What...

What...

Make it so player lists can't be viewed in battle, so people won't know who they are fighting and therefore less likely to leave 'difficult' matches.

Brilliant first responce, that is the kind of enlightening feedback I've come to expect here.

TL;DR

Can I see baddies name before end? No.

Can I see baddies name at end? Yes.

But wanna see name before end. Only with space magic.

Aaah... Now that is an interesting proposal...

Brilliant response to my response... cray cray did a better job than thou.

Interesting how the one proposing is the condescending one.

Yeah it is actually not a bad idea, however death screen names would need to be removed too. Because if people see a person or corp as soon as they die, it could very well result in them leaving anyway. Not the worst idea i have read though.

There's that word again GÇô "feared". More like annoyed and we know it's going to be a protoscrub stompfest.

Individuals don't mean crap. It's the corps that are known for scrub group play that is the problem.

I only wish that matchmaking is defined well enough to really allow individuals to standout without the noise of the corps they group with.


A great way to do that for pubs is to not allow premade squads at all. Let these "feared" individuals show us their stuff sans protoscrub group assist.

There's that word again GÇô "feared". More like annoyed and we know it's going to be a protoscrub stompfest.

Individuals don't mean crap. It's the corps that are known for scrub group play that is the problem.

I only wish that matchmaking is defined well enough to really allow individuals to standout without the noise of the corps they group with.


A great way to do that for pubs is to not allow premade squads at all. Let these "feared" individuals show us their stuff sans protoscrub group assist. Also, maybe people would stay.

What if you couldn't deploy as a squad into public matches? Or you could only deploy as a smaller squad?

People leave matches because full squads of top corps queue into the same battle. 6 players is too many, and it should really be lowered to 3 or 4. These are public matches. I honestly think you should only be able to queue solo into them, but I know all of the tryhards and proto stompers would rage.

Squads of 6 should then be limited to FW, and squads of 8 be enabled for PC.

What if you couldn't deploy as a squad into public matches? Or you could only deploy as a smaller squad?

People leave matches because full squads of top corps queue into the same battle. 6 players is too many, and it should really be lowered to 3 or 4. These are public matches. I honestly think you should only be able to queue solo into them, but I know all of the tryhards and proto stompers would rage.

Squads of 6 should then be limited to FW, and squads of 8 be enabled for PC.

I'll never understand.

How on earth is working in a squad, together, in your best gear, with the intent to win a game, considered scrubby? What do you want me to do? Play at anything less than my best? So that you can feel better?

Its a team based game. You want to be the shining star? The one man army? Go play COD. Seriously, the game excels at letting individual players in a lobby shine. Team based games are different. In team based games, the people who shine are the ones who manage to work TOGETHER to win a game.

You wanna know how to get better at this game? Start working in squads. Get some friends, find some make some, WHATEVER. Get a mic. COMMUNICATE. Call things out. Whining about always getting flanked? "These guys also shoot me from behind, what scrubs". Maybe you should protect your goddamn flank. Use some freaking cover. Stick with the blob, and watch your 6.

Everyone I see complaining about "protoscrub squads" typically have little to no tactical gameplay. But that shouldn't matter right? I can take them all down 1v1 with my godly gungame. Well guess what, that means F*CK ALL in this game. I hope you like the loss screen, you're gonna be staring at it for a long time. Lone wolves get eaten if they aren't big enough to handle a pack. This isn't a 1v1 battle arena, its a 16v16 bloodbath. Learn to embrace the dynamic of teamwork.

Now, even with all that said, Thats not to say that individuals can't stand out in Dust. Frost Kitty by himself (or even with one extra dude, ran with him before) can still make full squad think twice before engaging. Short of some godly skill though, it isn't going to happen. People who can do it are literal one man armies, the ones that literally can carry a whole team on their back. Frost does it all the time, because he knows what it takes to win, and has the desire to do it.

If you lack that, it won't happen. You won't be able to run ADV gear, in only your favorite fit, and solo carry a game. You gotta identify what needs to be done, and execute it.

TL;DR

Its a team based game. Either play well enough to succeed solo, or get some friends. Quit whining about how you can't solo a whole squad. Use some tactics to make sure you fight them one at a time if you have to. Otherwise, stick with the blob and hope that the blues will eat enough bullets and deal enough damage to let you mop up.

There's that word again GÇô "feared". More like annoyed and we know it's going to be a protoscrub stompfest.

Individuals don't mean crap. It's the corps that are known for scrub group play that is the problem.

I only wish that matchmaking is defined well enough to really allow individuals to standout without the noise of the corps they group with.


A great way to do that for pubs is to not allow premade squads at all. Let these "feared" individuals show us their stuff sans protoscrub group assist. Also, maybe people would stay.

Stay on topic asshat.

Edit: You know what, I will explain. Having a corp name, is a cold war.

Most big name corps, think the same thing when they see each other at the start, and that is either, "Oh, these dicks, get your proto ready cause that is what they will be wearing." or "Sweet, (insert name) is on the other side, (insert isk amount) bounty on him."

Now this being a small enough playerbase, we KNOW each other. Now a lot of us (vets) but not all, don't like to run proto because now even some of our wallets are starting to feel it. So most of us come in in full bpo fits, for lols, and it is actually pretty fun, noobs try harder for longer. BUT, as I started out with, having a corp name is a cold war. The first person in a big name corp to die by someone in full proto FROM another big name corp is the equivalent of Russia loosing a nuke during the cold war, someone screams "****, they are in proto" and the bombs are away, and everyone else just gets caught in the fallout.

Rule 1:
At least one is always in proto.

Rule 2:
At least one is always in proto.

Rule 3:
If you die to someone in proto, run proto.

Rule 1-3:
**** the noobs.

That would be a ******* epic start to a fanfic, "You know what, I will explain. Having a corp name, is a cold war." gave myself chills.

I'll never understand.

How on earth is working in a squad, together, in your best gear, with the intent to win a game, considered scrubby? What do you want me to do? Play at anything less than my best? So that you can feel better?

Its a team based game. You want to be the shining star? The one man army? Go play COD. Seriously, the game excels at letting individual players in a lobby shine. Team based games are different. In team based games, the people who shine are the ones who manage to work TOGETHER to win a game.

You wanna know how to get better at this game? Start working in squads. Get some friends, find some make some, WHATEVER. Get a mic. COMMUNICATE. Call things out. Whining about always getting flanked? "These guys also shoot me from behind, what scrubs". Maybe you should protect your goddamn flank. Use some freaking cover. Stick with the blob, and watch your 6.

Everyone I see complaining about "protoscrub squads" typically have little to no tactical gameplay. But that shouldn't matter right? I can take them all down 1v1 with my godly gungame. Well guess what, that means F*CK ALL in this game. I hope you like the loss screen, you're gonna be staring at it for a long time. Lone wolves get eaten if they aren't big enough to handle a pack. This isn't a 1v1 battle arena, its a 16v16 bloodbath. Learn to embrace the dynamic of teamwork.

Now, even with all that said, Thats not to say that individuals can't stand out in Dust. Frost Kitty by himself (or even with one extra dude, ran with him before) can still make full squad think twice before engaging. Short of some godly skill though, it isn't going to happen. People who can do it are literal one man armies, the ones that literally can carry a whole team on their back. Frost does it all the time, because he knows what it takes to win, and has the desire to do it.

If you lack that, it won't happen. You won't be able to run ADV gear, in only your favorite fit, and solo carry a game. You gotta identify what needs to be done, and execute it.

TL;DR

Its a team based game. Either play well enough to succeed solo, or get some friends. Quit whining about how you can't solo a whole squad. Use some tactics to make sure you fight them one at a time if you have to. Otherwise, stick with the blob and hope that the blues will eat enough bullets and deal enough damage to let you mop up.

There are so many things in this game that make stomping so easy, I think rolling around with your crew against unorganized teams is just a little sad is all.

It's definitely a team based game for sure, but unless everyone's playing on that field, you're just using a crutch. Even if that crutch is built right into the foundation of the game.