you will also need to split the playerbase. below 15m SP in one pool, and above 15m in another.

I use standard gear in pubs and can get 15 to 30 kills regularly, Passive skills and game/map knowledge is OP.



I still believe that non sharing of active and passive scans would improve gameplay.

If you want info from your scanlogi mic up. We always hear that "its a team game". so why the laziness of shared scans? use your mic & voice enemy positions to your squad/team.

Then why not try it if they will be fine? It'll level out the battlefield for the new players (if they're good).

My militia beats that newbies militia because my core skills and weapon skills are all maxed out. New players still get stomped.

The player base very very RARELY gets over 3000 people online at one time. That's not a lot to divide from and search times already blow.

Tanks would be epic over powered with a proper fit in a meta locked match. There are currently some tank fits that require 4 - 5 full proto A/V players to take them down. What happens when not even those people can go proto? I will give you a hint TANKS WIN.

Finally, the most damning point, payouts are based on ISK lost. If you remove all high level gear from matches payouts go from seriously bad to incredibly worse.




Basically the idea of meta lockouts was a purely knee jerk reaction which did not hold up to the slightest amount of scrutiny. There is not one single good aspect that comes from it.

If you have more skills, then why worry about meta locks? If your std/militia can beat theirs, then your pro/officer can REALLY beat theirs, while ensuring you have an even greater advantage and that even the mere possibility some noob could even accidentally kill you despite their lower skill is decreased to near impossibility.

Look, we get it from your videos (unless I am confusing you with someone else, then my pardons), you like destroying new players. You get off on it. Good for you.

I don't care if you and your like quit if it means new players have a little more of a chance, and retention rates increase. Hell, I bet you would see a lot of people return as a result.

And if the data doesn't show any increase? Locks can be removed. We have nothing to lose at this juncture.

I believe that if there are more players trying to join than there are shiting on them. All you need to do is give em a chance. You guys are only top shot because the new players aren't given a chance.

The only one that kind of makes sense is core skills, but even that can be earned. And also please don't bring up incentive to win we have no reason to win besides pooping on dreams. So let them get a chance to win so there reason for winning can be met (isk/sp )

You are right that risk/reward is off. That is one reason there is so much stomping. I have always advocated for a more robust system for rewards, and have seen many others do the same. I can't remember any of it getting a response from CCP.

Meta locks on the other hand have been discussed by them to my recollection. Or at least acknowledged. I was hoping squad number changes would have been the answer, and was not behind meta locks until then. Now there is little choice.