What do you guys think of TDm so far? other forum thread..

[_Kharbon_]

Originally Posted by fotomay

yea.. i agree. the current formula which just records # of kills sucks ass. i onhly hope it is a placeholder formula and that it is improved upon. my personal preference is RP score, including full disclosure of RP formula.

RP is the measure most players are familiar with and its formula shud be disclosed anyway.

i think i posed another alternative preference somewhere along the lines of
HP damage and HP healing rankings? i cant quite remember now.

It's probably very difficult to come up with ranking, that is fair for all subclasses. The current ranking is simple, yet it doesn't give advantage to certain class.

RP ranking is no-go. Since the RP formula takes in account the dmg and level difference, this would just give the upper hand to barbs (high dmg) or aura spammers (similar to current boss drop system).

Calculating the score from the HP deduced (if that's what you have on mind) causes similar problem as described above - no other class can match barbs DPS, and the map already gives an advantage to this class.

[fotomay]

Originally Posted by _Kharbon_

It's probably very difficult to come up with ranking, that is fair for all subclasses. The current ranking is simple, yet it doesn't give advantage to certain class.

RP ranking is no-go. Since the RP formula takes in account the dmg and level difference, this would just give the upper hand to barbs (high dmg) or aura spammers (similar to current boss drop system).

Calculating the score from the HP deduced (if that's what you have on mind) causes similar problem as described above - no other class can match barbs DPS, and the map already gives an advantage to this class.

yup, i can't draw any conclusions until the precise formula is revealed.

i suspect the ranking score formula would need a completely new thread and could take maybe 2 years to get a forum "acceptable" consensus (playerbase will never finally agree on this. In neverwinter- no one "finally agreed"). At best the formula will always be just something many players understand precisely in mathematical terms and can check and relate to.

one good thing about the # of kills formula - its easy for everyone to check.

[Pashmiri]

I don't TDM. At all. I'd rather keep the action going in the WZ, win or lose.

[stickeheedin]

Originally Posted by Pashmiri

I don't TDM. At all. I'd rather keep the action going in the WZ, win or lose.

In my opinion TDM is for the egocentric.

I'm still out to lunch on the whole project.

Although the 'team' wins it is the barbs who seem get credited for most of the kills, cause they seem to make the final fatal hit.