Ships & Modules

At this time, when 100 people kill 1 ship, all 100 get +1 kill to their killboard score on most killboards.
This highly inflates the scores of those who blob and highly penalizes those in smaller gangs/solo PVPers in terms of scoring.
How about adding a "Fleet Size Adjusted" mode to killboards that divides kills by number of people in the fleet.
A view mode where 100 abaddons killing 1 ibis don't get 100 kills (1 per person).
Instead this view mode would only add 0.01 kill to each person.

Before you say you like the current way KBs work, I am not asking KBs to change, only to add a new viewing mode.
I am sure killboard programmers out there eg. Battleclinic/EVE-kills etc. are more than able to add such a new mode.
Eve has been around 8-9 years, time for killboards to start adding alternative scoring modes too!

Please add likes if you support this so killboard makers will know if you want this.
Or write requests to your favorite KBs showing your appreciation if they would add such a mode.

Yeah, I get you about the point system. Only problem is it is not particularly intuitive.
I highly doubt people look at points that much, more the number of kills and K/D ratio.
There are MANY corps that live and breathe by the K/D ratio and number of kills as currently calculated.
"Oh I just got 10 kills" sounds impressive. "Hurray I got 10000 points" nobody knows what that means.

Tell me there isn't anyone out there who would like more choices in ways metrics are calculated on killboards.
Note, I am talking about addition of new metrics and view modes, not replacement of current modes.

Please give different types of corps and PVPers the option to calculate K/D ratios according to their style of PVP.
The current mode can be called "Classic Mode", the new mode "Fleet Size Adjusted Mode".
Then corps focusing on giant fleets can look at Classic Mode and corps specializing in smaller gangs can look at Fleet Size Adjusted Mode for a clearer idea of how they are doing at their respective niches of PVP.

Talking about it here may reach the people who actually runs the KBs because they probably play the game too.
Add a mode, not change the current mode.
Showing interest in a new feature is not whining.

Don't nerf my 10:1 kd ratio :(

Well sure, but would it mean much to the person actually looking through the details for whatever reason?

is it to show how worthy they are for 1v1, and that by this, it means the pilot didn't need aid of a fleet?

So what about the suicide gankers, or the hulk killers, should there be a tally for those also? Or is that put under "skill" because it was a 1v1 that wasn't "aided" by a fleet? - Now don't get me wrong, nothing against anyone who plays their game how they wish, if they want to gank, cool, if they don't, cool...couldn't care less either way, but I am curious about your scoring system, since I don't really see how someone attacking a helpless ship is any more of a victory than someone in a blob of 100 strong.

If you include ship class into it, I would propose something like:
min(adjusted_target_ship_class / sum(adjusted_atacker_ship_classes), 1)

-Liang

Ed: This takes care of the hulk gank case above BTW.

Yeah, I am sure that people won't bring more to a fight than they need, chasing KB points, when they have a POS siege. Why, it will be almost a Zen experience, like the teachings of far-eastern martial arts experts, where people bring the bare minimum to the fight to win the fight.

Wax on. Wax off.

Hmmmm, it almost certainly wouldn't affect things like POS bashes. Another interesting effect is that your biggest "dig" comes in the jump from solo to small gang, not in the jump from small gang to big gang. The difference from 1 to 1/3 is pretty big, while the difference from 1/10 to 1/20 is pretty small in absolute terms.

Maybe a different function would work better for encouraging small gang play without blobs? Maybe just let the chips fall where they may? If they fall where they may, whats the difference from now?

-Liang

This would do nothing to prevent the Sabre+Falcon or ship storage dudes from rising to the top of the rankings.

I never contrasted it to 2x Hurricanes, but rather a 5 on 5 small gang fight in which you kill 2 getting you less points than killing a Rifter with your Sabre and Falcon. I'm not particularly against ECM as a mechanic or ganking as a lifestyle, but surely if people are complaining about "blobbing" requiring no skill and being awarded no points, then they need to take the same stance on some of the PvP done with fewer numbers, but even less risk or skill involved.