Too grindy

[Judge]

just came back to the game after a long break, found out credits are much harder to obtain, encounter matches used to get me around 5000 with a rank 10 soldier, now they give me around 2500 with a rank 12.
I think reto isnt earning enough money out of gold and premimum, as they have only been realeasing very minor updates, in another thread they said they were working on "mission critical" things, would it be so rude as to ask what these are?

[★eZ★]

Hopefully your country might make an enterance into the game soon.

[Cowman1800]

If you've just come back from a long break that will probably be why you're not earning as many credits anymore. You credit earnings are directly related to your performance in battle (more precisely your score in the battle) so, as you've been away for a while, you're going to be a bit out of practice and probably won't be doing as well in battle (meaning you receive less credits).

The reason for the minor updates are two main things:
1. As you mentioned, the mission critical stuff - This mainly refers to lots of backend changes and developer tool updates. These things have been somewhat neglected for a long time and are required to continue proper development of the game. It's not so great for the players now but if it isn't done there might not be a game to play in the future.

2. The vehicle overhaul - This is the main "project" (other than mission critical things) which is currently being worked on by Reto. It basically involves a complete rework of how all vehicles work including improved physics, modular damage for tanks, and terrain affecting vehicle performance. There's too much to talk about all of it here but if you're interested I have a thread explaining just about everything.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/227940/discussions/0/1620599015898385975/

[Judge]

Originally posted by ★ eZ ★:

Hopefully your country might make an enterance into the game soon.

hope so, would play all day if it was :)

[SgtSludge]

I must be doing something wrong - I average 5k-8k Credits on my Rank 11 Guy.

[Judge]

Originally posted by SgtSludge:

I must be doing something wrong - I average 5k-8k Credits on my Rank 11 Guy.

This was for your average length skirmish game, for assault I get around/ a little less than 5-8k

[Syntax]

Show me your scoreboard from that game. Then I'll tell you what you did wrong.

[Judge]

Don't have that / know how to, but about 800 score, 17kills 9 deaths is my average sort of game

Originally posted by Syntax:

Show me your scoreboard from that game. Then I'll tell you what you did wrong.

[baddog]

Originally posted by Jack:

Don't have that / know how to, but about 800 score, 17kills 9 deaths is my average sort of game

Capping and defending, or sniping at distance?

You earn your salary per battle, then also earn extra credits based on your score, you will score the most in cap points normally, as you get points for the cap as well as extra points for kills inside and around cap point when shooting out.

Snipers tho will earn no extra points, only for their kills, and dont forget the heavy repair costs of a fully modded 0HK rifle, it costs for every shot fired hit or miss.

And ofc everything that goes boom costs you more than it costs the guy dying (especially AP mines).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LXk60tIhLo

[SgtSludge]

I miss using my Ap Mines. I do admit they cost alot.
I remember the day when people used them alot.

[DemocracyHardt]

To be honest, the income system they implemented early last year isn't too bad, especially after they fixed the defending bonus last hotfix.
It actually encourages players to do things that are potentially important (capping/ defending/ not bushwookieing).
The income for encounter rounds always was rather low, since you often don't get many caps and some teams simply not fighting atall. This leaves you either capping once and getting a few kills or never capping and getting the occasional kill in your way to the point.
Skirmish and assault are better options if you want to make credits.
Another important aspect of you income are your repair costs. So don't spam grenades, choose and mod your weapons intelligently and you should be fine.