Originally posted by Grits
So basically, the score system doesnt mean much, because there are many other ways to manipulate the system besides the ones I gave that will get you a high (lower number) rank. If you do it just right, and it does not take skill its nothing more than a set of tasks to accomplish, anyone can get a very high score.
The best advice I can give you is ignore the score/rank system and concentrate on having the most fun you can have, that is the true sign of sucess in AH.
What Grits said, with one possible minor exception. . .
Early on I used rank as a judge to see if / how much I was improving -- but I only compared my rank vs. myself. Comparing against yourself is ok as long as you keep with the same "style" of play. But as Grits points out, even minor changes in what you do can heavily affect your rank, especially in the AvA where the numbers tend to be limited.
As for trying to compare
squads, I would really advise against even trying. First, I doubt your squadmates would find the pressure to "rank well" to be very fun after a while. Second, the only reason I can think of to track squad rank is if you plan to publicize it at some point. When you do, you will be labled as "ranktards" by many, and if you go about it sounding in any way braggadocious, you will get nothing but
any time you show up. Not fair, but the reality.
My advice is to just have fun. If you need a measure of success, I would say Kill / Death ratio alone suffices for a squad. Personal measures could be anything. My personal measure will be to FINALLY get 1Duke1 twice in a row, since as it is now he kills me at least nine or ten times for each time I get lucky and catch him napping. . . Everyone else I can usually catch napping one of every five times.
