Support and game XP quests

(extraordinaryEmperor) #1

Support and game xp quests should be reduced a bit as they are unreliable to gain, meaning you could actually spend more games played to finish them than you do with ‘games played’ quests.

(Harlot) #2

Game XP isn’t awful you main engineers. But the support XP is rough and seems to take forever, even playing Kira and putting your ammo station in spawn so everybody runs by it.

(Ghosthree3) #3

Game XP isn’t too bad, as long as you get one good attacker round where you do the majority of the objectives you’re set. The steady income of Game XP on defense is also solid.

(Amerika) #4

For Game XP I just run Proxy since she’s faster than any other engineer and I try to get on attacking side of chapel. EV repair/escort is a LOT of game XP. Also, first part of Underground is great as attackers. Basically, if you have Game XP make sure you’re on attackers.

Support XP though…that really needs to be changed. It’s insane. I now have many many friends who play DB and every single one of them hates Support XP missions and most of them cancel out of them.

(absorbedRondo) #5

Support XP can be done with dropping ammo, just keep throwing them when ever you have ammo packs.

(Amerika) #6

It’s not that it can be done that way. It’s the amount of time it takes to complete the mission doing that or any other way really compared to Combat or GameXP or any other mission in the game.

(extraordinaryEmperor) #7

The thing about game xp is that it’s reliant on your team mates ignoring objectives or you somehow getting to them before others can. So game XP is very optimal where:

  1. EV maps. On offence, if you’re the only one repairing and pushing, then you’ll get a lot of xp. If on defence, you’re entirely reliant on your enemies repairing it, while you going skyhammer and airstriking it whenever it’s up. Otherwise you’re stuck with just sitting on the point for a measly 10xp.

  2. Bomb maps. You’re the one who bombs/repairs everything.

So while game xp can be gained quite quickly if you happen to do everything, it’s kind of reliant on your team mates to not do anything as well. I think they should add more ways for attack to gain game xp.

(Ghosthree3) #8

I just spent an entire game on Chapel defense AFK holding my air strike marker to get the EV the moment it went up. Then my god damn team had to go and actually be good for once and prevented them getting it up and repairing it subsequently for a long long time.

(Aazhyd) #9

Support XP is easy. Just play Skyhammer and drop ammo around your team mates like crazy. Also help one up every now and then.

(frolicsomeCrane) #10

Game XP : Any engineer, get to the objectives and plant/repair asap

Support XP: Arty, Skyhammer, Kira, the medics, I personally prefer Skyhammer and throw ammo everywhere.

(Fleshpound) #11

Support XP is really long but it was meant to take a time.

Drop ammo/health packs and ammo/health stations on spawns or most obvious defense positions like Bridge Drug Samples room or Barricade generator.

They will give you more than you think since most of them defend both(but less focus still goes for EV :I)

(subtleDoll) #12

Devs should repair the stopwatch mode, it’s boring that only the second round count for the true XP reward.

(extraordinaryEmperor) #13

The thing about game mode and support xp is that they tend to be inconsistent, that’s all. Whileas combat xp you can pretty much guarantee at least 2k a game unless it’s really quick.

(Ghosthree3) #14

This is fixed now.

(Cr4zy) #15

support xp is super easy with well placed sensors on vasilli.

(XavienX) #16

Support XP is horrible when you’re playin with Phantom.

(Jostabeere) #17

They’re both bad imo. They force you to change to a class you don’t play. But while Obj EXP is somehow doable with everyone on a relativelry fast rate, support isn’t possible with some classes. the mission should be changed to “Collect x Support/assault/objective EXP” and the mission get done if you collected those x EXP in one of the branch.

(Gi.Am) #18

The whole point of the mission system is to make you play things and ways you wouldn’t normaly do. Play/win a specific gamemode. Have specific mercs in your squad (including those on free rotation). Focus on objectives / support / combat.

Everyone has access to support Mercs (Aura/Skyhammer). Everyone can do objectives (not to forget you get game xp simply for defending).

Support XP and Game XP are indeed harder to get than combat XP but you need less XP to finish does missions compared to the combat XP mission.

(extraordinaryEmperor) #19

Well I guess I win, I got what a wanted haha.

(DMaster2) #20

For support XP spam revive with Sparks. I on the contrary struggle with game XP because i’m awful with engi and don’t use them ever.