Titan Bonus Reward for doing the most damage with each particular ship.

[DemiserofD]

Titans are fun and all, but they become a bit stilted after a while, with many people using the same ships.

This got me thinking; why not encourage some variety?

What if, IN ADDITION to the bonus 400 ARX for being in the top 25% of damage to the core, there were a supplementary 400 ARX for dealing the MOST damage with each given ship?

For example, if you're the only player there in a Sidewinder, then even though you did relatively little damage, you'll still get 500 ARX; 100 for doing damage at all, and 400 more for dealing the most damage in a Sidewinder!

And if you are not only able to deal the most damage of anyone using that ship, but also deal in the top 25%, then you can get a total of 800 ARX!

As there are only around 40 ships, this would only be about 16000 extra ARX being distributed at most, so the difference in terms of giveaways would be pretty small. But it would make things more entertaining, especially for the players who have done it 4 times already!

What do you think? I think it would be pretty fun!

 

[aRJay]

But it also feels a little like school sports day where there are prizes for every competitor.

 

[Aleks Zuno]

What do you think? I think it would be pretty fun!

I think I would hesitate a bit to meddle with the already-tenuous reward system, but definitely start with publishing various statistics tables! Seeing Titan damage by starship, weapon and such would be quite fun indeed.

For example, if you're the only player there in a Sidewinder, then even though you did relatively little damage, you'll still get 500 ARX; 100 for doing damage at all, and 400 more for dealing the most damage in a Sidewinder!

In the case of a Sidewinder, actually just reaching the Titan is challenge enough—the turbulent Maelstrom around it pushes the Sidewinder around like a leaf in a strong breeze!

I would be quite surprised if anyone manages that with just one Caustic Sink and the Pulse Neutraliser, presumably stays quiet with only Thermal Vent, has only a class 1 Gauss with Zone protection for damage and has another Commander around to freeze the vents, yet still gets 2 million credits from the core. The 1A Distributor barely supports a Beam laser!