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[dario03]

I have a medallion from the CW event a while back http://mwomercs.com/...ts?t=201505clan

Smoke Jag did earn the 5% medallion right?
because it seems like mine is only giving a 1% boost.

Or is that boost not based on your total LP earned? Do all 4 of your mechs (even if not used) split the LP and it only boost the mechs with the medallion? And only based on the award total and not the contract bonus that shows on the end game screen?

(side question, can you equip a hanging item but make it not appear? I see a button for toggle cockpit item but the medallion doesn't go away when pushed)

[aniviron]

I've been noticing the same thing. Wolf should have gotten the 5% boost, but I have consistently calculated it at ~1.25% every single match. What's going on with this?

[Zolaz]

Well, you see PGI has a problem with the maths. You get 5% from the mech the medallion is on. Unfortunately, PGI then divides that 5% between the mechs you drop in. So, that 5% is a bit misleading.

[aniviron]

Zolaz, on 22 June 2015 - 02:28 AM, said:

Well, you see PGI has a problem with the maths. You get 5% from the mech the medallion is on. Unfortunately, PGI then divides that 5% between the mechs you drop in. So, that 5% is a bit misleading.

I've heard that a couple times, but I don't think it's true. I'm consistently getting within .02% of 1.25% on every single drop, and I have checked a dozen matches this week. I've also had a game where I spent an entire 30 minute defense with just one mech and that mech had a loyalty medallion, and it was still 1.25%.

[Roadkill]

I'm pretty sure that Loyalty Points work just like Experience Points in the CW queues.

The XPs you earn are divided evenly between the Mechs that you use. If you never get to your 4th Mech, it gets no XPs, but the first 3 get 33% of your total.

LP should work the same way. You get some number (let's say 600 for easy math) and then it's divided amongst the Mechs that you used. So 150 each if you use all 4, 200 each if you just use 3 of them, 300 each if you just use 2 of them, and all 600 if you only use one Mech.

Then the 5% is applied to the LP awarded to the Mech that's carrying the medallion.

If you never use that Mech, you'll get zip for a bonus. Otherwise you'll get 5% of either 25%, 33%, 50%, or 100%.

If you're using all 4 of your Mechs regularly, that's why the math is coming out at 1.25%. That's 5% of 25%.

aniviron, on 22 June 2015 - 12:24 PM, said:

I've also had a game where I spent an entire 30 minute defense with just one mech and that mech had a loyalty medallion, and it was still 1.25%.

That sounds like they're dividing the LP up amongst all 4 Mechs regardless of how many you use.

That'd be different than the way it's done for XPs, but it wouldn't surprise me.

[aniviron]

Roadkill, on 22 June 2015 - 01:14 PM, said:

That sounds like they're dividing the LP up amongst all 4 Mechs regardless of how many you use.

That'd be different than the way it's done for XPs, but it wouldn't surprise me.

That is definitely a possibility, but I'd like to hear officially if that's the case or not.

It also seems weird that they would give out medallions of any less than 5% in that case as well. If the clan event had yeilded 1% medallions for everyone, does that mean we would get a 0.25% boost from the medallion? Just seems weird and unlikely.

I'd guess it's more likely that this is the same medallion that comes with buying a mech pack; does anyone know how much those give in terms of %?

[Templar Dane]

aniviron, on 21 June 2015 - 09:58 PM, said:

I've been noticing the same thing. Wolf should have gotten the 5% boost, but I have consistently calculated it at ~1.25% every single match. What's going on with this?

5% divided by 4 mechs..............is 1.25%. If you had the medallion on all 4 mechs, you'd get 5%.

[bad arcade kitty]

well, i use it just because it's pretty and it matches the color of my kickers warhorn (wolf medallion)
it's especially pretty on terra terma

[Deathlike]

If it's giving 1.25% LP for just 1 medallion, then it's following the C-bill version of bonus distribution.

30% hero/invasion(and others) C-bill bonus only applies @ 7.5% per "hero" (C-bill bonus) mech in the dropdeck.

5% LP bonus for medallions only applies @ 1.25% per medallion equipped on each mech (remember that this ONLY works for the corresponding faction).

10% LP bonus for Phoenix Pack only applies @ 2.5% per Phoenix mech in the dropdeck.

You'd get a better straight LP bonus through Premium Time (straight 10%, no fuss) or a long term contract (more than 7 days, for @ least 15%).

Essentially, you've confirmed more or less of what I thought about the LP bonus system. Thanks for playing the game...

To be fair, Phoenix Pack owners used to be getting .625% per medallion (bonus used to be 2.5% for 4 faction medallions)!

Edited by Deathlike, 24 June 2015 - 11:33 AM.