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Subject: What type of player are you? K/D ratio

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Halo 3 Legendary (Co-op and Solo) complete, I guess its time to get Forging.

Poll: What type of Player are you (read type descriptions below)  [closed]
Sniper:  25%
(16 Votes)
Mid-Range:  32%
(20 Votes)
Striker/Infiltrator:  43%
(27 Votes)
Total Votes: 63

Granted, I may be a bit bias here as my K/D ratio is under the even mark. However I would like to justify and explain why.

My current Stats (So you don't waste your time looking them up):
Halo 2: Games Played = 2376 since I got my 360
Total Kills: 22926
Total Deaths: 23739
Kill/Death Ratio: 0.9658
Total Assists: 6442

Halo 3 Beta: Games Played = 51
Total Kills: 485
Total Deaths: 534
Kill/Death Ratio: 0.9082
Total Assists: 208

I am a type 3 player (described below)

You see everyone plays Halo/2/3 differently. And each play style will lend itself differently to the K/D ratio.

I am not saying anyone way is right or wrong...I am saying grading someone on their K/D ratio is about as effective as telling someone you have never met they are overweight because their BMI (Body Mass Index) is too high. There is a similar problem in this scale. It does not take into account your body type, whether you be a mesomorph or whatever.

Much like K/D ratio does not take into account play styles

1. Snipers
When you are a sniper, naturally most (not all) snipers tend to camp, or hide out waiting for their shot. These guys defend their team-mates while they are off getting the flag or whatever. They also are key in defending an assault. So their K/D ratio is going to vastly higher on the Kill side of things.

2. Middle-rangers
These are the people that tend to be in the middle of the battle field with mid-range weapons like the BR, PP and Carbine. These guys are what keep the numbers of their opponents down so the Infiltrators can do their job. Their K/D ratio is usually pretty close to even I find.

3. The Infiltrators/Strikers (if you like Soccer).
These are people like myself who get their hands dirty. These are the people that will run in to get the flag out of the well guarded area, or to get that last second of bomb plant time; knowing they will die. The people that will run around on a mid range map holding a BR, but are quick to change to their Shotgun they have in their pocket because they want the opponent to see the whites of their eyes before they close the eyes of their opponent with with a shotgun shell. The K/D ratio of these people is usually much more skewed in the favour of Deaths.

  • 05.16.2007 6:58 AM PDT

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I picked sniper because it fits me the most, as I often defend my team, but I do not actually camp. I will usually move up and down one side of the map. Or if it is a small level like Sanctuary, I will just run circles around the whole map holding the sniper rifle.

  • 05.16.2007 7:05 AM PDT
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Unfortunately I'm the last one because
Total Kills: 39641
Total Deaths: 44380
Kill/Death Ratio: 0.8932
Total Assists: 11395

  • 05.16.2007 7:12 AM PDT
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The thing wrong about the KD ratio is that it counts custom games too (I think so, anyway).

People aren't always trying their hardest in custom games, and sometimes people aren't even trying to kill/get killed, because it could be a game like hide and seek, or they could be trying to be killed but are told to use a sword while other people can shoot at them (Zombies).

I think it should only count matchmaking. Infact, the entire thing is dumb. Honestly, what if (for whatever reason) I deranked and got -500000 deaths or something (exageration).

True skill can only be showed in a battle, not by statistics. That's my opinon.

I'm the third one, by the way. I guess.

  • 05.16.2007 7:22 AM PDT

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Halo 3 Legendary (Co-op and Solo) complete, I guess its time to get Forging.

You bring up a pretty valid point. However, I do think unranked matches, like Team Training and stuff should count. Just not Custom games...because as you said, people make their own rules. They are not Bungie rules.

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i rekon its orite, as you said people dont always trytheir best or dont play as well as they can, but everybody does it so its basically the same for everyone.
its just a rough outline of how well someone plays. and i have to disagree with unranked matches being counted basically because they are training matches and people have guests and stuff (will guests scores be added to the ratios you think???)
the thing what annoys me the most in rsanked matches are rocket launchers...it takes no skill what so ever to use a rocket launcher, ive been in matches before where a guy was camping near over shield with a rocket launcher so this guy was as hard to kill as a tank..


oh and back to the actual point, i'd say im more of a mid ranger,always fashioning a BR but i may have a sniper or a shotty.

one more thing that annoys me is greed. you'll see a guy on you team with a carbine and he'll run over to a spawned BR and grab it and leave his team mate with just an smg, when its quite obvious that 2 men with mid range weapons are far more effective than 1 man with a mid range and 1 man with an smg, which personally i think would do more damage if it was actually possible to throw it at em and run away

  • 05.16.2007 9:25 AM PDT

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Halo 3 Legendary (Co-op and Solo) complete, I guess its time to get Forging.

Posted by: fernand
i rekon its orite, as you said people dont always trytheir best or dont play as well as they can, but everybody does it so its basically the same for everyone.
its just a rough outline of how well someone plays. and i have to disagree with unranked matches being counted basically because they are training matches and people have guests and stuff (will guests scores be added to the ratios you think???)
the thing what annoys me the most in rsanked matches are rocket launchers...it takes no skill what so ever to use a rocket launcher, ive been in matches before where a guy was camping near over shield with a rocket launcher so this guy was as hard to kill as a tank..


Although I agree with you for the most part...you could also argue that the newb combo (PP + BR) requires no skill as well. After all it tracks like an SOB, and the auto-aim on the BR is ridiculous (go check out the Halo 2 auto-aim vids on youtube that show this) I didn't realize how bad it was until I saw some of thos vids.

But, then again...people get just as much criticsm over using the newb combo as they do for rockets...the difference is that everyone knows rockets require no skill. Whereas, everyone that does use the newb think they are gods...Like I said, it is arguable. But this thread is not about that, so lets not take it any further.

  • 05.16.2007 9:43 AM PDT

Posted by: ICEMAN ASSASS1N
Kevin's post = breath of fresh air.
Take it from this guy people, he knows what he's talking about.

Second accounts are NOT cheating:
http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?cid=13824

Total Kills: 44734
Total Deaths: 37381
Kill/Death Ratio: 1.1967
Total Assists: 12978


Im all three. I can play any role that I need to play at any given time. If im sniping, I let my team go in and I stay behind them picking off people before the get to my close range guys. If Im a mid range BR guy I do my job and if im an objective guy I support until I have to go into the base to get the job done.

  • 05.16.2007 10:02 AM PDT

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Halo 3 Legendary (Co-op and Solo) complete, I guess its time to get Forging.

As I thought, the poll is balancing out...

Which just enforces more that everyone plays differently, thus making the assumption that people with brutal K/D ratios are poor players totally incorrect.

We'll see if this continues...

  • 05.16.2007 11:09 AM PDT

I'd fall into the middle-ranger category. I like thinning out the opposing team so the infiltrator can move in and steal the flag or plant the bomb.

  • 05.16.2007 11:10 AM PDT

I'm more of a mid-range BR player, but if my team needs it I will play like an inflitrator.

  • 05.16.2007 11:13 AM PDT

Very Bitter

I don't fit in your grouping, but I'll tell you how I play anyway.

I'm a defense specialist, I think.

Using cover, stealth, and powerful close range weapons I defend objectives and crucial areas with tactics rather that brute force.
I try and divide and slay my enemies one by one rather that blindly rushing an assault force with guns blazing.

For the attack part of my duties, I can always be found riding gunner in the Gauss 'Hog or providing heavy fire support from the (relative) safety of a Wraith or Scorpion tank.

One might deduce that I despise the common one-on-one firefight.

  • 05.16.2007 11:40 AM PDT
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I am more the 'up-close in your face' type of player. I use all weapons, but I mainly like to dual-wield or use shotty for close range, also, I love using rockets, and sniper is also fun to use

  • 05.16.2007 12:04 PM PDT

Wow... sniper 99%.

  • 05.16.2007 12:23 PM PDT
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I don't know about the rest of you guys but doing nothing but sniping to win a game is very cheap, and kinda proves you can't handle that player face to face

  • 05.16.2007 12:26 PM PDT
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gotta be the 3rd one. I'm alwyas dying but normaly at the top of the leaderboard.

  • 05.16.2007 12:40 PM PDT
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im a 3 but how do I check my K/D ratio?

  • 05.16.2007 12:46 PM PDT

I'm a #3. I greatly favor getting up close and personal when I kill people, although I have no problem sniping you in the face from across the map. I always play defense with the shotty in CTF games, and I always go for the shotty on maps where it's available.

# Total Kills: 10731
# Total Deaths: 7560
# Kill/Death Ratio: 1.4194
# Total Assists: 2928

  • 05.16.2007 1:08 PM PDT

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Halo 3 Legendary (Co-op and Solo) complete, I guess its time to get Forging.

Posted by: WildBoyz7
im a 3 but how do I check my K/D ratio?


Just go to your stats and click on games playes...its in the top right corner

  • 05.16.2007 1:17 PM PDT
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how do i get my K/D?

  • 05.16.2007 1:23 PM PDT
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My kill/death ratio (or whatever) is a bit above 1. Im pretty sure its 1.20....something. Im a mid-range guy.

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i love melle....if i could set up a match with no weapons or grenades just straight up hitting i would....but i do like sniping, but not necessarily in sniper matches...defeats the purpose if everyone has a sniper, i wanna pick off the guy who thinks he got lucky picking up the shotgun or sword.

  • 05.16.2007 1:42 PM PDT

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Halo 3 Legendary (Co-op and Solo) complete, I guess its time to get Forging.

Posted by: JesuszillaCorp
i love melle....if i could set up a match with no weapons or grenades just straight up hitting i would....but i do like sniping, but not necessarily in sniper matches...defeats the purpose if everyone has a sniper, i wanna pick off the guy who thinks he got lucky picking up the shotgun or sword.


Reminds me of the days of playing Goldeneye on slappers only...ahh, the memories

  • 05.16.2007 8:29 PM PDT
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I love the trill of suicide missions; it pumps up my adrenaline.
I thrive on danger with no limitations.

  • 05.16.2007 10:17 PM PDT

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