As many of you know NS2 is a complex game of pushing, fighting and sometimes dying. I see a lot of people doing wrong decisions like waiting in front of a room-entrances or waiting in secured areas. in a lot of games i see marine groups not attacking the hive properly. they are just waiting in a safe distance for the skulks to come out. but not only marines, even skulks flee out of battles or sometimes they do not even try to attack marines because they are afraid to die. a lot of rookies feel bad about their KDR and think they are bad players when they die in combat. i think the game would work a lot better when people would not think about their KDR and their "reputation". As many of you know the KDR is not the most important thing to rate a good marine. playing ns2 is more than just a simple score on a scoreboard. but unfortunatly a lot of people give this scores more importance than it should have. the normal points could still be visible. i am just talking about the KDR.
i think it has a lot of benefits when it is not longer possible to see the kills and deaths of one player:
1.) players play more courageous. the game gets the gameplay that it should have. pushing marines and pushing aliens. no longer cowards waiting at entrances.
2.) stacking is more difficult. without KDR you can not see who killed a lot and who dies a lot.
3.) rookies feel better because their horrible stats are not longer recorded on the public scoreboard.
4.) people will complain less about pro-gamers with 50 kills and 1 deaths. i saw a lot of servers where NSL-players got votekicked because of their outstanding stats.
5.) fewer rage-quitts. i think rage-quitters often quit because of their bad position on the scoreboard. its not funny too start in a game with 5 deaths and 0 kills.
All in all, i think the KDR is a nice to see but it ruins the gameplay more than it helps. the stats do not affect the gameplay and have no sense at all. I think removing the KDR would really help to improve the gameplay and it will keep the rookies in game. Without KDR i think that new players will hopefully realize that the game has more to offer than a good KDR.
i think it has a lot of benefits when it is not longer possible to see the kills and deaths of one player:
1.) players play more courageous. the game gets the gameplay that it should have. pushing marines and pushing aliens. no longer cowards waiting at entrances.
2.) stacking is more difficult. without KDR you can not see who killed a lot and who dies a lot.
3.) rookies feel better because their horrible stats are not longer recorded on the public scoreboard.
4.) people will complain less about pro-gamers with 50 kills and 1 deaths. i saw a lot of servers where NSL-players got votekicked because of their outstanding stats.
5.) fewer rage-quitts. i think rage-quitters often quit because of their bad position on the scoreboard. its not funny too start in a game with 5 deaths and 0 kills.
All in all, i think the KDR is a nice to see but it ruins the gameplay more than it helps. the stats do not affect the gameplay and have no sense at all. I think removing the KDR would really help to improve the gameplay and it will keep the rookies in game. Without KDR i think that new players will hopefully realize that the game has more to offer than a good KDR.
AND I'M THE FIRST ONE TO DO IT
