Rewarding lancs

[pigeonstriker]

Hi, I've been playing here for a little while now, and lately I've noticed people are sometimes reluctant to be a lanc. I've noticed this most often in smaller games, < 6-8 per side.

 

I don't know why people are reluctant because I've never lanc-ed, but I guess the money and exp-making opportunities are less because lancs often don't get as many kills?

 

So how about rewarding team-player lancs, possibly by:

 

1. At the end of a flag game, giving lancs a higher winning / losing prize.

-Players could abuse this by switching to lancs as the game ends. So only reward those players that have been lancs longer than n minutes.

-Or only reward x players that have been lancs the longest per team (e.g. top-3 longest-serving lancs per team)

 

and/or

 

2. At the end of a flag game, give lancs "assist" money/exp.

-For all players that attached to a lanc during the game, give the lanc some percentage / formula of the money and exp that player earned during the game (e.g. 1 exp + $10 per attached player's 5 kills, or 2% of attached player's earned money+exp or something like that).

-The reward could be scaled according to the number of attaches / have some minimum number of attaches, to prevent players switching to lancs at the end.

-This would reward front-lancs nicely, but back-lancs probably get relatively fewer attaches, so reward back-lancs with the longest-serving lancs described in #1.

[Dr Brain]

Lancs already get money from every player that attaches to them. They get twice as much if they have a summoner.

[vetta64]

Money rewards are not the issue.

 

1. Very little exp

2. Very boring

3. Very boring

 

I make more money with lanc than by rush but that does not help the fact that it is boring.

 

4. Very boring

Edited April 26, 2010 by vetta64

[Cheese]

its extremely hard for a non 'rush' lanc to get kills...

and still difficult for those that are

Edited April 26, 2010 by Cheese

[»Xog]

Lancs already get money from every player that attaches to them. They get twice as much if they have a summoner.

 

 

I honestly did not know this, Brain.

[Cheese]

thats because you dont play hs and only post in the forum

[Lunatic High]

omg burned

[BZAP]

omg burned

I get $5 per attach with summon. Not sure how much non-summon lancs and lg/meds get. Is it true that lancs have a larger leech range? Do they get higher $ per leech kill?

[Samapico]

They get coupons for free fries at McDonald's

[Dr Brain]

omg burned

I get $5 per attach with summon. Not sure how much non-summon lancs and lg/meds get. Is it true that lancs have a larger leech range? Do they get higher $ per leech kill?

Yes to both.

[vetta64]

How do I redeem my mcfry coupons?

[»Xog]

thats because you dont play hs and only post in the forum

 

 

I honestly was being sarcastic, Cheese.

[Dr Brain]

If you were being sarcastic, and did know that lancs get attach money... why were you posting?

[»Xog]

If you were being sarcastic, and did know that lancs get attach money... why were you posting?

 

 

I must uphold my duty and express my rights as Xog, Poster of the Century.

[Enjoi?]

Allow spacemines on lanc?

[kid]

 

 

 

I must uphold my duty and express my rights as Xog, Poster of the Century.

I don't like you, and I think that most people don't like you.

[Lunatic High]

i have suspicions that he awarded himself that title

[»Xog]

http://www.ssforum.net/index.php?showtopic=24528&st=0&p=264028&&do=findComment&comment=264028

 

 

 

it's signed by everyone

[»Xog]

I must uphold my duty and express my rights as Xog, Poster of the Century.

I don't like you, and I think that most people don't like you.

 

 

http://i43.tinypic.com/ny7o5u.jpg

[Cheese]

i can not even begin to fathom what caused the situation in that photo

[kid]

They were being facetious; they really do not like you.

[Aileron]

Money rewards are not the issue.

 

1. Very little exp

2. Very boring

3. Very boring

 

I make more money with lanc than by rush but that does not help the fact that it is boring.

 

4. Very boring

 

you forgot:

 

5. Having your teammates using you as a meat shield

6. Putting up with your teammates blaming you for dying because they all used you as a meat shield.

[Lunatic High]

being verbally abused is hard stuff

[vetta64]

Its more a matter of, noone wants to do it but neither do they appreciate the person who actually lancs.

No exp + no respect = what's the point.

 

I also love when people claim that they have no lanc and some one else should do it, but yet they have rly nice tac levi or pd weasel etc and plenty of cash.

Priorities right?

[Cheese]

solution: lanc kills worth xp x2