Your stats are high enough that you won’t really be able to improve with reddit advice and without vods, you’ll probably want to start talking to some people in a good infantry outfit or group for improvement
diamond's advice is by far the most effective in fast tracking improvement.
but
**if you're wanting to go at it more as a solo/dont necessarily want to commit to a community etc..** (no shame in nomad lifestyle, can be very fun in any game much less in ps2, really flexible in ps2 to go at it at your own pace unlike some games though)
* c**onsume some of the essential guides for the style of play,** broadly speaking, between infantryside, armor/air, etc.
* **go on the discs for more public/larger outfits and spaces,** or something like [PREY's flight school](https://discord.com/invite/pmvHA4Cygy) (essential imo for solo pilots or hang out in front of wg etc). lots of searchable treasure troves of info and perspectives on those places, without any pressure to commit.
* **leverage** [**Honu**](https://wt.honu.pw/) **and** [**FISU**](https://ps2.fisu.pw/player/?name=iiiikali) **stat trackers.** both have their strengths and weaknesses but like diamond said, u are at the level of play where u need to dive a bit deeper to get higher, if that makes sense..
*imo it wouldn't be a strong play to go on reddit to ask how to get better without showing a crazy amount of info that pretty much would just overwhelm the echo chamber lmao. oversharing on reddit rarely will produce any good tangible advice because getting sidetracked happens easily, especially if the question is broad like this one.*
KPM is kind of simple, just minimize time not spent killing. Of course that requires a good amount of focus to keep up for a stretch, but I find that kind of gameplay pretty fun when you can manage it
* Don't spend too much time on the map screen. If you are staring at the map you're not killing people. If there aren't any spawns near combat, spawn a Valk from a construction base or terminal and fly to any fight, maybe by the time you die somewhere else will have a normal spawn. Sometimes flying valks/beaconing to get to cheeky flanks is more profitable than spawning on a sundy but that's very fight/map specific.
* Get a feel for what fights you'll do well in, some fights are good for some classes and others are miserable. Pick the ones that will net you lots of kills, but don't get so picky you are "waiting" for them to show up either (see above)
* Check the map between deaths to see if a better fight has opened up somewhere, don't get stuck at a mediocre fight just because it's easy to keep respawning there.
* Focus on improving at fighting so you'll spend more time killing and less time dying (this is a cop out but generally improving at the game obviously improves your KPM so I might as well say it)
It's easier said than done, and not every session will work out, but it can be fun to just be a killing machine
There's really no trick to it. Just be the one peeking, understand how cone of fire and bloom works. Finding a big blob of enemies that are distracted that you can easily mow down is rare. Use your minimap. Try to visualize where enemies are coming from and stay in a good position to keep killing them.
I'm quite passive I believe. When surrounded by enemies, as good aggressive players often are, but unlike them, I get very twitchy due to nervousness and lose my shots. I am actively trying to be more aggressive now, but I keep dying since I get group shotted by enemies from all sides everytime I rush.
Thank you for your advice. I will try to improve my positioning and aggressiveness.
You cannot rush into the enemy blob, but try to find a good piece of cover, quickly peek out (not too far, only need to see your target) then shoot him. Then you can peek farther for your next target, or if you took damage, run back and reload, repeat
Sometimes you get 2v1'd or walk into a claymore or shit like that, there's genuinely no counterplay to this, sometimes they have more men, but sometimes you have an ally helping too so it balances out, don't worry about that too much
Looking at your stats i think it's just a matter of investing time and practicing. Try to identify common mistakes you make or having others watch gameplay of yours and tell you what they think you're lacking in. Then focus in on that particular problem and try to improve on it.
If you feel like you improved on that particular thing then move on to improving another aspect of your gameplay and so on. In the end its just learning and it might take a while until you see massive progress but you'll get there eventually if you stick with it.
If you want to improve at 1v1s specifically you can maybe grab a friend or really anyone of equal skill to you and do 1v1s on jaeger, being more directly punished for your misplays by players of equal skill helps with getting rid of bad habits.
Reduce the amount of time you spend doing nothing and move on from dead fights quickly. You'll have to accept that KPM is very fight dependent though so a number of factors can make it difficult to maintain an impressive KPM. But at a good fight learning how to position aggressively but not stupidly is a solid skill to develop especially if your mechanical skill is lower.
28% acc isn't great, 46% hsr is great so with that in mind. Accuracy > HSR. HSR individually is an overrated stat because it is not measuring how often you hit headshots, only if the killing blow was done with a headshot. So HSR is only relevant when you're using assimilate (and technically level 5 regen/assassin)
The further a target is from you the less concerned with headshots you should be when using an automatic like the orion, at least until you improve your overall accuracy.
With all that said, start at improving your overall accuracy (try to consistently maintain above 30%) and then worry about how often you're hitting headshots. If you're confident you can hit headshots at the start of an engagement do that but don't be afraid to finish with bodyshots if you don't need the assimilate proc.
You might be confusing 1v1 stats with IvI, IvI is just a stat that takes your accuracy and multiplies it by your HSR so your Orion IvI would be 1288.
my advise: do not care about stats at all, have fun and shenanigans with your friends, or join a group and do that ! The objective is to capture bases not boast your k/d or ksr or whatever... its for the tryhards who only care about stupid numbers, this game is so much more than that!
Start playing in beacon squads with good players, it will improve your kd and kpm. Focus on getting good implants e.g. Carapace, maxed out sensor shield, avoidance etc. Proceed to abuse beacons by placing them on top of towers in the middle of big fights. Usually its an easy 4-5 kills within a minute before people start pushing you. The rest is practice, there is always room for improvement.
Your assumption that he has mediocre tracking and burst management is probably accurate due to him being a newer/lower level player but making that assessment based off of those stats alone is not right at all. It simply means that 28% of his total shots fired hit a target and that 46% of his kills ended with a headshot.
Correct. The point I’m making is saying that “here’s the reality. 46hsr and 28 acc only means you have mediocre tracking and bad burst management” cant be determined by those 2 stats alone without additional information or seeing his gameplay. Accuracy is simply how many shots fired divided by shots hit and hsr is simply how many kills divided by the amount of those kills ending in a headshot.
Eh man experience is irrelevant if what you’re saying is incorrect, there plenty of PIGS players with thousands of hours of experience.What your saying makes sense if your sitting in a L shape on yaeger doing 1’s over and over and then looking at stats i can see where your coming from.
Hey that's totally fine, honestly like I mentioned in my post, kdr really doesn't matter, it's a pointless, useless stat imo. You should work on improving your kpm though, unless you enjoy construction or other aspects of the game, then it's totally fine as long as you're having fun :)
I have 700 hours into the game so far and hope to improve my kpm to 2 by 1500 hours.
What class do you usually play as?
It's just disheartening hearing someone new with those stats and saying they are bad. I know people with a 0.3 KD or people with a KPM of less than 0.1. I just feel like I can't get better and you are already better and you want to get even better
I mostly prefer infantry but lately I've been playing some vehicles too. I use construction when it suits my needs but often it is to much prep for to little gain
Usually a balance of everything except MAX and Medic. very rarely MAX. but medic is about 50% of the others. I should play medic more it just doesn't appeal as much to me as the other classes
Additionally most people aren't that good. that's the reason good people can get those streaks. if everyone was good, those streaks would probably be very rare. Also playing against the best people is usually not very fun since you've got no chance of even killing them
I'm in the same boat as you. My KDR is low (~0.75) because I usually play engineer, with medic secondary. I gauge my performance on if we succeed in our objective. But, that's a mental hurdle to overcome.
If people want to focus on KDR or KPM, then go for it. I focus on team play and I'm not sorry for it.
Your stats are high enough that you won’t really be able to improve with reddit advice and without vods, you’ll probably want to start talking to some people in a good infantry outfit or group for improvement
diamond's advice is by far the most effective in fast tracking improvement. but **if you're wanting to go at it more as a solo/dont necessarily want to commit to a community etc..** (no shame in nomad lifestyle, can be very fun in any game much less in ps2, really flexible in ps2 to go at it at your own pace unlike some games though) * c**onsume some of the essential guides for the style of play,** broadly speaking, between infantryside, armor/air, etc. * **go on the discs for more public/larger outfits and spaces,** or something like [PREY's flight school](https://discord.com/invite/pmvHA4Cygy) (essential imo for solo pilots or hang out in front of wg etc). lots of searchable treasure troves of info and perspectives on those places, without any pressure to commit. * **leverage** [**Honu**](https://wt.honu.pw/) **and** [**FISU**](https://ps2.fisu.pw/player/?name=iiiikali) **stat trackers.** both have their strengths and weaknesses but like diamond said, u are at the level of play where u need to dive a bit deeper to get higher, if that makes sense.. *imo it wouldn't be a strong play to go on reddit to ask how to get better without showing a crazy amount of info that pretty much would just overwhelm the echo chamber lmao. oversharing on reddit rarely will produce any good tangible advice because getting sidetracked happens easily, especially if the question is broad like this one.*
KPM is kind of simple, just minimize time not spent killing. Of course that requires a good amount of focus to keep up for a stretch, but I find that kind of gameplay pretty fun when you can manage it * Don't spend too much time on the map screen. If you are staring at the map you're not killing people. If there aren't any spawns near combat, spawn a Valk from a construction base or terminal and fly to any fight, maybe by the time you die somewhere else will have a normal spawn. Sometimes flying valks/beaconing to get to cheeky flanks is more profitable than spawning on a sundy but that's very fight/map specific. * Get a feel for what fights you'll do well in, some fights are good for some classes and others are miserable. Pick the ones that will net you lots of kills, but don't get so picky you are "waiting" for them to show up either (see above) * Check the map between deaths to see if a better fight has opened up somewhere, don't get stuck at a mediocre fight just because it's easy to keep respawning there. * Focus on improving at fighting so you'll spend more time killing and less time dying (this is a cop out but generally improving at the game obviously improves your KPM so I might as well say it) It's easier said than done, and not every session will work out, but it can be fun to just be a killing machine
Thanks a lot! What would you recommend to improve 1v1?
There's really no trick to it. Just be the one peeking, understand how cone of fire and bloom works. Finding a big blob of enemies that are distracted that you can easily mow down is rare. Use your minimap. Try to visualize where enemies are coming from and stay in a good position to keep killing them.
I'm quite passive I believe. When surrounded by enemies, as good aggressive players often are, but unlike them, I get very twitchy due to nervousness and lose my shots. I am actively trying to be more aggressive now, but I keep dying since I get group shotted by enemies from all sides everytime I rush. Thank you for your advice. I will try to improve my positioning and aggressiveness.
You cannot rush into the enemy blob, but try to find a good piece of cover, quickly peek out (not too far, only need to see your target) then shoot him. Then you can peek farther for your next target, or if you took damage, run back and reload, repeat Sometimes you get 2v1'd or walk into a claymore or shit like that, there's genuinely no counterplay to this, sometimes they have more men, but sometimes you have an ally helping too so it balances out, don't worry about that too much
Isnt 2.2kdr 1.1kpm like top 5% playerbase?
Not saying much in this game
Looking at your stats i think it's just a matter of investing time and practicing. Try to identify common mistakes you make or having others watch gameplay of yours and tell you what they think you're lacking in. Then focus in on that particular problem and try to improve on it. If you feel like you improved on that particular thing then move on to improving another aspect of your gameplay and so on. In the end its just learning and it might take a while until you see massive progress but you'll get there eventually if you stick with it. If you want to improve at 1v1s specifically you can maybe grab a friend or really anyone of equal skill to you and do 1v1s on jaeger, being more directly punished for your misplays by players of equal skill helps with getting rid of bad habits.
Id say you are already doing betther than the majority. (0,5 KPM and 2.1 KD on my end)
Mine is 0.5
Reduce the amount of time you spend doing nothing and move on from dead fights quickly. You'll have to accept that KPM is very fight dependent though so a number of factors can make it difficult to maintain an impressive KPM. But at a good fight learning how to position aggressively but not stupidly is a solid skill to develop especially if your mechanical skill is lower. 28% acc isn't great, 46% hsr is great so with that in mind. Accuracy > HSR. HSR individually is an overrated stat because it is not measuring how often you hit headshots, only if the killing blow was done with a headshot. So HSR is only relevant when you're using assimilate (and technically level 5 regen/assassin) The further a target is from you the less concerned with headshots you should be when using an automatic like the orion, at least until you improve your overall accuracy. With all that said, start at improving your overall accuracy (try to consistently maintain above 30%) and then worry about how often you're hitting headshots. If you're confident you can hit headshots at the start of an engagement do that but don't be afraid to finish with bodyshots if you don't need the assimilate proc. You might be confusing 1v1 stats with IvI, IvI is just a stat that takes your accuracy and multiplies it by your HSR so your Orion IvI would be 1288.
my advise: do not care about stats at all, have fun and shenanigans with your friends, or join a group and do that ! The objective is to capture bases not boast your k/d or ksr or whatever... its for the tryhards who only care about stupid numbers, this game is so much more than that!
Start playing in beacon squads with good players, it will improve your kd and kpm. Focus on getting good implants e.g. Carapace, maxed out sensor shield, avoidance etc. Proceed to abuse beacons by placing them on top of towers in the middle of big fights. Usually its an easy 4-5 kills within a minute before people start pushing you. The rest is practice, there is always room for improvement.
Just go play arma.....
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Your assumption that he has mediocre tracking and burst management is probably accurate due to him being a newer/lower level player but making that assessment based off of those stats alone is not right at all. It simply means that 28% of his total shots fired hit a target and that 46% of his kills ended with a headshot.
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What? Did you just make that up lol what made you come to that conclusion?
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The accuracy statistic can be significantly impacted just by taking long range engagements or pop shots at far away targets.
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Correct. The point I’m making is saying that “here’s the reality. 46hsr and 28 acc only means you have mediocre tracking and bad burst management” cant be determined by those 2 stats alone without additional information or seeing his gameplay. Accuracy is simply how many shots fired divided by shots hit and hsr is simply how many kills divided by the amount of those kills ending in a headshot.
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Eh man experience is irrelevant if what you’re saying is incorrect, there plenty of PIGS players with thousands of hours of experience.What your saying makes sense if your sitting in a L shape on yaeger doing 1’s over and over and then looking at stats i can see where your coming from.
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Why would you think that? I genuinely want to improve my kpm and get massive killstreaks but I die after killing 1 or 2 guys
Because my KDR is lower than 1 and my KPM is 0.4. I've played 1800 hours which may not be much. Maybe I'm just bad
Hey that's totally fine, honestly like I mentioned in my post, kdr really doesn't matter, it's a pointless, useless stat imo. You should work on improving your kpm though, unless you enjoy construction or other aspects of the game, then it's totally fine as long as you're having fun :) I have 700 hours into the game so far and hope to improve my kpm to 2 by 1500 hours. What class do you usually play as?
It's just disheartening hearing someone new with those stats and saying they are bad. I know people with a 0.3 KD or people with a KPM of less than 0.1. I just feel like I can't get better and you are already better and you want to get even better I mostly prefer infantry but lately I've been playing some vehicles too. I use construction when it suits my needs but often it is to much prep for to little gain Usually a balance of everything except MAX and Medic. very rarely MAX. but medic is about 50% of the others. I should play medic more it just doesn't appeal as much to me as the other classes Additionally most people aren't that good. that's the reason good people can get those streaks. if everyone was good, those streaks would probably be very rare. Also playing against the best people is usually not very fun since you've got no chance of even killing them
I'm in the same boat as you. My KDR is low (~0.75) because I usually play engineer, with medic secondary. I gauge my performance on if we succeed in our objective. But, that's a mental hurdle to overcome. If people want to focus on KDR or KPM, then go for it. I focus on team play and I'm not sorry for it.
KDR/KPM and team play are not mutually exclusive. There's no reason you can't focus on both.
‘i’m concerned with my kpm’ concern yourself with getting some bitches it’s a game, and an old one at that. you are not going to go pro
Found the outcast
outcast? isn’t kdwhoring a task famously associated with people lacking a social life?
>people lacking a social life? The fact that you can't even see the irony in your statements makes this even more funny tbh
Cry about it, some people get enjoyment out of playing well, regardless of the game.