Clarification on Borderland Ruins (Secure) mechanics

[Myon88]

There's been something bugging me since they reworked this map, and it's that the explanatory page they wrote for the mode leaves much to be desired. (https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...e/frontline/1/)

As you know, there are two resources pertinent to this mode. One is your amount of battle high, and the other is the scoreboard that determines who comes in 1st/2nd/3rd. The term they use to refer to the latter is ostensibly "Tactical Rating" as you can see here.



However right after that, under the subheader "Increasing Tactical Rating", they instead use the term "Tactical Points" to refer to said rating. Now you might think, okay, maybe tactical rating means the scoreboard as a mechanic in general, and tactical points refers to the precise numerical value on that scoreboard. Kinda clumsy, but logical enough.

Next, in the second instance where points are mentioned in this picture, they reference both points and rating, and it's completely ambiguous which one refers to battle high, and which one refers to the scoreboard.



If we assume that "raise the rating of the party that contributed the most" refers to the scoreboard, that means they're now using tactical points to describe battle high being accrued. If you assume the reverse, then they're now using rating to describe battle high instead, which is completely at odds with the whole section.

They do confusingly refer to battle high as 'rating' as well, but the first instance of this isn't until further down the page here.



So, my question is, which description of the interceptor drone mechanics is the correct one?

A: Everyone gets battle high proportional to damage dealt, only the party that contributed the most gets scoreboard progress.
B: Everyone gets scoreboard progress proportional to damage dealt, only the party that contributed the most gains battle high.

I'm kind of leaning toward B myself, but I want a second opinion and to also vent about how confusing the page is.

[NevaehQuest]

I think its the party(not alliances) that dose the most damage to the drones claim that drones bh. But the points will go the the parties alliance.

[Valence]

B is the way it works. The BH gained is always +10 for participants on the golden nodes only. Tactical scoreboard points are earned for every pve objective in a proportional value like in the older version of the map.

[Myon88]

Yeah I figured as much. The reason I think it's important is because either possibility greatly changes your behavior toward those drones in opposite ways.

With regards to the amount of points up for grabs from those drones, scoreboard points are generally more important than battle high progression. The latter is not hard to cap naturally if you play well, but the former is what actually wins the match and every point counts.

If the all-or-nothing component was scoreboard points, you'd want to be very sure you're only hitting drones that your alliance will be able to claim credit for. Since that isn't the case, you're more incentivized to steal hits on drones closer to enemies, as none of that damage will be going to waste.