xX PUG Xx, on 26 December 2013 - 10:27 AM, said:
I have played almost 6000 matches and my KDR is at 1.38.
However what that doesn't show is how many assists I have, which I can guarantee will be a HUGE number. Taking into account that I have almost 105,000 points of damage in my Atlas D-DC alone and another 4 Mech's in the 50 - 80,000 points and 95,000 in my Heavy Metal, that is ALOT of damage spread throughout those matches.
In fact, I have just tallied up my accumulated damage and its at 1169003, spread out across about 70 Mech's. (Thats over 1.1 million points of damage and only 4651 kills! I guess I need to work on my accuracy
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The KDR stats don't indicate your ability to work as part of a team, which to me is a BIG part of MWO. Focussing fire, providing cover fire/ ECM and suppressing enemy snipers/LRM's are more important overall than an individual players ability to hide until the end of a match and stroll in once the damage has been done to grab the kills.
My highest damage total in a single mech before the stat wipe was my Ilya Muromets, at something like 160k in 330-ish matches. I had something on the order of 3k matches played and ~1.3-1.4 mil damage dealt...
Mister Blastman, on 27 December 2013 - 01:10 PM, said:
Only bads think K/D is worthless. I always hear someone saying that it is a crappy stat only to later discover they have a horrible KDR.
Go figure.
Don't knock the stat. Strive to improve it!
LOL...I said it is worthless because it does not take all info into account.
You glossed entirely over my example of multiple ways the stat can be manipulated to show a higher value than it should.
Additionally it is not weighted in any way. So someone who "hawks" 2 kills a game and dies as often as someone who does the work to kill 2 people per game plus whatever they do not get credit for look almost equal on paper...though 1 player is obviously far better than the other given ALL the information.
Marmon Rzohr, on 14 May 2014 - 11:19 AM, said:
I'm curious... what build do you use on the 3D ? I just can't seem to find a build that really "fits"
Good build: XL300 + 2 JJs + 2xAC10 + PPC + 5T ammo + Endo, nearly maxed armor. That is good for pugging...bad for competition at the highest levels.