Friendly Woodsman
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Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2013.12.18 15:16:00 -
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As a logi, I can run around the map, dropping uplinks everywhere at almost no risk to myself. If links are scarce on the map, I can get hundreds of WPs in this fashion which translates into ISK in my wallet. However, as soon as I put a mobile CRU on a dropship, my risk increases incredibly but my rewards disappear completely.
There is a disconnect here in the whole risk vs. reward equation. As an infantry logi, I don't have to worry about whether or not the people spawning on my uplinks gain WP within a certain amount of time after spawning for me to gain the WP for that spawn. I can drop uplinks, find a safe spot on the map, make s'mores and reap the rewards of all my spawn points. It doesn't matter if all my uplinks are camped and anybody spawning in is just a stat padder for some protobear. The +25s just keep rolling in. Is that helping my team? Nope. Is that the way you want people to play this game? I'm guessing not.
Contrast that with the mobile CRU. With a mobile CRU in my dropship, the risk equation changes dramatically. I have to place my vehicle in harm's way knowing that I'm not going to be rewarded for the effort.
Let us say that I was responsible for 1/4 of the spawns during a match (unlikely, but possible). If I did that using uplinks, I would end up with almost 1000 WPs from my uplinks alone and earn ~250K ISK or more. If I did that with a dropship and a mobile CRU I would get 0 WPs and earn ~20K ISK. This is not balanced and needs changing.
CCP, please decide which system you want to use for player spawning, because as it stands you seem to have two separate systems for doing the same thing. Either players should get WPs when other players spawn on their equipment, or they shouldn't. If they should, then give them to the pilots when players use their equipment. If they shouldn't, then please change all of the WP mechanics for drop uplinks.
Maybe uplinks should only work if the player that dropped them is close by, and WPs should only be the +7 given for actions taken within a certain time after spawning. Hehehe...I'm kidding, of course. I just want consistency.
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