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Maken Tosch
DUST University
Ivy League
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Posted - 2013.11.11 18:29:00 -
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Ploo-Koon wrote:Reav Hannari wrote:Ploo-Koon wrote:Why is uplink spam an issue that needs to be fixed? I mean, sure it's annoying and harder to get WP from spawns but it doesn't seem to be breaking anything and everyone is just hurting themselves by doing it. Uplink spam seems to cause lag and makes it difficult to identify what is going on when spawning in due to map clutter. Lag is the primary concern. Makes sense, I support changes to the uplinks. How about: you can't deploy more than one uplink at a time no matter what level but the spawn time gets better the higher the level? Change spawn time MLT Spawn time - 20 sec Basic - 10 secs Adv - 5 secs Proto - 3 secs
That's too much of a nerf to begin with. Besides, the longer you stay bleeding out, the shorter your respawn time gets (minimum 3 seconds) before selecting the next spawn point. This practically negates your idea.
My proposal is based on a conversation I had with a scout squad back in the Scouts United chat channel. I propose that there should be an arbitrary cap of the total number of uplinks and nanohives per team or at least within a given quadrant of the map so as to mitigate lag.
All too often I see almost 20 uplinks and some 20 nanohives flooding an entire city with these things making it impossible to see closely what's going on in the overview and it creates lag and frame rate drops due to the processing of these excessive items.
CCP, please fix the Nova Knives. Thank you.
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Maken Tosch
DUST University
Ivy League
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Posted - 2013.11.11 18:38:00 -
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Cody Sietz wrote:I think the easiest thing would be to make it so no matter what you do, you can only have 1 uplink module on your suit.
Not going to work. One can easily counter that by repeatedly swapping suits at a supply depot fitted with different versions of the uplinks and nanohives.
CCP, please fix the Nova Knives. Thank you.
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Maken Tosch
DUST University
Ivy League
5043
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Posted - 2013.11.11 18:39:00 -
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Ploo-Koon wrote:It's definitely a pretty big nerf but it would make uplinks more of a prized item. That aside, it isn't a perfect idea.
It's still too much of a nerf for uplinks. I still think my idea of putting a cap per team would be an ideal solution.
CCP, please fix the Nova Knives. Thank you.
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Maken Tosch
DUST University
Ivy League
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Posted - 2013.11.11 19:09:00 -
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deezy dabest wrote:Can someone please explain what the problem with uplink spam?
Aside from what one person said about framerate drop in PC no one seems to have any reasons for why it is a problem.
Is it because you are mad that you are not getting spawn points from your uplinks due to people stacking theirs on top?
Oh an please dont say WP farming for orbitals because no points are awarded until it is used meaning that there was some value in where it was placed.
If you read the thread, the lag and frame rate are the principle issues behind the spam. The server is having to struggle with processing dozens of these equipment items and that is just on one match alone. There are dozens of matches occurring every hour in the game at once with 16vs16 teams. Imagine when the team size increases to say... 24vs24 or 32vs32, etc. It will be a war on lag because of the equipment spam.
CCP, please fix the Nova Knives. Thank you.
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