Lusches AH Stats Megathread

[Lusche]

Lusche, it seems like Tank battles are on the decline this tour.  What do the numbers show?

This is actually a question that is difficult to answer by stats alone. I can provide numbers in form of kills/deaths (preferably for completed tours and even more so for quarters).
But that alone doesn't say much if there are fewer battles, for a 'battle'  can be fast paced and with enormous amount of kills and deaths, or slow with much less kills/deaths for exactly the same duration and number of participants - yet still exciting nevertheless. Things like a new terrain can change not only the number, but also the quality of vehicular combats.

What I can do is to say if players are spending more or less time in vehicles, if the overall k/h has changed and to show the number and distribution of ground combat kills.
After the tour has ended

[Randy1]

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What I can do is to say if players are spending more or less time in vehicles, if the overall k/h has changed and to show the number and distribution of ground combat kills.
After the tour has ended

That would work just fine.  Thank you.

I have not ran into any high intensity tank battles in AH3 like a V85 or Crater AH2 days where the canon fire was just about continuous.

[Lusche]

Kills by type / quarter, Late War Arena



The recent increase in air to air kills and the corresponding loss in ground to ground (=GV combat) kills doesn't mean players are moving from vehicles back to fighters. The vehicle k/h has gone down significantly since AHIII went live. More on that when the score data for 2016' last tour is available.


Absolute number of kills by type /year, Late War Arena
 

(From late 2006 to late 2007 EW&MW had been included in LW stats, which increased number of kills by approx. 5-10%)

[oboe]

Wow Lusche, you continue to amaze me with the data you have at your disposal.

Coupla thoughts -  first, a question, really:  What vehicle(s) introduced Q2 in 2011 that caused a significant increase in G2G kills and a drop in A2A kills?   Something happened back then that really braced the ground game.  Any idea what it was?

Second, the decrease in vehicle K/h since AH3: I'm wondering if the new graphic requirements hit the ground gamers harder - that is, as a group is it possible they had more low-end systems that could not handle the new hardware requirements, and had a larger percentage of players who either chose or were forced by circumstance to leave the game?  Its curious to me, because I think the new terrain improved the looks of the ground game quite a bit.   

cheers

[Lusche]

Wow Lusche, you continue to amaze me with the data you have at your disposal.

Coupla thoughts -  first, a question, really:  What vehicle(s) introduced Q2 in 2011 that caused a significant increase in G2G kills and a drop in A2A kills?   Something happened back then that really braced the ground game.  Any idea what it was?

The vehicle control was changed. No driver position, auto transmission, commanders position, WASD controls. All of this made vehicles more accessible and the k/h went up considerably (and GV usage, in terms of time spend, a bit as well). This made the G2G kill share go up.

Second, the decrease in vehicle K/h since AH3: I'm wondering if the new graphic requirements hit the ground gamers harder - that is, as a group is it possible they had more low-end systems that could not handle the new hardware requirements, and had a larger percentage of players who either chose or were forced by circumstance to leave the game?  Its curious to me, because I think the new terrain improved the looks of the ground game quite a bit.   

It's not a technical problem. In fact, the overall time spend in vehicles still went up (again, more on that when the data is available).
It's about the new terrain, the great increase in tree coverage, which often makes it much more difficult to find someone to shoot at. Trees and new spawns basically killed off tank town in crater as well. It takes much more time to find someone to shoot at in the first place.

[Devil 505]

It's about the new terrain, the great increase in tree coverage, which often makes it much more difficult to find someone to shoot at. Trees and new spawns basically killed off tank town in crater as well. It takes much more time to find someone to shoot at in the first place.

This is a good thing. GVing in AH2 was electro-whack-a-mole.

[Easyscor]

AH3 released 15 September from what I can see. I'm wondering if we want to know how it has impacted the player numbers. The game has taken a hit with every new release in the past but that graphic suggest the 4th quarter numbers are up over 3rd quarter 2016?
That would be a nice turn around I haven't read about.

[Lusche]

The game has taken a hit with every new release in the past but that graphic suggest the 4th quarter numbers are up over 3rd quarter 2016?

There is nothing about player numbers in those last graphs, just number of kills by type, which are under the influence of several variables.
As far as I can see, the release of AHIII had only a minor, very short time effect on the player numbers.

[Easyscor]

Ah yes, I misread the graph. I thought it was total kills instead of percentage of total kills.

[hgtonyvi]

Looks like 2006-2007 was the best years in Aces High.

[Lazerr]

Looks like 2006-2007 was the best years in Aces High.

I remember them well. 

I hope we can get back to even 300 to 400 players during US primetime.

With the recent happenings around here on behalf of HTC and community.. its looking good!

[alpini13]

if im ready your chart correctly...the absolute number of kills has plummeted to close to what the number was when the game started in 2000???  is that correct?

[icepac]

It sure is easier to simply drive right through a "spawn camp" than it used to be.

When someone says a spawn in camped, I usually up a M3, drive right through it, and capture the field.

Then I up another M3 and follow the enemy tanks running away from thier spawn camp from ever seeing a green "end sortie" button.

[Lusche]

Goons have become an endangered species:



In the last three tours, only about 12% of all recorded base captures had been made by C-47.

[Randy1]

I noticed the same thing since the beginning of AH3 albeit from your graph the decline has been trending down for some time.  I suspect the trend downward is closely tied the declining number of missions.  The recent more steep decline is associated with new map designs I would guess.