One issue that i noticed with the new shepard system since i have been trying it out with the new update, is that most people ask for backup for quick stuff instead of prolonged playing sessions so i never filled a single bar. Many times it has been with doing a bounty or two, and maybe a lv4 CP instead, this doesn't fully fill the full bar and instead makes so you lose it when the person leaves the group, so i have gotten close to filling the bar twice and the person, who called for help, leaves since they have no reason to need for me to stick around after they completed their bussness with my help
I think the game should store on what you helped the person, so you can either level up by filling an blue XP bar or helping 5 different bounties, otherwise people will just use matchmaking for most content that negates the need for backup, since it's only used for very small things
imo they should add the ability to endorse after every major activity (mission/sidemission, control point or bounty), and then just endorse the amount that was generated up to that point, even if it is no full bar
at the same time the sheperd should be able to be endorsed multiple times in a single session to accomodate the smaller packeges of sheperd-exp you get endorsed, maybe up to a cap of 2-3 bars
Originally Posted by Merphee Go to original post
sadly it only works for replaying the mission, as you wont get any exp from completing a story mode mission, and you get reduced exp per kill when helping people below WT5, down to almost no exp at lvl <5