The problem with these kinds of stats... (Destiny)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Friday, June 24, 2016, 15:49 (3167 days ago) @ electricpirate

Complete vindication that hunters were stupidly overpowered in the crucible.

Time to buff defenders.

huh, that is like weirdly out of synch with the conversations around "THE META" you hear on places like Reddit.

A blanket stat like "average K/D per class" doesn't do anything to capture the effectiveness of a given class across the skill-curve of the player base. For example, most mediocre players will do better with a Stormcaller than with a Defender because of the difference in Super abilities alone. It doesn't take much skill to get 3-4 kills per Stormtrance... so 2-3 Supers per game will make a significant bump in a player's average K/D between the 2 classes.

But some classes tend have a slightly more significant skill gap than others when it comes to using them successfully. In the right hands, a Bladedancer can be one of (if not the most) dangerous classes in the game. But it take just the right approach and skill level to use effectively. Same with Striker Titans. Strikers can very easily screw themselves over if they don't use their abilities just right; missing a shoulder charge or Fist of Havoc will make you a sitting duck, Lightning and Blinding grenades have the potential to seriously backfire if you're not careful, etc. But a Striker who really knows what they are doing is a true force to be reckoned with.

By comparison, it is much harder to really screw up with a Gunslinger. Their super doesn't have the same level of risk, their grenades are less likely to backfire, their jumps are easier to control, etc.

So yeah, I don't think stats like average K/D per class really tell the whole story.