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[Dr Killinger]

I would have voted no, but there's a lot of boasting going on, so... yes. K/D ratio has nothing to do with performance, and no one is going to boast over something that isn't damage or kills.

[Mercules]

Adrienne Vorton, on 29 January 2013 - 10:14 AM, said:

not the stats,but the mentality being supported by those stats:)

Yes... although I might have used the phrase "fostered by those stats". Little ******* mentalities.

[LT Kinslayer]

I believe there should be more stats:
As a pure PUG (until community warfare starts) I want to be able to see myself improving or getting worse and have a performance summary in various fields. This performance should be visible per chassis. Values of older dates should be available for view so I can find trends and make personal adjustments to mechs I am using, based on real data. I get no feedback from people around me, so I can only rely on hard numbers and experiment solo with strategies.

Right now I can only measure with K/D & W/L because partial premium time made XP & C-bills unreliable, this should change.
I am quite happy with my performance considering my playstyle (PUG only), but I'd love to improve and get better based on data per chassis.

Add things like:
-time spent in enemy field of view
-damage done
-damage received
-assists
-missile avoidance -> taking cover denies a certain number of locked missiles to do damage which can be measured
-time spent capturing objectives
-captured objects & any future objective
-target spots
-headshots
-back damage
-taken back damage

add any more you'd like as you please.

Note: I am not a proponent of personal stats being public. I'd love to see server wide stats publicized though, so I can see where I approximately am on the foodchain. Perhaps i'll adjust my playstyle a bit accordingly.

For those against more personally visible stats:
E-peeners will still publicize their stats, but that only matters if you care about stats for any reason other than personal improvement. Who cares if they are better, or only have better numbers, who cares if they flaunt it, who cares..... really..... the 'elite' club, that you might have gained access to (maybe), would probably have kicked you out of their guild/clan after seeing your performance anyway, without caring about your great personality. I am not one of these 'elite'. Let them flaunt, let them measure, as long as you are getting better, which you will, plus you will be able to measure it better than with just K/D or W/L.

Embrace stats!!! Using them will make you better.

Edited by LT Kinslayer, 29 January 2013 - 11:08 AM.

[MaddMaxx]

There are only 2 stats that really matter.

1) In a Win, did you really help or did you get carried?

2) In a Loss, did you, or could you have, done more to help prevent it?

The answers to those 2 questions will provide anyone with all the answers they need to know as to what really matters in a Team based game play scenario.

As to the Poll. Who knows, when they get wiped, they get refilled. Do your Stats always get better after a Wipe? If not, then why not, or does it really matter?

[Mazgazine1]

Not sure why it would affect anything? It doesn't even show up in game.. If it was always present then maybe people would try to influence it..

I generally just try to kill as many mechs as possible without dying.. So, I don't care as much.. My ratio is 2.54 OH BOYZ!!!!!I'm gewd l33t pl4yr.

If anything, I want MORE stats in the game. Lots of details per mech/weapon/body part/ DPS, hit %, all that stuff would be fantastic.