intriguing topic on the mw3 boards

http://www.modernwarfare3forum.com/showthread.php?t=7726

yay or nay?

Its a good idea gerry, I think it would also make the games more competitive aswell if people only played the objectives. Some of the winning margins lately have been silly with very few caps by the other team.

I like KD for each mode and get rid of the overall KDR. Dom KDR, FFA KDR, TDM KDR... you get the drift.

As a dom player I am also interested in things like Caps per Minute. Defends Per Minute. Time Holding B/match. Times B changes hands per match. These things measure the skills of Dom players better IMHO.

I think the whole concept of point streaks as opposed to kill streaks may already be a means to solve this. If proper reward points are already in place for capturing flags, defending flags, even 3 flag domination bonuses, then the overall reward will be hitting your point streak benefits that much faster.

I am guessing that kills themselves may be lower point value in these objective based games. In TDM where the kill is the objective then the point streak rewards are generated off the kills, headshots and assists solely. In Dom, HQ, Demo, Sab, S&D or CTF where the more important goal is the objective, it makes more game sense to go for the capture. If a capture is worth 5 kills in point comparison, you will see people being objective first as it gets them that much closer to a streak reward.

As for the whole k/d ratio arguement, I personally never cared about the stat. But I can see the frustration when you are trying to win the match and you have teammates who are ignoring the objective in attempt to pad a meaningless stat. I'll gladly go 10-20 with 3 captures and 10 defends if it means winning the match 200-0. If an opponent thinks he played a better game because he went 40-10 with no captures or defends then that is simply laughable.

i agree with lumm0x
also a cap should count as at least 1 "kill or point" toward your streak, i just hope that the match bonus is higher for players that have more caps/defends than for a player that has a 4 kdr with zero caps/defends, only time will tell.

just like BLOPS took out Jugs and Stopping Power so we get a slower, campier type game

sounds good on paper but not sure how feasible it will be