Originally posted by Simaril
But your idea assumes that KPD correlates directly with a plane's quality. And that would be an invalid assumption.
Think about a plane like the FM-2. Lets say, just for the sake of argument, that only 10% of sorties was by newbs -- and the aces who love to dogfight make up the difference. The KPD that results would be HEAVILY skewed by player skill -- and while it would still likely end up with a mediocre number, that number would be MUCH MUCH better than the plane deserved..
So now it gets a lower ENY. It gets filtered out for the high side, and a certain number of aces can't fly it. The KPD drops....do we recalculate?
Or lets look at the argument the other way. Take a great plane flown poorly by newbs. Should it be available to the aces on the high side, when the FM2s of the world are denied?
Come to think of it, look at YOUR numbers!! The "NPE" (newbie pilot effect) clearly has pushed the La-1 and the SPit XVI into almost silly ENY ratings. Can you honestly say, with all the "perk the XVI and La7" threads, that your system is better than HTs?
I dont buy it at all -- since its based on a faulty assumption its conclusions can't be trusted.
Barring anything else to base ENY values on, a planes K/D in the INDIVIDUAL arenas should be a reasonable gauge of how successful (effective) it is.
Like I said a planes use or underuse should have nothing to do with it's ENY value, as ENY it is currently being use to limit planes, it makes sense to base it on a planes success in the arenas, not its use.
Under the current 'system' if the Spit I suddenly jumped way up in popularity it could get a silly ENY value also.
I would hazard a guess that if individual arena stats were available, the top ENY group (ENY 5) in my idea would most likely contain the latest planes available in that arena, which if you think about it makes sense.
As they developed through the war planes got better performance and became more and more effective.
Yes it be recalculated as and when was seen fit.
If you look through the tours the basic position of any aircraft in the K/D ratio doesn't change that much.
Anyone know if individual arena stats are available?