deezy dabest wrote:Playstation Blog on Isk PayoutsQuote:
Money
ISK is the primary currency in the EVE Universe and a necessity for fighting wars. You will earn ISK from each battle you fight. The size of the reward depends on your contribution and the cost of the battle. Those who contribute more are rewarded handsomely, but all mercs are guaranteed a solid income.
A portion of the reward pool for each battle depends on the value of items destroyed in the battle. If the battle saw countless vehicles and expensive prototype gear destroyed, everyone is in for bigger rewards. ISK rewards are calculated as follows for each participant:
Base rewards: Every mercenary receives basic compensation for each battle they fight. The size of the reward depends on the time you spent fighting, so joining a battle late will net you lower earnings. Value of objects destroyed in battle has no bearing on this part of the reward.
Team rewards: The total rewards calculated from the value destroyed are split between the participating teams, with the winning team earning a larger share. Then, each participant earns a cut of the total rewards that their team received based on the time they spent in the battle. If youGÇÖre late to the party, youGÇÖll earn a smaller cut.
Individual rewards: Finally, every participant receives a reward based on their individual contribution on the battlefield. Mercs earn war points based on their actions in the course of each battle, and the more war points you score, the higher your cut of the total payout.
Having a solid income is necessary, as you will be using the ISK you earn to buy upgrades, and to resupply any gear you lose during combat. Everything you take into battle in DUST 514 can get destroyed. Luckily, most items are in ready supply should you have the cash.
Joining a player-run corporation might make your life more comfortable and earn you reliable funding, but you will have to rely on your personal earnings until you find a corporation to take you in.
That system is one thing I like since it screws proto stompers redlining and causing the militia suits to flow as well as giving a greater reward to those who keep flooding them with cheap suits and take out a few of them or even turn the tide of battle with a good flank.
Ok first off I've joined a battle late and gotten as much as if I was there the whole time, really what it comes down to is the isk pay out is so quote unquote "Random", but at what kind of rate of random are we talking about, I can spend over a half a mil in heavy drop suites and that isn't even the top lvl of suites we are talking about and get 48 kills and never once touch a tank or LAV or Dropship, and it pays the same as if i really did nothing and got 9 kills. I would have been better off using stuff I don't need skills for, what was the point of getting the SKILLS if they only way to make isk is us cheap crap.
What we have is two or three factors at play here,
There are those that run tanks all match and rack up kill and as long as they don't die they got isk for nothing, great good for them. Get out of that tank and lets see how f'ing tough you are.
Then there is the guys, that is, guys that don't under stand like myself, I spent time working on getting better gear for what just to get butt raped when it comes to the cost of the gear i worked for to cost to much to loss so why us it???? Sorry for the rant: Well to fight wars it cost money but there is no way to make money other then to fight wars. So really at what point in the fun with my heavy drop suite should I have stop killing and changed over to cheap crap and try to have as much fun as i was with my heavy with some no skill cheaper crap and maybe not get as many kills but get paid the same. We should get paid from a combo of kills and WP but that isn't the system that is setup 48 kills or 9 kills it all pays the same.
P.S. Then there is the cheap gear users great, you drop like flies keep using it but kill 48 of you kill 9 of you will get paid the same no matter what just as long as my WP's are over 1000