Points for gorge healing
Koun
Join Date: 2012-10-31 Member: 165023Members
Join Date: 2012-10-31 Member: 165023Members
Well the suggestion is in the title :)
I think it would be nice if you'd get some points for healing things as a gorge.
I sometimes find myself healing most of the round and yet, on the scoreboard, it looks like i did diddly-squat all round long.
You might say that i should be doing other things too and while that's true - sometimes i simply don't have the time for it and it would be nice if my healing efforts would at least somewhat be reflected on the scoreboard.
I realize that some people really don't care about the scoreboard, fair enough.
But personally i think it at the very least allows you to see who is active and who isn't - except in this case.
I think it would be nice if you'd get some points for healing things as a gorge.
I sometimes find myself healing most of the round and yet, on the scoreboard, it looks like i did diddly-squat all round long.
You might say that i should be doing other things too and while that's true - sometimes i simply don't have the time for it and it would be nice if my healing efforts would at least somewhat be reflected on the scoreboard.
I realize that some people really don't care about the scoreboard, fair enough.
But personally i think it at the very least allows you to see who is active and who isn't - except in this case.
Comments
I find gorge gameplay to be fairly satisfying at the moment (though it could still use a bit more functionality), but the scoreboard leaves much to be desired when you consider what a gorge(s) can offer:
<ul><li>Speed building for quick res, quick upgrades, and/or map expansion.</li><li>Healing friendlies.</li><li>Maintaining buildings that have been cut off from cysts long enough for your comm to repair the chain(s).</li><li>Zipping across the map constantly to save hives/harvesters/forward camps.</li><li>Offensive/defensive clogging (Ceiling gorge watches your every move!).</li><li>Bile bombing to save your team from Exo/Arc rushes, and/or providing great offensive support.</li><li>Team morale+5 from watching you drift around. :D</li><li>Plump target to keep random Marines distracted.</li></ul>
As has been suggested, there should really be assist points.
The odd hydra/spit kills are fun, but bile bomb seems to be the only real way to get some solid recognition on the scoreboard (aside from just evolving to a different species for awhile, which I often do as needed ). And that is still dependent on getting the final hit/tick on the structures.
Commanders seem to suffer from the same low score dilemma, even if they jump out randomly to assist as a skulk or something. Seems odd to have such a disparity in scores, considering how much comms & gorge (can) contribute to their team.
Hope to see some improvements to score calculations in a future content patch. :)