My team and I could put 2 M each up for an incentive for eve pilots to run a site. The pilots would get LP from EVE and ISK from DUST. The pilots in EVE would do the same type of thing if they want more control over a system. The payout from the battle would be better because the FW pilots would be adding ISK to the payout.

I viewed it as the other way around. The whole reason i proposed "set suit fittings" was to "even the playing field" for the noobs. You know..... throwing them a bone or two. I mean, FW should be a place for everyone in my opinion, Null sec PVP is where the "pros" go, not FW. And if your rocking a suit that costs 1M per fit I don't care how rich you are, you can only afford to lose those so often. Your right..... isk doesn't mean much at all right now (especially between veteran players like you or I) However, that's only because of the absence of something to spend all that money on. Theres nothing for us to buy that would actually dig into our wallets. Once CCP fills in that gap your Isk will mean a bit more to you.

I viewed it as the other way around. The whole reason i proposed "set suit fittings" was to "even the playing field" for the noobs. You know..... throwing them a bone or two. I mean, FW should be a place for everyone in my opinion, Null sec PVP is where the "pros" go, not FW. And if your rocking a suit that costs 1M per fit I don't care how rich you are, you can only afford to lose those so often. Your right..... isk doesn't mean much at all right now (especially between veteran players like you or I) However, that's only because of the absence of something to spend all that money on. Theres nothing for us to buy that would actually dig into our wallets. Once CCP fills in that gap your Isk will mean a bit more to you.

I think FW should be the battlegrounds from which grisled and cynical veterans BECOME mercenaries.

This is why I've suggested in the past, this idea:

The only 'resource' that comes from FW (besides isk and salvage) should be a kind of commoditized 'command points'.

Command Points (CP) - Points accumulated by squad leaders and members through their own or actions performed by the squad. They are the points that come above and beyond regular actions out of adherance to squad commands.

E.g. - A kill near a defense order normally gives 60 wp. The 10 additional points from the command are '10 command points.

Players accumulate CP that can be spent on other FW matches or PC matches. Players with enough saved CP can choose from a table of increasingly beneficial and economically/strategically helpful alternatives in matches. Therefore players with huge banks of saved CP, could be useful in PC for their accumulated 'strategic wealth' rather than just skill. There would be a significant bonus to CP earned if you win a FW match.

Possible 'Command Point Orders' could include:

Strategic:
- +5% to +15% HP for MCC at beginning of match
- +5% to +15% HP heal for MCC during match
- clone reinforcements
- clone stealing
- reveal map for x minutes
- all squads start with an orbital
- all actively loading enemy hacks can be cancelled
- jam enemy sensor systems for x minutes
- etc...

Economic:
- [PC] You can steal +25% more clones if victorious in battle.
- [PC] Minimum clone loss is -20% to -50%.
- [PC] Any clones sold for biomass returns +10% to +20% greater isk.
- [FW] Squad has an increased chance to get officer weapons.
- [FW] Squad gets +25% to +50% greater bonus SP return from wp in battle.
- [FW] Contractors' insurance covers 20% to 50% of all losses during battle in the form of extra payout following game.
- etc...

This would encourage better squadding and coordination during FW matches. Larger squads would naturally get more points.

Standings are actually something we are looking at. We have a design rolling around for improvements to FW that involves them.

I am personally not a fan of loyalty points for a couple reasons; that doesn't mean they won't ever happen just a lot of discussion will have to happen first. They are another currency to keep track of, actually it would be 4 more currencies. It means we need equipment/weapons/dropsuits/whatever for all the races but they also need to be different so as to give reason to pick different faction but also balanced. There are lots of other reasons. That all being said there are also reasons for it, so down the road once we have a well set scheme for adding new items and player trading I can see us adding loyalty points.

Being given a certain selection of fittings will not happen. Our game is built on the idea of players consuming items. That and when you put all this time and effort into building custom fits, skilling into specific fits, and all that sort of stuff going into a more advanced game mode and being told you are limited to specific fits that you didn't create... that isn't so fun.

Good stuff though and thanks for sharing! :D