question about assists

[taxi driver]

When does an assist count as assist?

Maybe if u deal more than 50% of the damage? And does it count for vehicles also?
Oh and sometimes i get 275 xp for an assist. Is that bonus (nemesis, high threat etc.) just dued to the current session or overall? (sometimes i get a revenge-bonus after the first kill)

Can somebody explain that to me?

thx in advance

[Baneblade]

You have to be one of the top 3 damage dealers to get an assist against any target. Which is why you can hit a Galaxy with two missiles and still not get anything when it goes down.

Assist xp is based on the kill xp iirc, if you ass me in killing a high threat, you get a high threat assist.

Revenge bonus is killing the player who killed you last.

[Lyghte]

Also , it depends on how much damage you did. For less damage you get a normal assist. If you did a lot of damage you get a critical assist and more xp.

[Baneblade]

Right, I think a crit assist is doing at least 51% of the damage.

[Lyghte]

Could you get a critical high threat assist? If so I think its the highest possible assist xp wise but does it give more xp than a standard kill?

[Baneblade]

I'm pretty sure you can, I believe I've had them on occasion. But I'm also pretty sure Extreme Menace > High Threat

[taxi driver]

yeah, i`ve also noticed a huge amount of XP for "special" assists. In the end they often happen unintenionally. And which of them are tracked in the stats @ PS2playersBeta?