Basically, coordinate with the other team to shuffle around players using stacked faction boosters to optimize their LP gain with reduced effort/great match result certainty.

Only real issue I see with this is the match making system .it be allot more data to comb through with 8 spots trying to find appropriate match for each sqd not to mention if lets say a 7n7 are on both sides the amount of data configuration required to fill those missing spots depends on the formula ccp uses for its matchmaking system. Only way this wouldnt cause a issue is if matching making went back to what is was and autofilled spots no matchmaking at all. (Which in my opinion doesnt matter anyway cuz its broke as hell right now anyway) so in closing yes I want 8 man sqds but current system needs to go if this is ever gonna work or if team deploy is ever a possibility we just dont have the high amount pf players for it to function right

1. If PC-level players want access to team deploy and better fights around the clock, why does that demand have to be met by FW? Why not instead open up around-the-clock raids so PC-level play can be found on demand?

2. What mechanics would prevent the risk-free farming of FW by 32-man q-syncs?

3. Assume a newbro with no in-game connections or knowledge of the Forums wishes to earn an APEX suit through FW participation. To save Isk. Walk me through how he will meet that goal in a FW setting which supports Team Deploy.

4. What mechanics would prevent an oddly shaped block (say 5 players) from queuing for FW and remaining stuck in that queue indefinitely?

5. Why the big rush? What specific downsides are there to test-driving 8-man support first? To quote Kevall Longstride, "I do support full TD in FW but I prefer the iterative approach we have to make sure we don't break something first." Why is Kevall wrong and why shouldn't we iterate?

While I agree and have treated things exactly that way in the past we do not speak for the bulk of the community. For a newbro that is already getting slaughtered thanks to low skills how many times getting kicked from a squad does it take for them to be ready to quit FW or even the game?

On the wait time I am pointing to time to fill up a squad. Drop a 6 man squad in squad finder right now and watch how many people pop in demanding you go into battle and leave if you do not hit search right then. How much does that get multiplied when you are waiting for 16 instead of 6.

I am not going to do anything to blueberries, why should i blame 5 mil SP players tryng to get an apex and not you stomping them with a 16 man q-synq? Will you ever take them in your platoon? No! So they have to get stomped anyway, GG kain & co

In case you haven't noticed, the proponents of this want to turn it into 16 man syncs all day.

Because rather than duke it out in PC, they want to stay together as a team and play against uncoordinated groups. They are not looking for competitive play, they are looking to create unbalanced matches that they can essentially farm for easy wins, CP, and LP.

Their goal is fundamentally uncompetitive. Look at how many blue donut folks are posting as this is the salvation for the game. Do you trust these same people who refused to fight each other for glory to suddenly start being legitimate competition seekers?