i am very glad that there is a squad mechanic in dust however it needs fine tuning. there is no incentive to work as a squad, the way that most skirmish games play out is that a group of players attack a target and leave after that. often times it is not even a group, usually just one or two people. there should be an incentive for groups to work as a squad to capture and hold objectives. the objectives should be given more cover and squads should be given the task of capturing/defending an objective from the beginning with the squad leader having the ability to change the orders. Squads should be given experience and ISK bonuses when they stay within the area of their objective. Squad members should also be given a bonus of SP when they hack their squads objective or kill/stop the enemy hacker.

Something more akin to a certain game about a Battle... on a Field... 3...?
I would have to agree, though. I get that we are all mercenaries and such, but you should get more SP rewards for helping your squad/team. Where is the incentive for dropping a nanohive, repairing a friendly suit, setting up a great spawn location? Even if the bonus is only 10 points, I would be happy.

Something more akin to a certain game about a Battle... on a Field... 3...?
I would have to agree, though. I get that we are all mercenaries and such, but you should get more SP rewards for helping your squad/team. Where is the incentive for dropping a nanohive, repairing a friendly suit, setting up a great spawn location? Even if the bonus is only 10 points, I would be happy.

As Garret points out, Squad Leaders already have the ability to highlight targets, areas and other players as things for their squad to focus on that when other Squadmates perform actions near them they get bonus points. The problem isn't a lack of mechanic, the problem is a lack of knowledge ABOUT said mechanic. I know when I'm Squad Leader, I make sure to keep something set as a Defend point and any Squad Member who does ANYTHING within the radius of said point gets bonus points.

As for the "Spawn on Squad" thing, there are equipment called Drop Uplinks and they're as close as you're going to get. Use them. If you have Aurum you can buy a Blue Print Militia version and have a permanent free option to put a spawn point wherever you want. And on top of that, if teammates spawn on this uplink, you get 25 points a pop.

Next time I have a good Squad Leader, I'm thinking I should try setting a Nanohive on top of our Defend objective then run off, to see if that gives me the WP bonus. I know that shooting enemies near the marked objective when you're not gets extra WP, and that shooting enemies while you're near the objective but they're not also works. Not sure if the same rules apply for Nanohives though.

Obviously the OP and several others are either trolls, or incredibly stupid. Here are the facts:

1. Squad Leader can set attack/defend/rally orders. The rally orders just tell you where to go, the attack/defend orders give you a 1.2x bonus (somebody check that number for me, I can't remember) to anything that you do if you do it near the objective.

2. Nanohives give out points to the person that set it down. It used to be 10 points base for every time it gave out ammo, but it has been reduced to 10 points on a certain timer that I haven't figured out yet (after the players resupply on it of course, not a straight timer).

3. Repair tools currently do not give out points due to people abusing them, they will be reinstated at a later time once CCP gets it working right.

4. Drop Uplinks give 10 points everytime someone spawns on them.

? You don't need a good "squad leader", anyone gets 10 WP for a teammate using your nanohive AFAIK.

I set them all over the map and get little WP rewards all the time, the game sends you a pop-up message each time someone uses your hive and it says how much WP you get.

Obviously the OP and several others are either trolls, or incredibly stupid. Here are the facts:

1. Squad Leader can set attack/defend/rally orders. The rally orders just tell you where to go, the attack/defend orders give you a 1.2x bonus (somebody check that number for me, I can't remember) to anything that you do if you do it near the objective.

2. Nanohives give out points to the person that set it down. It used to be 10 points base for every time it gave out ammo, but it has been reduced to 10 points on a certain timer that I haven't figured out yet (after the players resupply on it of course, not a straight timer).

3. Repair tools currently do not give out points due to people abusing them, they will be reinstated at a later time once CCP gets it working right.

4. Drop Uplinks give 10 points everytime someone spawns on them.

Hmmmm....
I suppose since I have been playing the game for less than 24 hours and have not ran into anybody that used the squad leader functions yet, I must be a troll or stupid. I mean, it's pretty blatantly obvious - the tutorial obviously explained those things and the reward system.
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Oh, wait no, you're just a douche

Well, I'm not the OP.
I have limited experience with the game and noted that you did not receive xp for repairs or stopping hackers or reversing virus uploads, etc. I have not been squad leader yet, nor have I met anybody that has used the leader functions.
So, I find a post about more rewards needed. Seems like a fairly logical conclusion to be drawn from the data I had. Perhaps I shouldn't have posted without testing everything myself(rather than relying on the post of another), but, surely you can be wrong without being stupid or *shudders* a troll.

However, replying with such condescending negativity is definitely still a douche move...

Thank you.
By the way, your reply to my first post near the top was very helpful. I just did not have the time to reply due to work...
It makes sense that the repair reward would be removed because of abuse, but are they looking into tweaking it, maybe?
Also, if I may ask, what's the difference between SP and WP?

Ah...
Is there any correlation between WP earned and SP? Given the huge SP requirments for pushing upgrades into the upper tiers, I'm much more focused on that rather than my ranking within the team - unless there is an advantage to high WP...?