How often do you check your stats?

[Favuz]

Personally, i like to check my stats (use eu.warships and wows-numbers) after every session i play. I log out and check how i did, even if i easily recognize when i've played like a moron or not without checking.

 

I was wondering if you guys do like me or not.

 

I am a merely average (or below average) player, but seeing that i'm slowly and constantly get better is satisfying.

 

I think it's a way of improving my game. For example, i have noticed a bad habit of dying too often when i'm playing BB

 

How about you?

[EmilyFara]

Too often. Not after every session. But multiple times per week.

[ollonborre]

Almost after every session. It is nice to see what I need to work on overall or in the next couple of sessions.

[fallenkezef]

Meh, can't say I care to be honest.

 

I know some people do and I respect that, but it's not something I think about.

[Robber_Baron]

Slowly getting better is satisfying indeed. I think I had a WR of 47% the first time I checked, I'm now at 57%. It can be frustrating if it drops a bit after a bad session, but seeing it rise on the long term keeps me playing in those moments.

 

Stat checking also shows that I can play some ships quite well, while I should stay away from others. (at least for Ranked that is. I'm doing bad in Scharnhorst so far, but keep on hoping I learn how to use her.)

[The_Tyke]

I put never, but that is not entirely true. I do check them, rarely.

 

Last time I looked someone had started a thread about the amount of detonations that were occurring after a patch in the game. I think that was about December time; so that was the last time I looked. But only at that one figure. Prior to that,  . . . . I really couldn't say.

 

The only stat I am interested in is the 'am I having fun' stat.

[fallenkezef]

One of the things that annoy me about stats are the idiots who then use them in the forums when they don't like what you say. It's like "I can't argue your point but my stats are better so my opinion means more than  yours."

 

That being said, I did check my stats today and I'm quite happy with my improvement from when I came back to the game two months ago.

[XbodzioXplX]

Most of the sessions.

While I think not looking at them is the best to play this game

[fallenkezef]

Most of the sessions.

While I think not looking at them is the best to play this game

 

Yup

 

Most of the stats do not mean much tbh, win rate for instance depends too much on the team.

[Adwaenyth]

 

Yup

 

Most of the stats do not mean much tbh, win rate for instance depends too much on the team.

 

Only in the short run. In the long run, WR depends entirely upon you. So win rate over a prolonged period of time will tell you something about how you play, over a session it is mostly meaningless.

[fallenkezef]

 

Only in the short run. In the long run, WR depends entirely upon you. So win rate over a prolonged period of time will tell you something about how you play, over a session it is mostly meaningless.

 

Well I've gone up 5% in two months, considering I'm a casual that doesn't play much, I guess I am doing something right.

[Adwaenyth]

 

Well I've gone up 5% in two months, considering I'm a casual that doesn't play much, I guess I am doing something right.

 

Could indeed be possible. Since I've played very little for the last six months, it's no surprise that mine went down.

[MaxxyNL]

One of the things that annoy me about stats are the idiots who then use them in the forums when they don't like what you say. It's like "I can't argue your point but my stats are better so my opinion means more than  yours."

 

You had to drag the/our discussion into another topic..... 

[fallenkezef]

 

You had to drag the/our discussion into another topic..... 

 

It's a general point, you see it in numerous threads everyday. Some troll posts stats to make himself feel he has a better right to an opinion.

[Robber_Baron]

 

It's a general point, you see it in numerous threads everyday. Some troll posts stats to make himself feel he has a better right to an opinion.

That depends on the context I think. If somebody starts a whine thread and complains about everything he faces ingame being OP, but it turns out he's just bad and not willing to learn, I think he has every right to be faced with his stats.

[Favuz]

I think that, in general, when someone brag about a ship or nerf/buff, i'ts normal to check his stats, maybe he's bad in general and doesn't know how to play this game, so it would be better that he learn to play properly before requesting changes to ships.

 

 

 

 

 

Another thing is checking a player stats and judging his opinions only from them.

If he's a potato, everything he says is [edited], if he's a unicum, everything he says is right. That's not good, someone can be bad and having a legit opinion (understandable and even embraceable).

[fallenkezef]

That depends on the context I think. If somebody starts a whine thread and complains about everything he faces ingame being OP, but it turns out he's just bad and not willing to learn, I think he has every right to be faced with his stats.

 

To be honest those posts fail on their own lack of merit without needing stats. But i take your point

 

CV OP, DD OP, CA OP, CL OP, BB OP. According to the forums everything in this game, with the possible exception of poor Emerald, is OP.

[fallenkezef]

I think that, in general, when someone brag about a ship or nerf/buff, i'ts normal to check his stats, maybe he's bad in general and doesn't know how to play this game, so it would be better that he learn to play properly before requesting changes to ships.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another thing is checking a player stats and judging his opinions only from them.

If he's a potato, everything he says is [edited], if he's a unicum, everything he says is right. That's not good, someone can be bad and having a legit opinion (understandable and even embraceable).

 

Aye, I have noticed a trend. People who whine about BBs mostly play cruisers for example.

[Sons_of_Horus]

 

I was wondering if you guys do like me or not.

 

 

Can't really say i do like you. On the other hand, can't say I don't like you either. I don't even know you.

[Procrastes]

I put never, but that is not entirely true. I do check them, rarely.

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The only stat I am interested in is the 'am I having fun' stat.

 

This!

 

While I do see how it could be interesting to keep track of one's stats, as a mark of personal progress, I, for my part, don't feel that way way at all. I don't compete either against myself or against other players; I simply want to have fun.

 

I have read some posts where people have expressed feelings of constant worry, with bad games ruining their stats, and so on. To me, that sounds utterly bewildering, since it would seem to suggest that simply having stats, and caring about them, entails losing a lot of the "having fun" part of the game. But to each his own.

 

This is not to say that I don't care about winning - I always play the game to the best of my ability. But I don't really care about whether I win or lose a certain battle, as long as it is a good game and I can have fun in the company of fellow gamers!

[Spartan_93]

I check my overall stats when i have the feeling that a session is really bad. Then i see, still 58% win ratio and i see that overall everything is still okay.

[Ferry_25]

Not that often. I still think stats are telling part of the story. However when looking at mine, they pretty much reflect the feeling I have about my performance: mediocre. Nothing too bad or too epic. Looked at them just now... My sudden plunge can be explained by 2 horrific sessions I had this week. You know, the losing streaks in which suddenly nothing seems to work anymore happens. And I know: we all go through them. Used the Alt-F4 hack to keep my sanity (more or less) intact.

 

Edit: just found this site. For me it's new. I like the clear per ship performance. Actually surprised I didn't do as bad as I thought I was in Losemore.... http://www.wowstats.org

[1000guns]

I like stats, I like numbers, so I check them often. I like to see if I had a good session and/or when I had a bad one, reflect on the mistakes I made so I can become a better player. The same saying that goes in my business life "numbers don't lie" goes here in WoWs as well. Yes, the fun factor is a very important one but one can only get better by striving to improve his/her own numbers sometimes 

[MaxxyNL]

 

It's a general point, you see it in numerous threads everyday. Some troll posts stats to make himself feel he has a better right to an opinion.

 

[A_British_Hedgehog]

 

Yup

 

Most of the stats do not mean much tbh, win rate for instance depends too much on the team.

 

Agreed,

 

The last few games I have played in a division we lost all 3. However, all three were higher than average Damage and XP with all stats bar win rate showing improvement.  More importantly they were great fun enjoyed with friends; games like these make some stats look good but others bad.  I suppose it depends on the value you attach to them in the long term.

 

I would rather be consistent on damage, exp and playing for the team over pure K/D and WR.  I'm no where near good enough to carry but i like to think i do my best to help where i can.