why are medics shafted by the stats?

**DOMINATOR** · 09-17-08, 10:34 PM

why do the stats go by K

which basically shafts medics? i don't check stats often but couple weeks ago i was around 100 checked it out today and i dropped to 800 because i been playing medic a lot this past week.

**Mastermedic** · 09-17-08, 10:36 PM

meh don't worry about it. the only way your "skill" will go up is by massive mellee and needle gun deaths lol which whouldn't be alot of so I feel your pain. NOW, if your skill is high and you only play medic and other classes once in a while now that's impressive.

**sL!ppY** · 09-18-08, 12:35 AM

While medics are shafted to some degree by the stats... the stats are not based purely off of KDR. As far as i know.. they take into account captures.. assists.. and much much more. I think what they dont take into account is healing... and thats where medics lose out.. because instead of kills which are counted.. they are healing.

**enf** · 09-18-08, 09:40 AM

Oh I thought the answer was going to be 'Because stats are meaningless with the exception of adding to your e-peen.'

**Menoske** · 09-18-08, 10:14 AM

Originally Posted by tr_enf

Oh I thought the answer was going to be 'Because stats are meaningless with the exception of adding to your e-peen.'

They are

**Vulcan30** · 09-18-08, 10:22 AM

Originally Posted by Menoske

Originally Posted by tr_enf

Oh I thought the answer was going to be 'Because stats are meaningless with the exception of adding to your e-peen.'

They are

Agreed.

**Agent** · 09-18-08, 10:24 AM

Medics dont need stats to let them know they own.

**Gonzo0100** · 09-18-08, 10:39 AM

Yeah, honestly why does it matter? It is all about teamplay here. Last time I played with some regs (smoke, gid, jibbidy, etc....) I played medic, I had 4 kills, 9 deaths and 65 assists in one round of dustbowl (just defending). I was top 3 on all caps.... We won and in true Team Play style everyone gives it up to the medics (soccerdog as well)

**reject_wolf** · 09-18-08, 10:46 AM

You should feel rewarded for a job well done, rather than a kill death ratio. I know when I used to play TF2 I used to enjoy playing medic and making our best players better, and helping our new players stay alive and keep confidence. It sure is NOTHING like being a medic in BF2 where you can usually keep the highest kill death ratio, but it is still fun because of the frantic pace of the game.