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[Arctourus]

Just dropped in a Black Knight for the first time, beautiful mech. Got five kills, two assists and nearly 500 damage. Match score, 278.

Since 300 seems to be the new standard for events.....do I have to kill all 12 to qualify for something?

[Rhaythe]

Arctourus, on 25 September 2015 - 09:28 AM, said:

Just dropped in a Black Knight for the first time, beautiful mech. Got five kills, two assists and nearly 500 damage. Match score, 278.

That... does seem kind of borked. Were you shooting friendlies in the back nonstop or something?

[Monkey Lover]

Screen shot please. Then send it to Russ.

[Christof Romulus]

Match score is based on more factors than just kills, damage, and assists.

Spotting, Hit-and-run, Flanking, Savior kills, Component destruction, Protected light/medium/heavy, Sticking with your Lance ... and the list goes on... all contribute to your end game score.

If you pulled a John Rambo for the match alone (lose protected bonuses and sticking with lance bonus), and killed isolated mechs (no savior bonus), took damage whiled doing it (no hit and run bonus) and didn't press 'R' (no spotting bonus) - then you could possibly do as well as you did, without achieving the score that you sought.

[Scar Glamour]

I find it plausible. The other night 2 solos and 2 more KMDDs with ~400 damage done netted me just over 300 points. Gave a whole new meaning to deploying in a Misery.

[Thorqemada]

Could be you need indeed more Assists...

[Death Proof]

Match score is all about the bonuses. Rack 'em up!

[Arctourus]

two matches later....0 kills, 8 assists, 448 damage, 317 match score.

[Otto Cannon]

It's all about damage now. Kills don't mean a lot, especially if they weren't solo kills. Aim for 600 damage and you're sorted regardless of other factors.

If I'm completely honest I don't think non-solo kills actually should score much. Last hit on a mech is if anything easier to get than the first hit when they still have all their weapons and team. I do think solo kills should give a fat bonus score though.

[Arctourus]

I never did figure out how to post photos on this forum. What's the process?

[Gas Guzzler]

You need to do more damage.

[TLBFestus]

Wait.......hold it.............this thread isn't about sex, it's about Black Knights?

Interest level plummeting............

[MoonUnitBeta]

Gas Guzzler, on 25 September 2015 - 09:53 AM, said:

You need to do more damage.

Aye,
even though you're getting skills, they probably aren't solo kills (kill + most damage dealt)

If you aren't, I'd probably just leave the kills as assists and strip the mechs you're targeting.

Arctourus, on 25 September 2015 - 09:53 AM, said:

I never did figure out how to post photos on this forum. What's the process?

Upload to imgur or photobucket, or w/e. When you're typing your post on here, click on the little green box (or picture icon) in the tool bar and put the imgur image link in the box and press OK.

Edited by MoonUnitBeta, 25 September 2015 - 10:30 AM.

[Wayreth]

It's PGI's fuzzy math issue. You could have 2 people with the exact same assists and kills and a 4 point difference in actual damage and the one that gets more damage will outscore you by 20-40 points. No Rhyme or reason.

[Mystere]

The reward system is tailored for a particular playstyle. Play to that and you will be richly rewarded and get higher in tier. But if that is not your thing, then I hope you are playing for plain fun.

[Kira Onime]

Wayreth, on 25 September 2015 - 10:31 AM, said:

It's PGI's fuzzy math issue. You could have 2 people with the exact same assists and kills and a 4 point difference in actual damage and the one that gets more damage will outscore you by 20-40 points. No Rhyme or reason.

Cause there's more to match score than kills and damage.

[Mcgral18]

Do the damage. 600 is a guarantee (unless you get a TK).

[crustydog]

The current version of match score is deeply flawed - it rewards bad game play and penalizes winning game play. This leads to outrageous battlefield behavior when the prizes are substantial. This current event has at best mediocre prizes - probably not enough to substantially alter the battlefield behavior of the majority of players in any given match.

We have already seen enough to know the current version of match score is badly broken. The last event pretty much proved that beyond any doubt whatsoever.

We all make mistakes, we are human after all, so you tried to improve it and fracked it up...you failed... so what?

Fix it and lets move on already.

By the way - the CW match scoring is totally fracked - average match score for each mech? That's not how the game is played.

It's not about per mech or per warrior - it's about combined team effort... community effort. Sometimes that effort requires some players to use up their mechs - it needs to be done for the good of the team. Orders are given - sacrifices are made.

[riverslq]

The new scoring system means don't actually got for a kill
hit things a lot
don't worry about kills unless you get a solo kill
just strip away armor
don't worry about the win either
just do damage
you get points.
be a team player, just like paul said.
wait...