Except that this can't actually happen.

Drop uplinks have a limited amount of uses before they disappear.

Don't they teach you anything in that university of yours?

This exploit is due to a design flaw. The button used to "Select default spawn location" keeps changing between X and Square depending on whether or not there are any Clone Units or Drop Uplinks. But most players always hit X.

So what you do is wear a free dropsuit in Ambush and place Drop Uplinks wherever your team will get killed the fastest, and go hide, put down the controller, and have a snack. Most players will keep hitting the X button to respawn even though the default spawn button changed from X to Square.

You get +25 points for each spawn times up to 80 spawns for up to 1250 war points, thousands of skill points, and 100-200 ISK. You are likely to get first place on your team.

Wouldn't work. Logi's on your team would likely have their own uplinks set up. If people see that one location is being camped, they will just warp in to the safer location.

This exploit is due to a design flaw. The button used to "Select default spawn location" keeps changing between X and Square depending on whether or not there are any Clone Units or Drop Uplinks. But most players always hit X.

So what you do is wear a free dropsuit in Ambush and place Drop Uplinks wherever your team will get killed the fastest, and go hide, put down the controller, and have a snack. Most players will keep hitting the X button to respawn even though the default spawn button changed from X to Square.

Each uplink spawns ten times, and you can put sown two at a time. So replace after 20 respawns. You get +25 points for each spawn times up to 80 spawns for up to 1250 war points, thousands of skill points, and 100-200 ISK. You are likely to get first place on your team.

I find Galen GaiaGÇÖs post very disappointing, particularly since you can get almost the same results WP wise by placing your Uplink in a fortified or strategic position where it benefits your team.

Abusing the player base in this manner and AFK WP farming is not the sort of game play that DUST University promotes. I am very disappointed to see one of our members posting such suggestions.

Except that this can't actually happen.

Drop uplinks have a limited amount of uses before they disappear.

Don't they teach you anything in that university of yours?

And yet he still bears your corporation tag, promoting "abusing the playerbase" !
Simple solution = "are you sure you want to kick corp member" --> Yes

Wouldn't work. Logi's on your team would likely have their own uplinks set up. If people see that one location is being camped, they will just warp in to the safer location.

The OP's post is one of the more self-serving ones I've seen on the forums as of late. I guess congratulations of dubious nature are in order for you and your so-called university.

But it does work. I explained why. You are missing the point. The reason this works is so many newberries in random Ambush games do not realize use can use default spawn with the Square. And I am usually the only person placing uplinks. The learning curve on this game is so high people do not notice how the X and Square buttons change.

If I was a director he would have been out of the Corp 10 minutes ago. Well, actually I am at work right now, but I would be heading home on my Coffee break and dealing with it! I am sure a Director will get wind of this before long.

This can just as easily be used in a positive manner by placing the Uplink in at a defensible position where all the spawning blueberries can back each other up and have cover to hold off the advancing Reds. Add a Nano Hive and you may just snatch a victory out of a losing match.

But it does work. I explained why. You are missing the point. The reason this works is so many newberries in random Ambush games do not realize use can use default spawn with the Square. And I am usually the only person placing uplinks. The learning curve on this game is so high people do not notice how the X and Square buttons change.

Hate to point out the obvious, but OP is posting in service of the community and the game.

moar drama for the win. Thanks to Galen for the PSA.

You should put together a top ten list of exploits you will run into as a noob as your next challenge.

Okay, this is the original poster. I posted this as though I were actually doing it so that it would get the most attention. The thread has stayed at the top of the forum because everyone is condemning me for it. CCP is seeing it more, and more new players are reading it and learning to not just hit X.

However, it looks bad for my corp, so I have been instructed to reveal my strategy.

Prior to starting this thread, I posted the problem in the feedback forum...

https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=63693&find=unread

So many times I have seen my team lose because players who do not know any better just click X all the time. I watch a rapid succession of spawn kills at the same uplink. It takes at least one spawn kill for someone to avoid the uplink. That is up to 16 kills for the whole team. And it takes more than once for some to avoid it. And some even never stop because they do not know to click Square to default spawn or that you can select spawn locations.

Also, it is unclear what "Select spawn point" and " Use default spawn location" mean.

The design flaw of having the button keep changing makes it more confusing.

I should have used a non-corp alt for this thread.

Now the thread will fade away.

Nice back-pedaling. If this really was your strategy then you should still face disciplinary action for publicly exercising a really bad idea.

Why? This is New Eden, if you think this is bad wait till you really see what griefing is. You want honor go play wii sports. This is dust 514 and if bluedots are too dumb then thats their problem.

Galen don't ever apologize for trying to troll, just be a bit more clever next time and if you're corp is that uptight use an alt or find another corp.

See..this is why I posted the way I did. Because people are going to argue against whatever is said. More people might agree with a post, but they don't say so. People post when they disagree. Thats why I posted the opposite - to have it condemned and fixed.

I understand the way things work in New Eden. I'm all for the scamming, the back stabbing and bringing overwhelming force to the fight. I go into ambush without a squad to spawn blueberries where I want them too. I don't drop them somewhere just to watch them die but I do use them as leverage to try and win the fight.

What Galen did was against his corp rules and he forced corp leadership to react. He made a statement which represented his corp because he wears the ticker. You were right when you said you should have posted with an alt if you were going to come at it sarcastically because sarcasm doesn't transmit well through text. DUST Uni is uptight because it is trying to uphold a reputation as a place where you can go to learn.

Not sure where the comment about honor came from.

This exploit is due to a design flaw. The button used to "Select default spawn location" keeps changing between X and Square depending on whether or not there are any Clone Units or Drop Uplinks. But most players always hit X.

So what you do is wear a free dropsuit in Ambush and place Drop Uplinks wherever your team will get killed the fastest, and go hide, put down the controller, and have a snack. Most players will keep hitting the X button to respawn even though the default spawn button changed from X to Square when they placed the uplink.

Each uplink spawns ten times, and you can put down two at a time. So replace after 20 respawns. You get +25 points for each spawn times up to 80 spawns for up to 1250 war points, thousands of skill points, and 100-200 ISK. You are likely to get first place on your team.

I would like to say I am sorey for using that tactic with a charcter that is a member of DUST University because unethical behavior by a member makes the corp look bad. I apologize.

@ DUST University Ivy League This post is an absolute abomination to everything Imperfects stand for. This information neither helps new players nor betters the community as a whole. This information only benefits the individual, at the expense to the whole team. The Imperfects pride ourselves in idea that winning and SP/WP gain come hand in hand. Clearly, DUST University Ivy League league does feel the same.

As of right now Imperfects is cutting off all ties and support to DUST UniversityIvy League until the OP makes official apology to the community.

Thank you for your time,

Respectfully Imperfect PR office.

The apology was posted over an hour before your demand... y u no read posts, public relations guy?!

@ DUST University Ivy League This post is an absolute abomination to everything Imperfects stand for. This information neither helps new players nor betters the community as a whole. This information only benefits the individual, at the expense to the whole team. The Imperfects pride ourselves in idea that winning and SP/WP gain come hand in hand. Clearly, DUST University Ivy League league does feel the same.

As of right now Imperfects is cutting off all ties and support to DUST UniversityIvy League until the OP makes official apology to the community.

Thank you for your time,

Respectfully Imperfect PR office.

@ DUST University Ivy League This post is an absolute abomination to everything Imperfects stand for. This information neither helps new players nor betters the community as a whole. This information only benefits the individual, at the expense to the whole team. The Imperfects pride ourselves in idea that winning and SP/WP gain come hand in hand. Clearly, DUST University Ivy League league does feel the same.

As of right now Imperfects is cutting off all ties and support to DUST UniversityIvy League until the OP makes official apology to the community.

Thank you for your time,

Respectfully Imperfect PR office.

The directors of Dust University are aware of the situation and admit that it violates the code of conduct. However, they plan to discuss and determine what action to take as, frankly, this is the first time we've ran into this situation...and there's several angry bunnies hopping the DUni hallways at the moment.....

EDIT: Galen clarified his position and I encourage him to do that on this thread as well. He was actually attempting to bring an issue to the Dev's attention that he had also posted in the Feedback section 20 minutes prior........I suggested he use more sarcasm in the future...

https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=63693&find=unread

Note: I am NOT a director of Dust University and do not presume to speak for them.

Hmm , I would suggest asking a DEV or GM to lock this thread. I mean, I like that your thinking , But you haven't thought quite hard enough.

Hello,

I think this happened to me.

I spawn and am surrounded and get killed instantly. I click to respawn, and I spawn in the same place, am surrounded and killed instantly. I click to respawn again, and I spawn in the same place again, am surrounded and killed instantly again. I click to respawn again, and I spawn in the same place agan, am surrounded and killed instantly again. I click to respawn again, and I spawn in the same place agan, am surrounded and killed instantly again. I click to respawn again, and I spawn in the same place agan, am surrounded and killed instantly again.

Sometimes I spawn in different places. Other times I spawn in the same place again again and again, but I am hitting the same button X.

What is going on?

Thanks

Hooly Jeebus, you peeps make me sad.

OP's intention was obvious and not malicious at all.

As penance you should all have to do 100 year internships at FOX news.

If DUST Uni kicks this guy it'll be a travesty and cost them some respect in my books.

P.S. How about an uplink variant with a 'detect enemy within 5 m' functionality? Or the ability for players to tag spawn point as 'hot' or 'safe' on the map?

P.P.S. And as the person who placed the uplink, i want the ability to tun it on and off. That way i can protect newberrys without having to fight my way back across the map to change fittings so i can drop two more uplinks to tun off the hot ones.

As a n00b to New Eden, a very confusing thread. I did realize the OP had good intentions but cannot tell if the other responses in the thread were legitimate or staged by Dust Uni to increase the drama. Either way, I found the above post to be the most constructive.

After playing only a few days, I concur, the placer of uplinks should be able to enable/disable them, not only to stop people from unknowingly spawning into a "bad" situation, but also to make the uplink "private". The uplink could be enabled when the placer or squad needs it and disabled to keep everyone from spawning in wrecking a recon/low profile mission.

I like to use the uplinks for scouting, sniping and do not want assaults and heavies spawning in when I am wearing profile dampers.

I also would like an uplink version that could be remotely detonated if it gets camped...

Excuse my ignorance if these versions exist. I am away from my PS3 and cannot check the marketplace to see if they do exist.