DUST Search - Dev HELP Please......Whats going on with uplinks?!?!?!?!?! Facts only please

Gabriella Grey wrote:

Provolonee wrote:

Gabriella Grey wrote:

lol...

Uplinks are made and used for teams The only uplinks that can be used by squads only are militia uplinks. Some uplinks can only have 2 at a time online at the same time. Some can only have 1, and some you can drop up to 3 active at the same time. I don't know what you have been reading but someone is giving you some mixed information. If you use uplinks that allow only one to be used at a time or two, it will remove the first one you tossed out, so you will be destroying your own uplinks. Hope my information helped you to better understand uplinks. This is coming from a person who has uplinks all the way to lvl 5 Big smile

Your almost Correct. Other squads can spawn in on your Militia Drop uplinks.
Just did it 10 seconds ago.

I dont know where this confusion is coming from. Team Wide, Nothing has changed,

That's not true, militia uplinks are squads only. If that was the case I would have never cared to spec into them.


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Provolonee Undefined Risk DARKSTAR ARMY 130	Posted - 2013.09.08 20:56:00 - [1] - Quote Im not CCP, but saw some confusion so did some tests. This is what i know to be TRUE: The droplinks i used were (Std, r-9, and stable) -While not in a squad, Others can use my drop links. -While not in a squad I can use other peoples drop uplinks. -I do not have to see other peoples uplinks first to spawn on them. -While in a squad, My squad and Others can use my uplinks -While in a squad, I can use Other peoples Uplinks. -While in a squad, I can use Other squads uplinks. (only 99% sure on this, Unless those 3 non-squaded blue berrys are droppiing 10+ uplinks in my test matches) I use the word "other" because im getting points from them. I also did the testing in full squads, as well as solo squads to rule out any WP coming from my own. They are for sure coming from blue berry's. There could be some inconsistancys with the other uplinks, militia, hacked, ect . I could also camp on one of my droplinks and watch the person spawn in, and see if they are in a squad or not. to verify that. as far as i can tell nothing has changed. But i will log on and verify some of that stuff.
Provolonee Undefined Risk DARKSTAR ARMY 130	Posted - 2013.09.08 21:18:00 - [2] - Quote skippy678 wrote: Honesty I have search and tested tons. There is not one answer from ccp online nwhere and im talking literally dozens of times asked...and honestly i have visually seen what you said is true be not true.....and I have seen it be true as well....I think its a mega glitch that is being consealed like water gate...honesty if you seach it tell me you dont see CCP dodge answering this question a dozn times?? I have seen my droplinks go missing when i know the enemy did not find it. Ill keep testing other varients, Im leaning towards they are team wide, and there could be some sort of bug that happening. what uplinks do you use?
Provolonee Undefined Risk DARKSTAR ARMY 131	Posted - 2013.09.08 21:34:00 - [3] - Quote Gabriella Grey wrote: lol...Uplinks are made and used for teams The only uplinks that can be used by squads only are militia uplinks. Some uplinks can only have 2 at a time online at the same time. Some can only have 1, and some you can drop up to 3 active at the same time. I don't know what you have been reading but someone is giving you some mixed information. If you use uplinks that allow only one to be used at a time or two, it will remove the first one you tossed out, so you will be destroying your own uplinks. Hope my information helped you to better understand uplinks. This is coming from a person who has uplinks all the way to lvl 5 Your almost Correct. Other squads can spawn in on your Militia Drop uplinks. Just did it 10 seconds ago. I dont know where this confusion is coming from. Team Wide, Nothing has changed,
Provolonee Undefined Risk DARKSTAR ARMY 131	Posted - 2013.09.08 21:43:00 - [4] - Quote skippy678 wrote: Still no fact just tons of opposing positions on the arguement..A Dev will come soon. Well. You have prototype droplinks so you can answer the question for yourself pretty easily. put your self in a squad. lock it. so you know it isnt your buddy spawning in. join a match, put down your uplinks. collect +25's ???? It used to be squad only, If PC is different, then yes a dev would probably have to make that a bit more clear. I would finish verifiing the other uplinks, But its pretty boring dropping them down and waiting for somebody to poop out, and check if they are in a squad or not. Good luck.
Provolonee Undefined Risk DARKSTAR ARMY 131	Posted - 2013.09.08 21:52:00 - [5] - Quote At a few points since 1.4 I have seen my uplinks but not able to select them. Turned out they were destroyed and it was just lag. Destroyed by an enemy or glitch I don't know. But if spawn in else where and check your map really fast they will be gone. Might just be server lag.
Provolonee Undefined Risk DARKSTAR ARMY 131	Posted - 2013.09.08 21:56:00 - [6] - Quote Gabriella Grey wrote: Provolonee wrote: Gabriella Grey wrote: lol...Uplinks are made and used for teams The only uplinks that can be used by squads only are militia uplinks. Some uplinks can only have 2 at a time online at the same time. Some can only have 1, and some you can drop up to 3 active at the same time. I don't know what you have been reading but someone is giving you some mixed information. If you use uplinks that allow only one to be used at a time or two, it will remove the first one you tossed out, so you will be destroying your own uplinks. Hope my information helped you to better understand uplinks. This is coming from a person who has uplinks all the way to lvl 5 Your almost Correct. Other squads can spawn in on your Militia Drop uplinks. Just did it 10 seconds ago. I dont know where this confusion is coming from. Team Wide, Nothing has changed, That's not true, militia uplinks are squads only. If that was the case I would have never cared to spec into them. Well mine work under the following conditions %100: In locked solo squad. Ambush public contract. Several other berries + a squad lead spawned on it.
Provolonee Undefined Risk DARKSTAR ARMY 132	Posted - 2013.09.08 22:19:00 - [7] - Quote SirManBoy wrote: Something has changed and the decrease in WP speaks for itself. I have been known to regularly have 3,000+ WP matches without so much as firing a single shot because the amount of spawns my uplinks would produce was incredible. That has fallen off significantly since 1.4. Furthermore, tests also show that something has changed. Simply switch squads throughout the game during a pub match and you'll notice how the locations of all the active uplinks changes as you go back and forth between the squads. Something is up, guys. Trust me. from what you and skippy have said. Switching squads, does that have something to do with it? I tried to test that as well, but It wouldnt let me. "you cannot Join a Squad allready deployed in battle" but why? im standing right next to the guy. So ya I wasn't even able to switch squads. Maybe your WP's are down because Uplinks are much harder to find now and don't need to be spammed. So they have there own to spawn in on still.
Provolonee Undefined Risk DARKSTAR ARMY 134	Posted - 2013.09.08 22:43:00 - [8] - Quote skippy678 wrote: I honestly think its a glitch that is related to the squads nt getting in together and the system is confused as to who is in wich squad or team....and its leaking back to the uplinks..also with the team chat sticking could be something Very weird indeed, Shouldn't make a difference, because if you are running solo or in a squad, anybody can spawn on them. (verified , -Source. ME! wasted all damn morning watching blues poop out of my uplinks and recording the data )
Provolonee Undefined Risk DARKSTAR ARMY 155	Posted - 2013.09.09 00:22:00 - [9] - Quote Now I'm confused again, what is wrong with your uplinks? I have tested/retested and all of mine work just like before. All uplinks I use mlt through r-9, work team wide as they should. In squad, not in a squad, didn't matter at all. I still get plenty of points from them. If the spawn point is still valid, they still work as described. I am getting the bug where it shows an uplink in the spawn screen that can't be selected. That is because the link is destroyed and it just has not updated yet. Are your links disapeering when you squad hop or something?
Provolonee Undefined Risk DARKSTAR ARMY 155	Posted - 2013.09.09 00:38:00 - [10] - Quote I think there is a bug with spawn points on the overhead map not updating correctly. Next time it happens spawn in somewhere near said uplink and recheck the map or see if it is still actually there. What I noticed was the uplink was destroyed, but still on the spawn screen. This morning I went through every uplink I had access to and watched both non squads and squads use my uplinks. Both while I was in a squad and out of a squad. I'm not sure why my squad would be any different, or there is something else borked up. But the functionality of the drop links have not been changed.

Provolonee Undefined Risk DARKSTAR ARMY 155	Posted - 2013.09.09 00:42:00 - [11] - Quote skippy678 wrote: Provolonee wrote: Now I'm confused again, what is wrong with your uplinks? I have tested/retested and all of mine work just like before. All uplinks I use mlt through r-9, work team wide as they should. In squad, not in a squad, didn't matter at all. I still get plenty of points from them. If the spawn point is still valid, they still work as described. I am getting the bug where it shows an uplink in the spawn screen that can't be selected. That is because the link is destroyed and it just has not updated yet. Are your links disapeering when you squad hop or something? drop uplinks in a squad......leave squad....you or nobody in your new squad can use the first uplinks..in essense if you leave your squad you cant use your own uplinks to spawn back in..... You dont think you should be able to use your own damn uplinks that you dropped? Sounds like a bug to me. put It in the tech support thread. Not sure what kind of answer you expect from a dev.
Provolonee Undefined Risk DARKSTAR ARMY 159	Posted - 2013.09.09 02:13:00 - [12] - Quote So your saying a squad of 1, in regards to drop links is treating it as not being in a squad. And your saying, if you switch squads mid battle the uplinks revert back to the days of squad only for you? I don't do pc so I can't confirm /deny spawns there. They used to fizzle out like other equipment when put on angles or bad spots. Thought they had a solution to that. (See the sliding RE video above) And also, it's Sunday Ccp is out
Provolonee Undefined Risk DARKSTAR ARMY 159	Posted - 2013.09.09 03:03:00 - [13] - Quote Thanks for the reply wolf man, it is as we thought on page one, still not sure why the confusion. As far as squad only uplinks variations, go right ahead, there are moments where it is best for the team to not spawn on your uplinks. An example would be laser platforms on rooftops, my laser can hit the enemy but that hmg won't. Now go on fatty and get down there and get some work done. On the other hand, they could be used for easily boosting in FW
Provolonee Undefined Risk DARKSTAR ARMY 161	Posted - 2013.09.09 06:42:00 - [14] - Quote There could be something with switching squads mid battle. I was at it for hours today to try and replicate that squad only issue. The only bug I found was my ability to actually change squad. Couldn't do it. "Can't join a squad deployed in battle"