I'm so much against this. It just leads to a worse gaming experience.

Chasing Down some weird goal is fun and all but don't forget that this is supposed to be a tactical shooter.

In MAG we had lots and lots of People doing anything but actually trying to win the round they were currently playing.

"NO I can't go to the objective, I'll stand over here and repair this totally useless thing cause I only have 43 more to go to get my medal!"

The ribbon system in MAG was set up well. It gave you minor EXP bumps for accomplishing certain feats in battles, not enough to matter but enough to make it worth doing. It also gave you a set amount of collectible ribbons that you could persue and show off any time someone looked at your profile. You could see how many of which ribbons a player had obtained just by looking at their info in-game. And you know us console gamers, we love collectibles. FPS players in general do if you think about it (ribbons in MAG, ribbons in BF, prestige & profile tags & emblems in CoD, etc.).

Now I'm not saying rip off exactly what MAG did, but some form of collectible rewards that we can show off and get minor SP rewards for collecting would be fantastic.

Yeah, I can see this. Especially as NPC Corporate Contracts.

Like, "The Ishukone Corporation is looking for 'real time' in the field data on [Specific Weapon Here]." So you have to complete X amount of matches, or get X amount of kills with that weapon to receive your reward. Either in ISK or equipment.

Or, "The Gallente Federation is trying to gather Intel on Caldari Forces." So you have to hack X amount of CP's in FW against Caldari to receive your reward. In ISK, Equiment, or Bonus LP's.

thats why the challenges would need to be well thought out. i wouldnt want pointless challenges that dont contribute to actually winning a match. but challenges that you could go for while helping to win. a challenge like X amount of kills with a sidearm or even a whole match with nothing but a sidearm would be fine to me because it doesnt keep or motivate someone to not contribute to their team.

thats why the challenges would need to be well thought out. i wouldnt want pointless challenges that dont contribute to actually winning a match. but challenges that you could go for while helping to win. a challenge like X amount of kills with a sidearm or even a whole match with nothing but a sidearm would be fine to me because it doesnt keep or motivate someone to not contribute to their team.

I understand where you're coming from Babar, but if you put productive challenges with minimal but helpful bonuses that do not count towards your skill cap into it, then having people focusing solely on medals wont be a big issue. For example:

Infiltrator Medal: "Hacked x# objectives in one skirmish" +200SP
King of the Hill Medal: "Hold objective for xminutes in a domination" +200SP
Master of Defense Medal : "Prevent the enemy from hacking xobjective for an entire skirmish" +350SP
Point Defense Medal: "Killed x# enemies within 20m of an objective" +100SP
Slayer of Men Medal: "Get x# kills within 3 minutes" +150SP
"Get x# headshots in one match" +175SP
Master Chef Medal: "Kill x# enemies with grenades without your grenades touching the floor" +150SP
Vehicle Suppression Medal "Deal xdamage to enemy vehicles in a single match" +200SP

Keep the kill based medals set around 10-20 kills per, something that you will likely be able to do in one match but doing twice in one match would be a bit of a challenge.

This would help people grind a little more SP after capping, but since they are things you typically aim for during a match anyway you don't really take away from teamplay by going for them. It's more of an accomplishment system rather than a "pull off this stupid stunt and have a shiny pin for it" system. The ones I listed above are single player rewards, but squad-based variants could be done as well with higher rewards to encourage squad play. Like "every member of your squad killed at least x# of enemies" or "your squad killed x# of enemies within y#meters of an objective" or "every member of your squad scored at least x# of WP in a match", [insert your own ideas here]. It would be a way to help foster more interest in playing after capping since you have goals to work for that you can have a visible representation of to show off.

these ideas sound good but it won't be long before someone finishes these challenges and finds them self no reason to keep playing

So half of you want goofy killstreak bonuses, while the rest want different events. I'm all for nifty events (the current scout one is pretty cool) but I'm completely against killstreak stuff and non event isk rewards.

these ideas sound good but it won't be long before someone finishes these challenges and finds them self no reason to keep playing

Here's a challenge for you: Win 2 Caldari matches in a row.

I think the proposal of challenges is an interesting one, but has a couple of problems. Mainly that whilst it works in a game like CoD or BF3, Dust isn't like those games or meant to be like them. In the other games you can switch quite easily between each class in subsequent matches as eveyone's gear is essentially the same. Aspecific type of gun for example, has the same stats regardless of who uses it. In Dust, a gun's stats vary depending on how much SP you've put into the related skills or which dropsuit you put it on.

Another thing is the other game's endgame is built around collecting the useless decorations. In the New Eden games you already have challenges of a sort, building your character, achieving the goals of your corp and/or chasing victory in FW. The reward is Isk and SP. Plus those WP that as far as I've been able to work out, you can't actually spend them on anything but you just keep ammasaing them as if they mean something.

If you feel you need challenges to make it fun, set them for yourself. Things like try a new weapon for a few matches', or 'try and beat my own kill record' that would make challenges personal and reward you with isk, sp, wp and a better insight into gow others play. Which can only make you a better player in return.

Tl:dr, interesting idea, but no thanks, dust isn't that type of game in my opinion.