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Add Terminator Rating to profile

PostPosted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:24 pm
by Hound
(I did search for this but didn't find anything so I apologize if this has been suggested and rejected, chalk it up to my poor search skills!)

* Suggestion Idea:

For those that tend to favor terminator games, the win/loss ratio doesn't really reflect their "success/failure" rate. The rating could be based on the total opponents eliminated vs. played. For instance if I played terminator games against 1000 players and successfully terminated 300 of them, my terminator ratio would be 30%.

* Specifics:

Example

Rank: Sergeant
Score: 1417
Games: 727 Completed, 161 (22%) Won
Terminator: 1000 opponents, 300 terminations (30%)

* Why it is needed:

The simple win/loss ratio is useless in evaluating a player's skill level. The overall score can help in this regard but a couple of games can really move scores pretty quickly so a player may be a Private one week and Captain next week (or the reverse). So the combination of rank and win/loss doesn't really reflect a players skill if they tend to play terminator games. The terminator ranking would provide more information on the players skill level, (helping to identify the real threat in terminator games!)

PostPosted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:15 pm
by wicked
It doesn't take much skill to take out one player. It does take skill to take out a player and not leave yourself so weak that you're not taken out next. It does take skill to take out multiple players, block your opponents from taking out players, and win a game. Sorry, but I personally don't see a need for this stat and it would only add unnecessary clutter.

PostPosted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:45 pm
by Hound
Fair enough point on the clutter.

In regards to the skill required to take out one player, what about those players that mostly play one-on-one games? Don't those add to your win/loss ratio? In those games there is no worrying about other opponents taking you out after you press an attack, yet your points and win/loss stats will improve with a win.

So if I play in a terminator game with 6 players and I overextend myself taking out one player, then get terminated, my terminator ranking would be adversely impacted because my ratio would change by 5/1 (5 opps and 1 term.) If instead I was able to take out all but the last, I wouldn't get the win but my terminator ratio would improve by 5/4, because in effect I was the strongest player in the game but maybe got taken out by lucky dice or cards.

PostPosted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:48 pm
by Soloman
Hound wrote:Fair enough point on the clutter.

In regards to the skill required to take out one player, what about those players that mostly play one-on-one games? Don't those add to your win/loss ratio? In those games there is no worrying about other opponents taking you out after you press an attack, yet your points and win/loss stats will improve with a win.

So if I play in a terminator game with 6 players and I overextend myself taking out one player, then get terminated, my terminator ranking would be adversely impacted because my ratio would change by 5/1 (5 opps and 1 term.) If instead I was able to take out all but the last, I wouldn't get the win but my terminator ratio would improve by 5/4, because in effect I was the strongest player in the game but maybe got taken out by lucky dice or cards.


No Offense I think it may be wasted stat but on varient of it there could be stats for what game types played and either win loss ratio or percentage