bigbobsr Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Kill a Drone get the same credit all round as if you have killed a ship in Death Match and Domination. This might cut down the number a bomber would put out. Might make the placement of drones more creative. Just a thought, please discuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALaggyGrunt Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Not that much. Maybe half or a third, or maybe a lot of bonus req? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altheran Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Count the same as Req/participation, or as domination points ? Or both ? I'd disagree a lot if it were about domination points. Drones and mines are easily destroyable, too easily destroyable and much less deadly to be on the same level of a player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbobsr Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 (edited) I was thinking (it hurts really bad) maybe 5 drone kills = 1 ship kill in death match for the opposing team? Player gets 2 ship req points per drone kill? In any match. Edited February 16, 2014 by bigbobsr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verain Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 For requisition, it would be reasonable to assign a small amount- like a fifth or a fourth. It's trivial to kill a drone compared to a player, as the drone is stationary and has less health and shields. However, it definitely does take away from total damage done to player targets. Clearly it should not count for a kill in TDM- that would be awful. Not even a fraction of a kill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaivers Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 If I'm not mistaken they already do count as kills. Check the battle record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolo_Yeung Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I disagree. As it was stated before, drone is too easy to destroy - just sitting in place. I would rather give a small comms bonus (for instance 1 comm for mine, 5 for drone). That would reward destroying drones, but wouldn't cause imbalance to the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armonddd Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 If I'm not mistaken they already do count as kills. Check the battle record. They're counted separately from player kills, and rightfully so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korithras Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Are you high? Having some automated mine or turret that does the killing for you count? All you did was drop the thing, not like you did any actual shooting yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoloGrinder Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Kill a Drone get the same credit all round as if you have killed a ship in Death Match and Domination. This might cut down the number a bomber would put out. Might make the placement of drones more creative. Just a thought, please discuss. Awesome suggestion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaivers Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 They're counted separately from player kills, and rightfully so. On the Battle Record under Total Kills it says "Your total kills including other players, drones and objective(s)." Only other stat category I see is "Total Objective Turrets Killed". Am I missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zharik Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Clearly it should not count for a kill in TDM- that would be awful. Not even a fraction of a kill. ^ This. Cause yeah I could see people flying bombers "helping" the other side win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzina Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I disagree. This would encourage leaving the bomber alive to continually drop drones as you follow it farming ship-req. No, that is not a good mechanic. You kill the drones because you want the ship req of the kill + the ship req of the cap. That encourages team driven play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbobsr Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 A bomber gets credit for all the kills/assists it's drones do, why shouldn't the drone kills/assists count at least partially so? Right now drone kills count for nothing in game from what I have seen. When I have been in a game where I haven't killed any players but taken out drones it shows 0 kills for me and only the assists I did against actual players. I don't think you even get any ship req points for them either. I could be mistaken. Maybe a medal award system for drone kills as for sat defense turrets? With the appropriate nerffed points awarded. If there is actual evidence or official BW or SWTOR site that list what targets give what points I would like to know. Yes the points probably need to be nerffed vs ship kills. I mentioned 5 drone kills = 1 ship kill OR at least 1 ship req point per drone..........some kind of reward (again if any given please tell us where this may be verified). I am not QQing about bombers or the pilots and such. Just want some credit of some kind for killing drones that's all. If I am totally wrong about not getting any credit I apologize, I am not to good about figuring this out. Thanks for your comments...................bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zharik Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 A bomber gets credit for all the kills/assists it's drones do, why shouldn't the drone kills/assists count at least partially so? Right now drone kills count for nothing in game from what I have seen. When I have been in a game where I haven't killed any players but taken out drones it shows 0 kills for me and only the assists I did against actual players. I don't think you even get any ship req points for them either. I could be mistaken. Maybe a medal award system for drone kills as for sat defense turrets? With the appropriate nerffed points awarded. If there is actual evidence or official BW or SWTOR site that list what targets give what points I would like to know. Yes the points probably need to be nerffed vs ship kills. I mentioned 5 drone kills = 1 ship kill OR at least 1 ship req point per drone..........some kind of reward (again if any given please tell us where this may be verified). I am not QQing about bombers or the pilots and such. Just want some credit of some kind for killing drones that's all. If I am totally wrong about not getting any credit I apologize, I am not to good about figuring this out. Thanks for your comments...................bob This is like saying that your missile gets a kill, so avoiding a missile should count for your side, cause they wasted a missile. Don't allow someone to help the other side, without a suicide... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEATHICIDE Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 I think we should get small amounts of req for drone/mine kills, but no way should anyone ever be awarded a kill on the scoreboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zharik Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 I think we should get small amounts of req for drone/mine kills, but no way should anyone ever be awarded a kill on the scoreboard. You do? Counts like defensive turrets in domination. Or did I read that wrong on the earnings screen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zharik Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 http://aisthesis.shivtr.com/gallery_images/679862 Drones count already for requisition earned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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