... The redline is a separate issue, but removing weapons fire damage of any sort (incoming or outgoing) inside the redline and also removing the redline turrets is what I've always advocated.

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.

Scotty is having issues right now (for me at least).

Sat in queue for Ambush for ~5 minutes. Got the MM Error Message.
Re-queued for Ambush. Got the MM Error Message.
Queued for Skirm. Got the MM Error Message.

Typed to see if others were having problems.
Scotty pulled me from MQ without warning into an Ambush match.
Scotty then pulled me from the Ambush match and returned me to MQ.
Scotty then pulled me from MQ without warning in Skirm match.
Scotty then pulled me from the Skirm match and returned me to MQ.
A few seconds passed between each pull.

:: Relogging ::

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

Dear players,

I want to give a short update on what's happening with Matchmaking.

TLDR; it's working, and it's definitely pitting similar players together. We will share more data once we have collected a full 24 hour cycle from DT to DT.

There is a slight increase in queue time, but that was intended as we are certain players will want to wait up to 120 seconds for a good match, instead of 45 for a bad one. Compared to competitors and ladder/ranked gameplay games like BF/LoL, waiting time can be up to 10 minutes in the higher brackets. Again something we can tune, from now on.

We have been messing around with settings all day and none of them have broken anything, the logic is very stable and issue-free.

We are tuning the minimum teamsize to start games, and also the status of a running game, and whether to refill or simply let it die since it is already lost. There is an unresolved issue of big strong squads leaving battles. If this continues, we may have to figure out a way to "stop" that behaviour.

A few reports of uneven sides, which is to be expected.

Complaints of redlining are 1) anecdotal, if we trust our metrics, and 2) will continue to happen, just not as often against new players. The logic uses a Mu_threshold to split the playerbase into two queues, above and below that Mu_threshold. Players below should NOT be fighting players above, unless in extreme cases such as absolutely no other players can be found to start a new battle, or no eligible refill battle can be found.

I look forward to sharing more data, such as average Mu variation per battle, showing that more similar Mu players are fighting each other, and hopefully, that the winning margins are overall getting lower. That is the real indicator of more balanced matches, that the winning Ambush team was on average less clones than before, and the winning Skirm/Dom team, has less MCC health remaining, indicating that the match was closer than before.

Happy hunting

Matchmaking I NOT working for vets.
I had the worst games EVER in Dust last night.
Not because I died a lot (I was on the side whit the most players most of the time)
I was simply bored, there was NO action at all players just ran and jumped around like idiots
Some leave the game and some stars to suiside with cars on the tanks that where on the field.

Oh yes I almost forgot the Q time it was 3-5 minutes almost every time.

Matchmaking seem to be good, but there is still a step that must be done, it's probably the most important thing of all.

SERVER ZONE, it's clear that most of the community do not like to have people playing from different continents on their server.
All you need to do is locate the IP (many sites do that) and use the nearest server.

We are all tired to fight lag, we are all tired of immortal players and teleporting people.
This situation is only going against you, because if i get stomped by a player who don't reg hits, when i have the possibility i will stomp a player with less SP than me.

Technical aspects of the game are influencing players behaviour. It's normal that someone who is beaten by the other team wants his revenge and he will have his revenge on another player that can't defend himself.
This goes down step by step from the higher to the lower skilled player and the last one will cancel the game.

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.

Hmm. In a perfect world, there would be one for EU+USA, and one for ASIA+OCEANIC, lol.

To slow down match leaving, I welcome any form of contract violation fee
to be demanded from affected perpetrators, the fee then to be distributed
to those that stick to the match until the end. Make it hurt a bit, like 200-400k ISK.
I'd very much like better any faster match joining mechanics to fill up the ranks
with quality mercs instead of leaving penalties, but I fear this is harder to implement
with mechanics as they are right now.

There is one for America, one for Asia and one for Europe.
The only problem is that people are selecting different server regions or that automatic server selection do not put them in the nearest server.

Anecdote: During BF3 beta, from Italy i was not able to join match on UK servers because my ping was too high for their standard. UK is relatively near. Imagine what happen we find japs or americans.

Don't even ask me to get a better internet, because it's not possible where i live, the one i have is already the best for the zone.

^ This. An underdog bonus. The steeper the odds are against you, the more you get paid for your actions.

I see what you did today ratatti. Played a few matches bloated with americans and japanese while having EU servers selected. You just threw the ping factor out of the window and now it just puts whoever is on the teams. It ignores the fact that the players are across the globe.

Cant even hit those guys half of the time with lag (NOT FPS) and then the super strafing you get with KB/mouse.

The MM system may not work in "Dust 514" are few players in this game by trying to match them, the game ends 4vs15 or 6vs12.
Was not the best idea.
PS: Wait, if previously lasted 2/3 min enter a FW, how much now?