Duct Tape stats

hi all

why i can't see how many points i've done with my fabulous triple tapes at the end of a battle? It will be a very small mod.





take your bandages!

 

You're totally right. It would be good to see how much you heal yourself instead of your team lol

 

i see many times i made more damage (with my only EC) than some teammates whit shooter...it worth heal myself...teammates only have to look at us like another damage boat, not fixing boat, i also say follow me . negative . negative.

 

You probably do more damage because you last twice as long as them with DTs. I get your point but it's kind of pointless seeing how much you've tanked. There's no skill behind healing yourself with DTs so why show it at the end.

 

Yes, I agree that managing weapon cooldown takes skill but running three duct tapes does not. Its a matter of hoping the unfriends don't do more damage than what your duct tapes can heal.

For duct tapes to count as 'healing', you'd need to explain to the entire player base that they will now have to compete with fixers who do more damage/healing than them by simply pushing a button. That would never work.

 

I'd be happy if self-healing was captured as a seperate stat to team healing, just so we know how much is being done. It's still not ideal that it's not represented anywhere and as a fixer, I find it a bugbear.

 

This topic had crossed my mind a month or so ago while playing selfish fixer in the duos event. I thought to myself 'why can't I see how much healing I've done? It should count towards the end result just like other healing items do'. But then it hit me.. Oh yeah, imagine a game where fixers are encouraged to play the selfish fixer play style and where using multiple duct tapes gives you considerably more healing contribution than with other healing weapons.

I'll give you an example. A Mk6 fixer is running two weapons (insert whichever two and one slot weapons you want here), two repair bolts and a pulse, finishing a match with 7,000 damage and 15,000 healing.

For the second match that same Mk6 fixer runs the same two weapons, but this time opting for three duct tapes which now contribute to the end result. Now because he has significantly higher sustain through the duct tapes, he's able to last twice as long. Obviously this isn't completely accurate, its just hypothetical at this point. So for this match he deals 13,000 damage and 18,000 self healing. The match ends and the second ship has a total of 31,000, dwarfing the first match. Now tell me why on earth would anyone choose to play the fixer in the first example? Not only do you have more contribution which counts towards stars, gold and sugar but you also didn't have to shoot a green slot weapon skill shot once. You can't miss with a duct tape. The only thing that you could are as a counter to this would be tesla bolts but the same could be said for any other weapon in the game.

If you want people abusing the selfish fixer role and to change the game meta completely then keep pushing this agenda.

 

If seeing your duct tape healing without it contributing is that important to you then go for it. Perhaps the devs can fix the rest of the game while they're at it.

 

Yeah fair enough. Then I support ya

 

Something to help with that communication... show your teammates loadouts in the pregame loading screen. This would also help when you have a triple mine layer on your team. Pretty often I see someone wall off an area with mines then people just avoid that section of the map. If I know that there's a high probability those are all my teammates mines then I can try to bait enemies into the wall.
Granted it's pretty easy to spot a selfish fixer after following them for a bit but to know before hand would alleviate the headache of figuring it out.

 

I've also suggested a damage/healing breakdown based on indvidual items in the after action report. There is already a system to track them for guild and personal quests, all it would require is fabricating a UI.

 

i said that..only stats, not contributions.

 

Indeed, this can actually easily be done. Team heals shows up in green color, so just place the self heals as blue color under it. I as a defender also need to know how well I'm using my bandage.

 

I agree, though the numbers will probably just make people more mad at us