Heh, I don't think the score system is FUBAR'ed. Sure, it is flawed in certain ways, but *overall*, kills are awarded justly. Maybe 1 out of 20 of my kills aren't "mine".
Aye, is irritating when someone is awarded kill when ack kills ya. Or when you blast wing off Sputnickfire and someone else hoses him as he goes down and gets the kill. But overall, it does what it is inteded to; it allows you to see your overal performance statistics.
Of course, it says nothing about vulch kills (torque, I wanted to kill you in my M16 - then I shot wing off, but got no kill or assist message? <S!> for yer persistence
) or deadly 1 vs many furballs.
So, it has something to say, but is far from a final answer.
Even if kills were awarded perfectly, the issue about vulch vs 1 vs many would still be there. So stats tell us only so much. Point in case:
This tour in A8 so far:
stsanta has 19 kills and has been killed 2 times in the Fw 190A-8.
and G10:
stsanta has 57 kills and has been killed 14 times in the Bf 109G-10.
Now, I feel safer in the G10. But I've flown the A8 mainly in jabo roles (as my gun percentage testifies
) and have generally had either cap or bugged out after performing my duties. In the G10, I've gone into many vs poor me more than a few times.
So in conclusion I think scoring is adequate for the purpose, if not perfect, but one has to take many things into consideration and not use it as a "I am better than you" stick.
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StSanta
JG54 "Grünherz"
"If you died a stones throw from your wingie; you did no wrong". - Hangtime
