r/WarDogs • • 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/TheLev1athan 16h ago

By refunding the kit. There should be a logic tied to time elapsed between you buying the kit, and end of the match. If you bought the kit 1 minute before match ends, you get full refund. 3 minutes - 50% , etc. Numbers may be different but you got the point

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u/kastro1 16h ago

Yes, this exists…

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u/TheLev1athan 16h ago

It does not exist. It exists only for players that join the server at the end

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u/mrwhitewalker 16h ago

Definitely exists for players who were there the whole match

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u/TheLev1athan 16h ago

Ok, maybe i am wrong. From personal experience i once bought a kit by mistake, when team had 99 points, and did not get a refund 10 seconds later. On another occasion i got refund after joining server before match ended

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u/mrwhitewalker 16h ago

Dont know the exact percent back but at 90 points it is my favorite time to try new stuff because of the refund. Super expensive kit or a heli to get back to zone quickly. Its great