Matchmaking by suits seems silly to me, does this read what your default suit is, what your highest suit skill level is? So from now on if you want to have an advantage in pubs make a militia suit your default and switch to your proto when match begins, or put most of your SP into things before drop suits.Matchmaking based on SP would be the best and simplest measure to use would it not?

Tons of 'Dropships are useless'-threads and then a anti-air HAV gets introduced. Yes CCP does indeed listen to feedback.

Or more airial Vehicles on the way?

I know it's hard to comprehend, but maybe CCP thought of this. Perhaps, what they mean by "gear is a factor" that they take the average meta value or isk value of the suits you've used in the recent past to help with matchmaking. That way, a quick switcheroo, won't make much difference.

I know it's hard to comprehend, but maybe CCP thought of this. Perhaps, what they mean by "gear is a factor" that they take the average meta value or isk value of the suits you've used in the recent past to help with matchmaking. That way, a quick switcheroo, won't make much difference.

Or more airial Vehicles on the way?

Reason why they are going to be added the anti-air tank is that dropships are getting a new variant known as the bomber which probably unlike current dropships and will be actually literally dropping bombs on ground targets.

I know it's hard to comprehend, but maybe CCP thought of this. Perhaps, what they mean by "gear is a factor" that they take the average meta value or isk value of the suits you've used in the recent past to help with matchmaking. That way, a quick switcheroo, won't make much difference.

http://www.gamebreaker.tv/mmorpg/ccp-games-e3-presentation/

For those that don't want to watch:

• UI Imrovements
• Weapon range system improvements
• New dropsuit roles - Pilot (vehicle bonus) & Commando ("dual heavy weapon weilding medium", not sure what is meant by this, 18:18)
• Two new terrian texture sets
• Engine performance upgrades
• "Rapid Fire Updates" - *MOST LIKELY* once a month iterations ("these are not bug fixes, these are enhancements to the game")
• Welcome screen added
• "Daily Bonus"
• Progression updates (mail alerts, corp battles, etc. upon login)
• New battle finder screen
• Matchmaking - Greater focus on team balance (gear as a criteria)
• Prioritize matchmaking with friends
• New vehicle roles ("Destroyers" were given as one example - anti-air HAV with faster tracking / RoF)
• New Infrastructure (Research, Production)

As stated in the video, this is all slated for early July.

Feel free to comment / hate / love / show indifference.

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Repeat after me, "Dropships are gunships and bombers."

Problem with basing matchmaking on gear is that people don't pub with all their proto gear on unless they are total try-hards.

This means that veterans deploying in their cheap gear will face off against full militias. Besides, how can it be based on gear when we are able to change loadouts at supply depos or mid-spawn?

Has to be based on lifetime WP or SP.

So what you're saying is the matchmaking is going to be psychic and know what suits you are going to deploy in after it puts you in said match? That's what it seems like you're saying and quite frankly it's ridiculous; if anything it'll be based on what gear you have in your assets. Still even that's ridiculous because I have a bunch of proto & officer gear I can't use & will never use and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

So I agree (for what it's worth) that it should be based on lifetime WP or SP.

See?

Dropships are NOT for transport are they?

Dropships are ONLY rewarded for killing!

So stop with your silly notions that dropships are taxis.

Repeat after me, "Dropships are gunships and bombers."

Well, they're doing contortions to avoid adding new air vehicles. Just rehashing the same skin in different unintended roles to satiate the few pilots still around.

I mean, on one hand it's better than nothing, but on the other I can see this leading to some balance issues down the road.

See?

Dropships are NOT for transport are they?

Dropships are ONLY rewarded for killing!

So stop with your silly notions that dropships are taxis.

Repeat after me, "Dropships are gunships and bombers."

Can't believe nobody's mentioned "Craters" in this thread yet (22:20 in the vid). There's gonna be a new terrain map to play on.

"We're adding in a new terrain with multiple battlegrounds"

I would like to overly caution against the crystal ball usage though. While this may be a clearer image it may or may not contain everything for 1.2.

Is this a 1.2 addition? I realize variants are easier... I'd still like to see Amarr and Minmatar vehicles though.