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[veri745]

I ran some numbers based on my per-mech stats calculated the following metrics:

• * Damage per kill
  
  • Personal range: 352 - 696
• Damage per match
  
  • 200 - 525
• Kills per match
  
  • 0.4 - 1.1
• * Time played per kill
  
  • 4:48 - 18:00
• Damage per time played
  
  • 15 - 40 dmg/min

Based on how much I like playing each of my mechs and how effective I think they are, I think the best performance indicators are:

• Damage / kill (lower is better)
  
• Time / kill (lower is better)

Thoughts from others?

Edited by veri745, 05 April 2013 - 08:29 AM.

[veri745]

ForestGnome, on 05 April 2013 - 09:52 AM, said:

So you made a poll to circlejerk heavy/assault kd's?

What about those lights who get 8 assists per match and >600 damage?

You may be right. I don't really play any lights beside my commando 2D. I don't see how damage/kill is inherently a heavy/assault metric, but I can see why you would thing that about kills/time.

One of the reasons I created the thread/poll is that I don't think the classical Kill/death ratio is a particularly good metric for MWO.

What metric do you think is important for lights?

I personally hate how an "assist" is just any amount of damage on a target that dies. I would much prefer a "kill assist" to mean a significant amount of damage to a mech or particular component.

Edited by veri745, 05 April 2013 - 11:24 AM.

[Phaesphoros]

Next time you produce statistics, please provide (weighted) average and standard deviation (as well as sample size), if not raw data

[TruePoindexter]

I don't think any of those are useful metrics. My most successful mech has the lowest Damage/Kill ratio simply because it kills with precision burst and doesn't net much overall damage. An SRM boat by contrast would have a very good ratio due to the massive damage dealt across an enemy from missile spread.

[Iron Frost]

Damage Done / Damage Taken, Kills / Damage Taken, Damage Taken / Win, Damage Taken / Loss would be much more interesting to me.

[veri745]

TruePoindexter, on 05 April 2013 - 11:55 AM, said:

I don't think any of those are useful metrics. My most successful mech has the lowest Damage/Kill ratio simply because it kills with precision burst and doesn't net much overall damage. An SRM boat by contrast would have a very good ratio due to the massive damage dealt across an enemy from missile spread.

I don't know if you followed my post. Damage per kill is a "lower is better" metric. i.e. 10 kills with 2000 damage dealt is much better than 10 kills with 4000 damage dealt.

I consider this metric to be about accuracy and damage efficiency.

Edited by veri745, 05 April 2013 - 12:02 PM.

[aniviron]

damage/kill is also only a valid metric if you are doing Zellbrigen; with teammates, it gets pretty fuzzy. My HBK-4P has an amazing damage/kill ratio; this is partly because I have good tracking aim and can shoot for 120 damage without overheating, meaning that one or two shots to the ct can take someone down. But it's also because I scan for targets in it, and if I see anyone with an exposed torso I immediately find them and blow that section out. High damage, high precision shots makes for excellent kill-cleaning/poaching.