tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309906665619473598.post1292423093362009244..comments2022-03-18T21:23:43.403-07:00Comments on Blurring Shock: 3220 Killing BlowsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309906665619473598.post-67653762037192817922011-02-23T14:12:55.052-08:002011-02-23T14:12:55.052-08:00Good to see you take the time to look at things fr...Good to see you take the time to look at things from a statistical point of view, unlike most of us who just base posts on the "feel" of the game. But I'm sure I don't have to remind you that statistics can often be misleading.<br /><br />I share the concerns expressed by the commenters above: <br />- Auto attacks will usually respresent the minority of killing blows<br />- Not every career uses AA<br />- AA almost won't show in larger AoE based fights<br />- The sample is fairly small and from one evening (?)<br />- You get players ganging up skewing the numbers<br />etc.<br /><br />I'd wouldn't want to draw any kind of final conclusion from these numbers. Though they do give a hint to what may be happening, we may be right about the power-gap. In which case, the latest batch of changes Mythic has lined up won't do anything to address this. They're rejiggling lower rank sets while those are clearly not an issue. Sigh.<br /><br />I, for one, can't agree with giving (the majority of) high ranked players the benefit of the doubt regarding their skill. I have had the opportunity to face many of them individually and I can't say that most of them are nothing above average. Which they certainly should be with their experience and knowledge of the game. Now I'm not saying that I'm a player of exceptional skill myself, I'm merely claiming that from tracking the past progress and success of many of the current high ranked players I can see most of them are riding the gear imbalance but are nothing special as players themselves. They can be called persistent farming little buggers but that's usually all.<br /><br />PS: I never knew you were playing on KN.Blaqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08094879298804197198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309906665619473598.post-54267155216535245512011-02-23T02:37:56.526-08:002011-02-23T02:37:56.526-08:00@ Sara - I know 700 chars does not mean 700 ppl pl...@ Sara - I know 700 chars does not mean 700 ppl playing but I'd guess at least 500??? You are a goodie. I will be following your new blog.<br /><br />@ Anon - Quote "My question to you is have you ever noticed how much better you play after you have played for a long periods of time over many days?" <br /><br />Yes totally. Often I can miss a week of WAR and when I get back I mush keys like a nab, indeed.<br /><br />"And my second question do you think that plays a role in how well players do in WAR? "<br /><br />Yes again, totally. I mentioned in my post that I did not want to discredt the skill of the top players. In my comment to Readda that I asked if the top players have always been dominating kill blows and am left pondering by both your comments whether the new gear is going to make them even stronger or if the elite imbalance has always been there. <br /><br />I am doing a new analysis.@shots_on_targethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03764329322238168841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309906665619473598.post-3038927486775168362011-02-22T13:29:48.427-08:002011-02-22T13:29:48.427-08:00As always, I'm amazed at your patience, dedica...As always, I'm amazed at your patience, dedication and the way you make sweet love to those numbers.<br /><br />I will remind you, however that a single player can die more than once every 4 seconds (I can atest to that personally) especially if they have a healer out for when they go down, already throwing a res before they hit the blood drenched grass.<br /><br />Also, a lot can happen in 3.5 hours. I doubt that you actually had 700 distinct players. If we were anything to go by, relogs are common when you're trying to establish a functional warband, with people logging in and out of healers, tanks and bombers.<br /><br />I salute you, my good man. It makes me feel good about myself when I read things with charts!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13479248880623705544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309906665619473598.post-52840295949398783412011-02-22T12:58:13.058-08:002011-02-22T12:58:13.058-08:00Great idea. However did you consider that most RR ...Great idea. However did you consider that most RR 90 players:<br /><br />-Have more experience<br />-Tend to play in groups<br />-Have better target selection then new players<br />-Know who is easy to kill<br />-Are better at escaping/evading.<br />-Play their character much more efficently then new players<br />-Often times have better gear all around (Jeweley, Pocket items, weapons and armour, pots, talis)<br /><br />Not to say that 90 or 100 doesn't make a big difference cause it does. I've seen less talented players who are super powerful now due to hitting 90. <br /><br />My question to you is have you ever noticed how much better you play after you have played for a long periods of time over many days? And my second question do you think that plays a role in how well players do in WAR?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309906665619473598.post-75776685373134005602011-02-22T11:44:41.050-08:002011-02-22T11:44:41.050-08:00Yes, you are right Readda. Melee DPS get many mor...Yes, you are right Readda. Melee DPS get many more auto-attack kill blows. RDPS hardly any. So the RR data is skewed. But it's all I have so it is what it is.<br /><br />And you are right too about the RR90's banding together. You will be acquainted no doubt with Banatak and Crionic of - 46 of the 64 RR90 KBs came from them two. They were on a killing spree! Have these two and Orz always been such a force? I don't know.<br /><br />I have just realised writing this that I could do the same analysis on a combat log I have from last summer and see how it compares.@shots_on_targethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03764329322238168841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309906665619473598.post-68157613503899297572011-02-22T09:56:49.613-08:002011-02-22T09:56:49.613-08:00Interesting stuff, as always. Be interesting to se...Interesting stuff, as always. Be interesting to see the class breakdown too - I imagine you were left with several magic-RDPS that you hadn't managed to RR-tag (because no auto-attack) so the data set will be incomplete, but good enough to start drawing conclusions.<br />Probably, also worth saying the 90+ players would be roaming together mostly, so would be expected to perform well above the average.<br /><br />~ReaddaR.Fiction.Esq.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10188735517074559677noreply@blogger.com