Should plane kills be added to damage done metrics (just metrics, not rewards)?

[Compassghost]

So, there's a disparity for ship stats in regards to Damage Done. AA ships and Air Superiority Builds end up getting significantly less damage (and XP, but that's another matter) despite partaking in battle.

 

Let's say, for example, an AA Baltimore is married to his carrier and ends up getting a 34 Midway plane kills but almost damage. End result for damage done = 3K.

 

This ends up deflating average damage for especially ships dependent on AA, as it doesn't differentiate someone who does 3K because he is bad/AFK and one who does 3K because he is literally the only ship keeping his carrier alive.

 

So I wonder whether adding in plane HP to damage stats would be that bad. 34x Midway planes X 2000durability per plane = 68K damage + 3K, or 71K total damage. This would at least help improve the damage read outs. Call it a unified damage or something if you just want ship damage in its own category, but basically the damage stat is pretty rough on those who actually can't do damage when doing their jobs <_<

 

 

[atPrick__]

Couldn't hurt right?

 

I am all for it as I'm about to start playing Baltimore...

[Cruiser_Sendai]

I imagine people would complain as the average damage of a Yamato rises to 200k per game. 

 

...and the average damage of a Hakuryu would probably rise to the same. 

[StationaryAA]

I agree for AA ships, but wouldn't that make every carrier run max fighters?

 

 

[StationaryAA]

Actually that would be good. They can get their damage against each other and leave everybody else alone.

 

And the carrier population would surge.

[Fog_Heavy_Cruiser_Chokai]

Yes. It would mean That fighter deck carriers would actually have some average damage, and if I defended the BB's with AA in my CA's I would get rewarded.

[StationaryAA]

If I can point and click for easy fighter damage, why would I ever bother learning to drop torpedoes?

[OneTonGun]

I could see this being highly exploited.

[atPrick__]

I could see this being highly exploited.

 

So like everything that has to do with CV's?

[StationaryAA]

Even though it could be exploited, everybody wins:

 

1. Carriers get easy damage off each other's fighters

2. Other ships don't have to worry about as many bombers because all carriers will run fighters

3. CV population gets resurrected due to easy mode fighter damage

[MrDeaf]

Yeah, I think it needs a slight fix.

 

The other day, I was in my AA spec NO and was tagging along with an AA spec Iowa.

I hardly got any of the plane kills, despite my AA guns contributing to many bomber kills.

 

The Iowa was kill stealing most of the bomber kills

[StationaryAA]

Bump

[VTAdmiral]

I agree for AA ships, but wouldn't that make every carrier run max fighters?

 

 

They already do.

[RogueFlameHaze]

Would be neat, especially if it gave a reward that was a bit lower than ship damage