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Offline Ciaphas

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Re: Remove 1 Man "Squads" From Squad Rankings
« Reply #30 on: December 19, 2018, 08:29:01 PM »
The easiest method would be to calculate squad rank for squads consisting of 2 or more players.

or....


Have a tiered squad rank system based on squad membership.

* just and example *

Tier 1: 2-4
Tier 2: 5-10
Tier 3: 11-15
Tier 4: 16-max



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Re: Remove 1 Man "Squads" From Squad Rankings
« Reply #31 on: December 24, 2018, 07:45:09 PM »
good idea

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Re: Remove 1 Man "Squads" From Squad Rankings
« Reply #32 on: January 07, 2019, 01:52:41 PM »
 Also remove the tower people from the ENY factor.

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Re: Remove 1 Man "Squads" From Squad Rankings
« Reply #33 on: January 08, 2019, 10:51:39 AM »
Also remove the tower people from the ENY factor.
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Re: Remove 1 Man "Squads" From Squad Rankings
« Reply #34 on: January 09, 2019, 10:45:16 AM »
Wait wouldn't larger squads have an advantage? More people to accumulate more damage, kill points, field captures etc.

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Re: Remove 1 Man "Squads" From Squad Rankings
« Reply #35 on: January 09, 2019, 12:37:37 PM »
Wait wouldn't larger squads have an advantage? More people to accumulate more damage, kill points, field captures etc.

No it is averaged.
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Re: Remove 1 Man "Squads" From Squad Rankings
« Reply #36 on: January 09, 2019, 01:39:24 PM »
No it is averaged.
I was trying to figure out to saying that without talking to much.  It's why I like to look at it as a metric because it is an average of all the guys together. Take the Pigs as an example-we have guys that excel in one area and absolutely suck or do not participate in some areas of operation.  I'll use myself and a squaddie as an example: I am a brutally efficient attacker, fairly good fighter pilot, an ok gver, and rarely fly bombers.  Slider my squaddie I would argue is one of the better tankers in the game, a good bomber, a so so attacker and an awesome target for the red guys when it comes to fighter ops.  Averages... 
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Re: Remove 1 Man "Squads" From Squad Rankings
« Reply #37 on: January 09, 2019, 03:19:45 PM »
Just don't insult Waystin's wiener dogs. Someone always does, then he looses it and anything he is in from a parachuted pilot to the 16in on a BB lands him kills. The best kept POTW secret is Waystin doesn't tune 200. Now if we tell him his wieners have been insulted again......then all we know about his where abouts is him cackling like Mister Magoo each time he kills something. It's like a possessed demonic Mr Magoo... :eek: He jumps all over the map from darbar to darbar never telling the squad where he is. Trying to follow him is just showing up late to smoking left overs.

We try not to do it too often since he will bail after dive bombing a CV and march his pilot up to it and scream blood curdling show tune songs and shoot the CV until he empties his mag. At that point, PT's just aren't personal enough for him since the honor of his wiener puppies is in question...... :O
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Re: Remove 1 Man "Squads" From Squad Rankings
« Reply #38 on: January 09, 2019, 06:54:15 PM »
So instead of removing small squads they should use totals. For individual scores total kills/damage is part of the score.

Average k/d and hit percentage seems fair as a factor

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Re: Remove 1 Man "Squads" From Squad Rankings
« Reply #39 on: January 10, 2019, 02:51:42 PM »
Wait wouldn't larger squads have an advantage? More people to accumulate more damage, kill points, field captures etc.

They have an advantage of 20 wingmen on the same vox channel, coordinating and covering for each other.  A one man squad does not have any such advantages.
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Re: Remove 1 Man "Squads" From Squad Rankings
« Reply #40 on: January 10, 2019, 03:00:12 PM »
So instead of removing small squads they should use totals. For individual scores total kills/damage is part of the score.

Average k/d and hit percentage seems fair as a factor

Not removing small squads. Removing non squads.
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Re: Remove 1 Man "Squads" From Squad Rankings
« Reply #41 on: January 10, 2019, 04:41:35 PM »
A one man squad does not have any such advantages.
A one man squad is an impossibility.  :headscratch:
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Re: Remove 1 Man "Squads" From Squad Rankings
« Reply #42 on: January 10, 2019, 05:11:35 PM »
A one man squad is an impossibility.  :headscratch:

This one is in "Ranked" second right now.

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Re: Remove 1 Man "Squads" From Squad Rankings
« Reply #43 on: January 10, 2019, 05:37:05 PM »
A one man squad is an impossibility.  :headscratch:

If you go by the typical squadron sizes in WWII, squads of two aren't possible either.  I've seen complaints in years past about two man squads scoring well. 

Where is the line drawn of what constitutes a squad?  6 players? 12? 18? 
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Re: Remove 1 Man "Squads" From Squad Rankings
« Reply #44 on: January 10, 2019, 06:43:21 PM »
reach out to the solo guys and try and recruit them.


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