I went into a Military Strike area this morning. I observed that you do not receive combat bonds, but powerplay "bonds" instead. The transactions panel only specifies how many powerplay bonds you have earned... And you only get one per ship destroyed. And it doesn't differentiate between Anacondas, Vipers... doesn't matter. One powerplay bond per ship destroyed. In my opinion, the larger ships should be worth more powerplay bonds.
And powerplay bonds are only worth 100CR each IIRC. That is hardly enough incentive for me to take part in the powerplay feature. I believe Frontier should give us more motivation to perform Powerplay actions and fight for control of the galaxy!
I was honestly expecting to receive at least the same amount of CR for taking part in a Military Strike that I would when taking out ships within a Conflict Zone. I was very disappointed to find out that you make much, much less.
As far as I've heard, any kind of powerplay activity is not very lucrative, until you reach the higher ranks. But the amount of money that you "lose" getting there can be quite vast. If I spent 20 hours in a week working for powerplay bonds in a Military Strike, I could make about 60,000 CR. I can make more than that from just one Anaconda kill in a Conflict Zone! And 20 hours spent in a High Intensity Conflict Zone could net me about 30,000,000 CR!
I have no idea how quickly I can rank up from taking part in Military Strikes to eventually earn the 50,000,000 CR per week bonus. But let's just say it took me 5 weeks to hit that rank. I played for 20 hours a week. I will have made 300,000 CR. If I had been in a CZ that entire time, I would've made about 150,000,000 CR. I understand that over time, it will be worth it, but many people are more interested in immediate rewards.
Anyway, hopefully you guys can see my dilemma. I hope to see some improvements to the profitability of Powerplay activities in the near future.
And powerplay bonds are only worth 100CR each IIRC. That is hardly enough incentive for me to take part in the powerplay feature. I believe Frontier should give us more motivation to perform Powerplay actions and fight for control of the galaxy!
I was honestly expecting to receive at least the same amount of CR for taking part in a Military Strike that I would when taking out ships within a Conflict Zone. I was very disappointed to find out that you make much, much less.
As far as I've heard, any kind of powerplay activity is not very lucrative, until you reach the higher ranks. But the amount of money that you "lose" getting there can be quite vast. If I spent 20 hours in a week working for powerplay bonds in a Military Strike, I could make about 60,000 CR. I can make more than that from just one Anaconda kill in a Conflict Zone! And 20 hours spent in a High Intensity Conflict Zone could net me about 30,000,000 CR!
I have no idea how quickly I can rank up from taking part in Military Strikes to eventually earn the 50,000,000 CR per week bonus. But let's just say it took me 5 weeks to hit that rank. I played for 20 hours a week. I will have made 300,000 CR. If I had been in a CZ that entire time, I would've made about 150,000,000 CR. I understand that over time, it will be worth it, but many people are more interested in immediate rewards.
Anyway, hopefully you guys can see my dilemma. I hope to see some improvements to the profitability of Powerplay activities in the near future.
