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[Jalen]

Navid A1, on 05 January 2016 - 01:27 AM, said:

Another skirmish mode?

Newsflash dude, they're all skirmish mode. The instant gratification, ADD generation sees to that. They can't handle anything else without a mental midget meltdown.

Navid A1, on 05 January 2016 - 01:27 AM, said:

Giving such a non reversible critical choice to a single player who becomes the commander either by accident or by trolling will never end well.

The same could be said about VIP or CTF, yet it works in other games. You have to give people the opportunity to screw it up and then punish them for it, it's how children grow up so theoretically it should apply to MWO players growing up. Can't hurt to try.

[Darlith]

Ayrelind, on 05 January 2016 - 07:17 AM, said:

Why you all STILL talking about Escort match pros v cons? My primary point is Assault / Conquest objective rewards are about 1/10th as much as a single player kill. THIS is the problem. Escort is just an option, not a solution at all if rewards are still unbalanced.

Because honestly, the title is about escort matches and debating the pros on cons of it is a lot more fun than discussing that rewards for not-kills are too low and always have been. Pretty much no one disagrees that the rewards for playing Conquest and Assault as anything other than "Deathball with something to do if the last guy hides" aren't high enough.

[Navid A1]

Jalen, on 05 January 2016 - 12:38 PM, said:

Newsflash dude, they're all skirmish mode. The instant gratification, ADD generation sees to that. They can't handle anything else without a mental midget meltdown.



The same could be said about VIP or CTF, yet it works in other games. You have to give people the opportunity to screw it up and then punish them for it, it's how children grow up so theoretically it should apply to MWO players growing up. Can't hurt to try.

What you described would be no different from a normal skirmish mode.

Read my suggestion here:

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Navid A1, on 05 January 2016 - 01:27 AM, said:

It is doable yes.

it could be done as a salvage the cargo type of match. An abandoned high value cargo with both teams intending to capture and escorting it to their home base (or a dropship with live weapons). The cargo exact location is not given directly (a rough area is is given). The cargo is an AI convoy. The convoy ownership can flip mid-match if the escorts are dead and the attackers get within a close proximity for X amount of time.

The cargo needs Y amount of time to get from its initial location to either teams' bases. This will prevent teams from killing the other team first and then do the objective. (if you spend too much time killing the enemy first, you wont have enough time needed by the convoy to get to your base)

Cargo needs at least one escort in close proximity in order to move.

Draw conditions:
cargo is destroyed (with ZERO rewards)

Win/loss:
Cargo is safely captured (rewards can be either one big sum, or depend on number of surviving cargo vehicles)
Killing the entire enemy team gives a boost to your final rewards.
match ends after the cargo reaches a home base (after say, a minute of cargo loading time).