Data analysis request (Lusche, are you there?)

[ccvi]

Can you please check the plane performance of this first week of madness of this month vs the plane performance in prior months?
I think the all-seeing dar favors the better planes, putting the lesser ones at more of a disadvantage than before. Can you please verify if there's any truth in that?

[Lusche]

Can you please verify if there's any truth in that?

The problem is, just a few days of testing gives you a very small sample. Unless there are singular radical changes (like about everybody stopping to fly the pony), things like type of terrain being up or a single player having the run of his life for a week in his favourite plane will have too large of an impact.



"% of fighter kills" means all kills made by fighters.


With an experiment like you are currently experiencing, I'd like to see at least a full tour completed so that I could also check the scores for any significant statistical changes in gameplay behaviour.

[DmonSlyr]

Based on the fact that everyone can see you. I'll predict more hi alt BnZers and planes like the 190, 109, P51. Just so that people will escape the B-line hoard coming out to get you. That being said. It's just my hypothesis but I pretty much agree with what Lushce said. Not enough #s to really say yet.

[Vraciu]

Based on the fact that everyone can see you. I'll predict more hi alt BnZers and planes like the 190, 109, P51. Just so that people will escape the B-line hoard coming out to get you. That being said. It's just my hypothesis but I pretty much agree with what Lushce said. Not enough #s to really say yet.

Heck no.  Spit XVI and LA7.   That's what I would fly.

[DmonSlyr]

Heck no.  Spit XVI and LA7.   That's what I would fly.

Those are both comparable to the 109 but they are easier to pick, just look at the K/D. More aggressive planes tend to have lower overall K/D's. The reason that the P51 is low is because tons of newbs fly it right when they start the game, it's easy pickens down low n slow when you don't have a clue what's going on.

Planes that can excelarate quickly typically have the best advantage

[8thJinx]

Lusch can you do the same for Tanks and %of bomber kills, %of fighter kills, %of attack kills, %of GV kills.

[Lusche]

Lusch can you do the same for Tanks and %of bomber kills, %of fighter kills, %of attack kills, %of GV kills.

Same problem of small data sample size over a short time, so too much work at this point for little gain, I'm afraid.
But I will revisit these things at a later point 

[Vraciu]

Those are both comparable to the 109 but they are easier to pick, just look at the K/D. More aggressive planes tend to have lower overall K/D's. The reason that the P51 is low is because tons of newbs fly it right when they start the game, it's easy pickens down low n slow when you don't have a clue what's going on.

Planes that can excelarate quickly typically have the best advantage

The 51's best advantage--being able to disengage with speed--has been pretty much nerfed due to the all-seeing radar, IMO.   I am not flying it nearly as much now because I need something that can fight in a crowd and regain E.  The P-51 is not that airplane.     Maybe the Dora would be a better fit for the current settings.  Hmmmm.....   

[8thJinx]

Same problem of small data sample size over a short time, so too much work at this point for little gain, I'm afraid.
But I will revisit these things at a later point 

Edit:  too depressing to post what i found, would start a flame war

[ccvi]

The problem is, just a few days of testing gives you a very small sample.

Thanks. What I was expecting would have been sufficiently significant to be visible, but it isn't there.

[bozon]

People will fly what they always fly. Change in plane selection will be very slow and gradual, if at all.