Stompy Monkey, on 06 November 2012 - 04:25 AM, said:
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On the same note, there should be at least some reward for TAG and NARC. I've played a lot of rounds where I sacrificed and stayed in the thick of battle, taking all kinds of damage (that needed to be repaired afterwards), tagging and locking the enemy for my team. The LRMs get all the rewards and stat boosts, while I eventually die a horrible fiery death and end up gimping at the bottom of the leaderboard. It takes a lot more skill to evade the enemy and maintain a tag for your team than to simply sit back and spam LRMs. Teamwork and skill should be rewarded!
i like most of what you posted, but think there is already something for this (at least the tag part).
if you are spotting and locked on a target, i believe you get spotting points for damage done to that target. i run tag a LOT and often get more points for the spots than i do for damage/assists/kills (someone else can confirm this). i am pretty sure that if you call your tag so your boats know your target's painted, you'll see the points come in. as it is, if they don't have you call it, they have no way to know who to target, so that may impact your return on your sacrifice.
btw, as a rvn pilot myself, may i offer a word of advice (considering that it is advice i try to remember and at least occasionally forget/regret forgetting)? range is your friend, if you are in close in a light, you are streak bait and when they add the improved knockdown back in, you will be even more sorry to get into the fray... imo, of course.
Edited by cmopatrick, 06 November 2012 - 05:20 AM.