What I don't understand is why do they call it PSR (Pilot Skill Rating)?
It should more accurately be called DDR (Damage Done Rating).
From what I've seen, you need to stay alive, get lots of kills, do way over 300 damage, and win the match.
(Fail at just about any of those, and your DDR (PSR) goes down.)
Winning or losing isn't a PILOT skill, it's just a case of teamwork.
(How many pilots get 12 kills, by themselves, to win a match?)
Staying alive isn't that much of a PILOT skill since EVERYONE screams, "die already, we've lost."
(Unless how long you stayed alive in a match was added to the PSR.)
Killing, while it is partly a PILOT skill, is also just shear luck as to which one of a dozen weapons did the killing blow.
(How many times have you ripped into an enemy only to have some passing teammate get the kill?)
Dealing Damage is both a PILOT and a DAMAGE score as it depends on how much damage your mech can dish out before you get wasted.
(ECM, Heavy, and Assault mechs have a big edge there.)
Targeting and weapon's locks are PILOT skills, but do very little in comparison to DAMAGE in the current PSR.
Capturing is a PILOT skill, but does nothing, while DAMAGE carries the most weight in the current PSR.
(I've stopped doing Conquest matches as you are 100% guaranteed to make your PSR go down if you only cap.)
Assisting is a PILOT skill, but does very little in comparison to DAMAGE done in the current PSR.
Weapon's Accuracy is a PILOT skill, but it's not even included in the current PSR, only the DAMAGE done is.
HIT and RUN is a PILOT skill, but does very little in comparison to DAMAGE done in the current PSR.
Dropping a UAV, calling an Artillery Strike, or calling in an Air Strike should be a PILOT Skill, but they don't mean squat in the current PSR.
Providing an ECM shield for your teammates is a PILOT skill, but barely counts in the current PSR.
Most annoying, to me, is things like a recent match where I got target locks the entire match, had 3 kills, 3 assists, did 236 dmg, capped their base to 35%, before we lost 7v12, and my PSR score WENT DOWN!!!
I mean, WTF!?!! Gimme some points for effort!
I think that the current PSR puts far to much emphasis on damage dealt and winning, and not enough on a pilot's actual skill in piloting a mech.
Edited by Warzog, 08 October 2015 - 06:00 PM.