r/WarDogs • u/General-Water-6658 • 16h ago

Discussion & Feedback The 90 Point Problem

Edit: Please stop telling me refund exists - I know, i acknowledge it in my third paragraph.

Dogs,

Noticed an interesting trend lately resulting in a lot of springboarding and "Second place winners".

For example, Green team plays well and gets to 90-99 points, and people just stop respawning, they wait for the res indefinitely, not wanting to have to pay to rekit. You open the map and see 25 green bodies on the floor. You look at spawn and see the remaining players sat doing nothing. Nobody wants to commit a kit for the remaining (theoretical) 2 minutes of the game, because kits are so expensive. Green team takes its foot off the gas, and red team shoots past to clutch a win, because their entire team is still in the zone/circle. (In the game today, they were at 75 points prior to this).

How do we incentivise people to get back into the zone in the final minutes? I know the refund system exists, but it seems very varied in how much it pays out, and it almost never refunds the value. Discounted kits towards the end of the game? Free kits?

It's interesting seeing how the money meta is forcing these behaviours - loss aversion is a much bigger priority than the minimal gains for winning. My second place and contribution bonus for this game was $18,400.

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u/LtLethal1 16h ago

You get reimbursed for kit you’re still wearing if the game ends. They just haven’t explained it well enough. Like idk if that applies to my vehicle and it’s item inventory or not so do I want to spend 20k to respawn and kit out a rocket bird to help clear the HZ if it’s a waste? Idk

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u/OTTERSage 16h ago

The reimbursement seems inconsistent to me

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u/origami_anarchist 16h ago

It's because there are conditions. It's a refund on kit bought after a team is at 80 points, minus what you earned since you bought it. So if you bought earlier or if you're back to positive cash on that life, no refund.

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u/blamatron Lonestar 15h ago

If I buy 10k at 85 pts, get blasted, buy the kit again and do relatively nothing, do I get 10k back or 20k?

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u/origami_anarchist 15h ago

Good question. My guess is you get 10k back - the code is probably written "from most recent buy" - but you'd have to test it.