iceperson Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 1. Stop stacking alacrity. 2. Start stacking crit/surge. 3. ????????? 4. Profit!!! you mean the stat that just got nerfed that this thread was created over? hmm, maybe i need to reread that patch notes. did the nerf not affect heals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternalFinality Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 As a combat spec Sentinel, no ability I have can crit for 5k, even on fresh 50 no expertise players with an expertise stim on. That was before the surge nerf. I'll NEVER get it now. So who exactly is this worthless medal for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groncho Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Make medals a non rewarding achievement, you get them, but don't get extra valor + commendations, problem solved for: - people farming medals instead of objectifs - Healers feelings robbed - people farming medals instead of objectifs - OPs problem - people famring medals instead of objectifs Nah but serioulsy, STOP FARMING MEDALS INSTEAD OF OBJECTIFS! "I'm just gonna quickly run of by myself, don't come and help me I want my medal!" Random Player 1 - Hey Random Sorc, why are you running into the flames? Random Player 2 - To get my medal of course MIT - harvard has spoken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblazen Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 With the last few patches nerfing the max damage people are putting out, it's obvious you don't want people dishing out 5k damage hits. Before the scrapper nerf getting 5k hits was trivial. After the nerf I would maybe see one 5k damage medal a day if that. Now with the nerf to surge I doubt I'll ever see the medal again. And it isn't just me, (I'm rank 70 btw) I'm always checking highest damage hit after warzone matches. I might see someone with a hit over 5k once every blue moon. So why not tone the medal down to 4k? Hell I'll even take 4.5k. I think that would totally be fair. Thoughts? How do you check who had the highest dmg hit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimyd Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 you mean the stat that just got nerfed that this thread was created over? hmm, maybe i need to reread that patch notes. did the nerf not affect heals? Surge being nerfed does not make alacrity any better lol. In the matches that I've played today with one of my healing buddies, he got his 5k healing medal every single game. I've done enough matches to already have my weekly finished and then some. I've seen ONE person hit over 5k ONCE today (Sniper). How many people do you see getting the 5k damage medal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimyd Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 How do you check who had the highest dmg hit? Mouse over damage done when the scoreboard comes up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceperson Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 In the matches that I've played today with one of my healing buddies, he got his 5k healing medal every single game. haha. i'm calling BS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savish Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 New gear will eventually be released and will allow people to hit harder, so just because you can't get it now doesn't mean it won't be possible later on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exphryl Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 In a mix of BM/PvE Gear with a lot of +power I get the 5K Damage Medal every match. (Although I can see it being near impossible for lesser geared DPS) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bicuspid Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 hit for 5k every game with my guardian, not my fault you guys dont stack power Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaakkeli Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 As a combat spec Sentinel, no ability I have can crit for 5k, even on fresh 50 no expertise players with an expertise stim on. That was before the surge nerf. I'll NEVER get it now. So who exactly is this worthless medal for? Rage specced Juggs, Marksman specced Snipers and Republic equivalents. Still hard for a Sniper though, you have to hit a low armor target with no shields on while using your adrenals and relics and then happen to crit on Ambush (and you get one try per adrenal and relic cooldown). They could change the medal to "do X damage to a single player in Y seconds". That would actually be an interesting medal and would fulfill the purpose of giving something to DPS classes as it could easily be made demanding enough that tanks and healers could not get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohawksinspace Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Remove the damage in one it medals entirely and replace them with something based on match performance rather than class/spec/gear check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JP_Legatus Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Remove the damage in one it medals entirely and replace them with something based on match performance rather than class/spec/gear check. This. Why are we rewarding damage and kills and heals in objective games where the objectives aren't to kill, cause damage, or heal in the f*cking first place? Funny how there are no medals for scoring goals? Or for completing 5 passes? Or for stealing the ball 5 times? Or for capturing 5 turrets? Or for planting 5 bombs? No, by all means, continue to reward people who haven't been near the huttball once in the entire 15 minute game because they "caused a lot of damage" so warzone continues to be nothing but a death match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimyd Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 So almost a week after the nerf to surge. Who out there is getting 5k damage medals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChickChaser Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 sorry, you're wrong. the 5k heal medal is NOT a given even for a well geared healer. that you think the 5k dmg medal should be a given tells me it's been way too easy for far too long.This^^^^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MastaGigs Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Medals are a bonus. They are not the goal of WZs. Stop being fixed on them so much. Then make them mean less, and change daily's from Win to played. See that, now people have a reason to play the map and pvp not leave at the first sight of it going sour or being useless and farm medals the whole game and ignore the objective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obelith Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 I'm quite happy with the 5k medal. I just wish they would include execute hits. As a madness assassin I hate getting a 4.5k Assassinate and still not getting my damn 2.5k medal because it kills them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humankeg Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 (edited) 5k medals should be lowered, as only a couple classes can actually achieve it. I run a geared ( minimum of Champ, 5 pieces of BM geared powertech), and the highest crits I hit are 4300. That is with all cool downs going, even on badly geared players. No I am not bad. No I do not need to L2P. That is just the way my class is designed. I run on a server in which most player (pube and imp) are very geared. At least half the members of each team are sporting 450+ expertise. At the end of the match, there is MAYBE one person that gets this medal, and its always the same class. No reason why some classes are not physically capable of getting it, while for others its something they can get with-in 30 seconds of a match. Edited February 21, 2012 by Humankeg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archaar Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Make medals a non rewarding achievement, you get them, but don't get extra valor + commendations, problem solved for: - people farming medals instead of objectifs - Healers feelings robbed - people farming medals instead of objectifs - OPs problem - people famring medals instead of objectifs Nah but serioulsy, STOP FARMING MEDALS INSTEAD OF OBJECTIFS! "I'm just gonna quickly run of by myself, don't come and help me I want my medal!" Random Player 1 - Hey Random Sorc, why are you running into the flames? Random Player 2 - To get my medal of course Yeah, I got flamed at for killing someone near a turret in Alderaan, the person doing the flaming was trying to get his solo medal and I was like "I don't care about medals, I'm defending the objective" Bad players focus on medals, good players focus on the objectives of the warzone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karandor Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 5 pages all about 5 commendations and 50 valor? W T F Get a life people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apocalypse- Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Yeah, I got flamed at for killing someone near a turret in Alderaan, the person doing the flaming was trying to get his solo medal and I was like "I don't care about medals, I'm defending the objective" Bad players focus on medals, good players focus on the objectives of the warzone. To be fair, there is a difference between helping kill someone and sniping a medal. If you only added one attack to the fight and the other person wasn't in danger of dying, it was rather rude. To the point of the thread, Yes. After the surge Nerf, Snipers/Gunslingers are the only class that's going to get the 5k damage medal without requiring a very under-geared player to do so. Sent/Mara can get close, but need the stars to align to actually get the medal (all self-buffs plus someone debuffing the target's armor). Sad thing is Sent/Mara have a skill that regularly hits for ~6k, but it's split into Main/Off-hand attacks and the game doesn't take a 4400 and a 1600 hit off the same skill at the same time to be a 5k hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeterno Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 This. Why are we rewarding damage and kills and heals in objective games where the objectives aren't to kill, cause damage, or heal in the f*cking first place? Funny how there are no medals for scoring goals? Or for completing 5 passes? Or for stealing the ball 5 times? Or for capturing 5 turrets? Or for planting 5 bombs? No, by all means, continue to reward people who haven't been near the huttball once in the entire 15 minute game because they "caused a lot of damage" so warzone continues to be nothing but a death match. I know most people don't ever notice it but there actually is an "ojective points" column at the end. Maybe if they colored the numbers there into gold/silver/bronze... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbocat Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 They are adding 14 new medals the warzone`s, so hsut up already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMKSED Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 DPS Shadow - Can't get 5k hit. Tank Guardian - Can get an AoE 5k hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaidax Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 So, you can't get 5k damage medal? Boo hoo, and I can't get protection/healing medals on my sniper... Life's a *****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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