If you want to play as a Corp thats what Corp matches are for.

Thing about corp matches are that they don't award SP or ISK to individuals. Only ISK to corp. So at this point there isn't much drive to do those, aside from ISK to corp and bragging rights.

it's a good way to learn how to play as a team to noobies

Good but frustrating.

Please tell me how is it fun or improving your game when you team stack a bunch of randoms? The most boring games I have had is when I have team stacked other randoms. And when you team stack someone they bring out their militia gear. ISK and SP rewards are absolutely meaningless when you get hit by a stray militia sniper.

How is it improving the tactics you would use against an organised corp when you are red lining randoms? How is it improving your gun game when all you are doing is waiting with 3 other dudes below the MCC for a red dot to spawn?

Matchmaking if any is broke.

3. I took out a dude with a Duvolle with my militia AR. Me with almost 250 HP in total took down a dude with almost 500 HP in total and carrying a Duvolle. This was a straight up face to face one on one fight. I should have lost it but for some reason I won. My free equipment should not have been able to do this unless there was a tag team involved.

some stuff +

Learnings:

1. Dust is not a place for randoms and noobs this late into a build. If an experienced player like me can get destroyed so easily, noobs will be raped. This goes back to what I was saying about noob only zones or match making based on skills.
2. Match making is horribad. I have seen so many corps do a queue sync and team stack other randoms or corps. I mean seriously;- this is a beta. Your win loss ratios aint gonna matter
3. I took out a dude with a Duvolle with my militia AR. Me with almost 250 HP in total took down a dude with almost 500 HP in total and carrying a Duvolle. This was a straight up face to face one on one fight. I should have lost it but for some reason I won. My free equipment should not have been able to do this unless there was a tag team involved.

CCP needs to re-evaluate its match making system. Team stacking and queue syncing in pub matched are becoming common right now. If you want to play as a Corp thats what Corp matches are for.
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How is someone an experienced player and also a noob? Just asking.

he means he has experience with the game and is on an alt noob character with low SP invested

As a player with high SP main, why would you divide SP's? You know better than that (granted the LR needs only L1 and that's it)

- Did you tune the default fit at all? It is outright terrible without adding some militia modules (BPO's preferably). Granted new players should not be expected to do that.

1) There are many things you can do with young character. But roaming solo really isn't one of those - and even then you still can have success in that from time to time.
When I created my vehicle alt from scratch it did fine (using only AR, ofc, as vehicles come in later). If using kdr as a measure, the scores were like 10/2 or 20/5. Warpoints were plentiful because of uplinks and revives. It STILL has AR L2, sharps L3 and weaponry L3 and that is ALL skills infantrywise.

3) Sorry to say but your mindset there is dead wrong and terrible as well. You are saying that if someone has better stuff he is automatically better and should never lose. FPS's are so situational.

Finally, even though I'm not sure if you're referring 'team stacking as either playing with a full squad or having two squads on the same side, it's not right to tell people not to play with your friends. Player interaction brings so much richness to this game (and others too) and is also to my understanding a fundamental part of Dust.

Backstory: While recruiting potentials for my Corp, I found that there were a few noobs that showed a lot of potential. Rather than bring them into my Corp, I decided it would be better to use a training academy for them and then pull them over. The solution was to create an alt in the training Corp and proceed forward from there. So I created my fun new alt and decided to duke it out. I am starting off at 500K Sp and my main has 9 Mil SP.

Starting Skill Set: LW sharpshooter 3, AR 3, Weaponry 3

Starting Kit: LOL AR Enforcer

Match 1: So I run into an ambush map team stacked. Just my luck. My very first ambush and I have to run into them. I see a random red dot scout running around and I think this is great. I run upto him and try shooting him with my militia AR. Doink! Nothing happens. He turns and fires. And within a second I am dead. Killed by an Exile. So... that was pretty much the situation of the entire game. I ended up 2 - 9 in that game.

Next Step: Upgrade Mechanics to Level 3. Yay! More hit points. Buy another merc pack for the Toxin.

Match 2: I decided skirmish would be better for me. Apparently not. Team stack again. I sneak up on this dude hacking an objective. Spray and pray with my toxin. Hardly any damage and the clip is empty. He turns around and I am dead the next second. Pretty much the entire scenario that game too. Although I did a tad bit better and went 3-5

Next Step: CQC is not for me right now. Upgrade laser rifle to level 1

Match 3: Much better. I manage to climb up the platform on the 4 point map. Not cruely team stacked this time. I go 6 - 1.

Next Step: Eff this crap! I am going back to my primary.

Learnings:

1. Dust is not a place for randoms and noobs this late into a build. If an experienced player like me can get destroyed so easily, noobs will be raped. This goes back to what I was saying about noob only zones or match making based on skills.
2. Match making is horribad. I have seen so many corps do a queue sync and team stack other randoms or corps. I mean seriously;- this is a beta. Your win loss ratios aint gonna matter
3. I took out a dude with a Duvolle with my militia AR. Me with almost 250 HP in total took down a dude with almost 500 HP in total and carrying a Duvolle. This was a straight up face to face one on one fight. I should have lost it but for some reason I won. My free equipment should not have been able to do this unless there was a tag team involved.

CCP needs to re-evaluate its match making system. Team stacking and queue syncing in pub matched are becoming common right now. If you want to play as a Corp thats what Corp matches are for.

Just my 0.02 WOOFWOOF

If CCP doesn't take this into account then I have a feeling this game will live a very short life on PS3 and never make it to the PS4/Orbis (whatever they call it.

What CCP doesnt get is nerfing weapons is not the solution to fix a broken or inexistant matchmaking system. If CCP starts to get noobs involved they need a nice place where the noobs can thrive. There are so many solutions to this.

For example: Create a zone where the DS and Weapon levels can be maximum 2. This would enable the pros to play, minus their precious proto gears. Another option would be to actually have a match making system in place where the matchmaking is donebased on the skill levels and not just a random orgy.

You cannot have the RPG element in place and pit high skilled players against noobs.

What CCP doesnt get is nerfing weapons is not the solution to fix a broken or inexistant matchmaking system. If CCP starts to get noobs involved they need a nice place where the noobs can thrive. There are so many solutions to this.

For example: Create a zone where the DS and Weapon levels can be maximum 2. This would enable the pros to play, minus their precious proto gears. Another option would be to actually have a match making system in place where the matchmaking is donebased on the skill levels and not just a random orgy.

You cannot have the RPG element in place and pit high skilled players against noobs.

I very much agree with you!

Certainly the best solution is to match players of similar level of play with others in the same level. Most MMOs I've played do exactly that. CCP is going to need to keep everyone happy , both the newbies and the experienced (high level) vets. Mixing them both in the same match is a poor solution IMHO, equalizing weapons/gear/etc for all is a poor solution IMHO...the best way to do it is to set up matches in such a way where same level players are pitted against same level players (or close to).

I personally would rather see it done in a way that certain battles are only available for each level of player. Some kind of auto-matching system might be OK too I guess although it's not my first choice. I've seen some suggestions for having mixed matches where both sides have equal numbers of low-levels and high-levels and I get the thinking of that but I think the reality of it would be a disaster.

Whatever is done in the end I'm sure CCP has considered all things and will implement a satisfactory solution. Well....at least I hope so! One good thing about a game like this is that if one system is implemented and proves to be a problem they can make changes at any time to try out something new. One of my favorite aspects of an MMO is the constant evolution of the game allows much more freedom than the average console game.

P.S. We never stack with the intention of farming people, it's always to fight each other or just random luck. It's just 50/50 whether we get the opposing teams or not.

We like fighting each other much more than fighting you tbh.

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Until then the OP and you should work on your core fps skills.

You shouldn't be emptying clips with no effect. There are generally enough bullets in every current weapon to kill any other player if you hit with enough of them.

You guys are both missing way too much.

Lol...

He's talking about your skill books

I don't have the new names in mind, I let other people to tell you

Backstory: While recruiting potentials for my Corp, I found that there were a few noobs that showed a lot of potential. Rather than bring them into my Corp, I decided it would be better to use a training academy for them and then pull them over. The solution was to create an alt in the training Corp and proceed forward from there. So I created my fun new alt and decided to duke it out. I am starting off at 500K Sp and my main has 9 Mil SP.