So basicly you think rank = skill. LOL.

I feel like if your not playing for the team than it really doesn't matter what you KD is. I mean if your playing cap the flag, I understand that you may have a low KD but are running for the flag, and thats fine. I also understand that someone has to protect your flag, so they might have a higher KD, but a lower objective points, and that is ok too. Many people take on many roles. However if your playing say... idk... domination and you are just camping for killstreaks and not bothering to defend or capture a flag than that is not cool.

Peoples only concern of KDR is ruining the game. Nothing wrong with striving for a good kdr while playing but when it is your only motivation to play then usually you aren't a very big help to your team. My goal is to be the best player in the match, to be the guy ontop of the leaderboard for that game and thats how I play. I keep around a 2.0 for a kdr but this is just a reflection of how i play. I don't rush into unknown territory, i go for one on one fights and i dont take objectives unless i have team support. I used to but i got so tired of almost capping something bymyself while my team mates sit around and watch.

One bunch of guys i party up with have kdr's of .8-1.5 but we win every single TDM we play when we all get together. Main reason being if we run into high kdr players they leave once they find out they might have a challenge. The other day we went against a full clan with the tag [****] ( go figure ). Soon as we enter the room we hear ( we dominate this lobby you all might aswell back out ) blah blah blah. We win by 5 kills, they blow up and all back out.

I do

Remember in halo 3 how you got a k/d spread with how many kills positive or negative you went? that's how I judge how good people are in TDM.

I was in a game against some guy earlier who went 6-1  and was bragging about his 6 k/d ratio for the game, and calling my brother garbage because he went 25-14. Personally I'd rather go 25-10 with a 2.5 ratio than 9-2 with a 4.5 ratio. But I guess this doesn't work for objectives really...