Combat: Difference between revisions
Updated the combat experience table for odyssey's removal of the zeroing and added notes/references for the change. |
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*Thargoid Scouts were originally Elite-ranked NPC units, and rewarded the highest possible amount of Combat rank experience when destroyed. Given the relative ease and quickness with which large numbers of Scouts could be destroyed compared to other Elite-ranked ships, this made Scout hunting the most efficient method of rising in Combat rank. Frontier Developments reduced the rank of Thargoid Scouts on December 8, 2020 as part of a series of balancing changes, ending their dominance of the Combat rank meta.<ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/game-balancing-pt-3.560418/ Frontier Forums: Game Balancing Pt.3]</ref> | *Thargoid Scouts were originally Elite-ranked NPC units, and rewarded the highest possible amount of Combat rank experience when destroyed. Given the relative ease and quickness with which large numbers of Scouts could be destroyed compared to other Elite-ranked ships, this made Scout hunting the most efficient method of rising in Combat rank. Frontier Developments reduced the rank of Thargoid Scouts on December 8, 2020 as part of a series of balancing changes, ending their dominance of the Combat rank meta.<ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/game-balancing-pt-3.560418/ Frontier Forums: Game Balancing Pt.3]</ref> | ||
*All ranks above Elite (Elite I-V) were added in ''[[Elite Dangerous: Odyssey]]''. | *All ranks above Elite (Elite I-V) were added in ''[[Elite Dangerous: Odyssey]]''. | ||
*Odyssey release patch has notably "removed the zeroing out of Rank Progression points for Combat and Mercenary Rank when killing an enemy a given number of ranks below you."<ref>https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-dangerous-odyssey-patch-notes.575175/</ref> It remains to be tested how much experience those rank differences give and if this is also applied to the Horizons client. | |||
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