Until we get that "one per equipment category" setting I want

How about they deploy far apart, under roofs or inside buildings?

Dear Players,

rooftop camping, equipment spam, and skirmish game modes are widely reported as less enjoyable gameplay than it could be.

We have been discussing internally and with the CPM, and before we start nerfing gameplay, we want to create "play - counterplay" situations. We also want to reuse existing game mechanics and we also want to create more "action packed" gameplay for solo and new players.

These are our ideas, not yet fully technically evaluated but in the realm of possibility:

New Orbital Strikes
Solo Flux - Very low WP, low impact, pre-hit that Objective you are going after, or rooftop camper
Solo Precision Strike - Low WP, tiny radius to blap a Tank or solo sniper, but if he moves you miss.
Squad Flux - Medium WP, Huge radius, resetbutton, eliminate all rooftop uplinks and deter spam. Logis will have to spawn in instead of slaying in Sentinels after deploying the early batch
Squad Precision Strike - High WP, The one we have, lowered WP, lowered radius
Squad Focused Strike - Very high WP, targets the enemy MCC for massive damage, go all out chasing that strike from second one, or turn a clone-out defeat into a narrow victory by lancing the MCC in the last seconds.

Now we also have a fun strategic element, do you progress up to the harder WP Strikes, or "spam" the lower ones. Not having only one choice will provide massive changes in gameplay.

On top of that, lower signature profiles of equipment based on tier. Want to hide that Uplink, use a proto type as normal passive scans won't see it. EWAR will be much more about intel than cloaked scout slayers.

What about spy uplinks, that you can't spawn on, but give a passive scan of various precision and radius?

Combined with improved scanners, the predictability of the battlefield will be much less, much more focus on quality, not quantity. That uplink farm won't survive.


Thoughts welcome, none of this is set in stone, but shaking up the meta is absolutely necessary every once in a while

I'm wondering, how much damage does the MCC precision strike do?

Will it remove 1/4th armor?

Dear Players,

rooftop camping, equipment spam, and skirmish game modes are widely reported as less enjoyable gameplay than it could be.

We have been discussing internally and with the CPM, and before we start nerfing gameplay, we want to create "play - counterplay" situations. We also want to reuse existing game mechanics and we also want to create more "action packed" gameplay for solo and new players.

These are our ideas, not yet fully technically evaluated but in the realm of possibility:

New Orbital Strikes
Solo Flux - Very low WP, low impact, pre-hit that Objective you are going after, or rooftop camper
Solo Precision Strike - Low WP, tiny radius to blap a Tank or solo sniper, but if he moves you miss.
Squad Flux - Medium WP, Huge radius, resetbutton, eliminate all rooftop uplinks and deter spam. Logis will have to spawn in instead of slaying in Sentinels after deploying the early batch
Squad Precision Strike - High WP, The one we have, lowered WP, lowered radius
Squad Focused Strike - Very high WP, targets the enemy MCC for massive damage, go all out chasing that strike from second one, or turn a clone-out defeat into a narrow victory by lancing the MCC in the last seconds.

Now we also have a fun strategic element, do you progress up to the harder WP Strikes, or "spam" the lower ones. Not having only one choice will provide massive changes in gameplay.

On top of that, lower signature profiles of equipment based on tier. Want to hide that Uplink, use a proto type as normal passive scans won't see it. EWAR will be much more about intel than cloaked scout slayers.

What about spy uplinks, that you can't spawn on, but give a passive scan of various precision and radius?

Combined with improved scanners, the predictability of the battlefield will be much less, much more focus on quality, not quantity. That uplink farm won't survive.


Thoughts welcome, none of this is set in stone, but shaking up the meta is absolutely necessary every once in a while

Dear Players,

rooftop camping, equipment spam, and skirmish game modes are widely reported as less enjoyable gameplay than it could be.

We have been discussing internally and with the CPM, and before we start nerfing gameplay, we want to create "play - counterplay" situations. We also want to reuse existing game mechanics and we also want to create more "action packed" gameplay for solo and new players.

These are our ideas, not yet fully technically evaluated but in the realm of possibility:

New Orbital Strikes
Solo Flux - Very low WP, low impact, pre-hit that Objective you are going after, or rooftop camper
Solo Precision Strike - Low WP, tiny radius to blap a Tank or solo sniper, but if he moves you miss.
Squad Flux - Medium WP, Huge radius, resetbutton, eliminate all rooftop uplinks and deter spam. Logis will have to spawn in instead of slaying in Sentinels after deploying the early batch
Squad Precision Strike - High WP, The one we have, lowered WP, lowered radius
Squad Focused Strike - Very high WP, targets the enemy MCC for massive damage, go all out chasing that strike from second one, or turn a clone-out defeat into a narrow victory by lancing the MCC in the last seconds.

Now we also have a fun strategic element, do you progress up to the harder WP Strikes, or "spam" the lower ones. Not having only one choice will provide massive changes in gameplay.

On top of that, lower signature profiles of equipment based on tier. Want to hide that Uplink, use a proto type as normal passive scans won't see it. EWAR will be much more about intel than cloaked scout slayers.

What about spy uplinks, that you can't spawn on, but give a passive scan of various precision and radius?

Combined with improved scanners, the predictability of the battlefield will be much less, much more focus on quality, not quantity. That uplink farm won't survive.


Thoughts welcome, none of this is set in stone, but shaking up the meta is absolutely necessary every once in a while

Dear Players,

rooftop camping, equipment spam, and skirmish game modes are widely reported as less enjoyable gameplay than it could be.

We have been discussing internally and with the CPM, and before we start nerfing gameplay, we want to create "play - counterplay" situations. We also want to reuse existing game mechanics and we also want to create more "action packed" gameplay for solo and new players.

These are our ideas, not yet fully technically evaluated but in the realm of possibility:

New Orbital Strikes
Solo Flux - Very low WP, low impact, pre-hit that Objective you are going after, or rooftop camper
Solo Precision Strike - Low WP, tiny radius to blap a Tank or solo sniper, but if he moves you miss.
Squad Flux - Medium WP, Huge radius, resetbutton, eliminate all rooftop uplinks and deter spam. Logis will have to spawn in instead of slaying in Sentinels after deploying the early batch
Squad Precision Strike - High WP, The one we have, lowered WP, lowered radius
Squad Focused Strike - Very high WP, targets the enemy MCC for massive damage, go all out chasing that strike from second one, or turn a clone-out defeat into a narrow victory by lancing the MCC in the last seconds.

Now we also have a fun strategic element, do you progress up to the harder WP Strikes, or "spam" the lower ones. Not having only one choice will provide massive changes in gameplay.

On top of that, lower signature profiles of equipment based on tier. Want to hide that Uplink, use a proto type as normal passive scans won't see it. EWAR will be much more about intel than cloaked scout slayers.

What about spy uplinks, that you can't spawn on, but give a passive scan of various precision and radius?

Combined with improved scanners, the predictability of the battlefield will be much less, much more focus on quality, not quantity. That uplink farm won't survive.


Thoughts welcome, none of this is set in stone, but shaking up the meta is absolutely necessary every once in a while

How about a smoke screen strike for cover

On top of that, lower signature profiles of equipment based on tier. Want to hide that Uplink, use a proto type as normal passive scans won't see it. EWAR will be much more about intel than cloaked scout slayers.

Dear Players,

rooftop camping, equipment spam, and skirmish game modes are widely reported as less enjoyable gameplay than it could be.

We have been discussing internally and with the CPM, and before we start nerfing gameplay, we want to create "play - counterplay" situations. We also want to reuse existing game mechanics and we also want to create more "action packed" gameplay for solo and new players.

These are our ideas, not yet fully technically evaluated but in the realm of possibility:

New Orbital Strikes
Solo Flux - Very low WP, low impact, pre-hit that Objective you are going after, or rooftop camper
Solo Precision Strike - Low WP, tiny radius to blap a Tank or solo sniper, but if he moves you miss.
Squad Flux - Medium WP, Huge radius, resetbutton, eliminate all rooftop uplinks and deter spam. Logis will have to spawn in instead of slaying in Sentinels after deploying the early batch
Squad Precision Strike - High WP, The one we have, lowered WP, lowered radius
Squad Focused Strike - Very high WP, targets the enemy MCC for massive damage, go all out chasing that strike from second one, or turn a clone-out defeat into a narrow victory by lancing the MCC in the last seconds.

Now we also have a fun strategic element, do you progress up to the harder WP Strikes, or "spam" the lower ones. Not having only one choice will provide massive changes in gameplay.

On top of that, lower signature profiles of equipment based on tier. Want to hide that Uplink, use a proto type as normal passive scans won't see it. EWAR will be much more about intel than cloaked scout slayers.

What about spy uplinks, that you can't spawn on, but give a passive scan of various precision and radius?

Combined with improved scanners, the predictability of the battlefield will be much less, much more focus on quality, not quantity. That uplink farm won't survive.


Thoughts welcome, none of this is set in stone, but shaking up the meta is absolutely necessary every once in a while

Dear Players,

rooftop camping, equipment spam, and skirmish game modes are widely reported as less enjoyable gameplay than it could be.

We have been discussing internally and with the CPM, and before we start nerfing gameplay, we want to create "play - counterplay" situations. We also want to reuse existing game mechanics and we also want to create more "action packed" gameplay for solo and new players.

These are our ideas, not yet fully technically evaluated but in the realm of possibility:

New Orbital Strikes
Solo Flux - Very low WP, low impact, pre-hit that Objective you are going after, or rooftop camper
Solo Precision Strike - Low WP, tiny radius to blap a Tank or solo sniper, but if he moves you miss.
Squad Flux - Medium WP, Huge radius, resetbutton, eliminate all rooftop uplinks and deter spam. Logis will have to spawn in instead of slaying in Sentinels after deploying the early batch
Squad Precision Strike - High WP, The one we have, lowered WP, lowered radius
Squad Focused Strike - Very high WP, targets the enemy MCC for massive damage, go all out chasing that strike from second one, or turn a clone-out defeat into a narrow victory by lancing the MCC in the last seconds.

Now we also have a fun strategic element, do you progress up to the harder WP Strikes, or "spam" the lower ones. Not having only one choice will provide massive changes in gameplay.

On top of that, lower signature profiles of equipment based on tier. Want to hide that Uplink, use a proto type as normal passive scans won't see it. EWAR will be much more about intel than cloaked scout slayers.

What about spy uplinks, that you can't spawn on, but give a passive scan of various precision and radius?

Combined with improved scanners, the predictability of the battlefield will be much less, much more focus on quality, not quantity. That uplink farm won't survive.


Thoughts welcome, none of this is set in stone, but shaking up the meta is absolutely necessary every once in a while

equipment spam

This is generally what we want!

Give each suit an "equipment bandwidth" stat like drones in EVE. Have a logi suit with high bandwidth and you can deploy a bunch of stuff. Swap out to a scout suit and all but the most recent equipment (up to the scout's lower bandwidth capacity) will pop. This would limit spam and probably significantly improve performance.

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Now logis with deployable equipment are even more useless with this new orbital system...if you want us to only use the reptool 100% of the time...just say so.

Maybe you could finally consider changing the game mechanics instead of punishing the support role even more.

What about WP needed to call in HAVs and Dropships? Would help to change the dynamics of early games of "people who get to the top of the towers first win" which seems to plaque PC games since inception. Requiring WP to be earned first would allow foot soldiers to gain the nuill cannons first before heavy reinforcements arrive.

I enjoy variety, so I would say yes to pretty much all the things you have mentioned. I would say orbital strikes that cause just EMP damage as low WP costs as they won't be doing any killing but can help a team win a game by removing uplinks and equipment spam. Please allow these EMP strikes to remove ALL equipment (friendly). EMP strikes will need to cover a huge area to be effective. Besides it won't be doing any killing, so IMO it should be able to cover a huge area.

Whatever happened to dropping in installations? Still on the list of things to add? Even if we can replace the current destroyed assets that would help a lot.

I am curious if that means individuals are now able to control the WP usage? So as an individual in a squad I can drop an EMP strike? OR how is that going to work?

Give each suit an "equipment bandwidth" stat like drones in EVE. Have a logi suit with high bandwidth and you can deploy a bunch of stuff. Swap out to a scout suit and all but the most recent equipment (up to the scout's lower bandwidth capacity) will pop. This would limit spam and probably significantly improve performance.