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

Alright guys, I'll ask some questions and get some answers on drop uplinks. Hang tight.

Alright guys, I'll ask some questions and get some answers on drop uplinks. Hang tight.

Alright guys, I'll ask some questions and get some answers on drop uplinks. Hang tight.

vita app question thread over 5 months old...

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?

I know for a fact that if you drop uplinks while in a squad, only your squad can use them. If you drop uplinks not in a squad, then ANYONE can use them.

If you've ever been in a squad by yourself and you see an uplink to spawn on, it's someone else's uplink on your team obviously (unless the uplink you're looking at is yours).

Everyone can see and use your uplinks. That's how its always been and it has not changed. In PC you can also use the other squads uplinks. I don't know where that guy from seraphim gets his info. There is a bug or something wrong that is causing me to not be able to spawn in on uplinks sometimes. Or you wont be able to see them. This is happening even more since this patch. Everyone seems to have their own differing problem with the uplinks but when working properly anybody on your team not squad can see the uplink and the same for PC. The rules are not different.

Currently there is no setting on a droplink that would allow us to make it squad only. I will ask our QA to do some checking to see if some other factor is messing with their behaviour.

I would also really appreciate it if someone could collate the various issues you are having with them in a single post so I can look them over in one place.

Cheers :-)

Hey Guys I need help!

I have had several exchanges on the forums about who uses the uplinks (team/squad) and that there has been some sort of change going on with them.

I hve searched google and the forums and have literally found dozens of threads and hndreds of opinions but not one factual statement from CCP.

Can you guys please clear this up with everybody because many need to know.

I have proto uplinks for a reason and if you guys just went and made them squad only with out putting it in the patch notes or letting anyone know that would be pretty rude i think...just saying.

So Please Clarification on...

1. Who can use the uplinks that are deployed by me? team/ squad/ other squad or solo players?

2. Are there variations that do differt members of the team?

3. HaS CCP switched how the uplinks work recently...if so...when...and why didnt you tell us?

4. Is this problem with uplinks simply related to the inability to get my whole squad together in a battle together and "scotty is confused?

5. I have been testing this out and squad jumping to see what is lit and trying to figure this one out. If i jump out of my squad and lay uplinks do i continue getting the 25 points for the uplinks outside of squad?

6. Why is it called team spawn if its for your squad ? honestly this also works badley because simply getting the "team" chat to load to switch back to your squad takes almost 20 seconds sometimes which makes that idea bunk too....


Please CCP something officiall. I promise never to rant and rave again about the battle finder if you give me a good clear answer...

Thank you in advance

Skippy678

This is not the information I received through a support ticket. This leaves me in doubt as to what information source to trust.

Everyone can see and use your uplinks. That's how its always been and it has not changed. In PC you can also use the other squads uplinks. I don't know where that guy from seraphim gets his info. There is a bug or something wrong that is causing me to not be able to spawn in on uplinks sometimes. Or you wont be able to see them. This is happening even more since this patch. Everyone seems to have their own differing problem with the uplinks but when working properly anybody on your team not squad can see the uplink and the same for PC. The rules are not different.

Personally, as the usual link specialist for my squad, I think a personal limit of 3 is crazy talk. It is way too low and would kill an entire style of play - yes, mine, but beyond my selfish motivation it would more or less nerf the entire logi class pretty hard, we've taken a lot of hits recently as it is. Squad limits make some sense, and I used to be a fan of the team limit solution but your point about it being too random is well taken. The more I think about it, the more I actually like the personal cap better.

My proposals:

1) A cap on total links per squad or team is less desirable, but it should be liberal. I've seen people make suggestions like single-digit team limits, which just like a per-person limit of 3 is way too low. At minimum it should be 16, one per team member overall. Obviously a squad limit would be lower if you went that way, but then what do you do with non-squadded players?

2) A personal cap is probably a more controllable solution, but like everything else it should be skill-based, not just a blanket limit. You could do it one of two ways:

- Make it it's own skill, like the weapon proficiency skills, but you should unlock it at level 3, not 5 like weapons. If you did it that way then you should reduce the SP cost of the links themselves to offset the new requirement. Lets set it at everyone can drop 1 uplink to start. You get to ADV links and that opens up the proficiency skill. You go up to 2 links at level 1, and one more link for each level, with a bonus at ADV and PRO levels. So, uplink proficiency level 2 gets you 3 links, level 3 gets an additional 1+1 for 5 total, and so on until you get to level 5, you can drop 8 links at a time. Even as an admitted drop uplink WP *****(another word for prostitute), I see no legit reason to need to drop more than that at once.

- Base it on the existing skill, using more or less the same numbers. This is a simpler solution but would probably not reduce the spam all that much.


You could obviously also use both type of caps (personal and team/squad) but if you did both the exact numbers I'm using would probably need to be tweaked, primarily in that the team cap should definitely be higher than 16 if you also imposed personal caps. Also, while on the subject, can anyone confirm that there is in fact NO upper limit on the number of links that can be deployed at once?