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Re: Wins aside. What do you think is the most important stat for apex?

@MrGreenWithAGun The one and only metric to indicate your skill in hitting target is named accuracy and that is a stat inside the game. Damage have nothing to do with your ability to hit the target...

Lets get the definitions right here, accuracy is your ability to hit target. Damage is damage dealt. However a stat that is combined of accuracy, bullets fired and damage would really tell you how good you are as a shooter.

Lets look at easy examples where we say bullets deal 25 damage each. It is rather generous amount of damage but not fantasy.

100% accuracy, 1 bullet fired deal 25 damage. Well you hit your one shot and dealt little to no damage.

10% accuracy, 600 bullets fired, deals 1500 damage well you can deal damage but you need a lot of time and bullets to do so. In Apex, a long fight, that is rarely the thing you want because then it will become a hell hole rather quickly and odds for survival slim.

15% accuracy 400 bullets deal aswell 1500 damage but hey look at that less bullets to deal the same amount of damage.

20% accuracy 300 bullets fired deal aswell 1500 damage but now we are getting even more efficient.

25% accuracy 240 bullets fired deals yet again 1500 damage but now we are being close to a pro gamer here.

30% accuracy 200 bullets fired deals, you guessed it 1500 damage and now we are spicy in combat.

60% accuracy 100 bullets fired deals well now it should be obvious 1500 damage and you are clearly a pro at this point.

100% accuracy 60 bullets fired and well now I would call you a cheater....

So if I told you I can potentially deal 1500 damage a game which is rather good if we compare my stats, all time highest damage 2576 and average damage 458. Then you probably don't want the guy with 10% accuracy because you would very much likely have a bad time. Preferably you would want the guy around 25% accuracy.

Do you see now how skewed the skill of a player gets if you only look at damage and potentially how skewed it would get if you only look at accuracy?

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  • MrGreenWithAGun's avatar
    MrGreenWithAGun
    New Ace
    3 years ago
    @drevinum9 I didn't know there was an "accuracy" stat that we could see anywhere.

    The question was which stat was the most valuable metric?

    Damage is the best metric that is shown. If Accuracy is shown, please let me know where.
  • MrGreenWithAGun's avatar
    MrGreenWithAGun
    New Ace
    3 years ago
    @XxColdFangxX Firstly, the question was about stats, and the implied context is the stats that are seen. So that was why I never brought up accuracy.

    Second, even Apex recognizes the value of Damage as it is one of two that are the largest font and in your face.

    Third, as I think about accuracy more, I still hold Damage is the most important. As I described earlier and again, it is the only stat that shows how much you relentlessly HIT your target. (The number of times you hit your target is what I think is valuable in a shooter, which is what Apex is.)

    The term relentlessly isn't a quality I chose lightly. It doesn't matter if you have low accuracy. If you make up for it by being relentless, I think that raises you up on my list.

    You can take someone who is very accurate but won't engage.

    You can take someone who is half as accurate and will relentlessly engage.

    I would rather play with the latter. And this is why I think it is the best metric.

    I'm done on this topic. I can't explain it any more clearly in the face of so many various view points (which I acknowledge, just don't agree with).
  • XxColdFangxX's avatar
    XxColdFangxX
    3 years ago

    @MrGreenWithAGun

    Anyone who has played apex long enough knows they include hidden factors with their matchmaking, leaving them out just because you don't have a measure of it would be ludicrous and gives very limited perspectives.


    I think your point is a little backwards which is probably why you're having trouble explaining it.

    Yes they don't show accuracy at all in the stats, which I why I asked if it was a hidden factor because you really can't have damage without accuracy.
    You can pray and spray but that really isn't going to help you out much at all unless you get lucky.

    You can get damage without being very accurate
    But your accuracy is your consistency to hit a target. The more shots you get, the more you can consistently hit head shots the more accurate you are and the more damage you do.
    If you aren't hitting targets you aren't getting damage.

    Accuracy has nothing to do with if you're willing to engage or not. That has to do with your play style and is entirely different.
    Yet you want someone to be relentless..if I can't hit my targets, that relentlessness doesn't even matter cause I just get killed in the process.
    Like-hey hold this squad down, but I can't hit them to keep them hiding and healing so we can push them, even though I'm being relentless with how I'm shooting at them. It just doesn't work well.

    Imo that doesn't seem to me like damage should be held more important over your accuracy, especially since one can farm damage by letting opponents get back up and knocking them again, or eliminating downed opponents.

    If accuracy isn't apart of the metric at all, seen or unseen, it really should be.


    Thats just how I see it though, it's always nice to see others perspectives.