Originally Posted by TF-Omega

110% agree with this. I hate having to stop my PvP play in order to go and get the newest equipment (i.e. grinding which is why I don't build new characters at all and only have 2), just so I can compete with everyone else. Cryptic makes the game more about the equipment you have rather than the personal skills, tactics, etc... While you can still compete with older equipment due to your skills and tactics being more advanced than your opponent's, you are at a disadvantage when your opponent reaches/meets your level of tactics and skills, then their newer equipment will be the advantage... uggh.. nothing I hate more in this game than having to go get the newest tweaked power, console, or whatever. The STF sets have literally ****ed me off due to all of the grinding necessary.. I'd rather buy them in the cstore than spend one more moment doing an STF. Cryptic's new motto should be "we code for quantity" due to the thousands of STF grinds I have completed and I am 1 piece away from having both complete sets!... then.. oh yeah.. on to the other toon. My god, Cryptic!!!!!!

Originally Posted by brian334

I would do it in the lower ranked queues. I would prompt the players to go into PvP as a 'training mission' upon receipt of a new starship, where the mission requires they participate in 3 PvP matches under the guidance of a coach, who is a level 50 in a ship of the appropriate tier.

The coach would receive a mail notification saying, "noobie Lt.Cmdr X has been assigned to your training squadron," and noobie would receive a message saying, "Report to Leet Gamer for Battle Readiness Training." The two could then communicate with one another about the important aspects of combat then enter three queues to complete Noobie's quest. Leet Gamer would have to train 4 noobies this way to receive his mission completion reward, whether he plays with them simultaneously or one at a time.

This way, at each level of advancement, a player has access to someone who can help him understand complex issues involved in PvP but can learn these concepts one at a time and practice the skills between ranks, instead of having to learn them all at once and become proficient within hours of reaching level 50.

The rewards for trainers could be EC, Dil, Salvage, etc. My preferred reward would be special BOffs which could only be achieved this way with skills and passives appropriate to PvP. So, a Ground PvP trainer may get a unique BOff with a unique Ground Passive, and a Space PvP trainer would get a Space Passive BOff. This would encourage everyone to drop down as trainers, but would prevent 'farming' the mission.

And if every player trains four players, the math goes wild really fast. At some point, high level players will begin to compete to be able to train a noob because there will be more trainers than noobs, and more noobs entering level 50 PvP prepared to learn from the masters.

Originally Posted by Gonael

@brian334
It's just not only coaching. It's all about experience. You are the player, you have to decide when and which Boff or Char power you use in that one moment. No coach can tell you now use this or now use that. Everybody has a different playstyle and some other rotation of the powers.
Coaching might be not bad, but thats just for the basics. The rest is up to you to get the experience.

Just a note, I wont coach anyone.
- I'm not a skilled or real experienced player
- I dont know how to coach anyone, because i did it never before.
- English is not my native language and it takes long for me to translate.