fighter score addition

[DmonSlyr]

I think a lot of this is just too difficult to measure. If someone flies boring to achive a high score, thats just the way they like to fly. If a player wants to fly EZ mode planes and BnZ as he may, that's just the way the plane was meant to flown to its full capacity, and it could give you a higher score. The object is to not get any damage to your plane while getting the most kills you can. If someone takes advantage of the EZ mode planes to get a good score, they probably won't be that sought after gracefully anyway.

[Aspen]

[Slade]

I think a lot of this is just too difficult to measure.

Nope

I write a lot of code.  Just fun with logic conditions is all.  Like anything it would be an on-going process in fine tuning.  Certainly doable.

The thing I'd be concerned with is ensuring the stats gathering (for any endeavour not just this one) does not interfere with game performance in a noticeably way.

[cobia38]

Rocket vulching is the sport of kings 

vulching with 500 pounders is more fun 

[Krusty]

I write a lot of code.  Just fun with logic conditions is all.  Like anything it would be an on-going process in fine tuning.  Certainly doable.

Do-able, but ultimately meaningless. Caldera's and Ink's suggestions both pre-suppose that their way of playing is more skillful than other ways, even if it's not. It's subjective. It means nothing if you got gang-banged by 20+ and they all got a piece of you. It also means nothing if you soar past 50+ in a bomber mission you stumble across, while safely staying outside of their guns range in your 262.

Caldera's presupposes that those that "mix it up" at stall speeds in a suicidal manner until they are shot down, rinse and repeat endlessly, are the "true" or "complete" pilots in this game, and Ink's presupposes that wading into a bad situation foolishly makes you better, OR that flying in such a way as to club seals in a one-vs-many situation makes it appear as if you're far better on the score page.

Neither of those actually reflects ANYTHING subjective about the player's ability in question. They are far too easily manipulated to "game the game" and pad your score arbitrarily.

[Wiley]

For the vast majority, why have the blue and green buttons?

Wiley.

[bustr]

Wiley,

That graphic is like the psych tests run with a panel of college kids at two different colleges. Each kid was given an equal number of tokens to represent money at one school, the ability to effect others grades at another school while observing anonymously. The token representing the money experiment, each kid was given the option to reward others for their part in a team effort with 5 teams that was observed by the panel of kids with the tokens. They could give 0%, 1%, 5%, 10%, 25%, or 50% of their token bank account value to individuals or the observed team.

The same kind of test was run at the other college but the observing kids gave demerits against a final grade for each student involved in the activity teams. Or a total team grade. Similar break down, 0, 1, 5......and so forth.

Girls were very charitable giving as a majority 10% tokens to each of the collective teams and not dinging team grades by much more than 10%. The guys on the other hand were very stingy and graded harshly. The majority of guys wanted to keep their bank tokens and enjoyed slamming the teams grades mostly because they could. There were no rules against keeping all of the tokens or even failing the teams. On average the guys gave 1% to 5% in tokens to each Team or dinged the Team grade down to a C-D grade level. 

Yes I can see voting to enhance another player's status in this game.....

[Slade]

Do-able, but ultimately meaningless.

If someone is using a Wishlist Forum to make a wish it is as validate as any other post on this BBS.

Caldera on posting what many have asked for in differing ways.