I said I was an average pilot not trying to be a smartarse, i was being realistic in my own sense. Certainly am not an average pilot in the sense of the pie graphs, but compared to the average veteran pilot I suppose I am.
This is where you and Lusche are having a communication issue. Lusche is going by the all around player base and trying to pin point an "average player". You on the other hand are rating only yourself. You consider your self average knowing your better than you use to be but no where near where you think you should be and so don't consider yourself a newb, nor a "hot stick" but someplace in the middle..... average.
Skill level doesn't improve because players aren't incentivized to improve. Why put the effort if the same result can be accomplished simply by having more numbers?
I've been saying this for years. Why learn to maneuver for a kill when HOin works half the time and you can be happy with that.
I think that pilots increase in skill over time, and the data provided by Lusche support that conclusion. Every metric improves over time.
True, but in this game it seems like for every one guy that pushes to excel there is a horde of players that are ok with doing the same tried and true thing over and over again (horde and HO) to slow that "improvement curve" down.
Looks like I need to work harder on attacking objects that don't have a human playing them and are sitting on the ground if I want to really improve upon killing objects that don't move and don't have a human controlling them. Or I can carry bombs sometimes with my buds and have fun if I don't hit nothin.
I don't think any ones saying you have to improve on a part of game play that you don't do. Heck you don't fight as far as I'm concerned, but that's the way you play the game. I ran into you Saturday. You were high in a P47M and tried to get my P47-40. After a few passed that netted you a few pings you dove away through your ack and "extended" deeper into friendly territory. I followed to be sure it was just the 2 of us but you wouldn't turn back even after a 4k advantage with alt and speed. I turned back toward the base and had a great turn fight with Snuggies in a P40c that ended on the deck with him colliding with me. But it how YOU want to play.
The point is if a player is on a base taking run often, don't you think he might want to figure out how to hit a target consistently? This is where the game is failing. As Atool says, there are so many that just don't know. Like Lusche said, there have to be other options/requirements for the "win" to get players to become more skilled. More skilled players mean better play for everyone. Sure I may be in the top 25% that feed on the other 75%, but I'd be happy if I ran into a "skilled" player more than 1 out of 4 on an average, wouldn't you?