the location of the battle once they are already engaged in combat since the district is not displayed on the leader board only the system and planet number.

Another issue is the lack of a clock in the Dust merc quarters and in battle that shows the current Eve time, which is the best way to communicate to Eve pilots when their support will be needed. Also, It seems like if there was an option for a Duster to broadcast a corp battle in an in game channel with a channel command (OB Request: Jita IV - D13 - 0800) the process of Dusters telling Eve pilots where to go could be streamlined.

Picking a system for the event has also proven challenging because the current setup is akin to rolling a dice. The more temperate planets in a system the higher the probability it will have of appearing in the contracts and being selected. Due to this mechanic the system picks for the events have been limited to systems with 3+ temperate planets. When I quickly refreshed the contracts in an attempt to pull up a specific system that only contained 1 temperate planet it was not uncommon for it to take up to 15 minutes to get one contract hit. The current GUI also results in the dust merc feeling no connection to these contracts as part of a larger scale conflict between the factions and has no idea where they are in New Eden or how they are important. The fact that the entire contract system and, as a result faction warfare, is veiled behind director roles leads to the rank and file mercs of a Dust corporation having no ties to the bigger picture. After talking to several mercs I found that many didn't even realize that we were already making a tangible impact on Eve, and that the corporation contracts were actually causing real districts in New Eden to change hands.

This lack of weight to the current corp battles is compounded by the purely consensual nature of contracts at the present time. An organized push for a system by attackers currently can be stalled by the other side not showing up and having no consequence for their absence. The current system is more akin to a grudge match or dueling system. If there is a much improved faction warfare system down the line (as there should be), the current system should be preserved and used for scrimmages and to settle scores between corps by making it where the matches don't effect faction ownership of districts. Any future iteration should be built on the foundation of non-consensual PvP which is one of the hallmarks of New Eden.