Increase "name in lights" to 3 kills

[Lusche]

Shoudn't the average be near 1 or do lots of people crash into the ground?

No.
It just that most players are cannon fodder for the very few "top" pilots in game.
In any given LW tour, 50% of all players get a K/D less than 0.3. Only 20% of all player end up having a k/D of 1.0 or better in fighter mode, less than 10% get a K/D of 2.0 or better.
The numbers for kills per sortie are similar.
The numerical majority of players get airborne, flies around and gets shot down by one of the guys doing 2-5 kills per sortie

[guncrasher]

Getting rusty in algebra but won't the average d/k ratio never be above .5?

Semp

[Lusche]

Getting rusty in algebra but won't the average d/k ratio never be above .5?

Semp

Quick hypothetical example:



Of course, the "average" number is a bit misleading, that's why I gave some actual threshold numbers.

Some actual numbers for tour 118 for all players with at least 1 sortie in fighter mode:


As you can see, the majority of players were more victims than killers.

[Bruv119]

surely plenty of guys got more than 10-1 KD?

[Lusche]

surely plenty of guys got more than 10-1 KD?

The % numbers are rounded. The actual number was 0.437%

[Guppy35]

I'd lose it altogether, not that I ever land

I know I've often seen guys leave a fight in the middle of it, race home, land, and get their wtg, often leaving other guys hanging in that same fight as the desire to land the kill is more important to them.

I understand that some folks need some sort of incentive, but in the worst case scenario the name in lights message creates a lot of timid cartoon pilots

[FLS]

So they leave guys hanging in a fight where nobody dies and the reward is the fight? 
If a timid pilot leaves the fight it seems like all you lost is some bait. 

[waystin2]

You are supposed to land?  Let em have their name in lights for whatever.  I will encourage all to fight until you are out of bullets or gas.  It's the most fun!

[Tilt]

For me there should be a 2 perk thresshold before any other numerics are considered. ie Fighter/attacker = 2 kills + 2 perks prior to attaboy announcement.  Its clear that Attaboys are motivational so why not use them to encourage greater variety of ac in combat by rewarding high ENY drivers appropriately.

[Lusche]

I would like being able to increase the limit just for myself.
Make is player controllable with a slider in "options" what his own minimum requirement for getting into the lights should be.
I'm rather embarrassed when I land just two kills in a Tempest or La-7 and get a bunch of WTG's for that.

[uptown]

Increase to 5 kills for name in lights.

[Lusche]

I know I've often seen guys leave a fight in the middle of it, race home, land, and get their wtg, often leaving other guys hanging in that same fight as the desire to land the kill is more important to them.

I'f I'm getting critically low on fuel, am out of ammo, have serious damage, or a gaggle of red cons at high alt appears trying to pick me, I'm off. If and how many kills I do have is completely irrelevant. I try to land every sortie, even with 0 kills. Name in lights is not what is driving me, (unless it's like 5 kills in a ENY 40 plane - I'm not above trying to showoff )

I will always try to help someone in trouble, but if I clear someone's 6, but if he just flies back into that horde of 12 red cons he better not complain openly about me not "helping him" again

[APDrone]

I would like being able to increase the limit just for myself.
Make is player controllable with a slider in "options" what his own minimum requirement for getting into the lights should be.
I'm rather embarrassed when I land just two kills in a Tempest or La-7 and get a bunch of WTG's for that.

+1

Where you set your flight options ( tracers, stall delimiter, auto takeoff ),
make an option to be prompted with a popup ( like accepting a gunner ) when you end sortie:  "Would you like to announce your mission results: y/n"

Applies to fighter/bomber/field gun/GV.


<edit> Ug.. um.. second thought, it may not be such a good idea.  Those that choose to announce all their kills may be ridiculed relentlessly on range/200.  No need to fuel more drivel on the text buffers.
 

[Knite]

For me there should be a 2 perk thresshold before any other numerics are considered. ie Fighter/attacker = 2 kills + 2 perks prior to attaboy announcement.  Its clear that Attaboys are motivational so why not use them to encourage greater variety of ac in combat by rewarding high ENY drivers appropriately.

I actually kind of like this idea. Would the message be changed though?
So and So has earned XX perks with XX kills in a FW190-A5 ?

[4deck]

Increase to 5 kills for name in lights.

Im up for that but instead have it say "Ace"