EA Staff (Retired)Hey @DYSPROssium
Thank you for taking your time and preparing this amazing graph!
I'll pass it to our developers 🙂
/Ataashi
Hello @EA_Ataashi
I posted this exact same picture on other forums as well and got some information out of that.
It seems, that a lot of players disagree with each other which class earns the BP the fastest. IMO, that is great, since everyone has a different class that they are effective with and thus earn the BP. Since I have not done any time measurements, this graph is my subjective feeling, what I have experienced myself. It would be extremely hard to measure something like this on the client side.
Besides that, I had people agreeing with the enforcer/jumptrooper part. I think from the discussions I can conclude the following situation and summarize the solutions:
Current situation for GA
Current situation for smaller gamemodes (blast/strike/extraction)
Proposed solution for smaller gamemodes and GA
With these points, I hope the game gets some proper infantry enhancements in the future. That being said, I don't think this will take a lot of developer time since the cooldown system is already in the game for the LAAT. These changes allows for more variety on the battlefield.
/DYSPROssium
How did you measure the earnings of BP for each class? Seems a lot biased, though I agree with some aspects of it.
I can tell you from experience, that every class works differently on each map and each stage. Also, you can use different cards and change the playstyle completely for any class.
Any GA with ATAT or MTT is a heaven for heavies, open spaces are heaven for snipers long-range configuration, while closely packed spaces are perfect for snipers specialist configuration. Close corridors are perfect for officers, especially at choke points and assaults, they are the just universal flanking unit.
With each of these classes, you should know about strengths and weaknesses and only then you will understand, why I am sceptical to your proposals.
Regarding the armor tanks units, I agree with you, they are kind of low risk, though I would choose lower risk to describe them... and since I am here from the alpha launch, I can tell you, they have been significantly nerfed. But yes, BP earnings are big, on the other hand, you can melt them in no time, due to their size and lack of maneuverability.
Hello @Rogue_Manda_YT
As mentioned in my initial post, the graph is not created with calculations or time measurements but summarizes my observations throughout the beta until now in the game. Many people directly assume that a graph must be based on numbers only. If I had chosen not to make the graph, the initial post would be a bunch of text only. (besides that I liked to make it).
In addition, it would be impossible to accurately calculate the time it takes to become the hero's for the classes, since as you stated, it depends on map, phase, classes, team, bit of luck etc. The only one that could make a reliable graph would be DICE.
The main reason for making this post was the BP gain of enforcers and jumptroopers. They feel so useless in GA to me. I never see jumptroopers until the very end of the game (at which point they are only played if no heros are available). It would have been better if I had completely left out the normal classes in the graph though.
In conclusion, I just don't understand why AT-ST's can earn so many BP (and you can choose them again if you get a few kills and die), while jumptroopers and enforcers have a reduced BP gain. They aren't hero's, they're very easily killed with 200 hp and they take skill to master.
