Minimum Number of Sorties Required for score?

[JunkyII]

15 or 20? I just took a look and seems like it needs to be 40-50 sorties in Fighter Mode to get scored......3-4 people seem to have 30-40 sorties in fighter mode a tour for the last 4 tours......makes score weak

 

[Ghosth]

Actually this would make reaching that #1 spot a bit harder.

Especially if the # of flights for one category was a Significant % of the other sorties you've flown.
And rather than a # I think it should be a percentage, like 25% or 33%.

So if you flew 100 sorties in attack mode you'd need 25 sorties in fighter mode to qualify.

Encouraging the well rounded balanced player. And lowering the impact of 1 or 2 good sorties at the start of the tour.

But ultimately score is all about those who will fly to manipulate it.
Rather than post each category, I'd rather see them reward the player who had the best average of all category's.
Yes, including bombers and GV's.

[BaldEagl]

I understand the request and trying to limit those who fly a handfull of exceptional fighter sorties then fly attack mode the rest of the camp but what about guys like me who don't play as much?  I become a rankless player?

Not that these are any great numbers but this represents half my playing time this month.  The other half has been in GV's.

Kills 12
Assists 1
Sorties 8
Landed 5
Bailed 2
Ditched 0
Captured 1
Deaths 0
Discos 0
Time hh:mm:ss 02:25:59
Rank 414

I actually like to look at my stats/ranks to see where I stand against others in the arena, even if my playtime is limited.

This would just give me one less reason to play the game.

[JunkyII]

I understand the request and trying to limit those who fly a handfull of exceptional fighter sorties then fly attack mode the rest of the camp but what about guys like me who don't play as much?  I become a rankless player?

Not that these are any great numbers but this represents half my playing time this month.  The other half has been in GV's.

Kills 12
Assists 1
Sorties 8
Landed 5
Bailed 2
Ditched 0
Captured 1
Deaths 0
Discos 0
Time hh:mm:ss 02:25:59
Rank 414

I actually like to look at my stats/ranks to see where I stand against others in the arena, even if my playtime is limited.

This would just give me one less reason to play the game.

Thats where a problem comes up and probably why they will never change it. Some people dont game the system, they just fly and use it to check their personal progress

[uptown]

Get rid of Rank altogether.   

+1

[CAP1]

Does it make sense to have a minimum number of sorties per catagory required before score is calculated?  Say 15, maybe 20 sorties minimum per catagory.

what about those of us tht can't always make that many?

[DadRabit]

keep rank.  have fun and fly, drive and boating.    

[Yeager]

how does HTC describe their ranking system?  Is it on the web page?  Tried looking cant find it....

[Lusche]

how does HTC describe their ranking system?  Is it on the web page?  Tried looking cant find it....

You have a particular question?

[Yeager]

You have a particular question?

how does it work?

[Lusche]

how does it work?

Very simple:
For each scoring category, players are sorted and assigned a rank#. Best K/D in fighters is #1, second best is #2 and so on. Same with K/S, K/H and Kill points. All those rank numbers are added. Player with smallest total # gets fighter rank number 1.

The same is done with bombers, attackers, GV.
Best overall player is the one with lowest total sum of fighter, attacker, bomber and GV rank.

[bj229r]

Even a minimum 10 sorties in a given category would end some of the afore-mentioned dweebishness

[Lusche]

Even a minimum 10 sorties in a given category would end some of the afore-mentioned dweebishness

At least in LW, with only 1 or 2 sorties in fighter mode you won't get any good rank at all, because you simply don't get enough points.  Set a 10 sortie minimum, and nothing much will change.

[Lusche]

Some numbers:

In tour 118, there were 5487 players ranked in fighter mode with at least one sortie.

Average sorties per player: 72
Max sorties: 1308

1441 (26%) players had less than 10 sorties
1340 (24%) players had more than 100 sorties
66 (1.2%) player had more than 500 sorties

The top 10 ranked players in fighter mode had flown
280
107
175
125
163
186
59
91
117
21
sorties respectively

[bj229r]

The minimum sortie thing, IMO, would be more for the guy who is happy to have his fighter rank under 400--attainable with 1-2 carefully-chosen horde-missions, which will enable an overall rank of <50ish