what's the deal with battle activity?

[kingjames488]

I'll be constantly spawned in playing the game and only get like 60% activity... how's that even make sense?

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Well you actually need to do stuff like kills, assists, cap points etc. just hovering around with 2 kills wont give you much.

[kingjames488]

Originally posted by Rumpelcrutchskin:

Well you actually need to do stuff like kills, assists, cap points etc. just hovering around with 2 kills wont give you much.

I'm not just afking... it takes time to fly into a good position.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Originally posted by kingjames488:

Originally posted by Rumpelcrutchskin:

Well you actually need to do stuff like kills, assists, cap points etc. just hovering around with 2 kills wont give you much.

I'm not just afking... it takes time to fly into a good position.

This system does not take into account of you getting ready to pounce so if you have some task that requires certain battle activity % then better just rethink your approach and be more aggressive.

[kingjames488]

Originally posted by Rumpelcrutchskin:

Originally posted by kingjames488:

I'm not just afking... it takes time to fly into a good position.

This system does not take into account of you getting ready to pounce so if you have some task that requires certain battle activity % then better just rethink your approach and be more aggressive.

still not really explaining how it works...

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Originally posted by kingjames488:

Originally posted by Rumpelcrutchskin:

This system does not take into account of you getting ready to pounce so if you have some task that requires certain battle activity % then better just rethink your approach and be more aggressive.

still not really explaining how it works...

Actions matter - killing, shooting at targets and hitting, getting shot, capping points, scouting targets, bombing etc.
Time spent in match just doing nothing, including taking half the match to climb into altitude or to get into proper location on the map and just playing safe just waiting there for few targets of opportunity wont really contribute.
Battle activity tasks favor aggressive playstyle and doing stuff, not preparing to do stuff.

[Mir_Egal]

It takes into account your battle time and the points you've earned. If you have the most points in your team and you were in the battle all the time you get 100%. So, its A x B where

A is the leader point divided by your point

B is the full battle time divided by your battle time.

Thus, it looks like to get a Battle Activity of over 80 over 5 battles, your goal would be to be as high up on the leaderboard for your team as possible and to stay in the battle for the entire duration.

Source: https://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/231527-battle-activity/

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Originally posted by Mir_Egal:

It takes into account your battle time and the points you've earned. If you have the most points in your team and you were in the battle all the time you get 100%. So, its A x B where

A is the leader point divided by your point

B is the full battle time divided by your battle time.

Thus, it looks like to get a Battle Activity of over 80 over 5 battles, your goal would be to be as high up on the leaderboard for your team as possible and to stay in the battle for the entire duration.

Source: https://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/231527-battle-activity/

And you get points from battle activities so it`s basically same thing, sometimes you can get high point score and battle activity by just taking the Churchill Mk VII out and being the shot sponge.
Killing targets with higher BR then you compared to targets with lower BR then you also makes pretty significant point and activity difference.

Also it helps to be diverse in your activities during match, bomb a base, shoot down some planes, get assists, take a cap etc. doing it grants usually more points then just straight up kills. It`s kinda annoying that you kinda get punished for being efficient killer without assists by smaller score then someone who sprayed around like lunatic.

[RustyNail]

I'm guessing it was meant to keep AFK players in check, and motivate players to get into the battle.

In practice - I think it means active players lose out for passively playing vehicles whose main characteristics strongly favor, or even dictate, a much more passive, and/or ambush style.

[rigolgm]

The bit that frustrates is how it penalises me for finding an important position, often a risky and brave forward position, and managing to hold it. It would rather I was running around like a maniac.

[kingjames488]

seems pretty misleading to me... being active in a battle isn't the same as dominating it.

pretty much excludes playing bomber all together I guess.