^ This.

Give me a reason to give stompers hell, and hell they'll get.
Give me a reason to stick-it-out when Scotty puts me into half-completed match.
Give me a reason to keep things interesting when my team gives up and heads for the redline.

The options -- as I see them -- are to either better reward effort or reduce squad size. Further partitioning the playerbase would only serve to increase wait-times.

Reducing squad size would improve Scotty's performance and dilute stompsquad potency. These are indisputable facts. Player behavior is tough to predict, but facts are still facts.

I wouldnt hold my breath for raids, that would take considerable effort and we lack the devs and resources for a project like that.

I just dont see how to easily make matches worth fighting without overpenalizing people who leave, and lo, this random idea was bored.

I try not to make any suggestions that cant theoretically be implemented with minimal changes to the current system.

no,they have their reasons for leaving,you should respect that.

A, B and C above are good examples of opinions. Thank you, Breakin.

Reducing squad size improves Scotty performance:
* 60 players / 6 = 10 squads; 60 players / 4 = 15 squads
* The more squads in population, the more squads available for matchmaking
* The more squads Scotty has to work with, the better he'll matchmake
* The more squads Scotty has to work with, the faster he'll matchmake
* 6-man, high-Mu squads strain Scotty (spent 30 minutes waiting in queue with one last week)
* The fewer of these outlier squads Scotty has to work with, the faster he'll matchmake
* The fewer of these outlier squads Scotty has to work with, the better he'll matchmake

Reducing squad size dilutes stompsquad potency:
* 6x100M SP > 4x100M SP
* 6 protobears > 4 protobears
* Passives shared 6 ways > Passives shared 4 ways
* Risk exposure of 4-man squad > 6-man squad
* Etc ...

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Note: I'd more readily suggest 4-man squads for Bush, Dom and Acq than Skirm. 6-man potency is often diluted in Skirmish, as the squad is more often than not split across multiple objectives.

To be fair, you haven't done this either, at least not here.

True-che

Just pointing it out lol. I don't comment much on squad aspect of things since I don't squad.

The reason I say this i s as follows:
A.imagine starting a battle when suddenly you have to leave to do chores or other responsibilities,you would have to quit the match immediately, and if your solution were to be implemented by ccp,it would cause players unable to play,which would hurt the game and CCP when they come to find that all the players have left the game,would hurt ccp's investment,and could lead to a lawsuit against the person who suggested it,that's exactly why it is a very very bad idea,and that's why I said "no,they have their own reasons for leaving the battle,and that you should respect that"
B.Protostomping and redlining:you shouldn't expect them to waist their isk restocking a fit that costs 5-10 mil for 100 fits each,if they get redline by full proto gear,and dye every time they spawn in their zone,they have the right to leave battle to prevent massive dropsuit/isk losses,if you do PC regularly, you can afford it,most players aren't in PC however,so they are poor,unless you have an APEX suit,don't expect them to put this solution out their.
C.it would force players that are poor into not being able to leave the game,and then being unable to play battles for 20+ hrs,especially new players,and would elevate the current situation for protostomping/redlining,as this would give protostompers and redliners the "The key to a door into dark territory best left locked forever" into which it would prompt an new form of protostomping,"Protobullying" in which they could exploit this solution to harass new players into leaving the game completely,which would hurt CCP games(refer to A.)
Remember to think about the consequences in an update before you post a solution(no disrespect intended to the anyone in this quote.)