I may have a suggestion that bypasses the problem by simply converting the salvage directly to isk
this would make it so that no one can abuse the system and killing proto would be more fruitful then killing mlt

Module drop rate for a destroyed ship in Eve is 50%. Enough to encourage trying to get them to 'drop' but not enough that it creates an infinite amount of stuff. That would work here too.

That said, the "rolling total" idea above would put an ISK value on the cost of departing battle prematurely. So I could go either way :-)

One problem with the isk at EoM thing, who decides the value of the dropped items that currently aren't on the NPC market?

Everything should have a market price. Only a few FW items (that I know of) can't be sold back to the market; this is a presumed bug.

Edit: Good point, though. Those items should probably be identified, so they don't crash the system. Lol.

Officer and experimental gear doesn't have an in-game price, this will be the biggest problem because they're the big fat carrot that the system relies on. AUR items are easy because they all (I think?) have an ISK equivalent (except for the skill requirements but ISK don't care about whether you could have used it or not).

* substantially increase market buyback prices
* introduce keep-what-you-kill

That's it! Reward a merc with EOM salvage encompassing everything he killed in the match. If the merc leaves match prematurely, he doesn't get his loot.

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Who cares if mercs make a lot of ISK farming one another? If DUST lives and is eventually ported, at the very minimum our ISK reserves will be limited in transfer. If DUST dies on PS3, at least we'll go down battling it out rather than cherry-picking fights and pinching pennies.

Let newbros make windfall profits if/when they drop protobears. They ****ing deserve it! And let us take a crack at managing the officer weapon spam. If Jara can fetch a solid price on the market, I'll bet you'll find more officer gear being removed from circulation than recirculated back into the hands of the rich who spam it; even if not, it'd definitely drive up player market prices.

Secondary Benefits
* Directly rewards activity and accomplishment
* Puts more ISK in newbro pockets (narrows wealth gap)
* Heavily incentivizes fighting uphill battles
* Potentially increases demand for Jara sexybots

Suggestion #1A:
Should loot be distributed randomly across the team? That way more wealth bleeds to lower ranks. Or should the percentage of loot claimed per player be a function of the amount of WP they contributed to the team?

#1B: That rewards individual effort while still giving support roles the appreciation they deserve. Or should the amount of claimed stuff be somewhere in the middle?

#2A: Help newberries by telling them what to do with loot in a textbox after their first match with loot. I don't think your average free-to-play FPS customer on the PS3 is aware of the fact that gear can be sold. In fact I don't know what ratio of new players has becomes aware of the skill tree or the marketplace within the first 7 days of playing, but that is an entirely different issue.