Outright doubling it will just screw over smaller squads, those containing new or less hardcore players and those containing players who perform roles that don't necessarily earn tons of WP, while making no real difference to stacked proto, vehicle and farming squads.

Could make it so that each successive orbital requires x amount or % more WP to achieve, making their usage more tactical, as it would become progressively more difficult to get the next one. 2500 for the first, but 3500 for the second, 5000 for the third, 7000 fourth and so on. Prorating the WP requirement based on squad size could work, too, but not necessarily on its own.

1st: It should use a step-stool method where the amount of WP doubles each time (if that is too much, just adds an extra 2500 each time)

1st OB: 2500 WP
2nd OB: 5000 WP
3rd OB 10000 WP

or:

1st OB 2500 WP
2nd OB 5000 WP
3rd OB 7500 WP
4th OB 10000 WP


Orbitals should not be something a squad of six should be able to drop 6 or 7 times just to farm kills and boost WP. Once you hit the 3rd OB, it is capped and a squad can not drop any more for the duration of the match. That makes them more tactical. Getting that 3rd orbital at the end of a Dom or Skirm match to take over one of the cannons would be huge.

2nd: should damage everyone including friendlies, then give a -WP penalty for any squad members killed. This would mean the person dropping it needs to actually be cognizant of his surroundings. It will kill all the blueberries (But not give any negative SP) and everyone dies including your own people. This will prevent the all too common "Drop an orbital on "A" as the entire squad rushes through the door to take over objective."

3rd: What if instead of giving all WP to the Squad leader, it is divvied up equally among the squad members. I know when I run squad lead and get 150-500 WP from it, I wish I could give 100 to each member. That way the people who are contributing and helping the squad leader get those OB's get rewarded for them as well. They helped earn it. They should reap some of the rewards.

I couldn't agree more, will discuss internally. Would be up for doubling it even. 6 man squads should have to work hard for it, not just have one logi, and it should be almost impossible to solo.

I'm curious, how did your whole squad get such high WP given you don't have many kills (except Ardanis in the second game)? Are you all tanking/logi-ing, or what?

Awarding kills to squad leader only is not cool, awarding wp for OB kills is not cool either, OB in Ambush is also not cool, imho.

Awarding kills to squad leader only is not cool, awarding wp for OB kills is not cool either, OB in Ambush is also not cool, imho.

I do believe WP are an essential part of explaining to a new player that there are multiple ways of supporting the team to win the battle, than just killing. And even now I still feel like I accomplished something when I see WP's tick in on an armor rep hive, or a good droplink placement. Positive reinforcement.

"You helped the team, good job +25WP"
"You helped the team, good job +25WP"
"You helped the team, good job +25WP"
"You helped the team, good job +25WP"

Sure, I can understand that full and well. There are a lot of games that offer this sort of encouragement through supporting their team; then again, those points are there -for- that positive reinforcement, rather than a metaphorical currency for a weapon. You can reduce the frequency by increasing the WP cost but inevitably that's not going to solve the problem of the orbital strike being earned as a tool for winners to keep winning.

That sort of knowledge in the back of the players mind, it's not exactly rocket science to understand why equipment spam ever became a thing. Edit: Perhaps that's generalizing player behavior - but to be honest, while it does positively encourage some behavior, it's two sides of the same coin.

Awarding kills to squad leader only is not cool, awarding wp for OB kills is not cool either, OB in Ambush is also not cool, imho.

I couldn't agree more, will discuss internally. Would be up for doubling it even. 6 man squads should have to work hard for it, not just have one logi, and it should be almost impossible to solo.

I do believe WP are an essential part of explaining to a new player that there are multiple ways of supporting the team to win the battle, than just killing. And even now I still feel like I accomplished something when I see WP's tick in on an armor rep hive, or a good droplink placement. Positive reinforcement.

"You helped the team, good job +25WP"
"You helped the team, good job +25WP"
"You helped the team, good job +25WP"
"You helped the team, good job +25WP"

I wonder if we can get an orbital scan instead :P

I couldn't agree more, will discuss internally. Would be up for doubling it even. 6 man squads should have to work hard for it, not just have one logi, and it should be almost impossible to solo.

I do believe WP are an essential part of explaining to a new player that there are multiple ways of supporting the team to win the battle, than just killing. And even now I still feel like I accomplished something when I see WP's tick in on an armor rep hive, or a good droplink placement. Positive reinforcement.

"You helped the team, good job +25WP"
"You helped the team, good job +25WP"
"You helped the team, good job +25WP"
"You helped the team, good job +25WP"