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Title: Have you improved?
Post by: ink on December 17, 2008, 01:19:06 PM
  I was wondering how much I have improved since the very beginning of my AH career, it seems I have improved greatly,except in my hit% in this I have barely made progress, now mind you, I still fly the same way I did since the beginning usually solo, and fighting the hourd. as you can see I did try my hand at flying bombers one time and GVs but for me its all about the fight so I stopped flying in any mode except fighter.

I will not be satisfied until I can double the landed to death ratio, and bring my hit% to at least 10 :rofl (I think this almost beyond my ability,almost though for I know if you think you cant do something, you will never be able to, therefor I convince my self "I can do it" :rofl

so lets see your improvements :aok

Tour 52 Fighter Scores for usurper
 Score   Rank   
Kills per Death + 1 0.32 2832
Kills per Sortie 0.26 2820
Kills per Hour of Flight 2.52 2670
Kills Hit Percentage 3.91 2428
Kill Points 4852.34 1767

Tour 52 Bomber Scores for usurper
 Score   Rank   
Damage per Death 335.74 2560
Damage per Sortie 247.39 2563
Damage Hit Percentage 50.00 2209
Damage Points 4700.40 2518
Field Captures 0 3815

Tour 52 Attack Scores for usurper
 Score   Rank   
Kills per Death + 1 0.26 1880
Kills per Sortie 0.23 1873
Kills per Hour of Flight 1.98 1745
Kills Hit Percentage 6.29 2008
Kill Points 837.26 1454
Damage per Death 131.57 2300
Damage per Sortie 118.41 2299
Damage Hit Percentage 300.00 170
Damage Points 3552.37 2204
Field Captures 0 2889

Tour 52 Vehicles and Boats Scores for usurper
 Score   Rank   
Kills per Death + 1 0.33 2368
Kills per Sortie 0.33 1887
Kills per Hour of Flight 10.30 413
Kills Hit Percentage 2.61 2291
Kill Points 1.85 3149
Damage per Death 787.38 1172
Damage per Sortie 787.38 931
Damage Hit Percentage 0.00 3992
Damage Points 2362.15 1890
Field Captures 0 3992

Tour 52 Statistics for usurper
 Fighter  Bomber  Attack  Veh./Boat  Total 
Kills 66 3 7 1 77   :rofl         
Assists 39 1 4 0 44
Sorties 254 19 30 3 306  :rofl
 Landed 43 1 4 1 49
 Bailed 5 2 1 0 8
 Ditched 5 5 0 0 10
 Captured 1 0 1 0 2
 Deaths 199 11 24 2 236
 Discos 1 0 0 0 1
Time hh:mm:ss 26:18:46 01:21:52 03:33:12 00:05:50 31:19:40
Rank 2591 2665 1996 1867 2270





Late War Tour 107 Fighter Scores for JETSOM
 Score   Rank   
Kills per Death + 1 1.90 488
Kills per Sortie 1.32 350
Kills per Hour of Flight 6.77 399
Kills Hit Percentage 5.88 910 :rofl  been here since '04 yet I still cant hit crap :cry
Kill Points 11659.48 361

Late War Tour 107 Bomber Scores for JETSOM
 Score   Rank   
Damage per Death 0.00 0
Damage per Sortie 0.00 0
Damage Hit Percentage 0.00 0
Damage Points 0.00 0
Field Captures 0 0

Late War Tour 107 Attack Scores for JETSOM
 Score   Rank   
Kills per Death + 1 0.00 0
Kills per Sortie 0.00 0
Kills per Hour of Flight 0.00 0
Kills Hit Percentage 0.00 0
Kill Points 0.00 0
Damage per Death 0.00 0
Damage per Sortie 0.00 0
Damage Hit Percentage 0.00 0
Damage Points 0.00 0
Field Captures 0 0

Late War Tour 107 Vehicles and Boats Scores for JETSOM
 Score   Rank   
Kills per Death + 1 0.00 0
Kills per Sortie 0.00 0
Kills per Hour of Flight 0.00 0
Kills Hit Percentage 0.00 0
Kill Points 0.00 0
Damage per Death 0.00 0
Damage per Sortie 0.00 0
Damage Hit Percentage 0.00 0
Damage Points 0.00 0
Field Captures 0 0

Late War Tour 107 Statistics for JETSOM
 Fighter  Bomber  Attack  Veh./Boat  Total 
Kills 170 0 0 0 170
Assists 19 0 0 0 19
Sorties 129 0 0 0 129
 Landed 39 0 0 0 39
 Bailed 15 0 0 0 15
 Ditched 1 0 0 0 1
 Captured 19 0 0 0 19
 Deaths 54 0 0 0 54
 Discos 1 0 0 0 1
Time hh:mm:ss 25:04:20 00:00:00 00:00:00 00:00:00 25:04:20
Rank 258 3657 2897 3806 2961
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: Anaxogoras on December 17, 2008, 01:24:09 PM
There's an application you can download that shows this stuff as a graph plotted over tours.  Murdr has the link, let's see if he posts it.
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: ink on December 17, 2008, 01:27:09 PM
There's an application you can download that shows this stuff as graph plotted over tours.  Murdr has the link, let's see if he posts it.

ya I have it but what sux, is I have had a bunch of names, and it only does one name at a time.
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: Lusche on December 17, 2008, 01:27:38 PM
I'm not Murdr, but...

http://www.my2cents.co.nz/AKUAG/Resources_Files/PilotStats.aspx

Programmed by Spatula

ya I have it but what sux, is I have had a bunch of names, and it only does one name at a time.

I defined a squad consisting all of my three different handles over the years in AH.
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: Treize69 on December 17, 2008, 01:55:20 PM
First full tour-

Tour 66 Fighter Scores for Treize

Kills per Death + 1 0.34 2470
Kills per Sortie 0.24 2612
Kills per Hour of Flight 2.16 2464
Kills Hit Percentage 4.30 1347
Kill Points 4246.79 1702

Kills 20
Assists 6
Sorties 85
 Landed 16
 Bailed 4
 Ditched 11
 Captured 2
 Deaths 52
 Discos 0
Time hh:mm:ss 09:12:27
Rank 2160

Best tour

Tour 85 Fighter Scores for Treize

Kills per Death + 1 3.05 358
Kills per Sortie 1.78 286
Kills per Hour of Flight 5.87 996
Kills Hit Percentage 15.33 50
Kill Points 95476.18 21

Kills 514
Assists 119
Sorties 288
 Landed 115
 Bailed 37
 Ditched 5
 Captured 28
 Deaths 102
 Discos 1
Time hh:mm:ss 87:33:06
Rank 120


Last months tours (much less time flying and less than the full month active)

Mid War Tour 106 Fighter Scores for Treize
 
Kills per Death + 1 2.40 64
Kills per Sortie 1.71 64
Kills per Hour of Flight 5.36 228
Kills Hit Percentage 18.27 24
Kill Points 1705.01 243

Kills 12
Assists 1
Sorties 7
 Landed 3
 Bailed 1
 Ditched 0
 Captured 0
 Deaths 3
 Discos 0
Time hh:mm:ss 02:14:00
Rank 55

Late War Tour 106 Fighter Scores for Treize

Kills per Death + 1 1.33 925
Kills per Sortie 0.67 1341
Kills per Hour of Flight 2.48 2741
Kills Hit Percentage 13.94 48
Kill Points 1464.32 2736

Kills 8
Assists 0
Sorties 12
 Landed 6
 Bailed 0
 Ditched 1
 Captured 0
 Deaths 5
 Discos 0
Time hh:mm:ss 03:14:33
Rank 1441
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: Shuffler on December 17, 2008, 02:14:03 PM
I started out uber and went down  :P
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: Getback on December 17, 2008, 02:22:49 PM
I don't measure improvement so much with stats. However, I have improved a little on my knowledge of ACMs and my bombing defense. As far as stats are concerned they are good some camps and bad some camps. This camp they are bad.

The reason being that I don't focus so much on stats is that I try to do what is best for my squad and country. Sometimes in doing that you have to sacrifice good stats. Almost all of my stats are from legitimate goals, ie taking down strats, killing towns, vhs etc.

Mostly I measure improvement by how much I help my country and squad.

PS Legitimate may not be the right word. I couldn't think of another to replace it.
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: ink on December 17, 2008, 02:31:14 PM
Treize69

very good targeting there, the highist % I have gotten to was 8 I think :rofl

still working on it.

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Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: Treize69 on December 17, 2008, 02:38:42 PM
I'm not Murdr, but...

http://www.my2cents.co.nz/AKUAG/Resources_Files/PilotStats.aspx

Programmed by Spatula

I defined a squad consisting all of my three different handles over the years in AH.

Tried that, but it doesn't load if you have any gaps in your career (tours without sortieas), so its less than useless for me.
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: SPKmes on December 17, 2008, 02:39:23 PM
yes
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: 1Boner on December 17, 2008, 02:47:20 PM
When I used to try to keep my score as low as possible(which I never did very well), I noticed a little improvement over time.

But lately, I've not been paying attention to it.

Consequently my score suffered, but I'm having alot more fun!

Its hard to keep track of how I'm really doing when I find myself repeatedly upping at a capped field hoping to find a opening to get up and fight.

Or upping to hunt down a phantom dar bar.

Spend alot of time flying around and getting nothing done, chasing punkstangs down etc.

When you play the game to play the game, its alot harder to measure your level of improvement by the scoring page.

I would imagine that if you "game" the game it is also pretty hard to accurately assess your skills by the scoring page.

Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: BlauK on December 17, 2008, 02:56:40 PM
Spatula's software can show possible improvements (or weakenings) quite clearly.
E.g. my modest hit% was improving slightly in AH1, but when AH2 came out, it crashed visibly. Maybe some slight improvement has happened also in AH2  :rolleyes:

(http://koti.welho.com/skukkone/kuvia/AH_hits_per_tour.jpg)
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: Speed55 on December 17, 2008, 03:00:36 PM

Its hard to keep track of how I'm really doing when I find myself repeatedly upping at a capped field hoping to find a opening to get up and fight.

Or upping to hunt down a phantom dar bar.


When you play the game to play the game, its alot harder to measure your level of improvement by the scoring page.


 Yep, fly into the hoard and hope for the best, maybe get a kill, maybe just drag 3 or 4 or 10 guys to you so friendlies can get in the air and drive the enemy back.
 Or fly towards an enemy base, and see that there are a few building up and a goon is inbound, so you shoot the buildings and lose hit percentage. Same goes for marking, or killing gv's.

I played for score for one tour i think, was ranked in the top 5 for half the month, but got aggravated everytime i died, so i stopped.  

It's also humbling when you think your hot chit, and get schooled by someone that's just better.
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: Twizzty on December 17, 2008, 03:35:29 PM
Then:
Tour 90 Attack Scores for Twizzty
 Score   Rank   
Kills per Death + 1 0.50 1869
Kills per Sortie 0.33 2031
Kills per Hour of Flight 1.87 2278
Kills Hit Percentage 63.71 271
Kill Points 124.00 2541
Damage per Death 8357.02 499
Damage per Sortie 5571.35 503
Damage Hit Percentage 192.86 321
Damage Points 50142.12 1406
Field Captures 0 3883

Now:
Late War Tour 107 Attack Scores for Twizzty
 Score   Rank   
Kills per Death + 1 3.31 84
Kills per Sortie 1.77 104
Kills per Hour of Flight 8.21 252
Kills Hit Percentage 23.10 1291
Kill Points 13569.19 151
Damage per Death 7782.05 492
Damage per Sortie 4150.43 656
Damage Hit Percentage 107.14 749
Damage Points 124512.86 540
Field Captures 0 2897

 :O
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: Bosco123 on December 17, 2008, 03:42:09 PM
Personally, I think I have incresed in the past year in a half, 125%. I have went from no kills in one moth, to next year where I get 13 kills in one sortie. My 1v1 skills have incresed about 125% also, as most of you saw.
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: humble on December 17, 2008, 04:18:10 PM
I think the hard part is defining improvement.
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: SlapShot on December 17, 2008, 04:25:57 PM
Personally, I think I have incresed in the past year in a half, 125%. I have went from no kills in one moth, to next year where I get 13 kills in one sortie. My 1v1 skills have incresed about 125% also, as most of you saw.

Did your arms grow real long too ?
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: Bronk on December 17, 2008, 04:27:31 PM
I have not...I stunk up the sky then...I'm just as bad now.
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: Murdr on December 17, 2008, 04:27:46 PM
Tried that, but it doesn't load if you have any gaps in your career (tours without sortieas), so its less than useless for me.

You may want to download the latest version.  There was a bug in a previous version that casued what you described.  You'll still get an error message for each tour you missed, but it will continue to load all tours you requested stats for.
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: Murdr on December 17, 2008, 04:42:32 PM
I'm slow on the draw tonight, Lusche beat me to the link and BlauK beat me to the screenshot  :lol  :salute

(http://home.comcast.net/~tdalesr/careerstats.jpg)
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: Bosco123 on December 17, 2008, 04:48:48 PM
Did your arms grow real long too ?
No, but my head did. :P :D
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: Treize69 on December 17, 2008, 04:50:31 PM
No, but my head did. :P :D

You cant dis bosco, dudes got the best avatar on the interwebs.
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: 1pLUs44 on December 17, 2008, 05:35:29 PM
Lets see, I'll do one from each account I've ever made:

Tour 79 Fighter Scores for buddyr
   Score      Rank 
Kills per Death + 1    0.07    4232
Kills per Sortie    0.07    4185
Kills per Hour of Flight    1.15    3821
Kills Hit Percentage    1.76    3339
Kill Points    892.38    3051

Tour 79 Bomber Scores for buddyr
   Score      Rank 
Damage per Death    0.00    4387
Damage per Sortie    0.00    4387
Damage Hit Percentage    0.00    4387
Damage Points    0.00    4387
Field Captures    0    4387

Tour 79 Attack Scores for buddyr
   Score      Rank 
Kills per Death + 1    0.00    3286
Kills per Sortie    0.00    3286
Kills per Hour of Flight    0.00    3286
Kills Hit Percentage    0.00    3286
Kill Points    0.00    3286
Damage per Death    0.00    3286
Damage per Sortie    0.00    3286
Damage Hit Percentage    0.00    3286
Damage Points    0.00    3286
Field Captures    0    3286

Tour 79 Vehicles and Boats Scores for buddyr
   Score      Rank 
Kills per Death + 1    0.18    2721
Kills per Sortie    0.08    2812
Kills per Hour of Flight    1.51    2539
Kills Hit Percentage    0.23    3045
Kill Points    25.07    2772
Damage per Death    0.00    4471
Damage per Sortie    0.00    4471
Damage Hit Percentage    0.00    4471
Damage Points    0.00    4471
Field Captures    0    4471

Tour 79 Statistics for buddyr
   Fighter     Bomber     Attack     Veh./Boat     Total
Kills    8    0    0    2    10
Assists    9    0    0    2    11
Sorties    120    11    1    26    158
 Landed    12    4    1    10    27
 Bailed    15    2    0    0    17
 Ditched    0    1    0    6    7
 Captured    4    0    0    2    6
 Deaths    89    3    0    8    100
 Discos    0    1    0    0    1
Time hh:mm:ss    06:53:21    00:31:32    00:00:15    01:19:54    08:45:02
Rank    3804    3155    2877    3048    3632

Tour 79 Fighter Scores for buddyr
   Score      Rank 
Kills per Death + 1    0.07    4232
Kills per Sortie    0.07    4185
Kills per Hour of Flight    1.15    3821
Kills Hit Percentage    1.76    3339
Kill Points    892.38    3051

Tour 79 Bomber Scores for buddyr
   Score      Rank 
Damage per Death    0.00    4387
Damage per Sortie    0.00    4387
Damage Hit Percentage    0.00    4387
Damage Points    0.00    4387
Field Captures    0    4387

Tour 79 Attack Scores for buddyr
   Score      Rank 
Kills per Death + 1    0.00    3286
Kills per Sortie    0.00    3286
Kills per Hour of Flight    0.00    3286
Kills Hit Percentage    0.00    3286
Kill Points    0.00    3286
Damage per Death    0.00    3286
Damage per Sortie    0.00    3286
Damage Hit Percentage    0.00    3286
Damage Points    0.00    3286
Field Captures    0    3286

Tour 79 Vehicles and Boats Scores for buddyr
   Score      Rank 
Kills per Death + 1    0.18    2721
Kills per Sortie    0.08    2812
Kills per Hour of Flight    1.51    2539
Kills Hit Percentage    0.23    3045
Kill Points    25.07    2772
Damage per Death    0.00    4471
Damage per Sortie    0.00    4471
Damage Hit Percentage    0.00    4471
Damage Points    0.00    4471
Field Captures    0    4471

Tour 84 Fighter Scores for plus44
   Score      Rank 
Kills per Death + 1    0.30    3625
Kills per Sortie    0.26    3464
Kills per Hour of Flight    1.76    3953
Kills Hit Percentage    1.66    4099
Kill Points    807.93    3771

Tour 84 Bomber Scores for plus44
   Score      Rank 
Damage per Death    26.01    3838
Damage per Sortie    20.53    3824
Damage Hit Percentage    2.94    3785
Damage Points    390.12    3850
Field Captures    0    5806

Tour 84 Attack Scores for plus44
   Score      Rank 
Kills per Death + 1    0.00    0
Kills per Sortie    0.00    0
Kills per Hour of Flight    0.00    0
Kills Hit Percentage    0.00    0
Kill Points    0.00    0
Damage per Death    0.00    0
Damage per Sortie    0.00    0
Damage Hit Percentage    0.00    0
Damage Points    0.00    0
Field Captures    0    0

Tour 84 Vehicles and Boats Scores for plus44
   Score      Rank 
Kills per Death + 1    0.49    2016
Kills per Sortie    0.34    1787
Kills per Hour of Flight    6.70    1070
Kills Hit Percentage    1.79    2858
Kill Points    595.21    1980
Damage per Death    37.72    2377
Damage per Sortie    26.36    2373
Damage Hit Percentage    0.00    5614
Damage Points    2451.50    2156
Field Captures    0    5614

Tour 84 Statistics for plus44
   Fighter     Bomber     Attack     Veh./Boat     Total
Kills    14    1    0    32    47
Assists    8    1    0    7    16
Sorties    54    19    0    93    166
 Landed    5    3    0    14    22
 Bailed    5    1    0    0    6
 Ditched    3    2    0    15    20
 Captured    3    0    0    8    11
 Deaths    37    13    0    56    106
 Discos    1    0    0    0    1
Time hh:mm:ss    07:58:20    00:57:03    00:00:00    04:46:27    13:41:50
Rank    3848    3849    3830    2151    3455

And, here's my best one from when I played a good bit during August:

Late War Tour 103 Fighter Scores for 1pLUs44
   Score      Rank 
Kills per Death + 1    1.59    751
Kills per Sortie    1.09    602
Kills per Hour of Flight    6.88    478
Kills Hit Percentage    8.09    423
Kill Points    52651.42    72

Late War Tour 103 Bomber Scores for 1pLUs44
   Score      Rank 
Damage per Death    150171.48    123
Damage per Sortie    32964.47    297
Damage Hit Percentage    240.35    427
Damage Points    1351543.32    505
Field Captures    1    912

Late War Tour 103 Attack Scores for 1pLUs44
   Score      Rank 
Kills per Death + 1    0.89    1076
Kills per Sortie    0.67    991
Kills per Hour of Flight    5.80    669
Kills Hit Percentage    31.07    1381
Kill Points    12248.38    418
Damage per Death    3879.80    1066
Damage per Sortie    2933.90    1072
Damage Hit Percentage    88.89    1282
Damage Points    355002.13    429
Field Captures    0    3887

Late War Tour 103 Vehicles and Boats Scores for 1pLUs44
   Score      Rank 
Kills per Death + 1    1.02    975
Kills per Sortie    0.70    745
Kills per Hour of Flight    8.93    500
Kills Hit Percentage    14.91    1233
Kill Points    6432.43    884
Damage per Death    3086.31    718
Damage per Sortie    2112.47    606
Damage Hit Percentage    25.00    249
Damage Points    217584.80    650
Field Captures    0    5032

Late War Tour 103 Statistics for 1pLUs44
   Fighter     Bomber     Attack     Veh./Boat     Total
Kills    401    4    81    72    558
Assists    86    1    20    16    123
Sorties    367    41    121    103    632
 Landed    105    32    25    23    185
 Bailed    63    2    12    0    77
 Ditched    9    1    4    10    24
 Captured    57    1    7    7    72
 Deaths    130    5    70    62    267
 Discos    3    0    3    1    7
Time hh:mm:ss    58:16:19    07:39:01    13:57:59    08:04:10    87:57:29
Rank    200    132    424    413    96
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: Banshee7 on December 17, 2008, 05:45:56 PM
Yes, i have improved.  Especially after I bought a joystick.  Was pretty good with a mouse but using rudder was almost impossible.  When I got a joystick it was a whole other world.
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: ink on December 17, 2008, 06:17:07 PM
I'm not Murdr, but...

http://www.my2cents.co.nz/AKUAG/Resources_Files/PilotStats.aspx

Programmed by Spatula

I defined a squad consisting all of my three different handles over the years in AH.

I am not sure what you mean?

are you saying I can get the stats to run together for all the names I have had?
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: Lusche on December 17, 2008, 06:51:10 PM
I am not sure what you mean?

are you saying I can get the stats to run together for all the names I have had?

I do.
I defined a squad named "mysquad":

(http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/5205/clipboard01zm3.jpg)

And then I can examine whole "squad" data:

(http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/9549/clipboard01ey4.jpg)

For some player this doesn't work however for some unknown odd reasons.

And even if it doesn't, it's still a valuable tool to gather and store data for your different handles.
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: ink on December 17, 2008, 09:19:27 PM
I do.
I defined a squad named "mysquad":

(http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/5205/clipboard01zm3.jpg)

And then I can examine whole "squad" data:

(http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/9549/clipboard01ey4.jpg)

For some player this doesn't work however for some unknown odd reasons.

And even if it doesn't, it's still a valuable tool to gather and store data for your different handles.


sweet I am going to try it out right now :aok
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: SIK1 on December 17, 2008, 10:29:42 PM
I know that I have improved in terms of plane control, ACM, and SA. I still need work on my patience and better reading of a planes E state.

According to the stats I looked up my hit % was better back in my earliest tours than it is now. I attribute that to the time played. Currently I'm lucky to get 5 hrs a month in the MA's, and back then I could get that many hours in one day.
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: ink on December 17, 2008, 11:43:02 PM
Lushe; its giving me issues, it says there is no data when there is, I have all my names downloaded, no clue whats up,


but I did find out I started earlier then I thought, seems like my first tour was in 03 :aok
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: dhyran on December 18, 2008, 03:30:36 AM
wow,

nice Stuff, i see myself as a pure Fighter Pilot, and created the data!
And i saw what i felt over my first Year in Aces High. I started at tour 95, with a K/D ratio nearly 6
dropped down to 2.8 constantly til tour 105. RL issues and other stuff seems to have a direct influence.
I sucked badly, watch the KD line, it was a mess!
Now, i started a new Squadron at tour 107, and it pushes me real quick because of concentrating much more, more SA and Stuff (dont wanna die). i cant wait til end january to see the kd ratio again.
as a reslut, i start to improve since 4 Weeks  :lol

(http://s181985387.online.de/pics/dhyran_stats.jpg)
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: Treize69 on December 18, 2008, 07:10:51 AM
(http://80thfs.homestead.com/stats.jpg)
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: doc1kelley on December 18, 2008, 11:53:33 AM
My only question is why all the name changes Ink?  Geez... I started out in AirWarrior as Doc1 and came here as awDoc1 and have never changed my name but I see lots that have changed multiple times.  Why and the heck would you want to track how well you do in this cartoon world?  I mean really... I see my stats improve with more online gametime but degrade when my real life denies my time to fly online.  I really don't get your obsession with improvement in your game skills.  I fly first to be with friends and don't care about my score or lost kills and such.  My motto is that I don't care who gets a kill as long as it's one of our guys that get it.  Some folks take this game way too seriously!  Perhaps I would feel more passionately about it all if I monitored channel 200, but I don't because I really don't care that much as I don't need the grief.  Not meaning to get down on your case Ink as you are an old friend but I noticed the change when you started being more conscious of your score and such.  It ain't worth it bro! <S>

All the Best...

    Jay
 awDoc1
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: Dadsguns on December 18, 2008, 12:02:22 PM
Well said Doc,

We have lost guys in our squad to score obsession. 
To each his own, but you can tell when they start to go down that road of no return that they start to take on another persona for better or worse, but usually the worse.

Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: Tom5572 on December 18, 2008, 12:52:37 PM
I checked and my kill to death before leaving was 1.3 and now it is at about 1.06.  The trend before I left was a sharp climb on kills to death.  Once I started playing here with the lad my kills to death went in the toilet again.  I am interested to see how things will be when I get back and do not have the lag/disco problems I have had.  It is very challenging to fight someone when you are reacting to their maneuvers sometimes a full second after they have moved.
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: ink on December 18, 2008, 02:32:20 PM
My only question is why all the name changes Ink?  Geez... I started out in AirWarrior as Doc1 and came here as awDoc1 and have never changed my name but I see lots that have changed multiple times.  Why and the heck would you want to track how well you do in this cartoon world?  I mean really... I see my stats improve with more online gametime but degrade when my real life denies my time to fly online.  I really don't get your obsession with improvement in your game skills.  I fly first to be with friends and don't care about my score or lost kills and such.  My motto is that I don't care who gets a kill as long as it's one of our guys that get it.  Some folks take this game way too seriously!  Perhaps I would feel more passionately about it all if I monitored channel 200, but I don't because I really don't care that much as I don't need the grief.  Not meaning to get down on your case Ink as you are an old friend but I noticed the change when you started being more conscious of your score and such.  It ain't worth it bro! <S>

All the Best...



    Jay
 awDoc1


AHH, conscious of score? :rofl where in heck does my post say that?  If I was concerned about score, why would I fly in only fighter mode? why would I Bail from my plane if the friendlies out number the red guys? and then switch sides to fight that same hourd?  if I was so concerned about my "score"?  I don't give two chits about my "score" although I do look at my "stats" mainly my hit %, DID you not read "I wont be happy till I get my hit % to 10"? does that mean I care about score? far from it, I have never cared about my "score" YOU saw a change when I got sick of being in the biggest squad there was and basically only fought the fights we could win, and when ever a good fight started we would just go to an unoccupied base to take it,  even when we were squaddies I most often flew by myself except on squad night,  that is why you saw a change, I have not changed actually, I just had enough.
  The only thing I am concerned about is the FIGHT, killing REDGUYS, the KILL is why I am here, I am far from a "score potato" I very much enjoy making the red guy explode and know in my mind I just put my virtual "skillz" against another human, and came out on top, or gave them a heck of a fight to earn there kill. whats even better then that is making the red guy explode when he has all the numbers!!!

this is the way I have always been, and you know it! 

to say I am concerned about my score is an insult, I think you know better then this but are sore at me for quitting, so any dig you can make you will.

let me say this also, I am concerned about my "stats" it shows me where I need improvement. HIT% comes to mind, if I was so concerned about my "score" I would fly in all categories to lower my "score" but yet whats this?  :rofl I only see fighter score "stats", oh ya I am a huge "score potato"

as far as the different names go I was not happy with the ones I chose until JETSOM.

<S>      peace
Paul
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: Bosco123 on December 18, 2008, 03:34:25 PM
You cant dis bosco, dudes got the best avatar on the interwebs.
hehehe, someone stole it on me. I saw it on one of the other topics in the O'Club. I think it had to do somthing with the FSX or somthing like that.

I am serious BTW. :)
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: SmokinLoon on December 18, 2008, 04:06:12 PM
I dont have to look up my scores to see how much I have improved.  I think my first month (Feb 08) I was ranked over 2000, and each month I've gotten that much better (ranked under 90 in Nov).  And remember, stats do NOT tell the whole story.  For instance, I used to bail out on a whim if I wanted a different plane or to partake in a different misison type.  Now, I take the extra 3-5 min and **land** the airplane regardless of kills, etc.  That alone helps the rank. 

My personal limprovements come via these attributes: a MUCH improved patience; a far bigger knowledge base of the aricraft; a better understanding of E and how it works for the different aircraft; a better understanding of basic defensive menouvers and a FAR better understanding of proper attack angles, and a knowledge of how to "game the game" for stats (not that I use to to my advantage, but rather so I am not disadvantaged by it.  i.e., see **landing the aircraft**).   

One doesnt have to be all that good to break the "top 100".  I have not done a legit bombing run since the first few days of the month... yet I still have a bomber rank lower than 60.  :huh  Take a look at many of the guys under the current rank of 100, many of them have few hours and have done very little, but their efficiency, etc is high.
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: doc1kelley on December 18, 2008, 07:10:43 PM

AHH, conscious of score? :rofl where in heck does my post say that?  If I was concerned about score, why would I fly in only fighter mode? why would I Bail from my plane if the friendlies out number the red guys? and then switch sides to fight that same hourd?  if I was so concerned about my "score"?  I don't give two chits about my "score" although I do look at my "stats" mainly my hit %, DID you not read "I wont be happy till I get my hit % to 10"? does that mean I care about score? far from it, I have never cared about my "score" YOU saw a change when I got sick of being in the biggest squad there was and basically only fought the fights we could win, and when ever a good fight started we would just go to an unoccupied base to take it,  even when we were squaddies I most often flew by myself except on squad night,  that is why you saw a change, I have not changed actually, I just had enough.
  The only thing I am concerned about is the FIGHT, killing REDGUYS, the KILL is why I am here, I am far from a "score potato" I very much enjoy making the red guy explode and know in my mind I just put my virtual "skillz" against another human, and came out on top, or gave them a heck of a fight to earn there kill. whats even better then that is making the red guy explode when he has all the numbers!!!

this is the way I have always been, and you know it! 

to say I am concerned about my score is an insult, I think you know better then this but are sore at me for quitting, so any dig you can make you will.

let me say this also, I am concerned about my "stats" it shows me where I need improvement. HIT% comes to mind, if I was so concerned about my "score" I would fly in all categories to lower my "score" but yet whats this?  :rofl I only see fighter score "stats", oh ya I am a huge "score potato"

as far as the different names go I was not happy with the ones I chose until JETSOM.

<S>      peace
Paul

Sorry Ink, I should have inserted "stats" and not "score".  I know you are not a score potato but you do seem to be overly concerned about your "stats". hehehe

All the Best...

    Jay
 awDoc1
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: BushLT1 on December 18, 2008, 07:18:31 PM
Don't need numbers to tell me. That I sucks as bad as I did when I started. That's why Flying Circus let me tag along with them.


                                                    Bushlt <S>
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: ink on December 18, 2008, 08:29:25 PM
Sorry Ink, I should have inserted "stats" and not "score".  I know you are not a score potato but you do seem to be overly concerned about your "stats". hehehe

All the Best...

    Jay
 awDoc1

like every thing in life, that I enjoy, I want to be the best that I can be, seeings how I do have a passion for AH, well it goes doubly that I want to be as good as I can get, its all good bro :salute

Paul

 
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: Treize69 on December 18, 2008, 08:44:47 PM
I don't see how anyone can do anything, be it for work or fun, and not ry to get better at it. Whats the point in not trying to improve yourself? You like wasting time and money by being cannon fodder every time you take off? May be fun for some, but its monotonous and boring to me. I spend my time in game trying to learn the best way to utilise my severely limited abilities to survive and make sure that even if I get shot to pieces, I didn't die to some stupid mistake I could have avoided or someone elses lame and unrealistic style of play.

The two things that tick me off the most in the game are when I die from doing something that I should have known better than to do (like compressing in a 38 or spinning down low in a 39) or to die from someone gaming (warping, shamelessly HOing, stickstirring, death blossoming, etc.)
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: MaSonZ on December 18, 2008, 10:21:08 PM
I have gotten much better since tour 79 i believe i started my 2 week trial. its been slow for me, as i never went to TA when i started, however, in my learning the hard way i believe that I got to learn from my mistakes more than what was tought to me. most of my learning was from me, or watching and learning from the best and squaddies. sure, after 2yrs 3 months maybe i should be a bit better than i am, but im happy with my ability.
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: uptown on December 18, 2008, 11:00:42 PM
 :rofl the ole "brag about your stats" thread. You silly, silly boys  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: dhyran on December 19, 2008, 02:51:37 AM
:rofl the ole "brag about your stats" thread. You silly, silly boys  :rolleyes:

ahhhh i just found out that only players with bad score didnt care about score and stats, instead of good players who like it mostly ;)
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: humble on December 19, 2008, 07:46:07 AM
ahhhh i just found out that only players with bad score didnt care about score and stats, instead of good players who like it mostly ;)

I think you've got it backward, very few good players worry about score or stats since they are easily manipulated variables with almost no correlation to a players actual level of skill. It's a lot easier to score well then it is to play well. While there are a few notable exceptions for the most part the list of top scorers does not match up all that well. What I find particularly disturbing is that some of the tactics and predispositions inherent in "scoring" apparently have crept into events like KOTH that are supposed to be entirely skill based.
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: uptown on December 19, 2008, 08:11:48 AM
I think you've got it backward, very few good players worry about score or stats since they are easily manipulated variables with almost no correlation to a players actual level of skill. It's a lot easier to score well then it is to play well. While there are a few notable exceptions for the most part the list of top scorers does not match up all that well. What I find particularly disturbing is that some of the tactics and predispositions inherent in "scoring" apparently have crept into events like KOTH that are supposed to be entirely skill based.

Well said. And that's why I haven't put my stats up.Sure I've improved but at what is the question. I base my performance on how well I handle myself in a fight against the guys I consider good sticks in a 1 on 1. The only thing I've really improved there is I can stay alive alittle longer then before. But I usually get sent to the tower anyway. When I can sit on the runway rejoicing on my handful of muppet or s.a.p.p. kills, then I'll know that i've truely improved. Until then I'm just a skill notch above 75488547.

Some of the most disappointing fights I've had are with folks ranked in the top 50. Pacerr is the prime example. Top ranked every month but you can't catch him to get a fight. SkyRock,Delalos,Delirium,Greebo....etc, are ranked in the 1000s every month, but they'll straight up come kill most of us with little effort. Just my .02 cents  :salute
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: SIK1 on December 19, 2008, 09:55:19 AM
Some of the most disappointing fights I've had are with folks ranked in the top 50. Pacerr is the prime example. Top ranked every month but you can't catch him to get a fight. SkyRock,Delalos,Delirium,Greebo....etc, are ranked in the 1000s every month, but they'll straight up come kill most of us with little effort. Just my .02 cents  :salute

There lies the difference between a good stick and a score potato.
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: MaSonZ on December 19, 2008, 12:03:20 PM
There lies the difference between a good stick and a score potato.
i agree SIK. as Uptown pointed out, you cant get a fight out of pacerr. he'll pick you, vulch you, ho you; and the best thing about him happened yesterday. Squad mate saluted oacerr for whatever reason, i find no reason to saluting him, and pacerr said he doesnt salute vulchers...well...just the day previous he landed 7 vulches, 3 of which were me.  :rofl :rofl
Title: Re: Have you improved?
Post by: SEraider on December 19, 2008, 12:16:03 PM
Only my GVing really has not improved.  I'm dissapointed at that.