(I apologize. This turned out longer than I expected.)
How much should I be worried about my stats? Granted there are a lot of people with the mind set of “Stats are everything.” They play the game in such a way that their main goal is to increase their stats no matter what it takes. That is not my question or my goal. I just want to use my stats as a general guide to how I am improving and helping my team. In general my stats are slowly improving by what I can tell. Keep in mind that I am still using my noob account so I am in noob stat recover mode. This is my first on line FPS. I also have less than 200 hours of play time. I don’t need to hear that my stats suck but I would love general constructive criticism.
Which stats are important? What type of trends can I see from my stats and learn from?
K/D ratio:
I know that K/D is kind of important. I am currently at .85 overall (.75 with medic) which increased from about .45 (noob learning) in the last few months after a RAM and V-card upgrade. I play a lot of medic so I always seem to end up in some ones sights. I know better than to run in the middle of bullet spray for a revive and I have gotten better at trying to neutralize the threat before I try to revive but people always seem to take advantage of a medic reviving a teammate. How often do the good medics know to let that one guy die? Is a low K/D via medic expected or will it just keep improving over time? Should I worry that I am not above 1.0 K/D?
Accuracy:
My overall accuracy is at 16.69%. That seemed horrible to me until I thought about the spray from machine guns and all the bullets that may miss a target. Even as a sniper (33% acc) I’ll take multiple shots at the person running across the road. I know some snipers won’t take a shot unless they know it will be a kill (One shot one kill) thus they have great accuracy but it seems to me that if I see an enemy I should try to kill them. Granted, if I know there is no way that I can hit them then I won’t waste a shot. Should I be worried about my accuracy or just wait for it to improve over time?
W/L ratio:
I hear that if your W/L ratio is below 1.0 then you suck and are a hindrance to your team. How true is this? I have a .73 W/L ratio. It seems that most rounds I join are already in progress. A lot of the time I am put on the losing team because they have less players. (I assume this is due to players quitting or swapping teams because they don’t want to lose.) I usually play out the losing round so I can start the next round right from the start. Granted during my earlier noobness when I always had the most deaths in the round I could see that I was hindering my team but now I usually rank in the middle when it comes to deaths. What do most people do when they join a losing team and it is 56 to 197?
Well … those are the 3 basics stats that I am watching right now. I now leave the floor open for those that have much more experience than I. Any stat based information would be appreciated. I am not really interested in stat padding to improve them. I want my stats to reveal my true skills as a team player.
Thanks
How much should I be worried about my stats? Granted there are a lot of people with the mind set of “Stats are everything.” They play the game in such a way that their main goal is to increase their stats no matter what it takes. That is not my question or my goal. I just want to use my stats as a general guide to how I am improving and helping my team. In general my stats are slowly improving by what I can tell. Keep in mind that I am still using my noob account so I am in noob stat recover mode. This is my first on line FPS. I also have less than 200 hours of play time. I don’t need to hear that my stats suck but I would love general constructive criticism.
Which stats are important? What type of trends can I see from my stats and learn from?
K/D ratio:
I know that K/D is kind of important. I am currently at .85 overall (.75 with medic) which increased from about .45 (noob learning) in the last few months after a RAM and V-card upgrade. I play a lot of medic so I always seem to end up in some ones sights. I know better than to run in the middle of bullet spray for a revive and I have gotten better at trying to neutralize the threat before I try to revive but people always seem to take advantage of a medic reviving a teammate. How often do the good medics know to let that one guy die? Is a low K/D via medic expected or will it just keep improving over time? Should I worry that I am not above 1.0 K/D?
Accuracy:
My overall accuracy is at 16.69%. That seemed horrible to me until I thought about the spray from machine guns and all the bullets that may miss a target. Even as a sniper (33% acc) I’ll take multiple shots at the person running across the road. I know some snipers won’t take a shot unless they know it will be a kill (One shot one kill) thus they have great accuracy but it seems to me that if I see an enemy I should try to kill them. Granted, if I know there is no way that I can hit them then I won’t waste a shot. Should I be worried about my accuracy or just wait for it to improve over time?
W/L ratio:
I hear that if your W/L ratio is below 1.0 then you suck and are a hindrance to your team. How true is this? I have a .73 W/L ratio. It seems that most rounds I join are already in progress. A lot of the time I am put on the losing team because they have less players. (I assume this is due to players quitting or swapping teams because they don’t want to lose.) I usually play out the losing round so I can start the next round right from the start. Granted during my earlier noobness when I always had the most deaths in the round I could see that I was hindering my team but now I usually rank in the middle when it comes to deaths. What do most people do when they join a losing team and it is 56 to 197?
Well … those are the 3 basics stats that I am watching right now. I now leave the floor open for those that have much more experience than I. Any stat based information would be appreciated. I am not really interested in stat padding to improve them. I want my stats to reveal my true skills as a team player.
Thanks