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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Slade on October 01, 2011, 08:37:12 AM
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I noticed that if my score ever enters the top 1000 it means I am doing something wrong. Perhaps flying with reservations or too many perky planes (not challenged maybe).
Relatively speaking, I noticed also the higher my score is the funner the game is.
Nope. Not trying to tell anyone how to fly. :old: Just something I noticed with me.
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I keep a look at my score cuz it makes the game interesting. just my opinin though. Granted I do not live by my score or contemplate suicide if I lose a 262, just gives the game someting extra.
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:salute
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Score? We have score in this game? I thought that showed who had the biggest ego :noid
Seriously though never I check mine execpt for when I need to take a CV from someone.
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:airplane: Score Happens
When you enjoy playing with all the different types of aircraft and vehicles that AH has to offer.
When you enjoy participating in team oriented activities like taking or defending bases and pure fighter sweeps.
When you set your plane up in the proper mode for the task at hand.
:old: Using score to track your progress can be very challenging and fun but if you let it take over your game it will surely ruin it. It's pretty easy to manage score without worrying much about it by pre-setting all your planes to either Attack or Fighter mode depending on what you use it most for. Just set it and forget it or manage them properly if thats what interests you
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I noticed that if my score ever enters the top 1000 it means I am doing something wrong. Perhaps flying with reservations or too many perky planes (not challenged maybe).
Relatively speaking, I noticed also the higher my score is the funner the game is.
Nope. Not trying to tell anyone how to fly. :old: Just something I noticed with me.
So are you implying that Bruv, ToneyJoey, Grizz, Lusche and others who are highly ranked are pushover's in a fight or fly timidly? Are you saying if you were more careful you'd be right there with them? I can assure you they are not timid flyers.
The real trick is to have a good score without timidity so, you are still doing something wrong; You're dying too much or not playing the whole game. When you can fly into an outnumbered situation and live to tell about it your score will go up (down) and you'll have even more fun that you do today.
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My score as of today: 2261 :lol and having a blast :joystick:
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I would have the best score out of anybody in the game and could beat any of you in a 1v1 if my stick wasn't messed up :noid
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how to pad your score with style (this is all personal experience)
step 1: accquire a 262
step 2: find a nearby enemy base
step 3: de-ack base
step 4: get downed by a manned gun 2k out
result: epic score. :banana:
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how to pad your score with style (this is all personal experience)
step 1: accquire a 262
step 2: find a nearby enemy base
step 3: de-ack base
step 4: get downed by a manned gun 2k out
result: epic score. :banana:
that makes about zero sense. otoh, source considered :aok
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Score has never mattered to me but i do keep an eye on hit % and K/D ratio.I find that to be the best way to track my progress in game.
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how to pad your score with style (this is all personal experience)
step 1: accquire a 262
step 2: find a nearby enemy base
step 3: de-ack base
step 4: get downed by a manned gun 2k out
result: epic score. :banana:
:huh If you want score....go on milk runs.
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I keep track of my score so I can command a cv and get yelled at for the cv being sunked :D.
semp
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:huh If you want score....go on milk runs.
you need to learn how to read jokes...
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that makes about zero sense. otoh, source considered :aok
:huh If you want score....go on milk runs.
You guys just got trolled by a 12 year old using sarcasm bait.
ack-ack
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I have found the reverse to be true. The less reserved I am the better my score. If I see red guys I just attack them and their stuff without worrying about consequences. My score always seemed to be lower than the very few times I actually tried to worry about my score. :aok
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I have found the reverse to be true. The less reserved I am the better my score. If I see red guys I just attack them and their stuff without worrying about consequences. My score always seemed to be lower than the very few times I actually tried to worry about my score. :aok
I don't give a RATTFINK about my score either, especially after some cold beverages.
Tweet: Howard, crushes a changeup homerun.
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I like keeping track of my K/D and Accuracy, those two datapoints imo are the true metric to a good fighter, though having a high score in either doesn't mean you don't just pick'n'run and hose a SB with BB's every now and then (http://www.parrot-crazy.com/images/smilies/smiley-rolleyes008.gif.pagespeed.ce.6BTY6JSHy2.gif)
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score/rank is not a good indicator of ones skill level.....but with observation you can surmise ones ability....
you truly have to know "how" someone flies to be able to judge someones score/rank...most often that is only possible if the said pilot is yourself.
coming across someone once in the MA does not dictate how that person flies :old:
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So are you implying that Bruv, ToneyJoey, Grizz, Lusche and others who are highly ranked are pushover's in a fight or fly timidly? Are you saying if you were more careful you'd be right there with them? I can assure you they are not timid flyers.
The real trick is to have a good score without timidity so, you are still doing something wrong; You're dying too much or not playing the whole game. When you can fly into an outnumbered situation and live to tell about it your score will go up (down) and you'll have even more fun that you do today.
:aok
Fighter rank is the only one I pay any attention to at the moment because I think there is a lot that can be deduced from the 5 trackers and with all 5 trackers taken cumulatively you can get a pretty fair indicator of how you are doing... plus I kinda like it because it kinda rewards my particular fighting style. ;)
Fighter rank breakdown and what it indicates to me:
Kills per Death: How disciplined you as a FP are, how concerned you are with staying alive (SA)... some would say it indicates how timid a flyer you are.. can also be influenced by how many squaddies you have guarding your 6.
Kills per Sortie: A pretty fair indicator of how aggressively you fly, how good a shot you are and how liberal a triggermasher you are (managing your ammo loadout). Of course there is always the wildcard of how often someone rearms.
Kills per Hour of Flight: Indicates to me how good one is at finding a fight on the map also a willingness to up under less than desirable conditions... also shows FP's desire for a fight outweighs his concern for staying alive. Furballers do well here.
Kills Hit Percentage: Obviously this one should indicate to all what a marksman you are and hopefully it isn't as easily "gamed" as an earlier poster in this thread submitted. Obviously spray and pray'rs don't do well here, the guys who place a premium on every shot fired... DO. To attempt to "game" this is to shortchange yourself and deprive yourself of a very useful tool.
Kill Points: This one tells me 1) how much time one spends flying in "fighter mode" 2) how effectively they use this time... getting kills, landing kills, getting assists.
Of course all this is my subjective opinion and debatable. :)
Before some smart a** gets the idea that I think SA stands for "staying alive" I know it means "Safely Airborne" :neener: It helps to be situationally aware and see these things coming at ya! ;) :aok
:salute Nish
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I half an eye on my rank, but how it's calculated is beyond me.
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I find the scores and statistics interesting.
My attack statistics are always better than my fighter statistics.
From my fighter statistics, I can see what I have killed and what has killed me.
And since I only fly P38s, I get killed alot.
However, none of the statistics influence how I fly.
I have never landed more than two kills.
My personal goal to land five; ace status.
That's the only score that matters to me.
Just my $0.02 worth. :old:
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how to pad your score with style (this is all personal experience)
step 1: accquire a 262
step 2: find a nearby enemy base
step 3: de-ack base
step 4: get downed by a manned gun 2k out
result: epic score. :banana:
:rofl I love it when the base takers expect you to do this, but on the town.
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You guys just got trolled by a 12 year old using sarcasm bait.
ack-ack
:D
And yes... in fighter mode some guys tend to shy away from anything but a sure thing.... I have ranked low as 4, trying hard, and to do so, with my inept skills, the juice was NOT worth the squeeze. Since then I happily live in the 300s. Especially true since my recent shift to the flaming, oil leaking, parts express known as the P-38.
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I noticed that if my score ever enters the top 1000 it means I am doing something wrong. Perhaps flying with reservations or too many perky planes (not challenged maybe).
Relatively speaking, I noticed also the higher my score is the funner the game is.
When I was a noob the game was very frustrating and not as fun as when I got better. Getting below 1000 was a milestone for myself telling me I was getting better. I take a lot of risks and often try the impossible base capture, CV kill ect. not worried about score.
Score is a gauge of performance for some and vanity for others.
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I think scaring folks sometimes can be fun. It can also be detrimental to someone with health issues. As I get.... huh? What??
oh SCORE......... never mind :D
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stupid score. Does the whole world have to know how much I stink!@!!!! ? :furious I want mine stricken from the roster at once!
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stupid score. Does the whole world have to know how much I stink!@!!!! ? :furious I want mine stricken from the roster at once!
It cant be as bad as mine... Ingame name surmises my flying ability.
LawnDart
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Is hit percentage also taken from gun positions other than the pilot?