Do you care about K/D ratio in FPS games?

So, while playing Halo 4 tonight, it really struck me how much my K/D has changed from previous games. I'm barely scraping by with a 1.05 K/D, when in Halo 3 and Reach I had an average of 1.6 or so. Call of Duty was too easy for me to care.

Do any of you care about K/D ratios? And does it really matter to you?

I don't really care on the grand scheme of things, but I do care per match. If I'm playing TDM then I obviously like to have a positive K/D ratio, but if I'm playing objective based games then it doesn't matter. But then again the lowest K/D I ever had was about 1.01 in MGO, so I can't really say, maybe if I was in the negative with some games then it might bother me.

As long as I'm above 1.0, I am content.

In most games I have a 0/0 so I do not care.

I personally like to have it above a 1.0. If it's TDM, then I care. It means that you can play. If it's an objective map, then it doesn't matter one bit. I'd rather have a person on my team with 0 kills and 100 deaths if it meant they went for the objectives.

I like to try and break even at 1.0 but if I don't then I don't really care, my main focus is on having fun not some statistic. As has already been stated if playing an objective mode then K/D ratio is ultimately rendered irrelevant anyway, if I only played TDM and Free for all modes then I would care more I guess.

I'd like to say it doesn't matter to me, but if I dip below 1.0 I'll feel bad about it. It also makes it harder to get back into fps games I havn't played in a while, because I'll get my a** handed to me and my KD will go down the sh*tter :P

It honestly doesn't bother me at all. I generally suck at FPS games online (doesn't stop me from playing them though) so my K/D ratio is usually below 1 (around the 0.7-0.8 range usually). I tend to only play objective-based modes though.

to have fun i have to not care about KD , i have no fun taking much care not to die , its more fun for me to risk and do crazy stuff which usually results into low KDs

Back when I used to play multiplayer I couldn't help but care. I usually got annoyed during COD if my K/D ratio dropped because I knew I was being robbed by a load of cheats.

Used to.

Back when I was 15 or 16, I'd check my scoreboard every minute or so.

Was playing to get better rrather than to have fun.

I didn't care at first, but once I started doing better I noticed it got higher and it at like 1.4-1.5 now, but I don't even care that much because I'm going after points so I can get this over with.SoNin360

Hm, sometimes a bit. Always a nice feeling when you book more kills than deaths. But that feeling vanishes after a few minutes so...

Though I have to admit, ONE TIME I really cared for it in Battlefield 3 because I played Sniper on my PS3 (and I'm not really good at sniping, especially not with Analouge Sticks) and somehow managed to get 0 deaths and 14 kills in one round.

That impressed myself a bit and I have it under my Match Favorites in Battlelog. It's like a very special medal to myself. But that's about it.

It depends on the game.

For games like CoD, not really. I'm not saying there isn't any skill based in those type of games, but with one shot kill weapons everywhere, random grenade spam, and the ever too frequent killstreak falling from the sky I can be randomly stopped by the worst player on my best day. Oh, look at that, I was killed by someone that no scoped me with a sniper rifle while he was in a panic taking damage from an automatic shotgun.

For various other shooters, like Halo, or older ones like Quake 3 or Unreal Tournament 2004 I'm less inclined to die since I know exactly what my character is capable of and I'm less likely to die from a stray bullet. If my K/D lowers in games like that I can be a little more irked.

Lately I've been more interested in scores though. Don't really care about my personal K/D if my team won the match and I know I contributed.

It depends on the game.

For games like CoD, not really. I'm not saying there isn't any skill based in those type of games, but with one shot kill weapons everywhere, random grenade spam, and the ever too frequent killstreak falling from the sky I can be randomly stopped by the worst player on my best day. Oh, look at that, I was killed by someone that no scoped me with a sniper rifle while he was in a panic taking damage from an automatic shotgun.

For various other shooters, like Halo, or older ones like Quake 3 or Unreal Tournament 2004 I'm less inclined to die since I know exactly what my character is capable of and I'm less likely to die from a stray bullet. If my K/D lowers in games like that I can be a little more irked.

Lately I've been more interested in scores though. Don't really care about my personal K/D if my team won the match and I know I contributed.

IndianaPwns39

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It depends on the game.

For games like CoD, not really. I'm not saying there isn't any skill based in those type of games, but with one shot kill weapons everywhere, random grenade spam, and the ever too frequent killstreak falling from the sky I can be randomly stopped by the worst player on my best day. Oh, look at that, I was killed by someone that no scoped me with a sniper rifle while he was in a panic taking damage from an automatic shotgun.

For various other shooters, like Halo, or older ones like Quake 3 or Unreal Tournament 2004 I'm less inclined to die since I know exactly what my character is capable of and I'm less likely to die from a stray bullet. If my K/D lowers in games like that I can be a little more irked.

Lately I've been more interested in scores though. Don't really care about my personal K/D if my team won the match and I know I contributed.

Justforvisit

It's true. I've had a fantastic experience with Battlefield 3 and Bad Company 2 on the PS3, as far as community goes. I've had hit and miss community experiences on Killzone 2 & 3. The rest are like CoD it seems.

For example, I won several games in Capture the Flag in Black Ops II yesterday because, well, I'm pretty sure I was the only one going for the flag. Too bad too, as I really like Black Ops II so far.

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Lately I've been more interested in scores though. Don't really care about my personal K/D if my team won the match and I know I contributed.

IndianaPwns39

It's true. I've had a fantastic experience with Battlefield 3 and Bad Company 2 on the PS3, as far as community goes. I've had hit and miss community experiences on Killzone 2 & 3. The rest are like CoD it seems.

For example, I won several games in Capture the Flag in Black Ops II yesterday because, well, I'm pretty sure I was the only one going for the flag. Too bad too, as I really like Black Ops II so far.

Same deal with me. I mostly play objective-based matches, so i focus on the objective.

At the moment i've been playing a fair amount of domination and demolition in Black Ops 2 and usually end up with the highest score but fewest kills and most deaths because i persistently attack the objectives.

Yet, sadly, it seems the majority of the people playing COD and similar games treat objective-based matches as if they were team deathmatch or something, ignoring the objective so they can camp somewhere and get a 20+ killstreak. They end up losing the match though.

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If only everybody in Team / Objective Based matches would know this and play like it *SIIIIIGH*

Katzenbalger

It's true. I've had a fantastic experience with Battlefield 3 and Bad Company 2 on the PS3, as far as community goes. I've had hit and miss community experiences on Killzone 2 & 3. The rest are like CoD it seems.

For example, I won several games in Capture the Flag in Black Ops II yesterday because, well, I'm pretty sure I was the only one going for the flag. Too bad too, as I really like Black Ops II so far.

Same deal with me. I mostly play objective-based matches, so i focus on the objective.

At the moment i've been playing a fair amount of domination and demolition in Black Ops 2 and usually end up with the highest score but fewest kills and most deaths because i persistently attack the objectives.

Yet, sadly, it seems the majority of the people playing COD and similar games treat objective-based matches as if they were team deathmatch or something, ignoring the objective so they can camp somewhere and get a 20+ killstreak. They end up losing the match though.

Nope, it's just a number.

I don't really play online anymore anyway.

I almost always stay between 1.40 and 1.80 no matter what the game is.

Not really. It's always nice to have a positive k/d but it's just a number. I play for fun and nothing else.

Sadly i care for my KD ratio, theres even times i refuse to play certain games online just because i do poorly in them.

Yeah. If it's less than 1, I think I suck at the game.

It depends on the gametype. While I would always prefer to be positive in K/D ratio, if I'm playing an objective gametype and helping the team, it doesn't really matter.

Depends on the game. I play Battlefield mostly, and while I look at K/D and try to have a good one, I care far more about points and having a good score, cause that usually means you are getting a lot done for the team. And usually mine is among the highest (as are my kills) :)