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[SaJeel]

if( damage=0)
{reward=0}

or perhaps
if change in movment = 0, reward =0.

possible problems is someone who charges gets one point and quits, so how bout
if death/disconnect within 5 min reward =0, call it a humiliation.

why wouldnt this work?

Edited by SaJeel, 21 December 2012 - 03:04 AM.

[Chou Senwan]

People could easily just weigh down the W button to go forward. And the no damage thing would penalize anyone who got sniped or LRMed while scouting.

[Critical Fumble]

Chou Senwan, on 21 December 2012 - 06:03 AM, said:

People could easily just weigh down the W button to go forward. And the no damage thing would penalize anyone who got sniped or LRMed while scouting.

Point A is quite true; there is also the issue of bots, or at least macros. Point B is wildly uncommon (I'd almost say whale and bowl of petunias falling from orbit levels of uncommon, bit it could happen) however it is still valid.

SaJeel, on 21 December 2012 - 02:48 AM, said:

possible problems is someone who charges gets one point and quits, so how bout
if death/disconnect within 5 min reward =0, call it a humiliation.

Problem is that a lot of legitimate deaths take place in the first five minutes, your time is too long. And even if it were a time frame where no one actually trying could possibly die, a sufficiently developed macro or bot could subvert it.

To fix the problem, you need to remove the incentive for AFK/suicide abuse (not all AFKs are abuse, go look up the known issues board). The incentive is gaining money and XP for little or no effort - which the recent economy changes started killing. Now on a good match my "I was here" bonus is a fourth or less of my check, rather than half or more. This probably needs to be taken further, and include xp gains, but its being handled.

[SaJeel]

Thanks for the feedback guys, its much appreciated. I don't think the way PGI has dealth with it is the best way, ill keep mulling it over in the ol noggin

[Firewuff]

I don't think it would work. The current reward system helps but I've previously suggested the current reward system WITH rearm and repair costs capped at reward minus 10k for a win or 5k for a loss. Players punish afk players but blowing the **** out of them this would make farming pointless as the reward is so small but not punish players who actually play and take a risk by loosing money as used to happen.