To make this clear, you will continue to lose standings as normal if you use a booster and continue to team kill, correct? I worry there will be an issue of people "paying to grief" depending the price of these boosters. If they're cheap then it'll be annoying if people just buy a booster for a side just to TK without getting removed.

I disagree with the booster preventing standings loss. but the rest of it looks decent

To make this clear, you will continue to lose standings as normal if you use a booster and continue to team kill, correct? I worry there will be an issue of people "paying to grief" depending the price of these boosters. If they're cheap then it'll be annoying if people just buy a booster for a side just to TK without getting removed.

I think you should still earn and lose standings points whether you win or lose a fight. Too much grinding otherwise

Maybe reduce standing loss by 50% as well? Instead of losing 10 points, you lose 5?

I think you should still earn and lose standings points whether you win or lose a fight. Too much grinding otherwise

You do still gain loyalty points if you lose a match, so long as you remain in the match until it completes. You only don't receive a standings boost if you lose a match.

How will you encourage players to fight for the faction that has the least amount of districts? How about some big LP Bonuses to switch sides?

I am having a big negative thought to the 4 different boosters to the market. Why not make it just one booster and keep it simple? It seems you are encourage players to pick one side and stick with it but is that in the best interested for keeping wars going? players switching sides for the best rewards? Like PS2 for constant ongoing battle where if one side is losing, they are going to reward you better to come in and help them.

I agree with the lesser faction gains/loss even when you lose and here is my reasoning.

If you were to join lets say the gallente FW side, then continuously suicide yourself, you would loose no standings to caldari but in effect be helping them win with no consequence.

Also, have you guys ever considered adding in a booster that works on a per-fight basis? Then, I can buy a booster that's good for 10, 15, 20, etc. matches, and I don't necessarily have to worry if real life comes up and I'll lose my 1-day, 3-day, etc. booster.

Also, have you guys ever considered adding in a booster that works on a per-fight basis? Then, I can buy a booster that's good for 10, 15, 20, etc. matches, and I don't necessarily have to worry if real life comes up and I'll lose my 1-day, 3-day, etc. booster.

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Also, have you guys ever considered adding in a booster that works on a per-fight basis? Then, I can buy a booster that's good for 10, 15, 20, etc. matches, and I don't necessarily have to worry if real life comes up and I'll lose my 1-day, 3-day, etc. booster.

Also, have you guys ever considered adding in a booster that works on a per-fight basis? Then, I can buy a booster that's good for 10, 15, 20, etc. matches, and I don't necessarily have to worry if real life comes up and I'll lose my 1-day, 3-day, etc. booster.

So let me get this straight.

If I fit a Gallente booster, but join Minmatar militia against the Amarr, I still lose standings with the Amarr?

What's to stop me from jumping in front of as many team mates guns as I can, with the intention of purposefully damaging their standings? I'll be running around in a free scout suit, following heavies on my team, and when they least expect it, I'll be right in the way of their bullets. Over. And over. And over.

I think you should still earn and lose standings points whether you win or lose a fight. Too much grinding otherwise

What's to stop me from jumping in front of as many team mates guns as I can, with the intention of purposefully damaging their standings? I'll be running around in a free scout suit, following heavies on my team, and when they least expect it, I'll be right in the way of their bullets. Over. And over. And over.

I don't agree with boosters that allow you to fight against your empire without consequence though. Seems like it would just take away from the 'realness' of the FW battles

OH WOW! you guys did some great work here, I see how it all works now! Genius.

So once I've won more matches for my team I've given more and more team kill forgiveness. Sweet. The only thing I'd still suggest is always forgiving squad team kills. At least at 1st until you can add an option to turn it off, but leave it on by default. If we think there is someone in our squad team killing on purpose we already have the ability to kick him from the squad and then his team kills would be counted normally.

Pleeeease take my suggestion into consideration.

I'm completely against the boosters completely removing standing loss for fighting for the other side.

This should be a game of consequence. You choose to fight for the Gallante so expect to not be liked by Caldari. It isn't pay to win, it's pay to get out of jail. And its price gouging as well.

Drop that part.

It's also pay to grief. If you aren't losing standing for fighting for the other team, then you still have that standing to "spend" on griefing.

It's also pay to grief. If you aren't losing standing for fighting for the other team, then you still have that standing to "spend" on griefing.

It's also pay to grief. If you aren't losing standing for fighting for the other team, then you still have that standing to "spend" on griefing.

I disagree with the booster preventing standings loss. but the rest of it looks decent

Standings
Standings, simply put, are your relationship to a specific corporation. The general idea is that as you gain standings to each side of factional contracts your rewards for that side go up as well. This gives you incentive to gain higher standings and to keep it high. We are not ready to give out exact numbers yet, but at each level of standings (1 through 10) the amount of loyalty points paid out at the end of a match would change. The higher the standings, the higher the reward.

Gaining and Losing Standings
You gain standings when you win a factional contract match. At the same time however you lose some standings to the opposing side. So if you win a battle for the Gallente you will gain standings with the Federal Marines and lose standings towards the State Peacekeepers. If you play a match from beginning to end and win you will gain 50 points of standings toward the side you won for and you will lose 10 points of standing for the side you fought against. If you lose the match you do not gain or lose any standings period.

If you have not done so, please read the introduction post here.

Standings
Standings, simply put, are your relationship to a specific corporation. The general idea is that as you gain standings to each side of factional contracts your rewards for that side go up as well. This gives you incentive to gain higher standings and to keep it high. We are not ready to give out exact numbers yet, but at each level of standings (1 through 10) the amount of loyalty points paid out at the end of a match would change. The higher the standings, the higher the reward.

I generally agree, particularly given how little effect you individually have on the outcome of a battle, but I like the incentive to win. So, I'd prefer a much-reduced standings gain for an FW loss...somewhere in the 10-20 range.

Scrubs need love too.

If you have not done so, please read the introduction post here.

Standings
Standings, simply put, are your relationship to a specific corporation. The general idea is that as you gain standings to each side of factional contracts your rewards for that side go up as well. This gives you incentive to gain higher standings and to keep it high. We are not ready to give out exact numbers yet, but at each level of standings (1 through 10) the amount of loyalty points paid out at the end of a match would change. The higher the standings, the higher the reward.

Gaining and Losing Standings
You gain standings when you win a factional contract match. At the same time however you lose some standings to the opposing side. So if you win a battle for the Gallente you will gain standings with the Federal Marines and lose standings towards the State Peacekeepers. If you play a match from beginning to end and win you will gain 50 points of standings toward the side you won for and you will lose 10 points of standing for the side you fought against. If you lose the match you do not gain or lose any standings period.

Fancy graph:
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Faction Boosters Boosting Standings
We will be adding 4 new boosters to the game that you can buy for Aurum from the market. The prices for these new faction boosters has not yet been decided. These boosters will do several things. Firstly, they will increase your standings reward by 50% for the appropriate faction. So if you buy the Gallente booster and play for Gallente in factional contracts and you would have gotten 50 standing points you would instead get 75 with the Gallente booster. Secondly, they will prevent you from losing standings to the selected side by fighting for the other side. So if you play for the Caldari side and have a Gallente booster you will not lose standings to the Gallente as you normally would.

In the introductory post, it stated if you lose enough standings with a faction you would no longer be able to join in the battle on that facion's side. How would a mercenary locked out of factional warfare regain standings with that corporation if they are unable to fight for them in the factional warfare battle?

Faction Boosters Boosting Standings
We will be adding 4 new boosters to the game that you can buy for Aurum from the market. The prices for these new faction boosters has not yet been decided. These boosters will do several things. Firstly, they will increase your standings reward by 50% for the appropriate faction. So if you buy the Gallente booster and play for Gallente in factional contracts and you would have gotten 50 standing points you would instead get 75 with the Gallente booster. Secondly, they will prevent you from losing standings to the selected side by fighting for the other side. So if you play for the Caldari side and have a Gallente booster you will not lose standings to the Gallente as you normally would.