Is it right to take advantage of your superior skill to kill people?

[puglous]

Inspired by the "Is it okay to kill swimmers?" thread.

I know recently in battlefield 2 a lot of people have been getting killed simply because they meet an opponent with better aim or quicker reflexes, or simply uses better tactics (for example, picking the right kit given the situation). Infact, this has such a huge effect towards the gameplay I've seen teams lose the whole game simply because the enemy was just better at the game.

This may seem petty, but 90% of the time someone meets an opponent with superior skill they lose. This is because it is an unfair fight. The more skilled player has an advantage because they will either have a better kit at the time, be in a better position to protect themselves, make more hits, or simply shoot first. Extremely skilled players can obtain ridiculously high kill death ratios in a game, so, I'm wondering, is exploiting this imbalance (bias towards skilled players) in the game acceptable?

BTW Drunken Pirate, not trying to start an argument with you unless you were one of the 8 who voted "no".

[Sloi sauce]

Re: Is it right to take advantage of your superior skill to kill people?

Shake what your momma gave ya...

I'm not responsible for the playing habits or abilities of other players, so unless I can somehow help the other team by switching, I go about my rampage.

[3Libras]

Re: Is it right to take advantage of your superior skill to kill people?

I don't quite understand the purpose of this thread. There's nothing wrong with choosing the right kit for the right situation and being clever. There is something wrong with parking beside an alley on Karkand in a LAV and wasting everyone that spawns. There is something wrong with farting around in an untouchable jet and racking up ridiculous 9:1 KD ratios. I don't think you should live by the honour system but it's cool once in awhile to give your opponent a fair advantage, feels better when you win too.

I was one of the 8 voters myself. I've killed people that were swimming, sure, but there's something admirable about letting the other get out of the water and draw their weapon. Chances are the other person will type 'gg' or something and possibly even switch teams to squad up with you- This is how friends are made man!

[rombaft]

Re: Is it right to take advantage of your superior skill to kill people?

maybe the player who isn't superior should practice so he gets better at the game ,

Also, isn't this just the whole point of playing a game (any game, sports, ...) , the guys who play a lot, or have talent or have both, they are better and getting superior to other players, and they offcourse use those skills , this is also the point of playing/practicing a lot, it gives you an advantage, but you did also put the time and effort in it to become this good/superior , so offcourse it's 100% completely right to use your obtained skill to other persons .

[stilla-killa]

Re: Is it right to take advantage of your superior skill to kill people?

ive got skills out my arse

[BIFF EXPLODER]

Re: Is it right to take advantage of your superior skill to kill people?

NO!! damn skill-whores!!!! with their.... guns... and reflexes.... and stuff...

[Verzili]

Re: Is it right to take advantage of your superior skill to kill people?

if i spot a target in mt sight's i will kill or be killed simple as that.
easy kills hard kills i take them all.fAIR DOESNT COME IN TO MY GAME.
my view is there gona die soon any way so i just try and hurry the prosses :)

[Hu.Z_of_PLA]

Re: Is it right to take advantage of your superior skill to kill people?

There is a fine line between a good weapon and an overpowered weapon. A good weapon should be diffcult to learn but rewarding, alias, even overpowered when used correctly.

I consider a tuned down jet to be a good weapon, the PKM to be a good weapon, noob tube to be an overpowered weapon.

[Digital-Boy]

Re: Is it right to take advantage of your superior skill to kill people?

This is a poor attempt to make fun of the Killing Swimmers thread. That situation has nothing to do with skill. They're in the water + you have a rifle = they die.

[PermenentMarker]

Re: Is it right to take advantage of your superior skill to kill people?

NO
ITS NOT RIGHT

A more skilled player must aim, wait for the name to pop up
press tab to see how good his ennemy is

And if the ennemy sucks, the better player should run around the ennemy 3 times before opening fire !

[Light_Wolf]

Re: Is it right to take advantage of your superior skill to kill people?

Sarcasm:
No, I shall NOT use my superior skills (Not that I'v got any) to defeat the enemy, as that is widely considered an exploit.
End Sarcasm:

Methinks that this topic is brewed of sarcasm, with a little sprinkle of sublte hints towards people whining about people who is better than them

[Sir. bzb]

Re: Is it right to take advantage of your superior skill to kill people?

Depends, some people play a game and some learn the patterns of what is essentially a pattern. Players are people and people are predictable when faced with the same scenario again and again, they will simply choose the stratagy they feel most comfortable and more importantly people generally go with the crowd- ala Karkand. A few players go to the left or right but the bulk of both teams goes head on down the middle, there is no skill in taking advantage of that as it is blatently obvious and easy to exploit for high score. You can apply that thinking to every map and do well whether you realise you do it or not but its kinda boring and clinical.

It is only a game and its not man v man, its man and machine vs man and machine, some setups are simply better for playing the game and your reactions will be no better than anyone elses (to the point of meaningful difference), unless you are a hybrid freak of some sort... obviously with practice you know where to look which isnt the same thing.

But i dont mean to say that people dont play better than others, as in all things some people are simply better and i know im no god at this game. I like it when someone pulls out a knife rather than take the easy kill, he wont get a medal for doing that but it makes it a lot less clinical and more commical, however someone always ruins that game taking the easy kill, that person gets the medal, cold and clinical, no play.

Simply understanding the patterns of the game is easy, but it is no skill, laughing at some point during a round is a good game for me and a greater reward than a hundred points.

[Roger Smith]

Re: Is it right to take advantage of your superior skill to kill people?

wow, maybe we should all hand out lolly pops and play a game of hop scotch, where we are all winners!

is this thread for real?

[Kattspya]

Re: Is it right to take advantage of your superior skill to kill people?

NO!! damn skill-whores!!!! with their.... guns... and reflexes.... and stuff...

I agree with this. Skilled people are kill-whores and gold-medal whores. They should be banned on sight and the medals should be ditributed on a rotational system. It's unfair if only skilled people can get lots of kills and medals. I think that if someone kills too much he should lose all his weapons and the person with the lowest score is teleported to him for an easy kill. That way everyone can play against each other fairly.

[colony]

Re: Is it right to take advantage of your superior skill to kill people?

I don't quite understand the purpose of this thread. There's nothing wrong with choosing the right kit for the right situation and being clever. There is something wrong with parking beside an alley on Karkand in a LAV and wasting everyone that spawns. There is something wrong with farting around in an untouchable jet and racking up ridiculous 9:1 KD ratios. I don't think you should live by the honour system but it's cool once in awhile to give your opponent a fair advantage, feels better when you win too.

I was one of the 8 voters myself. I've killed people that were swimming, sure, but there's something admirable about letting the other get out of the water and draw their weapon. Chances are the other person will type 'gg' or something and possibly even switch teams to squad up with you- This is how friends are made man!

thats a ridiculous KD ratio? And letting swimmers live? What is this, a Dora game? Should we hold their hands too? :laugh: