I have a better idea.

First, increase the WP required for a Warbarge Strike. These things should be used as "game changers" as opposed to a win button used to exacerbate stomping. The requirements for one are 2500WP simply because squads used to only have 4 people, and there weren't nearly as many ways to earn WP as we have now.

I do agree with removing the ability to gain WP earned from the Warbarge. The average strike gets about 10 kills, which leads to about 500WP. If you have the squad members repair the leader that squad can earn up to 2250WP from the Guardian action, and when you have everyone scan the area before dropping the Warbarge, the squad can earn 750WP from Intel Kill Assists.

That alone is 3575WP, which can grant a squad yet another Warbarge Strike and still leave them with a spare 1075WP (that's half of the WP required for another Warbarge Strike mind you).

However, I do believe there should be a small reward for using the Warbarge Strike, as you are making a contribution to the team by using one. I think 100-150WP for Warbarge Deployment would seem fair.

I'd say 7200 WP would be the best.

That way every member of the squad would have to make at least 1200 WP to get one.

I wonder why a proto-stomper/ tanker wants to reduce the amount of OB's? Hmmm...

So one of the apparently unique features of this game that CCP likes to tout is the ability to drop orbitals. I remember seeing them back in Chromosome and was in awe whenever I got to glimpse one drop in a game.

This has all changed. Orbital strikes are so common now that it's not unheard of to see a dozen or more OBs dropped between both sides in a game. As squad leader, it's easy to forget you have a handful of IWIN buttons sitting in your pocket as the game goes on.

CCP originally set the 2500 WP requirement when squads were capped at 4 members and there were way less opportunities for getting WP. Since them they've added all sorts of WP bonuses to various things including scanning, destroying equipment, transport, and now vehicle damage.

Considering the latest patch, vehicle users are now accruing absurd amounts of points for destroying other vehicles. Lets face it, the most common way you'll see a tank die is usually to another tank. With the latest addition of vehicle damage, killing a tank now awards around 350 WP (75 + 75 + 150 + 50) if you get the kill. An LAV is usually about 240 WP, and a dropship about 150.

Nowadays I start a game by dropping a rail tank and driving around killing all the turrets as well as any enemy vehicles that get initially called in. Ill usually have 1000+ WP in a few minutes. On average ill get around 2000-3000 WP just solo with upwards of 5000 in some games.

When running with a squad it's not unheard of to get between 3 to 6 OBs in a game, sometimes more. That's just one squad. The WP req. easily needs to be doubled to 5,000 for a squad. Make them more rewarding for squads that earn them. The battlefield has become so saturated with OBs that it's become more of a gimmick than a gameplay element. What used to be awe-inspiring is now just extremely annoying, especially when you consider how bad OBs exacerbate pubstomping.

You know a tank can survive Warbarge Strikes right?

Negative. Tanks can get caught upon delivery and the strike wipes out the bolas (150 wp) the tank (150 wp) and the guy waiting for his war machine (50 wp). In ambush if you lose the 1st tank engagement your bound to be OBd upon delivery & your chances of making a recovery are slim.

Sense the hardener nerf good pilots have traded defensive capabilities for damage mods and rep rate. Its not uncommon to see madrugars with 2 damage mods and single rep. Think of these as rather blaster based tank destroyers and not actual tanks. These kind of builds are incredible for punching trough hostile armor but can be destroyed by a single warbarge strike while on the field.

Hope to see a blue tag on this thread! o/