Take a look at these stats and the rank that goes with them (Copied from pilot stats 15:15EDT 01/14/2001)
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These are FIGHTER RANKS ONLY. I know the differance between these and the other ranks for bombers and vehicles and how they all play into Overall Rank.
<:/EDIT:>FesterKills / Deaths + 1: 64.0000 
Kills / Sorties: 4.8302 
Kills / Time online: 0.0031 
Hit percentage: 0.1462 
Points: 47117.4110 
Fighter
Kills: 256 
Assists: 29 
Sorties: 53 
Landed: 49 
Bailed: 0
Ditched: 0 
Captured: 0
Death: 2 
Disco: 2
Time: 22:59:48 
Rank: 5WhelsKills / Deaths + 1: 7.4444 
Kills / Sorties: 2.3103 
Kills / Time online: 0.0017 
Hit percentage: 0.1289 
Points: 21438.2554 
Fighter 
Kills: 134 
Assists: 19 
Sorties: 58 
Landed: 37 
Bailed: 1 
Ditched: 3 
Captured: 2 
Death: 13 
Disco: 2 
Time: 22:24:52 
Rank: 1 
 How does this work out? How does Whels get the number one spot over Fester with these stats?
If you look, you will see that Fester has better numbers in ALL the top and lower catagories except for Time, of which fester has 35 minutes more (Obiviously spent flying home from all those engagements, where Whels was sent to tower far more frequently)
Being that Fester is better in ALL catagories... how does HTC's calculation work to figure out ranks?
I am interested because I am trying to improve my stats and noticed I am 15th fighter rank, so I wanted to see who was #1. Saw Whels at the top and Fester at #5, so I got curious. This just doesn't look right if you ask me.
HTC.. can you explain how this works?