I am playing nothing but OMS matches and using nothing but one fit and recording what weapon kills me every-time I die. This should put a stop to the "such and such a weapons overpowered" threads.

I will release the results of this epic recording of my deaths once I have 100 OMS games recorded.

Let me spoil it for you....

Run over by 12 year old kid driving a LAV : 25%

Shot by 12 year old kid with Flaylock : 25%

Shot by 12 year old kid with Mass Driver : 25%

Killed by 12 year old kid with grenade : 25%

Selection Bias

Your findings, as an individual piece of data, won't have too much significance for anyone but players of roughly your fit, skill and play style.

If you're a tank driver you will find that snipers barely exist. I if you're a sniper you would conclude that people apparently don't use any weapon at all.

Gathering this data is a neat idea but we would also need a somewhat detailed description of your general play style, fit used, kd etc. to get any reasonable conclusions out of it.

And don't even bother preprocessing your findings. Raw, quantitative data or GTFO

Edit: To everyone who has done such experiments: Merge your datapoints and try to get as wide and balanced a range of play styles you can find. The more we get, the more usefull this information gets.

[...]Either way, only CCP has the ability to provide detailed stats...and would have to normalize it based on the number of people using a specific weapon. I'm sure they're doing just that when deciding if a weapon is OP...at least I hope they do instead of basing it on forum whining

Also recording my Kills, assists and WP.

I've currently only recorded 10 OMS games and died a total of 39 times and not one of those deaths is from a flaylock.

I've currently only recorded 10 OMS games and died a total of 39 times and not one of those deaths is from a flaylock.

n=39 is way too low to draw any conclusions. The next protostomp that nets you 5 flaylock deaths throws the implicated assessment right into the bin.

You need more rounds, especially with that average death count.

And i agree with your observation but that's besides the point. I'm not trying to prove anything.

I take it you're an EVE player too? Only an EVE player would know proper quants and apply it to a video game

Let me spoil it for you....

Run over by 12 year old kid driving a LAV : 25%

Shot by 12 year old kid with Flaylock : 25%

Shot by 12 year old kid with Mass Driver : 25%

Killed by 12 year old kid with grenade : 25%

I take it you're some 8 year old kid who doesn't know how to deal with things as simple as LAVs and explosives, so you say they're overpowered while you run around as a caldari logi with an AR.

I take it you're some 8 year old kid who doesn't know how to deal with things as simple as LAVs and explosives, so you say they're overpowered while you run around as a caldari logi with an AR.

LAVs are pathetically easy to use, make no sense in relation to physics, and are way too durable for a LIGHT attack vehicle.

Let me spoil it for you....

Run over by 12 year old kid driving a LAV : 25%

Shot by 12 year old kid with Flaylock : 25%

Shot by 12 year old kid with Mass Driver : 25%

Killed by 12 year old kid with grenade : 25%

I done this too, except I was in a Scout suit.

https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&find=unread&t=91843

Run over by 12 year old kid driving a LAV : 25%

Shot by 12 year old kid with Flaylock : 25%

Shot by 12 year old kid with Mass Driver : 25%

Killed by 12 year old kid with grenade : 25%

Too many other variables are not addressed when people do this. What maps are you playing? What weapon are you using? And many more.

Only one game mode limits your results greatly.

Lol.

So this guy complains that there are too many variables, but then when it comes to one of the variables that the OP did take into account, he says it limits his results.

It is better to just look at the kill feed and jot down your notes from that. You get much more information that way.

Also, my fit is a MD so you will get to see a tally of my suicides. :P

How were your crushed by an HAV? They need max speed to kill people.

I am playing nothing but OMS matches and using nothing but one fit and recording what weapon kills me every-time I die. This should put a stop to the "such and such a weapons overpowered" threads.

I will release the results of this epic recording of my deaths once I have 100 OMS games recorded.

Selection Bias

Your findings, as an individual piece of data, won't have too much significance for anyone but players of roughly your fit, skill and play style.

If you're a tank driver you will find that snipers barely exist. I if you're a sniper you would conclude that people apparently don't use any weapon at all.

Gathering this data is a neat idea but we would also need a somewhat detailed description of your general play style, fit used, kd etc. to get any reasonable conclusions out of it.

And don't even bother preprocessing your findings. Raw, quantitative data or GTFO

Edit: To everyone who has done such experiments: Merge your datapoints and try to get as wide and balanced a range of play styles you can find. The more we get, the more usefull this information gets.

Not if you're crushed between a wall, and the HAV.

That is assuming that people will use equipment according to how OP it is, which they dont.

The only data they are collection is what is used the most, which IS NOT an indicator of OPness.

What would be more important is to note the weapon and gear used by players who continuously go 10-0 and better.

Played an academy game the other night, specced into just flaylocks, and went 27-1, with the advanced flaylock on a gallente suit.