Wednesday, December 7, 2011

What is Skill in Battlefield 3?

Question

By looking at my stats on Battlelog, I noticed one labeled "Skill". If I recall, it was also present in Bad Company 2.

What is that statistic? How is it calculated? Mine is 367, is that good?

Answer

It's an ELO-like calculation that can be used to try to make matches with opponents of roughly the same skill level. I wouldn't worry about whether it's "good" or "bad," but track changes in my own score over a period of time. A good goal is to consistently improve your score

The BF3 forums have a rough explanation of how it's calculated:

So basically, this is what determines your skill level on your stats page:

  • You gain/loose[sic] SL based on every confrontation with another player
  • Killing a highly skilled enemy gives you more points than killing someone less skilled
  • Points are not transferred from a player to another, they are simply added/subtracted based on the encounter and the SL of both parts (thus, after an encounter, one part may go up 50 points while the other loses only 20)
  • The SL is used for matchmaking

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