The answer to pub balance is no in-game comms as a cherry on top and the primary mechanic being no premade squads. I've preached this again and again and as part of my CPM campaign. Simple matchmaking mechanics will sort players that show a history of squading together or are in the same corp.

Let pubs be the "one player just jumps in and goes for it mode." Casual jamming, not dire tryhard swampass machismo.


No skin off tryhard scrubs since they have two, count them two, game modes for their circle jerking boy lovin'.


In the spirit of GD chatGǪ discuss.

Stfu

In the spirit of GD chatGǪ discuss.

I think COD has a single player mode, why don't you go play that?

but seriously, why do you want to get rid of the social aspects?

What? And spoil how it's been done for years? Get rid of pub stomping? Force people to play modes where there are other people running the same quality gear as them? Any moment you will be banned for going against the eve way.

Then I go on Skype or mumble and continue unaffected. Try again.

lol

Bob


I'm waiting for the better idea you have?

Yeah, throw match making out the window. If I'm going to get screwed, I'd rather it be fate then some pecker heads setting me up with idiots on my team ._.

Meta lvl locked matches are the way for CCP to go, for those that can't compete with the more experienced guys using better gear or those who just want to take it easy and save some isk.



This is a multiplayer game, most of us have friends they like to play with and factions do not provide ISK payouts like pubs do. So turning off chats and squads for pub contracts just seems like a stupid idea to me.

Well, it sounds like then there should be a pubs for new/solo that goes beyond just an extended academy and then have a social, group oriented pubs.

What do y'all say to certain modes like ambush be the solo, casual and then group oriented versions like dom.


I'd like to have a quick play mode that would be like I described in the OP and that could give very little isk and sp because it's all about the playstyle. Then, the group oriented pubs that would still have restrictions to premade squads, but would promote open comms.

Maybe have a forced team comms. While in the coop pub play the team chat isopen and you can't change it so as to promote the social cooperation among people who usually don't play together. Closed premade squad chat is just as antisocial based on the responses if you think about it. I mean, you're not expanding your social circle sticking with premades with people you already know.

Why would you exclude small squads from working together?

No comms, you are a fool.

This is all together a hairbrain idea.

Why do you still play pubs? You have been around a long time. Its like you are asking for the stomps to stop so you can farm newbs like the scrub you are. Pathetic.