As a solo pilot with 0 SP in infantry, pub skirm is my playground.

I stay away from FW because:

- Ridiculously long queue times

- Queue synced proto squads of no lifers

- Nothing to spend LP on as a Gallente pilot

- Friendly fire means even more of my ships lost to trolls

There is absolutely nothing appealing about FW, and moving the only game mode that has even the tiniest margin of fun will just totally kill what little fun I currently have in this game.

Maybe CCP should try buffing their player base instead of nerfing it.

As a solo pilot with 0 SP in infantry, pub skirm is my playground.

I stay away from FW because:

- Ridiculously long queue times

- Queue synced proto squads of no lifers

- Nothing to spend LP on as a Gallente pilot

- Friendly fire means even more of my ships lost to trolls

- Almost every match, without exception, is a massive boring ass redline fest.

There is absolutely nothing appealing about FW, and moving the only game mode that has even the tiniest margin of fun will just totally kill what little fun I currently have in this game.

Maybe CCP should try buffing their player base instead of nerfing it.

As a solo pilot with 0 SP in infantry, pub skirm is my playground.

I stay away from FW because:

- Ridiculously long queue times

- Queue synced proto squads of no lifers

- Nothing to spend LP on as a Gallente pilot

- Friendly fire means even more of my ships lost to trolls

There is absolutely nothing appealing about FW, and moving the only game mode that has even the tiniest margin of fun will just totally kill what little fun I currently have in this game.

Maybe CCP should try buffing their player base instead of nerfing it.

This would fix queue times (it's designed to), and there ARE gallente vehicles in the LP store.

I would like to see it happen.

As one of the FW queue syning jerks mentioned above when my corp gets on. I wanted to put out there that we practice for PCs in FW. They shouldn't move the player base until they fix PC. Then lets see where FW ends up. Also match making will be lopsided.

As a solo pilot with 0 SP in infantry, pub skirm is my playground.

I stay away from FW because:

- Ridiculously long queue times

- Queue synced proto squads of no lifers

- Nothing to spend LP on as a Gallente pilot

- Friendly fire means even more of my ships lost to trolls

- Almost every match, without exception, is a massive boring ass redline fest.

There is absolutely nothing appealing about FW, and moving the only game mode that has even the tiniest margin of fun will just totally kill what little fun I currently have in this game.

Maybe CCP should try buffing their player base instead of nerfing it.

Worst idea ever. FW sucks balls.

First add match maker to FW so people don't que vs proto stomps.
Make it so solo players don't face qued teams.


Then we can consider talking about it.

Edit: And remove friendly fire.

Worst idea ever. FW sucks balls.

First add match maker to FW so people don't que vs proto stomps.
Make it so solo players don't face qued teams.


Then we can consider talking about it.

Edit: And remove friendly fire.

Worst idea ever.

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Tbh, go solo in pubs. Join a loyalty channel and queue with a squad at the very least. Lone wolf in fw is another reason ppl vet stomped so hard.

As a solo pilot with 0 SP in infantry, pub skirm is my playground.

I stay away from FW because:

- Ridiculously long queue times

- Queue synced proto squads of no lifers

- Nothing to spend LP on as a Gallente pilot

- Friendly fire means even more of my ships lost to trolls

- Almost every match, without exception, is a massive boring ass redline fest.

There is absolutely nothing appealing about FW, and moving the only game mode that has even the tiniest margin of fun will just totally kill what little fun I currently have in this game.

Maybe CCP should try buffing their player base instead of nerfing it.

I do solo pubs. I have no problem with that. I don't want my favorite mode to be taken away and put into FW where I will no longer play it.

The lack of que's for FW clearly shows the majority of players agree with my thinking.

Every single one of the problems you just listed would most likely be solved if this was made to happen.

-- Queue times would be shorter because the game mode is less fractured.

-- Matchmaking could actually be a thing in FW if allied faction pools are combined.

-- Vehicle components are cheaper on FW market. Getting LP and ISK combined payout makes this doubly true.

-- Friendly Fire would most likely be removed from FW and left to exist in solely for PC.

-- Happens due to Q syncs which would be largely obliterated by matchmaking being introduced.


When somebody suggests something, it is usually done with a more holistic outlook and the expectation that certain changes would also follow.

Except that CCP takes months to years to add in things as part of their "iterative" process.....

-- Queue times don't get any shorter if people who have absolutely no desire to play FW are forced into FW, AKA, making them go play other games.

-- Allied pools combined? Meaning I'd have to fight for factions that I don't want to raise? I don't care about any faction, but if I had to choose I'd only be interested in Gallente, which again, doesn't have the modules I need

- You do realize there are NO vehicle modules in the LP store....right? Just turrets and dumbed down vehicles with mandatory turrets. And no ADS.

- If you turn of FF and add ISK payments, why even have non FW matches? Why not just turn pubs into FW but with LP payouts? And unless you plan on making it so you can choose your game mode, youll still have people dropping out of game modes they dislike. I have 0 SP in infantry. What makes you think I'm gonna waste 10 minutes of my day in an Ambush match getting killed by proto squads, or sit in an incredibly boring redline stomp Domination match for 10 minutes? I'm not. It's not fun, this is a video game, and I have no desire to play something that isn't fun. Period.

- I don't have remotely enough faith in MM removing Q sync since MM has done nothing but give me halfway filled / completed matches since it launched

You could use that LP to buy things that people want and make more than you make running pubs. You can control the people that you are playing with by syncing as a team. You'd lose less ships and make more money while being less frustrated that your blues aren't participating.

I have more ISK than I could spend in a year, and I have NO desire to sit on the forums hunting for people to buy random crap in the hopes that they pay me back.

0 interest.

All I want is to sign in, hop into a match or two, and sign off.

There is NOTHING wrong with pub skirm. Don't remove a game mode because you fail to retain enough players to build your player base. Instead, focus on BUILDING AND RETAINING YOUR PLAYER BASE

I don't see much difference in Skirmish and Acquisition for an ADS pilot. Blaster tanks are everywhere and it would seem that an Incubus pilot as yourself would flourish.