How do you feel about the points and rank award system? Was thinking too much emphasis is on kills and not enough awarded for hangers destroyed and games won. How does crashing and being shot down affect scoring? I notice some red on my score graph during game play but do not understand what's happening.

Look at my stats & you'll see they DO count.

the one thing that doesn't count is capturing the carrier, you get points for the win but no reward for sitting on the boat missing out on getting kills.

Your rank (ie Group Captain or Air Marshal) and your ranking (ie top 100) are determined by the points you have earned alone. They are not determined by your kills, bombings, etc.

For example if you are the closest to ranking up in your rank group ( you have the most points of all people in your rank) you will be ranked as number 1 for your rank. However, when you do rank up, you will then have the lowest points for your rank and will be the least ranked for your new rank. Confused yet?

The other stats are just a way to see how you are performing personally and what you have done to earned the points that got you to your current rank.

So, in reality, your ranking in the game is really a measure of how much you have played and you can use the stats to determine how you compare to other pilots. What can also be assumed as a rule, is that folks in the higher rankings are more experienced and more skilled. Again that is as a rule. There are some pilots that are more skilled than those ranked above them, but haven't yet earned the points to show it and if they stick with the game, the stats and ranking will eventual catch up with their skills.

Hope this helps,
PH

And then there are people like me with certain samsung devices. Most games will auto-quit on me after a couple minutes. I get a bunch of kills, but my points don't go anywhere. Unless I do something idiotic like kill someone and then immediately fly back to base to reload and set the points. There are some nights that I'm so frustrated that I do this for a gane or two just to see *some* points!
Manfred

Forget the ranking. It's just moving up the number's (position's). Kill's, Bombing's have everything to do with where you are in Your position. Your death's also have alot to do with it.... It's all on how you save your point's in game. Hit retry after you get shot down and you will loose most of your point's you have accumulated prior to getting shot down..... Crash, and forget it you will loose any point's accumulated before landing, No chance to save them if you crash. Parachute to the ground and watch your point's. They will jump back up to just before you were shot down, You will only save point's if you accumulated them before getting shot down...
So, If you get shot down before accumulating any point's, Hit retry. There's almost no sense in parachuting at that point, Unless you want a tank.

It would be nice to see a point's list along with all the other stat's. I miss the list for the game's lost next to the game's won... Both of those added together would give an idea of total game's completed. Of course Quitting game's wouldn't be part of the stat's.

EDIT: Manfred bring's up a good point.... Quit in anyway before you land and you will loose point's accumulated prior to last save.... Your kill's, death's and bombing's will not be lost they alway's accumulate.... You have to save those piont's... If your device crashes, you will loose point's accumulated prior to last save....

Is that true Manfred?
I was under the impression that if you kill someone or bomb a hanger the server will register the hit automatically in real time wether you get booted or quit out.
Also the games lost were never an accurate indication of lost games as people used to quit out just before they lost.

Yea, I understand that J4ff. It was more of a game's completed thing I was getting at... That's why I mentioned the Quit thingy... What was happening was people were losing point's by quitting...

Game's won isn't very accurate either if you take into account you were in game for 2 second's and won.....


The main thing is HOW YOU SAVE YOUR POINT'S......

Thanks for info. Sometimes I wonder if I should just crash or autodestroy after I bomb targets. It is along trip back to base to reload.

bware wrote: Thanks for info. Sometimes I wonder if I should just crash or autodestroy after I bomb targets. It is along trip back to base to reload.

woah NEVER intentionaly crash or autodestroy,ya points progress will be slowAlways try to go into ya chute after you are shot down to gain points,selecting retry is a no no unless youve had no kills and enemy is closing in on youre base/carrier.

I agree with J4ff never auto destroy unless necessary

and never crash not only does it take away points you just earned but it also takes away more to punish you for crashing

Hamers wrote: and never crash not only does it take away points you just earned but it also takes away more to punish you for crashing

Funny how the leader of the kamikazis wrote that
thanks again guys

Thanks guys that was very helpful.and bware when are you going to tell me your in game name are u still undercover