I like the way this is coming together, but I still have a few reservations. It's the damn redzone that's the problem for me. It still makes the situation a little too polite, and doesn't allow for teams to take advantage of momentum and push forward while the enemy is still disorganized. I propose this as an alternate solution for the "hard redzone" this idea currently has: The Yellow Zone (Actual color open for debate)

As I said previously, the redzone should be delegated to the edge of the District. There shouldn't be anywhere on the map that one team can enter, but the other can't. So we add the Yellow Zone. The Yellow Zone indicates what areas the enemy team currently has control over. Friendly forces can still enter, and fight, inside the Yellow Zone as it would only indicate where the "Front Line" of the battle currently is. Commanders would only be able to deploy installations inside the areas that they actually control. This would then prevent Commanders from firing down friendly turrets behind enemy lines. Dropships, and characters with low profiles willing to go behind enemy lines and place drop uplinks, would become far more useful and effective than they currently are.

Objectives, once taken, would then open small pockets of "Friendly Territory" around them within a certain radius. Capture enough Objectives in that area, and that whole section of the map would then open up. This would allow for a player controlled, always shifting Front Line.

Well, my thought as far as giving both sides time-out periods on the outside of a battle before it begins was based around trying to get good fights, rather than pushing forward so hard and fast that your enemy just decides to give up and leave. I wanted to try and avoid the way a lot of Skirmish matches end up right now, with the victor being decided in the first 5 minutes or less before the other team is redlined.

I agree to a point, but remember that most Pub Matches are filled with individuals. Every time that I've either seen or heard of a match being redlined early, was because of team work. One team, using squads and communication (usually Corps), while the other team tried to Lone Wolf it. It's the difference between an organized military and a disorganized militia.

New Eden is an unforgiving place, and if you want to keep what's yours, or expand upon what you already have, every person on these forums will tell you exactly what you need to do in two words: Get Good.

Corps that can bring superior firepower, tactics, and strategy to a fight (not to mention baseline player skill) will always be at an advantage. And should be, in my opinion. Balance in FW means that if your Corp can't cut it on it's own, you can always ask other Corps for help.

And the advantage will always be to the Defender. They have unlimited clones (I still say they should have to pay for them), and a larger area under their control at the start of the fight. Giving the attacking team a chance to go behind enemy lines balances that equation. The defending team can be setting up installations and deploying troops to halt enemy forces, while the attacking team can be sending in "black ops" teams to knock out/capture objectives. A game that is based on skill (as this one is) should have battles that are decided with skill.

Rather than individual clones, since Biomass is actually an existing item in the EVE universe, I think you'll see its production start to become more important. Since our clone bodies are standardized for the most part, you would consume a certain quantity of biomass per clone, and the MCC or ground installation would only have a certain amount. This creates market demand for biomass, and encourages the defender to fight hard, but not to fight like my Planetside 2 outfit and "drown them in a sea of bodies".

And another avenue for Dust to effect EVE's economy, I like it. So the defenders would pay for Biomass as they go, and the Attackers would have to bring Biomass with them? This would make it difficult for even super rich Corps to swarm large sections of space. I find this acceptable.

I like the way this is coming together, but I still have a few reservations. It's the damn redzone that's the problem for me. It still makes the situation a little too polite, and doesn't allow for teams to take advantage of momentum and push forward while the enemy is still disorganized. I propose this as an alternate solution for the "hard redzone" this idea currently has: The Yellow Zone (Actual color open for debate)

As I said previously, the redzone should be delegated to the edge of the District. There shouldn't be anywhere on the map that one team can enter, but the other can't. So we add the Yellow Zone. The Yellow Zone indicates what areas the enemy team currently has control over. Friendly forces can still enter, and fight, inside the Yellow Zone as it would only indicate where the "Front Line" of the battle currently is. Commanders would only be able to deploy installations inside the areas that they actually control. This would then prevent Commanders from firing down friendly turrets behind enemy lines. Dropships, and characters with low profiles willing to go behind enemy lines and place drop uplinks, would become far more useful and effective than they currently are.

Objectives, once taken, would then open small pockets of "Friendly Territory" around them within a certain radius. Capture enough Objectives in that area, and that whole section of the map would then open up. This would allow for a player controlled, always shifting Front Line.

I was thinking more that you pay to fill the biomass holding tanks in a facility or MCC before going into a fight, similar to putting ammo in your cargohold in EVE. Having to worry about paying for biomass in a match would be very distracting and not very practical, but having to replenish your stores between battles provides, as you reinforced, another means of economic interaction between Dust and EVE.

So the character I do battle in is simply a Jello of Biomass held together by my armor? Strange Concept.
I was thinking, Clone Manufacturing corp Makes Clones out off Biomass. Biomass comes from... NPC's? I think M Idea is good, just haven't a clue where the Original Material comes from....

The idea of having a larger scale battle field intrigues me. It would allow a longer on going match to fight over an area, district, planet. Like the mercenary battle section in the game, corporations on even can disperse their squadron of ships to the location and settle in. Then they can put in contracts for anyone to join in and fight for the land or to protect it. I know this is an option CCP is working to infuse into game play, choosing sides. This would eliminate the lack of surprise some of you mentioned. Again, it would allow mercs to choose which side they want to participate with. Allowing more flexibility to play over a larger scale area.

When it comes to deploying mercs and the MCC. I would say remove the MCC and use more of a merc transport ship or smaller ships that can engage battle. Like fighter jets, drop ships etc. When a battle starts all mercs will start from the transport ship and jump to the ground, or have a space jump. We all know that it can be done since it has happened a few times in our own real time history. Involve the Eve players by allowing confrontations in space. I am not familiar with Eve so I am not sure how that would work. I am guessing they have a similar layout to engage in battle.

When it comes to taking the first locations objectives the winning team can stay on the ground and wait for the opposing side to reset and start from the next objective, like falling back into defensive mode. Then the team can move forward and attack. Each map would have points of interest for each side to reach and hold to be able to have an advantage. Having a timer set for how long these objectives are held would allow certain perks like OBS strikes or jets/drop ships to be used to counter or push back to gain an objective. Allowing Eve players to be more involved in ground campaigns than just orbital strikes.

I cant think of anything else, but when I do I will add my 2 isk.