The entire matchmaking system in this game needs a good revision. Without such a revision matches like that will drive new people (and even a few experienced people) away from the game. It needs either a Mercenary Mode where no squads are allowed until the game is formed so elite teams like that can't dominate a match. Or based upon meta-level.

This is the one topic I am not a fan of the "qq more" answer since it is a legitimate fault with the game design.

The point is CCP is a business, how does a business survive? By maintaining profitability and that cannot happen when much of your player base abandons the game you worked so hard on a lot quicker than expected because of the mentality of experienced players.

"It happened to us and we learned"
"We are not stomping you, we're helping you get better"
"QQ more"

That will not help Dust survive. Personally coming from EVE I don't mind so much, it does have its frustrating moments but it also as its rewarding moments. Again though I fall into the small niche of gamers that will play anyway, but it is to small a niche for Dust to remain viable.

Yeah, a no pre-formed squad option is a must, especially since 6 man squads are coming soon.

Even when I run solo and there is 2 or 3 other decent players on my side, we dominate the heck out of the other team most of the time, and none of us are even communicating with eachother. We all do our own thing, and before you know it, steamroll. So with pre-formed squads of decent players that are communicating and trying to work as a team, it is even more devastating.

Coupled with the new ambush spawning, it is even worse now. I say let those who squad up, play against other squads of players. Matches are much more fun that way anyway.

Also they still need to work out the kinks in matchmaking regarding balancing out teams. I still see too many lopsided matches. It's either me and a bunch of name-brand players going up against a full team of newberries, or I am on the team of newberries vs all the experienced players.

TBH imperfects rely on team work a bit too mutch im not even in proto gear aka only 3 mil sp and i can still manage to kill them rather easy when i get one or 2 of them alone but the only way i get a good game is when they come in as a squad

(note: not directed at you Gunner, but I wanted to quote that thought)

This is way off topic, but being an older guy and seeing what they teach my kids now...there's a lot of "You're all special, unique winners! YOU get a trophy, YOU get a trophy, EVERYONE GETS A TROPHY!"

Guess what? No, you're not special. You're probably not a winner. Not everyone gets a trophy.

For there to be winners, there have to be losers. My kids know this, but it looks like some people never got this message that they so desperately need.

Stop whining, get better. If it was easy and everyone was equal, people would get bored fast and just leave.

I don't know when people went from "wow that guy's good...maybe if I work at it I can be as good as him" to "f that guy, I need to tear him down to make this playing field level!" I remember in college they had shirts from a company called "No Fear" that said "Second place is the first loser". What happened to that attitude?

Success is about hard work and perseverance, not having it handed to you. HTFU!

In order for the game to survive it needs to expand beyond a niche market that hones in on a core group of players it needs to appeal to much wider audience. With such a small player base already the attitude needs to improve that while in life people win and people lose, I've taught my daughters that as well. In the video game world it is not like that if you want to be a profitable company.

Case in point Halo 4 went from a even arena based shooter to borrowing elements from other FPS games. The original core niche group hates the game but it is constantly 4th on XBL. It diverged from its original model to survive in such a competitive market. If Dust is to have any good population size that justifies keeping the servers open it will need to compete against games like Destiny, Halo 5/6, Defiance and whatever else is coming down the pipe.

If it cannot compete it cannot survive. I for one love the game and won't stop playing, but I am intelligent and reasonable enough to understand that the game needs to appeal to a wider audience.

What's the problem? It's more ISK for you which is all that really matters.

Who cares if they run full proto or not? Its not like if they havent done it before in the older builds. It simply repeats over and over. Next time please tell me something that i didnt knew. And sooner or later every 1 is running proto stuff. Just a matter of time.

Hmmm.....don't mean to generate hate or anything but you should just really stop. You're making the Imperfects look like a bunch of snotty kids who got nothing else to do.

From a beginner's viewpoint (I'm not a beginner, just to clarify), if I saw the very first couple of matches that I come into with a lot of players on the other side wearing proto gear, I know I personally wouldn't play the game very long due to the fact emptying a whole magazine into them did nothing while 2 bullets killed the new person. It is extremely difficult for "noobs" to "get guud" when they keep dying in a couple of bullets while they themselves can barely dish out damage. How do you expect them to get better if they can't accumulate a good amount of SP without them getting curb stomped by pro corps and players all the time?

Skill is skill. However, there is limits to skill and going militia against proto gear is near suicide. (Well there are rare instances where militia does beat proto-wearing players. I.E. militia sniper, shotgun, etc.)

The sequel is never better than the original.

Wow really? Does everyone in this player base jump on Imp d***? Stop the threads, alot of corps pub stomp with proto.

That is the issue. How many of them will play through that hassle to get to that content when their first 2 weeks will be brutal when they can just hop onto CoD:BO2, Crysis 3 and other games and play on an even footing?