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Posted - 2012.07.31 20:23:00 -
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TiMeSpLiT--TeR wrote:Oryx Offerton wrote:It's just some numbers and you rank. I'm not a serious player, I play for fun. I try to ENJOY the game rather than try to get my KDR up. KDR is only for good for a death match, but not in Planetary Conquest. In MAG I have a decent KDR, but my ribbons is what that stands out for me. Repairing, healing, multiple head shots, taking the objectives, MVP, etc. Those are the things that shows that you actually helping your team mates. Sure, KDR represents you kill more than dying, but you can be sniping and not taking the objectives or you lose more games than actually winning a game because you only care about the KDR. In MAG, I secure objectives, heal players, I destroy bunkers, repair a bunkers, take out the AAA or repair, etc. The ribbons says it all because you are actually a team player. Having those ribbons that represents what you do in the battle plus your KDR, then you're a good player. I have seen players with nice KDR, but didn't do anything to contribute like repairing nor healing. KDR is out of this league. If I was an EVE player, who will likely I will be hiring to defend my territory?
I was going to point that out.
In past FPS's, KDR was the only thing a person could use to gauge "skill." Even then, it wasn't the best stat (cause KDR can be fabricated) to use. 2 people could go in a far off corner and just sit there and kill one another over and over again; thus their KDR is "fabricated"; it might look good, but it's not really "true." But it was the only thing to go off of.
In games like MAG, BF, and DUST, KDR takes on less of a meaning due to the fact we have objectives. As was stated, for instance in MAG, you received medals as well as it showed wins vs loses. So I could look at a player and see the medals they had earned. Even if their KDR was 1.0, if they earned 0 medals, and were 0 wins, 200 loses, their KDR means absolutely nothing to me as they are just worried about "pew-pew" and nothing else.
The same will be true here in DUST 514. Because it will be tied into EVE, they will not want to hire you for a contract if they see that you are not a team player. If they see you are not one to take objectives or heal team members, etc... they won't want you. You could be ranked #1 in KDR, but it won't get you hired if you have 0 wins. Remember, we are guns for higher and they want us to take / defend various territories. So KDR will factor in, but it won't be the defining value |