BF2S Forums Stats...I figured it out...I think

Sorry, been lurking for a while and seen numerous dicussions about stats.  Never seen this point of view before.

Mainly the debate is stats or winning, not some combination.

Last edited by LividBovine (2007-03-29 21:55:19)

Houli999 wrote:

I think that playing for stats is better because then it helps you get prommoted faster. But winning is cool.

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Houli999 wrote:

I think that playing for stats is better because then it helps you get prommoted faster. But winning is cool.

i forbid you to play on anything other than infantry only servers. promotions mean nothing. it gives you no satisfaction whatsoever, because theres nothing there. winning, on the other hand, is an instinctual thing. we love it, no matter what it comes as.

Ender2309 wrote:

Houli999 wrote:

I think that playing for stats is better because then it helps you get prommoted faster. But winning is cool.

i forbid you to play on anything other than infantry only servers. promotions mean nothing. it gives you no satisfaction whatsoever, because theres nothing there. winning, on the other hand, is an instinctual thing. we love it, no matter what it comes as.

Got him there

In the beginning I played to win....

Then it was all about awards and badges....

These days...  to see what loser is crying about getting owned or server rules...

I like to get to high places on the map and just watch the battle..

There's some funny shit going on....

LividBovine wrote:

I think I finally figured it out.  There has always been a debate about what is more important.  Winning a round or playing for stats.  Yes I know some can do both, but the majority cannot. 

I personally love playing to win and having an effect on the outcome of the round.  At the same time i can't help but check my stats after the round is over.  So there is the rub.  Do I care about my stats.  Well, yes, I guess I do.

So what does this mean?  As long as a person is playing to win and not doing things in the game to increase their stats, in a way that is hindering their ability to help their team, then it is OK to care about stats. 

Right?!?!

It's all good. I use the stats and rewards as goals to improve my game play. I suck big time but I like to play the game.  It is fun to win and contribute. That is what the essence of the game is about. But I find myself checking my stats, too. I found that if you win a round (place 1,2 or 3) generally, that is as satisfying as getting a badge or ribbon. And I realize by placing you technically get a badge.

In conclusion, win, badge, ribbon; it's all good!

Well , I like winning , but I also plays for stats.  It's like, I always get happy when I have a good score in a round, when I get promotion, an award. But when I lose and ends up with a bad score, I always gets angry and sometimes sad ..

Stats are great for the beginner player.  We've all been there, "Oh, only 2000 more points to my next unlock!"
After you hit the 50k points mark, the game should stop being about grabbing points because no matter how many more points you get, you don't get anything extra.  I play to win, the other night a squad of 6 of my clan mates defended the back three flags on a 64 man Clean Sweep map.  Granted, our squad didn't get more than 60 points total, but the enemy never got past us and was forced to spearhead the rest of the force on the front flags.  Needless to say, we won the round with more than 200 tickets to spare.

You just go and play the game how you like it, just remember that you're points and wins are probably because of a group of people like us who don't really care about 100+ points every round. 

If the enemy cannot get in behind you, they will never win.

EA could have designed the stats, award and ranking systems so playing for stats and playing to help the team were the same thing. But there's no medal for taking flags or following orders. Even winning isn't helpful for attaining a higher rank. As things stand, stats, ranks and awards provide little incentive to help the team.

I play to win and get very upset if the team isn't (I am trying to get WLR @ 3.0) and I play for KDR nice and high. If were winning usually the KD thing and stats thing all works out, but if were losing and gettin spawn raped it can start to get frusterating. For that reason I only play with buddies on xfire now because I hate playing with a team that can't even squad up.

In conclusion win first, stats second, but usually they go together pretty well.