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SWgeebz's avatar
5 years ago

Kill vs Assist

They need to switch kills vs assists to players who do the majority of damage within a given time period. For example lets say you and your teammate in a standard ranked 3s match you do 75% of the damage and your teammate does the other 25% but hits the last shot. The person who did 75% of the damage should get the kill not the assist. Granted this is probably not that easy of a fix but if i dump out 1 alternator bullet for 15 damage and my teammate did the other 185.. I shouldn't get the kill.

I doubt this will ever be something that gets addressed because it is standard in FPS/BR games for the person who hit the kill shot to get the kill and people are used to it, but it doesn't make sense. I have been on both ends of this where I do almost no damage and get a kill or do around 80% and don't get a kill.

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  • @SWgeebz You get the same amount of points. So it does not matter in ranked. The only thing it impacts is your KD, which honestly is not that big of a deal IMO.

    I get the frustration with it especially when you did not need help. But often times teammates stealing kills saves me. I'm typically popping a battery or something, teammate jumps in and finishes off the person I did 170 damage to or something. I personally don't mind it in that situation. I also don't mind it when they steal kills in general. I would rather then be helping me instead of me having to try and 1vs3 an enemy squad.
  • SWgeebz's avatar
    SWgeebz
    5 years ago

    Just because something is the "norm" doesn't mean it makes sense. 500~ years ago people thought the planet was flat and witches were real. I don't care about the points/KD ratio I care about what makes sense. If you do 75% of damage to a target and your teammate does the other 25% he assisted you not the other way around. I don't care if it has been the standard in FPS/BR for years it doesn't mean it makes sense.

  • DarthValtrex's avatar
    DarthValtrex
    Hero (Retired)
    5 years ago
    @SWgeebz Who ever lands the last shot gets the kill. It makes perfect sense. If you do a 180 damage to someone but they knock you. Your squad mate finishes them off. The squad mate should get the kill because in that situation you did not and were not able to kill the person. The same is true if you've done 180 damage to the person and you have to go hide and heal..

  • @SWgeebz wrote:

    Just because something is the "norm" doesn't mean it makes sense. 500~ years ago people thought the planet was flat and witches were real. I don't care about the points/KD ratio I care about what makes sense. If you do 75% of damage to a target and your teammate does the other 25% he assisted you not the other way around. I don't care if it has been the standard in FPS/BR for years it doesn't mean it makes sense.


    If there's a group of soldiers in Kabul being attacked by a sniper, they're not gonna argue about someone taking their kill, they're just gonna be glad one of them downed him

  • @SWgeebz Shooting someone in the hand 40 times is just as devastating as three times in the face, but your target still shrugs off both incidents because he has a magic injector and an electric pod... Makes perfect sense...
  • GH0STEDbyME's avatar
    GH0STEDbyME
    Hero
    5 years ago
    @DarthValtrex Idk. I completely get it but I care about my stats and K/D. It's ridiculously frustrating to be actively trying to improve your stats, you full clip someone and your teammate runs over and 1 shots them. I hate it when I've got the most damage but least kills especially when it's not a win. If I'm not getting more than a 1 k/DR a match then I don't wanna know 🤣

    @TheRealJayDee1 Nooiiccee
  • @SWgeebz It's a team game, you don't do the kills alone. Your squad assists you, and helps you. Like someone already said, you didn't finish the kill so you don't get to have it. You do 180 DMG, the enemy runs off and heals but an Octane on your team rushes and kills him with 100 DMG. You assisted him by making the enemy weak.

    I had games where I had 1 kill/10 assist in ranked, was I mad? NO. My squad won the game and that's all that matters.
  • hayhor's avatar
    hayhor
    Hero
    5 years ago
    @SWgeebz It does make sense. You didnt fire the bullet that killed them. The game doesnt know what is going to happen. It doesnt know if you are going to reload and shoot the final bullet or if the guy is going to run away and heal.

    This argument is silly every time. I guarantee you that for every kill a person has stolen they steal them from others.
  • @hayhor I suppose its one of those where it kinda depends on the team. It's always worse with randoms. And if a teammate didn't help but literally come in and one shot him during the whole firefight then it's a bit of a joke. Idk.

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