How will you play - Competitively or Casually?

[SKYeXile]

Originally Posted by TazmamzaT

That may be true, but then they obviously don't care. Why do you?

I dont care fro them, i care for the stats though.

Originally Posted by GreatMazinkaise

<- Guilty as charged. I do play with people that DO have good stats though.

thats the best way to raise your stats! though theres a point where too many good players on a team means your stats become normalised though, since normally you would have to carry the people who are bad at internet tanks further by yourself.

[GreatMazinkaise]

Originally Posted by burnoutbob

i dont know about world of tanks because i have never heard of it but really does it matter what my stats are if i have fun?

It depends? It doesn't matter to you, but it does impact the legitimacy of complaints you have about a game (a lot of nerfs/buffs go into a game just because players are bad). In a game with team play your stats may well indicate how much of a drag you are on your compatriots; obviously non-recorded beneficial activities negate this.

[SKYeXile]

Originally Posted by burnoutbob

i dont know about world of tanks because i have never heard of it but really does it matter what my stats are if i have fun?

nope! just dont say they're meaningless or try to boss me around...or be on my team when you're the top tier tank and rush of to your death in the first 15 seconds because you have no clue on what an arty is yet alone been atry safe etc... :P

world of tanks is sort of at the extreame end of things though, since others can greatly effect the result of a match, for positive or worse, you can clearly see who is or isnt pulling their weight on avg. at a glance in WOT.

[Xyntech]

I played more casual in the first Planetside, but I intend to play more competitively in PS2.

[Meriv]

Originally Posted by SKYeXile

nope! just dont say they're meaningless or try to boss me around...or be on my team when you're the top tier tank and rush of to your death in the first 15 seconds because you have no clue on what an arty is yet alone been atry safe etc... :P

world of tanks is sort of at the extreame end of things though, since others can greatly effect the result of a match, for positive or worse, you can clearly see who is or isnt pulling their weight on avg. at a glance in WOT.

without counting K/D ratio does ps have something like an efficiency ratio?for heal done, hack done, repair etc..etc...?

[Brusi]

I endorse this comment...

Originally Posted by RandomNPC

People are mixing up competitive with professional.

[Pepsi]

Originally Posted by SKYeXile

because you have no clue on what an arty is...

You rang? German Grille, reporting in.

I think I'll choose casually competitive.

[SKYeXile]

Originally Posted by Meriv

without counting K/D ratio does ps have something like an efficiency ratio?for heal done, hack done, repair etc..etc...?

eh K/D is meaningless anyway. the only thing that resembles a skill stat in PS slightly would be kills/bep per hack. but it weighs to much on if the player is defensive or offensive.

PS2 will have better stats though, K/D is somewhat okay, kills per hour or or points per hour should be the best ones. given a raw data feed an efficiency compilation combining multiple stats could be made provided its not weights to heavily on things like hacking empty bases...zzz

[burnoutbob]

Originally Posted by SKYeXile

nope! just dont say they're meaningless or try to boss me around...or be on my team when you're the top tier tank and rush of to your death in the first 15 seconds because you have no clue on what an arty is yet alone been atry safe etc... :P

world of tanks is sort of at the extreame end of things though, since others can greatly effect the result of a match, for positive or worse, you can clearly see who is or isnt pulling their weight on avg. at a glance in WOT.

i never said i would boss you around or that i was a bad player i just said it diddnt matter in ps1 because there are many other teamwork things to do that dont require killing people
like pulling ams's and drivng tanks and gals and loadestars repairing vehicles and downing gens and laying defensive CE
if all that mattered was K/D then people would just do tower battles and nobody would do any teamwork, nobody would drive tanks because only gunners get kills, nobody would do gal drops because flying the gal doesnt get you a l33t k/d ratio, nobody would pull lodestars because that is wasting time that could be spent killing

anyways again i dont know about world of tanks because i have never heard of the game but in ps1 there is many things to do to help out the team that doesnt require killing

im all about the teamwork - not padding my stats

[Meriv]

Originally Posted by SKYeXile

eh K/D is meaningless anyway. the only thing that resembles a skill stat in PS slightly would be kills/bep per hack. but it weighs to much on if the player is defensive or offensive.

PS2 will have better stats though, K/D is somewhat okay, kills per hour or or points per hour should be the best ones. given a raw data feed an efficiency compilation combining multiple stats could be made provided its not weights to heavily on things like hacking empty bases...zzz

thanks for the info,
I hope we will be able to see stats in real time, if necessary with a mod, since I would love to see the crashing stats of the person flying 12 ppl in a galaxy before the take off.

[SKYeXile]

Originally Posted by burnoutbob

i never said i would boss you around or that i was a bad player i just said it diddnt matter in ps1 because there are many other teamwork things to do that dont require killing people
like pulling ams's and drivng tanks and gals and loadestars repairing vehicles and downing gens and laying defensive CE
if all that mattered was K/D then people would just do tower battles and nobody would do any teamwork, nobody would drive tanks because only gunners get kills, nobody would do gal drops because flying the gal doesnt get you a l33t k/d ratio, nobody would pull lodestars because that is wasting time that could be spent killing

anyways again i dont know about world of tanks because i have never heard of the game but in ps1 there is many things to do to help out the team that doesnt require killing

im all about the teamwork - not padding my stats

sorry i never meant to imply you were, this is what typically people with bad stats to though in WOT, die, blame others, yell at people telling them to play better as their tank lies in smoke.

as for planetside? i dont really care if your stats are bad, unless somebody has more posts than kills and they start mouthing off, in which case i will promptly tell them to STFU and play the game. but it doesn't matter, more meat shields i say!

k/d imo as a stat should be discouraged, it promotes people playing like bitches and been defensive. ill rush into a tower and push it(after spamming a clip of thumper into it, im not stupid) sure i might run in there and only kill afew and get a 2/1 k/d for my trouble, whatever, atleast im fucking doing something, not standing around like a pussy asS bitch because of some arbitrary stat people mistake as skill. oh yea, i always fall in the top 5% of players for K/D, so its not like i have a bad k/d, i just think its a bullshit stat.

[jepaul]

Competitive to a fault. I don't play golf thus gaming is my hobby. I'll spend $100 a weekend on stupid prizes just so my outfit has something to do. I'll pay people simply to kill the same person over and over, I really have nothing better to do. I'm willing to spend RL money to win a computer game, that is pretty damn competitive.

[Koosalagoosagoo]

I will play compassionately

[burnoutbob]

Originally Posted by SKYeXile

k/d imo as a stat should be discouraged, it promotes people playing like bitches and been defensive. ill rush into a tower and push it(after spamming a clip of thumper into it, im not stupid) sure i might run in there and only kill afew and get a 2/1 k/d for my trouble, whatever, atleast im fucking doing something, not standing around like a pussy asS bitch because of some arbitrary stat people mistake as skill. oh yea, i always fall in the top 5% of players for K/D, so its not like i have a bad k/d, i just think its a bullshit stat.

this i 100% agree

i do similar stuff - if people are just sitting at a backdoor (when attacking) shooting in and not moving ill grab a few max's and do a suicide run through the backdoor and behind the people defending and and maybe get a few kills but more importantly i weaken their defence so others can actually run though the back door instead of just sitting there like dumb shits firing in and dieing from plasma spam etc etc

[DirtyBird]

Voted competitive because thats how I like to play.
But not all of the people I play with have the time to do that so there will be plenty of casual play as well.
Friday nights with the mini fridge topped up and a full ventrilo list is the making of many lols and good times in PS2.

Dont care much for K/D but when its there I know it drives me to become better at what I do by being aware of it.

I really liked the old style Planetside stats.
Can we even access those any more?