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I'm not sure where these crybabies are getting the idea you get "zilch" for losing. I ALWAYS get 35-50 comms, 300-500 credits, and several thousand valor in losing WZs. Last I checked, that's a far cry from "zilch". Go back to Hello Kitty's Adventure Island.

you can definitely get zilch. depends on how your team does and how many medals you get (which is itself partly dependent on your team).

here's a screenshot of somebody getting 0 rewards despite having the top healing on either team:

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/5520/50773366.jpg

Its not pre-made or lose. It is Win or get crappy rewards...seems right to me.

you comment would make sense if it wasn't for the fact that you are only 1 of 8 players on a team, if there were no gear disparities, and if every match had the same number of players on each side.

because right now, you can be the best player in the world and get no rewards for it. which is the exact opposite of what defenders of this patch say they want (for skill and effort to be rewarded).

Do you win against pre-mades that are coordinated in BM/WH gear? If so good for you!

I'm stating that I can be the best person a losing team, it happens a lot. I was trying to help people visualize that effort is NOT contingent on rewards, just winning.

And as for the OP's originally thought.

LeBron James. Best Player on a losing team. Still gets paid more then Dirk, who just won a championship. He get's that much cause of his skills. I think that should be relative in WZ's. It was pre 1.2. Now, winning is the main source of Valor/Comms/Credits/Coolness. Don't matter how SKILLED you are, just win and you'll be fine.

He/She has 2 medals. You need at least 3 medals to get any sort of reward. BW has explicitly stated this. This is not the fault of the reward system, this is the fault of the player being a poor player. Top heals? Firstly, I can sit in a corner and heal someone taking false damage all day long too. Secondly, look at His/Her other stats. ZERO Objective Points, 1k Damage Dealt, 1 Kill. Judging from the 0 Objective Points, I'd wager this person did just that in my first statement. You honestly think this person deserved rewards for being almost completely useless?

yeah, it is easy to get medals....except for certain circumstances (like the one in the screen shot)

when your team gets facerolled by the other team (in particular because of gear and population imbalances), you can easily end up with too few medals.

you can't get a defender medal when your team can't take an objective. you can get kill medals when your team can't kill the other side. you can't get 75k damage or heals when you get stunned and die in 3 seconds because you have fewer teammates who are always dead so you are perpetually outnumbered.

moreover, you are actually saying that the guy was doing something WRONG by healing his arse off in a bad situation. that right there means there's a giant problem.

if it's "easy for you" to get a ton of medals, then you are not in that situation, but it really does happen.

On Voidstar, as a healer, I generally prefer to heal those fighting at the door from a distance, and not standing next to the door where the AoEs are going off and basically self marking yourself as a target.

Again, in most matches I have no problem getting 10+ medals. In the matches where your team just does not have a chance, I have walked away a few times with 0 medals. The system is fine as long as the match is somewhat competitive.

IMO, the real issue is that the top Premades all came out to test 1.2 and start working towards WH gear. That is giving some people some very bad experiences on the other side, with nothing to show for it. That is what is highlighting issues in a system that was designed for a rated WZ environment where matches are theoretically going to be somewhat even.

yeah, it is easy to get medals....except for certain circumstances

when your team gets facerolled by the other team (in particular because of gear and population imbalances), you can easily end up with too few medals.

you can't get a defender medal when your team can't take an objective. you can get kill medals when your team can't kill the other side. you can't get 75k damage or heals when you get stunned and die in 3 seconds because you have fewer teammates who are always dead so you are perpetually outnumbered.

if it's "easy for you" to get a ton of medals, then you are not in that situation, but it really does happen. don't be so self-absorebed to say that just because it isn't happening to you, it doesn't happen to others.

40 comms for doing 300k damgage in a warzone with 8 medals. Really funny guys...
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