Look everybody! I never said I hate uplinks and think no one should use them and that they aren't hard to fit! I was simply saying they give far too many WP. I mean I run scanners and light up the whole map with reds for my squad to destroy.. How is that less useful than a spawned dood? I know many people who run with uplinks JUST for the points.. I want uplinks to yield good points but place them equal to other equipment so that we get some diversity.

To reinforce this point, I could argue that a well used nanite injector is a more powerful tool towards winning but no one runs with them anymore because they don't farm WP as easily. I just want some balance :)

So I'm not here to start a QQ thread and listen to everyone yell at me (I think up links are great) but, drop uplinks give too many WP and has lead to everyone spamming them about. The recent changes to the scanner etc has helped but drop uplink are still, by far, the most efficient way to farm WP. Think about it, why should some stupid blueberry who spawns in on your uplink only to run quicker to their impending doom give you 25 points. How in the world does that equal half a kill? You could nearly top the leaderboards by running in a militia suit with poorly placed up links while actually doing more damage than help to your team. Anyway I'd like some feedback on my grand list of ideas below.

Reduce spawn points to 15 and raise nanohives resupply to 15. BOOM that's it. Then there is balance (for the most part) in the equipment world.

FLUX GRENADE

problem solved.

/next

Show the name of the owner when pointing at link ... thus peer pressure/reputation for bad placements will take effect.

This game isn't about killing people. Its about capturing NULL's, destroying MCC's, gaining corporation power and acreage in New Eden.

Killing is a byproduct of it...but equipment and supportive functionality still key role. Drop Uplinks just as much or more important than any other piece of equipment. How would you have them work? Be able to tell who are blueberries and who aren't?

That's silly and a lot of extra work and programming for no gain.

Lol I know people go through a lot of trouble to get sweet uplink spots and that's great. I think up links are awesome. But some people don't go through a lot of trouble and just throw them somewhere for points, because they give A LOT of points. What I would like to see is an incentive for good uplink locations and more points for resuppling teammates / repairing armour.

So I'm not here to start a QQ thread and listen to everyone yell at me (I think up links are great) but, drop uplinks give too many WP and has lead to everyone spamming them about. The recent changes to the scanner etc has helped but drop uplink are still, by far, the most efficient way to farm WP. Think about it, why should some stupid blueberry who spawns in on your uplink only to run quicker to their impending doom give you 25 points. How in the world does that equal half a kill? You could nearly top the leaderboards by running in a militia suit with poorly placed up links while actually doing more damage than help to your team. Anyway I'd like some feedback on my grand list of ideas below.

Reduce spawn points to 15 and raise nanohives resupply to 15. BOOM that's it. Then there is balance (for the most part) in the equipment world.

This is a pretty old thread. I've already been convincingly proven wrong. Uplinks don't give that many points. Thank you though.

Sorry man... I didn't look at the necro effect above my post!