialize ... idea!

* Add 1-2 minute wait in the warbarge
* Make the barge's map table interactive (walk up to it, press X, see overhead map)
* Default coms to "On" and "Team"

Given a minute or two to think about it, players would squad up before each battle. Having access to the overhead map of the battlefield in advance would give them something to talk about. This could make for a very interesting (and potentially exciting) pre-battle experience. Think two-minute drill.

I'm not big into coms, but I'd get into this. Perhaps more importantly, newer players would meet people and quickly learn the value of the squad.

I suggest keeping the match maker logic for the new players, however...

For the veterans you should widen the parameters to allow for matches to start off 16 vs 16.

Another issue cropping up here is perception from players that are not watching the forums closely.

https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=199120&find=unread

In that thread a veteran returns to Dust to find half empty matches...

He sees a dying game that doesn't have enough players to even fill a match.

I would get ahead of that by filling these matches up.

Many players have no idea about the new match making and they see these half full games as a sign of a dying playerbase so they just move on to other games.

Troubling to be honest...

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.

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..

If you're playing Dom, I'd recommend not doing so. I've had pretty good luck in Skirm today. Wait times in Ambush are a 'bit long at the moment, but the fights have been full.