Discussion about K/D

[Nausicaa 27]

I have a question for everyone:

 

Can everyone playing this game achieve >1 K/D or is the game such that some players just have to have <1 K/D?

 

[Nausicaa 27]

1. I'm not asking what K/D depends on, in reference to strategy, etc.

2. I am not saying I care about my K/D, for the sake of this topic.

 

I am asking whether, if everyone tried, this game allows for everyone to have a K/D above 1.  Or, is the balance such, that with all the self-destructs and what-not, only some of the players are able to have a K/D above 1?

Edited August 18, 2016 by Nausicaa

[Nausicaa 27]

I'm not talking about myself, but about the game as a whole.

 

If one person gets 4 kills and 2 deaths (with no self-destructs), doesn't that mean another person got 2 kills and 4 deaths?

And what happens when this model is spread over a large battle, or the whole of Tanki Online?

[WeIcome.To.Hell 1,247]

Your K/D ratio depends on several things: equipment you use, position you play, map and mode. For example, if I use rail m3/viking m3, in idk, Serpuhov CTF and i'm camping, I can get a K/D ratio of 6.00 or higher. While on the other hand, if I use wasp m3 with idk, say isida m3 and i'm attacking, i'll get a K/D ratio of 0.56 or something. So it really depends on what you play and what you play with. 

 

You shouldn't really care about your K/D ratio, it doesn't really say anything about your skill.

 

There is a difference between the game D/L and K/D.

D/L is in battle ratio and K/D the the overall ratio which can be checked by the profile of the player.

[i200000 717]

LOL this two noob over there made my day.

 

So, let us see. Your K/D decreases whenever you self-destruct or get killed. When you get killed, your enemy get kill, but when you self destruct doesn't. So the overall average K/D of the whole community is DEFINITELY under 1.00000.

Edited August 18, 2016 by i200000

[Nausicaa 27]

Thanks :)

Finally someone understands what I'm getting at.

Dedicated Defender huh?

 

Here's some experimentation I did for reference (copy-paste account name into ratings):

 

 

Self-Destruct contribution to K/D (Self-Destructing in a DM with other players):

 

 

Test if Self-Destruct takes away from overall kills (Self-Destructing in a DM with other players):

 

 

Self-Destruct contribution in an empty map:

 

 

Test if Self-Destruct in an empty map takes away from overall kills:

 

 

Conclusion:

Self-Destructs ALWAYS add a Death to K/D.  Self-Destructs DO NOT affect Kills in overall K/D.

Edited August 18, 2016 by Nausicaa

[ghost-guns 1,486]

It makes me annoyed when I get killed and they take away one of my kills. Stupid rule.

[9IRK 676]

Got 99 problems but KD aint one  B)

[r_Valk8 2,086]

Got 99 problems but KD aint one  B)

Lol

[Maf 32,308]

Title edited

 

Sorry, had to change "question" to "discussion", otherwise one of us mods might lock or merge it by mistake because for single questions we have an official topic. This does seem interesting enough for a separate topic, but just in case you aren't aware, we don't allow creation of new topics to ask a single question and you should post it in the Q&A topic instead.

[Nausicaa 27]

Noted.