I do understand that - I used to fly all the time in SWG and other flight sims, and I recognize that I'm still early in the skill ramp up in terms of learning new controls and all (I wish I could use my joystick vs the keyboard and mouse). It is HIGHLY demoralizing, however, to know that I'm getting nuked by someone at distances that I can't even target them with any weapon available to me as of yet. So yes, I recognize that skill (familiarity) with the controls system will play a factor, but do you really think that it makes sense to match experienced pilots against "newbies" with none of the same gear / upgrades? Virtually every other PVP / flight game I've played that wasn't just open world PvP matched up in brackets based on skill or level...?

Pretty basic question... how in the heck do you get over the MASSIVE "gear gap" facing new pilots? I've just returned to the game after a year away, so I'm basically in a nub ship with no upgrades. Pretty much doesn't matter when I play GSF, I'm facing people who have pretty much all the ships and all the major upgrades, to the point where I'm dead before I even get close enough to use a weapon against them. Yes, I get the "thanks for trying" pittance for each and every loss, but I'm getting close to the point of walking away in total frustration because a minigame that SEEMS like it's terrific fun, is just really, really, REALLY un-fun at this point. Am I missing an option to queue against other newer players or something, or is it the intention of the match up system that "senior" / "seasoned" / fully upgraded players & ships are supposed to play against people in the basic newbie ship? ...trying REALLY hard not to let the frustration boil over, but man, this just seems like they screwed the pooch completely on the matchup system or something.

Wow. 2 Hours ago, my queue time for 1600+ people was shown as 1h 45m. 2 Hours later there are still 900+ ahead of me, and a time of 2h or more showing in the wait time. Tell me again why this isn't broken? Server - The Swiftsure. and no, it's not an option to move - my guild is here, along with all the other guilds that got here based on the setup chain or whatever (so we could all play together rather like we did back in the day on SWG - funny that, wanting to play an MMO with friends). Seriously, you guys need to look at tweaking your server specs or something. This is borderline crazy, you haven't even launched yet. 4+ hours to wait to play? I'm not continuing to pay for that if it doesn't change soon...