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[Sasha Volkova]

What I am suggesting is something simple.

Add assists to the K/D ratio so that it becomes K/D/A ratio - Kills/Deaths/Assists respectably.

Its a really simple change and it would boost the idea of teamplay in this game.
In the end it could maybe even help stop the problem that people sometimes hang on to their alpha strikes just to get that last shot and net the kill on an enemy mech.
I know realisticly that this change wont completely remove that issue, but it would atleast give the people something aswell when someone ¨steals¨ their kill with an alpha strike just to boost their own selfesteem and K/D ratio...

My reason for suggesting this change is to help avoid people thinking that K/D ratios are a proof of skill in this game, which it is not.
Right now the K/D ratio is only a testimony to how many kills an individual has been able to get, though many of the people with good K/D ratios deserve them, some of the people with high K/D ratios are still simply ks'ing their way up there - which is something anyone could do if they ran an alpha strike build and waited for the right moment to steal a kill all the time...
But in the end if everyone did that this game would become Hawken all over again, something I personally would hate, and also last time I checked, this was a team based mechwarrior simulator, A TEAM BASED mechwarrior simulator.

I suggest this over the other option, which btw I would LOVE to see instead but I am aware that it would cause mayhem if it was implemented which is why I suggested the first idea :b
Anyway just for giggles this is option B:
Add assists to the kill count in the K/D ratio.
Now excuse me while I run and hide before the stat-huggers find me and lynch me :b

[Zylo]

Assists need to be tracked in some way. The easiest way would probably be a separate assists/death ratio to make it more difficult to keep both K/D and A/D stats high.

[Atomic Funk]

Strongle agree! as a dedicated recon/HK pilot, my skills are best scored helping out my team, but in doing so I sacrifice the big K/D numbers. Give the little guys a bump. We also serve a purpose and deserve a stat.