DUST Search - [REQUEST] Revise OB Requirements in Pubs

Funkmaster Whale wrote:

Torneido Achura wrote:

A regular player easily obtains 500 WP in almost every match, and I usually get 1k; while when I squad up we usually get at least 2 OBs.
So going by standards I'd say maybe for squads with 1-3 mercs require 2500, and 4 and beyond go to 5000.

Also, OBs are a great (marketing) asset for Dust and you want to take it away?
You canGÇÖt simply do that Blink

A great marketing asset?

I'm sorry but I had to laugh at that. OBs may seem cool at first (concept-wise) but their current implementation is hardly what I'd consider "great". I can earn an OB by myself (and often do) and CCP rewards me by giving me a free "splat-everyone-here" button. Getting OBs is not fun, not challenging, hardly rewarding, and ESPECIALLY not fun for the other person. When have you ever been OBd and went "OMG THAT WAS SO COOOOL!"?

The fact of the matter is that OBs were intended to be the tying mechanic between EVE and DUST, but their current implementation hardly represents that vision and instead lets anyone to get a free I-WIN button every so often from something as arbitrary as "warpoints". There's absolutely no sense why a squad who earns X warpoints should be rewarded that way. It only exacerbates the issue of pubstomping because, for example, in Ambush you can effectively kill the entire enemy team simply by dropping it on their next spawn point. I'm not complaining here as I'm almost always on the side dropping the OB on the enemy team. I simply think it's a completely unfair and stupid mechanic. Squads need different non-lethal rewards for doing well in pubs. Orbitals have become so damn bland because I'm dropping at least 3+ every match, which makes each subsequent one less and less rewarding. To make them truly rewarding you should need someone actually in space dropping it for you, not the freaking war barge.


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Torneido Achura Suicidal Business Inc. 44	Posted - 2013.10.01 09:39:00 - [1] - Quote A regular player easily obtains 500 WP in almost every match, and I usually get 1k; while when I squad up we usually get at least 2 OBs. So going by standards I'd say maybe for squads with 1-3 mercs require 2500, and 4 and beyond go to 5000. Also, OBs are a great marketing asset for Dust and you want to take it away? You canGÇÖt simply do that
Torneido Achura Suicidal Business Inc. 45	Posted - 2013.10.01 11:50:00 - [2] - Quote Funkmaster Whale wrote: Torneido Achura wrote: A regular player easily obtains 500 WP in almost every match, and I usually get 1k; while when I squad up we usually get at least 2 OBs. So going by standards I'd say maybe for squads with 1-3 mercs require 2500, and 4 and beyond go to 5000. Also, OBs are a great (marketing) asset for Dust and you want to take it away? You canGÇÖt simply do that A great marketing asset? I'm sorry but I had to laugh at that. OBs may seem cool at first (concept-wise) but their current implementation is hardly what I'd consider "great". I can earn an OB by myself (and often do) and CCP rewards me by giving me a free "splat-everyone-here" button. Getting OBs is not fun, not challenging, hardly rewarding, and ESPECIALLY not fun for the other person. When have you ever been OBd and went "OMG THAT WAS SO COOOOL!"? The fact of the matter is that OBs were intended to be the tying mechanic between EVE and DUST, but their current implementation hardly represents that vision and instead lets anyone to get a free I-WIN button every so often from something as arbitrary as "warpoints". There's absolutely no sense why a squad who earns X warpoints should be rewarded that way. It only exacerbates the issue of pubstomping because, for example, in Ambush you can effectively kill the entire enemy team simply by dropping it on their next spawn point. I'm not complaining here as I'm almost always on the side dropping the OB on the enemy team. I simply think it's a completely unfair and stupid mechanic. Squads need different non-lethal rewards for doing well in pubs. Orbitals have become so damn bland because I'm dropping at least 3+ every match, which makes each subsequent one less and less rewarding. To make them truly rewarding you should need someone actually in space dropping it for you, not the freaking war barge. Good points but as you said OBs seem and are cool to newberrys. a point aside thereGÇÖs' stupidity in how the OBs work, like how thereGÇÖs no way to cover from one or how newberrys dont get a tutorial about them. Btw, that you can solo call an OB doesn't mean anyone can, and why wouldn't you be rewarded for doing 2500 WP if most probably you just solo obliterated the other team.. you realize 2500 WPs are 50 kills or 25 installs destroyed, or 25 successful hacks? and come on you have to know that you have to point really well the OB cuz you could end up earning 0 kills. Also, they are giving WPs to the whole team for kills from OB's in 1.5, like some sort of assist or splitting the points? cuz if not that is really stupid, how about half the points for the leader and the rest for the team or similar but tailor made adjustments given each situation.