Is boring.
Let me elaborate.
Currently its a snooze fest 2/3 of the time and usually when u cap all objectives the game just drags on

Solution: Make Skirmish 2.0 MORE like Titan Mode from BF2142
Right now skirmish 2.0 is a half ass titan mode + BF style conquest.

For those that dont know titan mode from bf 2142 basically its skirmish 2.0 BUT u can board the enemy titan and blow it up from the inside when the shields have been dropped.

Implement that in DUST. Let us board the MCC if the shields are down and either end the game quicker or if peeps are losing make a last ditch desperate attempt to win by assaulting the MCC if they get the shields down.

Give us options. Add some URGENCY to the game so even a team dominating has to be ready and on their toes to counter a possible MCC boarding attempt.

One thing i keep reading from ppls posts on the forum is that skirmish 2.0 lacks that urgency in battles.
Thoughts guys?

PS: Also bring back Skirmish 1.0 or something similar along with updating skirmish 2.0, hopefully by letting us board the MCC, to make it more exciting.

Meh, skirmish 2.0 mostly needs skirmish 1.0....
This "run around in circle" game mode gets on my nerve..... Less tactical than that is difficult.

Like both ideas by OP:

Skirmish 1.0 was fun, definitely placed that sense of urgency and constant action.

Plus the BF2142 idea is brilliant, it adds a solution to the whole 'red-lining' issue, board the MCC and bomb it from the inside,makes the last bits of the game exciting for both sides, plus its not like it would be an easy task, would be a lot of cqc plus perhaps a more open cargobay area (?) that would definitely be challenging for any attack....

the key is it makes it exciting, plus to be fair it is different since no one has really tried to get back to that style and this already fits the bill.

Also, giving a last ditch effort for a losing team that already had shields down is brilliant too, makes it so freaking exciting. Imagine, got a team down on the ropes, just a matter of burning them down, but then things get silent and doesnt seem to be much resistance. Then someone yells over the mic that they have drop ships up and headed toward the MCC..... maaan the beauty of it, would make me tear up.

Dropship should be a method to get in, but perhaps also make a tougher method which requires you to get under the MCC or something (or not, and make that an option for people who have dropships)

+1 great idea!

Might I suggest boarding be done by one ship firing several grappling hooks which punch into the enemy MCC's hull, allowing the players to go ziplining into it, much like a sci-fy version of how pirates would swing onto enemy ships.

This would be AWESOME!!

I still want, though I think null cannons should do less damage to extend the battle. This is to offset how fast battles could end as a result of boarding.

I also still would like to see something like Skirmish 1.0 return as a separate game mode.

All they need to do is if you team holds all the main objectives increase the rate of the MCC gets pounded significantly.


It will end the game quicker and produce same result as the game dragging on for 10-15 minutes. Simple solution.

I like this idea... but still...

When I play skirmish with just my 2 friends I know IRL it's a bit boring yes, but when I play with my Corp it's pretty fun. I find that if you play with tactics things are so much more fun because it's not "we have all the objectives lets relax" it's "WE HAVE ALL THE OBJECTIVES QUICK DEFEND THEM!!!!!!!!!!!"

Though a Titan mode would be sweet, I loved that game, having the option to destroy from the inside or the outside... but I don't think it would work out well...

They only problem with this( i love it it sounds amazing!) is that Spawn killing would get ramped up to an all new high. Imagine you get stuck inside your MCc because there is a dropship at your jump zone??????? Even if you got out you would get mauled at the bottom because the damge zone would be gone:/ its a great idea but maybe it needs a bit more tweaking.

Is boring.
Let me elaborate.
Currently its a snooze fest 2/3 of the time and usually when u cap all objectives the game just drags on

Solution: Make Skirmish 2.0 MORE like Titan Mode from BF2142
Right now skirmish 2.0 is a half ass titan mode + BF style conquest.

For those that dont know titan mode from bf 2142 basically its skirmish 2.0 BUT u can board the enemy titan and blow it up from the inside when the shields have been dropped.

Implement that in DUST. Let us board the MCC if the shields are down and either end the game quicker or if peeps are losing make a last ditch desperate attempt to win by assaulting the MCC if they get the shields down.

Give us options. Add some URGENCY to the game so even a team dominating has to be ready and on their toes to counter a possible MCC boarding attempt.

One thing i keep reading from ppls posts on the forum is that skirmish 2.0 lacks that urgency in battles.
Thoughts guys?

PS: Also bring back Skirmish 1.0 or something similar along with updating skirmish 2.0, hopefully by letting us board the MCC, to make it more exciting.

You certainly are persistent OP, but that's how this idea will make it into the game.
I love it. BF 2142 was incredible and Titan mode was so intense. Perhaps to add to this, maybe the MCC has 2-3 weak spots (maybe with options to fit more) inside that need to be destroyed, each time one is destroyed it kills all of the enemy soldiers inside, but only after a 60 second countdown so they have a chance to escape and assault it again.

0.02 isk

I'm not the OP, but I really support this. I'm just posting to get people behind this.

Sorry for bumping an old post but this idea could make Skirmish 2.0 awesome. Any feedback on this?

DUST still needs more sudden death win conditions for game modes, makign it more exciting. Blow up an objective via plating a charge with a short fuse, etc. something that isnt a slow predictable grind to damage the enemy MCC or drop their clone supplies.

Maybe not too quick. I like the Rush game mode in BF Bad Company 2, the timing on those is about right. If the MCC could be assaulted after the shields drop then two or three weak points could be destroyed to bring it down.

The one downside to this is that it doesn't really give the losing side a chance if they're getting trounced, it just ends the match quicker for the better side. The counter to this is having a certain time pass before the MCC becomes a target, maybe involving some kind of e-warfare or something that opens a gap in the shields?

Any more good feedback?

...]Titan Mode from BF2142 ....