Id have to agree with OP why the hell does it count as a death you didnt die yet or better yet why if some one who camps for a revive get a second kill on some one who hasn't technically died at all, i think we should get points for downing someone it should count towards KDR and you should have the option to finish someone off, on the other side of it i think until you bleed out or until you are finished off it should not count as death if you want to count how many times you were taken down fine but you didn't die so deaths shouldn't stake up every time you are downed.

It counts as and should count as death because if you or I were sucker enough to get shot and incapacited then you deserve to be marked for that. And downing player earns a frag.

It shouldn't, don't be mad at me because you're afraid that if getting shot down isn't a death, you will lose your perfect kill streak by new players.

I seriously doubt that is his issue. He clearly states the point. You were taken down and the opposing player got the points. That is a death.

Your Logi revived you. Great for both of you, that saves a very important clone which counts towards completion in a battle. That is a totally separate thing.

When you shoot an enemy, how would you like your +50 Kill flash with a sign that it is temporary until confirmed? Then when his Logi revived him, your screen flashes -50, Kill Revoked.

Perfect kill streaks are fun and you will get your own. The issue here is getting too focused on Deaths (imo). You can die because of a fluke. Fall through the mesh (ground). Your own grenade bounces wrong. The cosmic ray caused a glitch. The noob actually got lucky. Time to start another kill streak.

K/D ratios are good when they are > 1. Below that they mean you have a goal. A lot of the attitudes are left over from COD and that ilk. While they are interesting, in the beginning they are just a measuring stick. A target. Like getting through a battle with Zero Deaths. Ultra cool.

Id have to agree with OP why the hell does it count as a death you didnt die yet or better yet why if some one who camps for a revive get a second kill on some one who hasn't technically died at all, i think we should get points for downing someone it should count towards KDR and you should have the option to finish someone off, on the other side of it i think until you bleed out or until you are finished off it should not count as death if you want to count how many times you were taken down fine but you didn't die so deaths shouldn't stake up every time you are downed.

Why not have a three-way stat?

kill/KO's/deaths would let you see not just how many players you downed and how many times you were downed but also being able to see how many suits and clones you lost.

Maybe revives could be counted as well because saving a clone for your team is as important as taking a clone from the other team.

The only thing i really want to see is how much ISK i lost. ISK efficiency is more important than a 6-1 k/d ratio, anyway.

I agree, worry about all the K/D ratio you want. But, if you're bleeding isk while getting that big fat KDR then it's not going to matter because eventually you'll go broke.

If we get shot down and you are still alive it counts as a death, even if a logi revives you! I say that if you decompose it will count as a death not when you get shot down.

By OP logic, a noob who gets shot down 13 times but got revived 13 times and killed 13 people would have a better KDR than a pro who killed 13 people but got shot down once and didn't get revived.

It shows as a death because it reflects your skill, not how lucky you were if a Logi was there.

K/D has very little to do with actually winning the completing the objective.
This game is meant to be tactical and requires well thought out plans. Remember, we are going to be connected to EVE, and many space cowboys are looking at us for profit, not for K/D ratios and stats and kill streaks.

They won't care that we have the best kill streak or shot down so many people.
We lose, they lose, then we lose our income.
We win, they win, we get to keep out income.


(Now, the only place were K/D might matter are in the E-Sports that CCP will hopefully add. That's were kill points "might" matter.)

If we get shot down and you are still alive it counts as a death, even if a logi revives you! I say that if you decompose it will count as a death not when you get shot down.