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Vyzion Eyri
The Southern Legion
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Posted - 2013.03.02 11:17:00 -
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It's difficult to keep a dropship in the air.
Even more so keeping it in the air while being assaulted.
We should be rewarded for keeping our dropships alive against the unrelenting AV pounding we receive.
So, my proposal is that we gain WP, as pilots, when our dropship is destroyed. How we acquire this WP could possibly be based on all or a combination of these factors:
-length of time the dropship is in the air for. (10WP per minute)
-damage due to swarm launchers (5WP per 300 damage)
-damage due to forge guns (10WP per 1000 damage)
-damage due to AV nades (15WP per 500 damage)
-damage due to collision damage (2WP per 500 damage)
-passengers dropped (10WP per drop)
Lets say my figures above were used, and in a certain game a dropship:
Stayed in the air for five minutes, took 3000 damage from swarm launchers, 2000 damage from forge guns, 1000 damage from collision damage and managed to drop two full squads, totalling 8 people.
50 + 50 + 20 + 4 + 80 = 204 WP for survival.
Not too bad. If we include even more factors that influence WP gain, or simply increase the rate of WP acquired from the above factors, pilots can pull in a hefty amount of WP, for their dropship being destroyed.
There is the key point, see. The dropship has to be destroyed.
Farming these points becomes almost impossible, because which pilot would willingly destroy their beautiful vessel?
These points are awarded in recognition for survival, and if you last a whole match, the reward is not losing your dropship and hence making pure profit, assuming you called the DS in at the beginning of the match.
Thoughts and comments welcome. Critique and flaws in my grand plan are welcome too. Links to better proposed systems would be helpful. |
Vyzion Eyri
The Southern Legion
181
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Posted - 2013.03.02 22:32:00 -
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My idea, however, does not involve WP gain per trigger. These factors, when triggered, simply add up as an integer in the background, which translates to WP gain when, and only when, the dropship is destroyed. I have not really considered in depth which factors should contribute to the WP, it is mainly the destruction part that I'd like opinions on. |
Vyzion Eyri
The Southern Legion
181
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Posted - 2013.03.03 09:20:00 -
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The reason for this type of WP gain, I was hoping, was to reduce the possibility of abuse. Since you would only acquire WP when your ship is destroyed, it'd be less likely that people would farm WP because to do so would be at the expense of their dropship.
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