Spotting XP vs Kill Assists
So since Season 2 started with the new map, ive noticed a big uptake in players just going ham with spotting on the new map. They just lay in the grass as Casper with their spotting drone. And then...
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@JarskyPlays Spotting is extremely beneficial to a team and is usually the difference between winning and losing. You probably don’t get as many kills without them. Also, it’s not particularly enjoyable to sit back and run a drone all game… just be glad you have them and don’t worry about the leaderboard. After all it’s not like there’s medals or ribbons for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd anymore…
I would get the vast majority of those kills without the spot spamming.
Why should those who dont contribute to the kill, get a kill assist? When theyve already received points/bonus for spotting?
I don't care if they want to lie in the grass the entire map, thats their choice to play like that.
But my point is they have no motiviation to actually put up any aggression against the enemy which in a Breakthrough mode is vital.
if they arent doing damage to a player or vehicle, they shouldnt be rewarded with the Kill Assist bonus on top of the spotting XP.
And perhaps there should be Ribbons introduced back into the game like BF4. It's those kind of rewards that make for rewarding gameplay and get people actually moving.
When you dont have rewards for meaningful contributions, then it just becomes a big sandbox.
Heres a game I just played..switching to Casper for 1/2 the round.
I just sat there with a drone, got 32k XP for this round just sitting on the drone for 3 out of 5 sectors, lying there doing nothing.
1st place didnt leave outcap once, and didnt switch from Casper drone once (i had to switch because we werent going to actually take the objective, we won this match by 30 tickets). This is basically every match right now, using the Kill Assists to XP farm towards the Battle Pass.
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