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[AntiCitizenJuan]

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[Krazy Kat]

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[Pat Kell]

there ya go. give an opinion then give no reasons as to why you have that opinion. Thats certain to swing people to your side.

[Ralgas]

Othe methods have been trailed and failed far worse, they forgot the team damage/kill penalties in this ones formula though

[AntiCitizenJuan]

Pat Kell, on 22 July 2013 - 10:37 PM, said:

there ya go. give an opinion then give no reasons as to why you have that opinion. Thats certain to swing people to your side.

It rewards mass damage more than anything else. Blasting someone with SRMs, causing damage all over, is better for your score than just efficiently killing the target. In a pure 1v1 with no outside interference, 600 damage and dying with no kills is better than winning the duel with 1 kill and 200 damage. That's stupid, plain and simple. Furthermore, W/L did not have a major influence in the scoring placement system, playing hundreds of games hoping for totally incompetent teammates that only stay alive long enough for you to rack up damage for a better match rating did, which is why you did so good. No insinuation that you didn't deserve your high placement, because you did, you're clearly very skilled. But what I am saying is that this is a very flawed formula with a very far from perfect set of tournament rules. TL;DR it sucks.

[LauLiao]

AntiCitizenJuan, on 23 July 2013 - 02:14 PM, said:

It rewards mass damage more than anything else. Blasting someone with SRMs, causing damage all over, is better for your score than just efficiently killing the target. In a pure 1v1 with no outside interference, 600 damage and dying with no kills is better than winning the duel with 1 kill and 200 damage. That's stupid, plain and simple. Furthermore, W/L did not have a major influence in the scoring placement system, playing hundreds of games hoping for totally incompetent teammates that only stay alive long enough for you to rack up damage for a better match rating did, which is why you did so good. No insinuation that you didn't deserve your high placement, because you did, you're clearly very skilled. But what I am saying is that this is a very flawed formula with a very far from perfect set of tournament rules. TL;DR it sucks.

See? That wasn't hard.

[Tangelis]

I'm not too disapproving of the "system" itself in terms of scoring. What I don't like is the "10 best" approach. It allows for players of all kinds to participate sure but if you can grind and grind your likely to get 10 great games a long the way, no matter how many bad games you had trying.

I'd like to see the tournaments reflect consistency more than playtime and in some regards luck. Try a tournament as your best 5 games in a row, or two best sets of 5 for a total of 10 games overall. . As they do them now, bad games don't matter, when they do I think it would be a very different scoreboard.

[80sGlamRockSensation David Bowie]

AntiCitizenJuan, on 23 July 2013 - 02:14 PM, said:

It rewards mass damage more than anything else. Blasting someone with SRMs, causing damage all over, is better for your score than just efficiently killing the target. In a pure 1v1 with no outside interference, 600 damage and dying with no kills is better than winning the duel with 1 kill and 200 damage. That's stupid, plain and simple. Furthermore, W/L did not have a major influence in the scoring placement system, playing hundreds of games hoping for totally incompetent teammates that only stay alive long enough for you to rack up damage for a better match rating did, which is why you did so good. No insinuation that you didn't deserve your high placement, because you did, you're clearly very skilled. But what I am saying is that this is a very flawed formula with a very far from perfect set of tournament rules. TL;DR it sucks.

Furthermore, those who are clever enough to deliberately plummet their ELO ratings before a tournament begins have MUCH easier times racking up massive scores in game because you are playing with people who are truly inept, as opposed to staying in a high ELO bracket where you are pitted against other good pilots while your teammates are more or less glorified fodder who's lot in life is to rush in and instantly die.

The entire system is flawed and much like most things, could have been easily handled much better.

But it is what it is and PGI has much bigger priorities.

[Samhainn]

We haven't had any real tournaments yet. Just Red Bull fueled gaming binges.

[Pat Kell]

AntiCitizenJuan, on 23 July 2013 - 02:14 PM, said:

It rewards mass damage more than anything else. Blasting someone with SRMs, causing damage all over, is better for your score than just efficiently killing the target. In a pure 1v1 with no outside interference, 600 damage and dying with no kills is better than winning the duel with 1 kill and 200 damage. That's stupid, plain and simple. Furthermore, W/L did not have a major influence in the scoring placement system, playing hundreds of games hoping for totally incompetent teammates that only stay alive long enough for you to rack up damage for a better match rating did, which is why you did so good. No insinuation that you didn't deserve your high placement, because you did, you're clearly very skilled. But what I am saying is that this is a very flawed formula with a very far from perfect set of tournament rules. TL;DR it sucks.

Now that makes sense, thank you for taking the time to explain what you mean. Sorry it took so long to respond but I don't watch the forums very often. I agree that certain players, including myself, who can play a lot have a better chance at getting good matches. I certainly had my fair share of disgraceful showings. Hopefully in the future we can get a wider range of tournaments that give everyone a chance to compete. good luck in the future if you play any.