While this new update has made me really like playing this game, there is one thing I am still not liking.
the end match player scoreboard.

The way the game ranks players as it is right now is Kill/death. which would be fine in ambush, but then in skirmish it gets a lot different.

In skirmish its mostly not about how many kills one gets but how much one hacks into turret firing at the MCC.

Now for me, I don't hack most of the time, but I'm usually in a group protecting the one hacking or firing above from a drop ship or on the secondary turret on a tank.

That leaves me most of the time with kill assists, or helping destroy an enemy vehicle or other things that don't move me up the board but still contribute in many ways on the battle field. That leads me most of the time far down the list with others who are probably in the same boat as me.

This is not a typical FPS, there by we can't base how we score players on typical FPS K/D rules.

I do not care about getting first, but recognition for what I do on the battle would be nice, I just think that the system we have now is unfair to those who focus more on objectives, side objectives, and aiding others, then just racking up kills.

go by a point system? Every time you do something on the battlefield it tells you +50 when you kill someone or when you do something on the battlefield (+25 for assist, points for hacking ect) So then put those as points up in the final score, add the K/D with the scoreboard next to the point, and then everyone can be happy, but the K/D is secondary, just to show you and other players your K/D, they don't add to your rank, the points are what show your rank, that way it can be fair for everyone.

then they deserve to be on top because they did the most to help with the battle.

War points would be the best way to go, for those that don't know war points are the in game points for doing things, +50 for kills, +25 assists, +100 hacks etc. So 10 kills with 3 assists and 2 hacks would be 775 points. Displaying war points and KDR at the end would show who was the most active player and who just wanted kills.

I'm not assuming anything, but when it comes to the end game wars if all we have to show how great we are on the battle is K/D then people who want to hire us will only look at our K/D not at how good we are with hacking or getting behind enemy lines, or good medics, good demolition, sabator, support, pilot, ect ect ect, I do not assume those with high kills do not also hack or do other jobs on the battle, I do not undermine those who have a good K/D good for them, they helped with the battle, but I think that others who focus solely on certain areas on the battlefield deserve recognition as well and know that they helped with the battle instead of making them feel like that the only way they can be good at this game is to be able to have a good K/D

I've Never said KDR is not a good thing I put up most kills on my team 95% (conservative estimate) there is a reason I'm second in kills and I also hack a ton of objectives and destroy tons of vehicles that is also why i'm second in war points, I believe first is an expert tank user. What war points would do is show the guys who do other things for the team like drop uplinks, using nanohives, reviving teammates, destroying vehicles as well as hacks. Hacks, kills, and assists are NOT the only things that give war points.

K/D matters.

But it's not the ONLY thing that matters.

It shouldn't be the only thing you get ranked on for leaderboards, of for end-game scores.

And because (outside Ambush) it's not the MAIN focus of the game, it DEFINITELY shouldn't be the main focus of the leaderboard.

There should be a selection of leaderboard views, and the default should depend on the mode. Ambush would default to K/D since that makes the most difference in battle. Skirmish could track "objectives hacked" and have that as the primary end-game screen. Another mode with less specific requirements could have SP earned or ISK earned as the default end-game screen. Maybe even ISK earnings vs. losses (cost of Dropsuits/vehicles used)

BUT

No matter which screen shows up at first, you should be able to switch views to see different ways to analyse the battle and assess who achieved the most in a VARIETY of areas.

So going after objectives is point horing? Sorry Proto I know you're a great player but its not all about kills, its mostly about kills but not all. And this is coming from a guy that is very much about kills who will mostly be playing arena battles when the game drops, and I mean no disrespect Proto but I throw it out there that 1v1 I can easily hold my own against you and any of the other top gun players.

I love how I just mention point whoring and people start feeling insecure about their abilities and for whatever reason feel the need to measure themselves against me.

Secondly i don't play games for kills I simply play to have fun and embarrass people.

Third i don't know if you read the threads on this forum, but obviously i'm not exclusively interested in E-sport battles since i'm one of the main people involved in the anarchist/anti goonswarm movement.

@nachos we had some good ass games last weekend.