Shoot them in the back?

make the game more fun by telling CCP to fix the broken crap in the game.

such as balance, FPS, hit detection, map design, map count, playability, loading times, connection issues, lag, less grindy, quicker action, larger groups, poisonous community, a better tutorial, controls that don't suck, actually play on an engine you are going to use not one you are just using as a placeholder....

i could go on but you get the jist.

i had witnessed the same type of behavior as someone was gang banged by a group of 4 heavies running around.

gotta love that HMG as it rips through everything without issue.

1. Let them try the Uprising build NOT this one lol
2. Proper tutorials and Training rooms
3. PvE
4. Uprising will also help filter organised grps into FW and less into Instant Battle Hisec games so newbies wouldnt get pummeled
5. Direct them to the various training corps to get a taste of the most engaging parts of DUST (FW & PC)

Boobs...... Big boobs

I think we as a community need to support & help the new players to get going initially.

Also, more tutorial guides would be nice to see!

Examples:
Weapon guide
Fitting guide
Role guide
Tactics guide for specific roles
Aiming guide

I completely agree that this is a major issue, though as others have pointed out many times, this is still a beta. The fact that Uprising is such a huge change from where the game is now shows that many, many things are still in flux. It's still true that a lot of people will hear about Dust, download it, get dumped into a match against multiple squads of veterans, get utterly annihilated and uninstall, and that's unfortunate. Matchmaking would help this, the weapon lab and other out-of-combat practice features will help this, Planetary Conquest and incentives for veterans to spend less time in pub matches will help this. But the fact remains that CCP has a very long view for Dust, and the changes that will really, finally give new players a clear path into Dust may be a long way off still.

Matchmaking also has to be some of the best weve ever seen in a shooter, esp in instant games.

Proper training and better match making. Saying "heres a gun, HTFU" to newberries gets old.

1 - 5 min training sim (mandatory)
2 - Optional other training sims (DS, HAV etc)
3 - Weapons training areas so people can learn the mechanics before having to invest in them. (also, allow these areas to be adjustable so you can see how the weapons progress at various levels/skills)

Proper training and better match making. Saying "heres a gun, HTFU" to newberries gets old.

LMFAO

this is how it was in my day, and I'm still around (actually I rather enjoyed my time as a nooby, but then perhaps I am some what of an anomaly *shrugs*). Plus, in my day, we had to walk up hill both ways thigh deep in snow just to get to and from a battle.

That may be the case for you, and props for doing it that way, but you're part of the select few. If CCP wants Dust to compete with other FPS titles, they need to do something to get new players interested for longer than a couple days.

That would work in a vacuum but this is the real world. Enough people moving on to the next FPS game and enough bad publicity and the slow death of this game will begin. In the FPS world, pretty much everyone has already heard of DUST so either they have tried it or will be trying it in the near future. That means that there is a small window to get people hooked on the game.

Putting on Marketing Hat: Video games follow the same product adoption process that almost everything else does.

Product Adoption Curve

Innovators - The very first people to get into the game as soon as it went closed beta
Early Adopters - All the closed beta vets
Early Majority - This is the early Open Beta guys

We are now moving into Late Majority now. People can debate all they want about whether the game is commercially released or not but that doesnt matter at all. What matters is what people believe. Once you get into the majority, people dont give a f*ck what its called, they are picking up the sticks and judging the game for what it is. If they have a bad impression, they are gone. You can cry BETA all you want.

That would work in a vacuum but this is the real world. Enough people moving on to the next FPS game and enough bad publicity and the slow death of this game will begin. In the FPS world, pretty much everyone has already heard of DUST so either they have tried it or will be trying it in the near future. That means that there is a small window to get people hooked on the game.

Putting on Marketing Hat: Video games follow the same product adoption process that almost everything else does.

Product Adoption Curve

Innovators - The very first people to get into the game as soon as it went closed beta
Early Adopters - All the closed beta vets
Early Majority - This is the early Open Beta guys

We are now moving into Late Majority now. People can debate all they want about whether the game is commercially released or not but that doesnt matter at all. What matters is what people believe. Once you get into the majority, people dont give a f*ck what its called, they are picking up the sticks and judging the game for what it is. If they have a bad impression, they are gone. You can cry BETA all you want.