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Umbat Boki
Circle of Huskarl
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2012.10.10 06:14:00 -
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Thank you for informing us. |
Umbat Boki
Circle of Huskarl
Minmatar Republic
157
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Posted - 2012.10.10 08:29:00 -
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For short term solution, null-ing WP gain from repairing vehicles should be enough. There is still possibility that two mercs with remote repair tools will be jumping from some roof, taking damage and then repairing each other. However, WP gain from this activity won't be really big, I think.
As for long term solution, I suggest the following.
We have three type of entities: dropsuit, vehicle and installation (MCC fits to this). This entities can earn WP.
I suggest to keep track of number of WP earned by each entity. This pool can be, in additional, filled by some default values, filled passively, etc.
When an entity is repaired WP is drained from this pool (with some ratio probably). WP is drained only from this special pool, not from WP earned by entity.
Considering WP is a measure of how much efforts/help entity bring to a game, WP earned by repairing it aligns to the point of providing help to your team.
In other hand, taking damage is not a measure of help provided to a team and can be abused.
Think about HAV moving to frontline, taking damage then immediately retreating to save place and repairing damage. How much help it provide to a team?
In contrast with it, think about LAV driver which together with his friend driving in high speed between enemies, firing to them, killing them, avoiding forge gun charges, but sometimes hitting some obstacles. It definitely provide help to a team, but why it can't receive hard earned WP from repairing damage from obstacles?
Thinking about installation, installation which take enemy damage, but doesn't fire to them shouldn't give WP after being repaired. |
Umbat Boki
Circle of Huskarl
Minmatar Republic
157
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Posted - 2012.10.10 11:15:00 -
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Timothy Reaper wrote:I think the Yellow Zone idea is best for the long run. You shouldn't be able hide in a completely safe area and still earn points. This will kind of suck when someone pushes the "STUPID" button on the RDV pilot's clone vat, but you can't have it all.
Yes, I have boosted (to see what all the fuss was about) and no, I won't do it again, because (1) it's not fair to the opposing team to have to dodge all the OBs, And (2) it's BORING!
The Yellow Zone idea is too artificial. You shouldn't be force to repair your vehicle in a middle of firefight just to get WP.
We can also have Blue Zone where you can receive WP for revive, Orange zone for where you receive WP for Drop Uplink and so on. Map and mini-map would look really crazy. |
Umbat Boki
Circle of Huskarl
Minmatar Republic
157
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Posted - 2012.10.10 11:47:00 -
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Laurent Cazaderon wrote:
But oustide of the red zone, there are plenty of places where you can rep peacefully.
Then what is preventing you to do a dirty WP-boosting in those places? It'll be a bit harder, yes, but won't fix the problem. |
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