Instead of focusing players standings on the team roster purely on K/D ratio they should also add a point system.

Instead of being rated on how many kills and deaths you have (like in COD) you would get graded on how well you played tactically and as a team
(i.e. destroying dropships, tanks, cloning stations or hacking , saving other team mates, and resuplying.)

This way if your the type of player who spends half the match giving ground or air support your not left all the way at the bottom looking like you did nothing the entire match

or am i getting the wrong picture and this game is based purely on kills ? o.o

They have war points.
look at teh leaderboards next weekend and look at those.

better yet, look at corps stats for KDR vs the corps WP.

The higher KDR have MUCH less WP.

I've been playing for a while and have been a good lil soldier, yet I have zero War Points. :<

Why?

I think there is one in place but it isn't fully implemented.

I agree with the notion of removing K/D ratio scores though. Emphasis on that only causes problems.

I completely agree with the OP. When games end, it should be ranked by WPs. Although the game should definitely track K/D it should not be used to rank people or corps. K/D should be something that is only in your personal stats, near the bottom. Making K/D seem so important (when it is not important at all) by highlighting in stats so much causes people to not play the objective and just try and K/D wh*re. When WarPoints are the primary way of ranking each other, the stat whores will try to get more WP as opposed to having the highest K/D. Having games where 60% of the players are worried about K/D does not lead to a fun game.

Having games where 60% of the players are worried about K/D does not lead to a fun game.

I've been playing for a while and have been a good lil soldier, yet I have zero War Points. :<

Why?

Instead of focusing players standings on the team roster purely on K/D ratio they should also add a point system.

Instead of being rated on how many kills and deaths you have (like in COD) you would get graded on how well you played tactically and as a team
(i.e. destroying dropships, tanks, cloning stations or hacking , saving other team mates, and resuplying.)

This way if your the type of player who spends half the match giving ground or air support your not left all the way at the bottom looking like you did nothing the entire match

or am i getting the wrong picture and this game is based purely on kills ? o.o

Damn no dislike button... If you had a high KDR you wouldn't be complaining. Not trying to be a d**k but its true, there are people who are really good at FPS but most are not. That doesn't mean you can't have fun or contribute just find what works for you.

If people are looking at you and deciding whether to let you join their corp - the old must have k/d ratio of 1.5 and higher to join. All that tells is that you can outshoot an opponent, it doesn't tell me in an objective based game if you are capable of working as a team, you'll hold an objective and stay at that point to ensure it remains held for the whole game. Other factors need to come into play. Warpoints, Win/Loss, etc, in fact I'd go so far as to say that win/loss is far more important in a game like dust. Who would you hire someone with a 1.5 K/D but a .5 W/L or someone with a 1.5 W/L and .5 K/D?

The problem I see with this:
If leaderboards are ranked only based on WP and not based on kills this will not solve the problem, just invert it.

Instead of focusing players standings on the team roster purely on K/D ratio they should also add a point system.

Instead of being rated on how many kills and deaths you have (like in COD) you would get graded on how well you played tactically and as a team
(i.e. destroying dropships, tanks, cloning stations or hacking , saving other team mates, and resuplying.)

This way if your the type of player who spends half the match giving ground or air support your not left all the way at the bottom looking like you did nothing the entire match

or am i getting the wrong picture and this game is based purely on kills ? o.o

KDR sets the focus on the individual instead of the group. a system that compares how much you did for the group in comparison with others would be great. or simply publishing WP instead of KDR. at the end of the battle.

+1
KDR system hides the true heroes of the battles, just implement BF3 point system and we will be grateful