Idea Medic Support Credits?

I like the idea to do something to encourage more the supporting class in game! Support is pretty important and maybe giving credits for that will make players realized it.

 

I've wanted to see more credits awarded to participating Medics for a long time. My most recent thought on it is to give the Medic an XP meter function that represents how many hearts worth of healing the Medic must bestow on teammates before they earn 1 credit for active role participation. Since attacking needs to dish out 10 hearts worth of damage to earn 2 credits in typical combat, it's fair to say that when a Medic heals 10 true hearts worth of health they should earn 1 credit (and 1 credit rather than 2 credits because no enemies are sent away as an inconvenience, and this credit earning potential is above and beyond the normal means of earning credits that are already in place).

If put into play, it could be determined by first checking that the healing cooldown is not in effect (obviously) then checking the life level of the teammate being healed at the instant the "heal-slap" from the Medic hits them (in case others are helping to heal too, like Chemist heal potions, Mage heals, or even using steaks). This way the progress awarded reflects what the Medic's potential healing was in that moment. If they were too slow, and a steak, Mage or Chemist healed the teammate a bit earlier then the Medic wouldn't earn as much progress toward their credit quota meter. If multiple Medics heal-slap a seriously injured teammate at the exact same time (or at least before the effect of any heal starts to kick in) then they'd ALL gain a good amount toward their credit quota because they all equally intended to heal that critical teammate and they all reached them at the same time. If something else like a steak goes into effect after the Medic heals, it shouldn't take away from the progress meter because by that time the Medic already offered help that had the potential to heal that same amount.

To encourage Medics to stay alive, the XP progress meter would reset to zero each time the Medic dies. However, when a Medic exceeds the required amount, they earn the credit AND the difference above and beyond would be retained toward their NEXT credit. For example, if a Medic is 2 hearts worth of healing shy of gaining a credit and then helps a badly injured teammate to heal them 8 hearts worth then the Medic would already be 6 hearts toward earning their next credit. This way, huge desperately needed heals are always encouraged and rewarded equally.

If a Medic gets too greedy with credits and begins to wait too long before landing bigger heals, then misjudging that timing can easily lead to fallen teammates...and perhaps a fallen Medic...which would mean a zeroed-out XP meter and a loss of all the current partial-credit progress. At the same time, a Medic who tries to spam too many heals with little effect isn't going about it quite right, so their meter will take awhile to build up when they're only healing a single heart's or half a heart's worth each time they wait for their healing cooldown, on a flag carrier who's taking a tiny bit of poison damage for example.

I predict a moderate amount of active Medic participation should offer a steady enough flow of credits for them. I also predict a new interesting dynamic of Medic teammate competition, which might lead to Medics spreading out a bit so that healing credit is less likely to be siphoned by other Medics. Also, since healing credits would be awarded based on a progressive meter, the rate can be tweaked if it turns out that too many or too few credits are being awarded for Medic efforts.

Granted, Medic efforts involve item refills too. And often those are more crucial than heals as far as the need for a specifically Medic's aid goes, but judging when that is done excessively vs. crucially is too difficult to determine how many credits to award for using that Medic perk skillfully. So, I'll put it this way: I'd personally give more credit in real life to the one who heals my nearly fatal injuries than the one who gives me stuff to carry around...so I suppose that can explain why one Medic service yields a credit reward and the other service does not? Ha ha.

 

Awesome idea c: maybe give credits for healing off debuffs too? Just a thought~

 

I like the credit for healing flag carrier. However, I feel like the two credit incentivizes stalemates a little bit. But yeah, I'm all for any new ways to get credits.