Are you saying it kills the other uplink, or merely supresses it?

If weaker uplinks were suppressed and can't be used (until the stronger ones were used up), that'd seem an interesting fix. Though still show the weaker ones on the map (perhaps with alpha, to show they aren't currently working at full strength)

Just give hostile forces the ability to earn WP by destroying uplinks, then combine that with the upcoming bug fix for signal profile, and the fix for glitching links into solid objects. Throw in a dash of being able to hack enemy equipment and mix well with a use of Flux nades, server liberally.

change the uplink from a tiny little box which is hard to see and kill to something a bit more obvious like a pillar/beacon of some sort. most of the spam isn't for usage purposes anyway but to confuse the enemy where they are and to make it impossible to kill them all before someone spawns in on another and drops more. if they were more obvious and can't be placed in tiny gaps etc then this allows enemy to kill them easier(when no one is about to stop them doing it that is) if they are not placed strategicaly

Pillar? Makes them easier to snipe I suppose. I destroying them grants WPs then snipers now have a new target.
Good scouts would have an outrageously simple time taking these out if they were even more obvious(UI-wise) and that's not good as I, a scout, enjoy the mental challenge of weaving through the enemy undetected in search of placed equipment, destroying them, and making it out alive.

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I don't have a viewpoint on the matter but just wanted to say that what you enjoy and what's good for the game are two separate things.

Uplinks as we all know are a valuable asset to a team, but in all honesty it gets a bit ridiculous when there are 20 uplinks spammed everywhere.

I advocate a system that prohibits uplink stacking within a given area by means of signal interference.

The tier and or type of uplink would determine its signal radius, varying from a large signal radius (80-70m) to small signal radius (40-30m) . The numbers are up for change and were thrown in there just as an example.

The first uplink placed within an area would get first priority while if a second person wanted to lay down an uplink there would be an indicator when the uplink is readied if it is not within signal interference range.


Thank you for your time.

1) all equipment, not just uplinks.
2) +1 for the entire comment.

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Suggestions like this make me realize that this community just doesn't get it. Uplink and nanohive spam is a legit strategy, especially when employed by players with L5 skills. Stop trying to water this game down and nerf EVERYTHING.

The only smart idea that I've seen in this convo is the suggestion about granting WP for destroying uplinks. That's actually quite a brilliant idea.

Agreed.

Seeing 8-10 drop uplinks clustered together on a map is the most frustrating thing ever, expecially because of where they tend to get placed by tryhards(in areas with only specific access I.E. dropships).

Balance does not mean countering rock with rock. Right now the only counter is drop uplink spam on your team. And even that's hardly a counter.

What about the idea of Nanohives and Uplinks not persisting through death? Or that if you change suits at a supply depot to a suit without a valid uplink they dissapear?

Just an FYI, I believe people do it because of the decent amount of WP earned through uplink spam. Take any Logi suit and throw on 3 different types of uplinks (Requires 2 skill points invested). Militia Uplink, Stable Uplink and Standard Uplink. Drop your 3 down and profit... again, in skirmish or OMS you can even switch to a regular suit after the fact.

If they did not persist after death the uplink would be a more defensive equipment and would require more tactics when holding positions or pushing forward instead of drop, charge, repeat.

Uplinks establish a point of entry and assault in battle, not unlike a beachhead. The more uplinks deployed, the stronger and more resilient the beachhead. If you don't like that your enemy has its talons in your territory then destroy the uplinks. Will it take you time and precious ammo to clear out multiple uplinks? Yes, and that's the point! Of course I'm making it difficult for you, it's my job as a logi. You people who constantly rail about this game's features and who want to remove every creative element of gameplay that makes Dust unique irritate me to no end.

If you don't like my uplink spamming, do something about it that doesn't involve a developer--kill me and my hives.