CELESTA AUNGM
Kang Lo Directorate
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.09.25 13:22:00 -
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Hello there, and this is a cool thread, but it's also a matter of interpretation. 80 WP is for:.... and that's where the interpretation differs between players and the devs.
A Hack of the panel is a 50 WP task. Defending a blue panel by stopping a red Hack from completing still involves the same Hacking task (earns 50 WP), but awards you 30 WP for being there to protect your team's blue panel. It was the "first" Defensive Bonus Points concept given to players long before "Defensive Bonus Points" became a full-blown mechanic in the game.
So your 50WP + 50WP idea is already there in our game, just not as generous with the defensive bonus as you may want, hehe.
Defensive Bonus points are already an INCREDIBLY lucrative way of racking up points in the match (arguably more than Squad-Leader commission points).
 But most players are busy being so flustered and drooling and excited dashing around trying to face-shoot, that they really don't clue into (and collect) Defensive Bonus points as much as they could.
....I'm a player who makes sure I use the Bonus Points scheme to power-boost my WP in the match, so I'm sure I'm not the only one who chooses to play "defensively" for its shear profit value. There's a whole "sequence" to the assets you should hack around the panel, and WHEN you should hack them, to make your bonus points go through the roof!
...But we don't see enough players who are clued into this. Stuff like this starts to re-define what qualifies as "a great player" in Dust, and who really has "got Gud Game, Dude!"
Some of us see SO many missed opportunities to make mad ISK and SP per match,... that the other players just run right passed and leave sitting on the battlefield. Good Dusting is done with good Looting, not just good Shooting.
If the Defensive Bonus scheme currently in the game isn't enough to lure players to stay and help insulate the Null points, then those players honestly won't be lured by ANY extra points you can suggest for Counterhacking.
Universe of good wishes for the 49, especially CCP Eterne...
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