Fire support XP with the new update

(PitmanE957) #1

The Containment War Update introduced something called ‘Fire Support XP’ into the game:

• Players who supply Ammo are now rewarded Fire Support XP, which is a bonus based on the amount of the Combat XP the recipient gains for the next 10s
• Reduced XP given when providing Ammo to 10XP per magazine (from 30XP)

I noticed having a very hard time now collecting support xp and with that xp in general. The main reason for that is because my xp gain is based on the performance of my team. And my team sucks…

How can I ****talk my team when I’m not first place but the noob who gave me ammo that one time? This is serious business!

Anyone else having problems getting support xp?

(Szakalot) #2

play a medic

(FireWorks) #3

I think we will see a tweak to fire support XP after its first evaluation.

The gain from healing and health insurance is a lot higher than the reduced ammo and Fire support from what I could tell so far.

@OP
If you want support XP, go play medic now.

(riptide) #4

[QUOTE=FireWorks;540587]I think we will see a tweak to fire support XP after its first evaluation.

The gain from healing and health insurance is a lot higher than the reduced ammo and Fire support from what I could tell so far.

@OP
If you want support XP, go play medic now.[/QUOTE]

The hilarious part of all this, is that the values are similar to what they were before the Fletcher patch back in April. The Fletcher update had something along the lines of “we are buffing support ability xp to encourage players to use them and to bring them in line with other mercs.”

It really is amusing watching the changes and then trying to figure out what they were thinking that day.

(Demolama) #5

Yeah ammo dispensed firesupport xp needs to be bumped just a bit because even with the insurance it still takes several maps to complete, where as the old way took maybe 2 maps depending on the mission. I can see why it was changed though-- so that players aren’t just getting xp for having dispensers in spawn. And I’m sure like me others used to get more support xp by being skyhammer than being a medic handing out med packs. Now it’s reversed. I get more xp being medic than I do being firesupport.

(Mustang) #6

I got laughed at for saying this was my worse change this patch.