Vrain Matari
ZionTCD
Legacy Rising
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Posted - 2012.09.30 22:29:00 -
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Jax GG wrote:Hi,
This post isn't a complaint about how healers are not getting stats for healing, it's more about if YOU (yup, pointing at you) know who is healing you!
I've recently put a lot more SP into Logistic skills and I am finally beginning to earn some decent SP (15-24k per full game), however as there are no stats at the end of a game I am wondering if any of you actually take note of who is healing you during a battle.
Regards
Jax
You're right, Jax, and I'm as guilty of any when it comes to not knowing who is repping me. And I've spent some time as a logi, and have experienced the issue from your side.
But, in my own and other's defense, the names I generally recognize are the names of the enemy, especially the dangerous ones. Also, if my armour is in need of repping, my eyes are prolly glued to the action on the screen, even if I am aware that a logibro is helping me out(or saving my ass, as the case may be).
The other names I will actively look for are the assaults and heavies around me if we're pushing up on a position. Recognizing good fighters means we can push the objective a little more aggressively.
Other names everybody recognizes are the more dangerous tank drivers.
I know some good logi's, but that is only because they're in my corp and I've run with them in squad, where they are worth their weight in AUR.
And that's the key point here, I think. In pub matches, the experience will always be the same for our logibros. You might fight like a demon to clear the area and rez fallen teammates, you might put yourself at risk repeatedly to rep your heavies and assaults, you might run with very expensive kit and risk losing a lot more than some of the peeps you're supporting - but you'll never be appreciated for it and rarely thanked because that's the nature of pub matches.
It's only in a corp, and especially in a squad where you've all worked together and evolved your own squad tactics, where our logibros can truly shine. It took me awhile to have the realization that I couldn't be a logi by myself. For a logi to perform at his true potential his whole squad has to be trained in how to use a logi properly. It's a little different for assaults and heavies, lone wolfing is still rewarding for them in pub matches.
I would like to see 4 things regarding logis, all to do with information.
- HUD notifications in green, broadcast only to the team, not the enemy, telling who rezzed who.
- A HUD notification next to the sheild/armour readout that tells me who is repping me and for how much.
- On the minimap, the dot representing the logi repping me should be identifiable(different colour, flashing, etc.)
- At the end of the match there should be a battle report, detailing damaged inflicted, objectives hacked/saved, rezzes, repping etc. There should be a line in that report that says 'Vrain Matari' was armour repped +1200 hp by 'Logibro Jax GG'. At which point Vrain Matari will exclaim: 'Holy ****, I want that logibro Jax GG in my squad asap!'
And that's all I have to say about that =P
As a shameless non-objective postscipt, I'd like to say that It's worth checking out ZionTCD. They're the guys I've chosen to roll with and it's a place where logis are recognized and respected. |