K/D, grimmoire, light level, hours played, etc... all that counts.

You have a negative KD. Therefore you suck. [spoiler]kek[/spoiler]

Op I agree with you on the idea that a person should not base so much of their self-perception or perception of others on their performance in a video game or even in a more general comparison to other people. I will say this, though. A high KD is not weightless either. It means that person consistently plays well. Anyone who does well at something can give meaningful contribution to the topics that fall under the category of what they do well in. A high KD nets you the ability to instruct others of lower KD with tips, tricks, and strategies for playing well. Someone with a low KD (with enough matches played) consistently plays "bad", meaning they consistently die more than they kill. This is not coincidental. Low KD's don't mean you Happen to always be put in matches with shotgun warrior red bars or snipe gods. In fact, you might hate me for saying this, but skill based matchmaking generally prevents low KD players from entering unfair match ups. Bad connections? Sure. Pub-stomping? Extremely rarely. If you have a below 1.0 KD it could mean a few things. You probably veer away from your team a lot. You could stand to be more aware of your surroundings, and more knowledgeable of the maps. You might be too rushy or too cautious. You might want to hone your skill in more weapon classes, and know in what occasions to use which. Etc... All that being said, a low KD does not mean invalid opinions but in certain topics, it could mean arguments carry less weight especially if logic is not connecting. For example, if someone with a low KD posts about nerfing a particular weapon archetype, and bases their post on the fact that they're always dying to it, unless they provide solid unbiased and quantifiable evidence for their position, it will not hold much weight. If a person with a high KD that doesn't generally use that weapon replies with a way to effectively counter their reply may be perceived as holding more weight. In both cases, quantifiable evidence beats out KD, but in the case of a high KD poster vs a low KD poster saying the same thing in the same way, the person with the higher KD will generally be perceived as being more weighty. Once again though, this doesn't make anyone worth more than anyone else, and all opinions matter. Some just hold more weight due to the person they are attached to. I am saying this as someone who is not great at PVP but does go positive consistently for the most part, and someone who strives to understand and respond logically and perceptively. I hope I didn't offend with anything I said, and maybe you disagree with me. That's fine. I'm always down to discuss stuff.

I wish they added a ranked mode.

The only time K/D matters is when someone tells me to suck it up when I moan about SBMM, while they have a .45 and I have a 1.6 on my Titan.

Now looking over more than a few replies one constant seems to be k/d = your ability to have an intelkigent talk about something in the crucible. Now on the flip side of using k/d, the only time i feel it is valid is vs the idiots whi cry that "xx" is too OP ir 'they die too much' or some such idiotic reasoning. But k/d doesn't just invalidate something said "because". I can (and do) struggle on and off in the crucible LOTS. Any non-moronic comments dont lose their validity solely due to a number.

Everybody knows having a high KD gets you laid

My kd means I drive a fancier car and my weiner gets emptied once a day by my butler.

1.0 and up is average, if lower they have no opinion for pvp. PVE scrubs constantly crying for nerfs.