It's sad that points are this big of a deal on the servers.  Play to have fun; play to complete objectives.  Don't play for points.   Points are meant to supplement the original gameplay experience, not encourage people to do things differently.

I've seen people admit to me that are both forum regulars and server regulars that they play to stat whore.  This isn't the way to encourage others to game on the servers.  If points are this big of a deal that it causes people to change classes to rack-up stats, or to refuse to play at all, then you are not playing for the sake of completing game objectives.

You're damn right I'm "stat padding" as a medic. That's the system you guys wanted. The funny thing is, I was on the opposite side in one of those "complaint" threads you mentioned, saying that it was a problem and urging it to be fixed. Rather than fix the system to be fairer for all classes, everyone shot me down, saying I was just trying to better myself, that I should play a medic myself if I care so much. I have, almost as much to demonstrate what I was telling you in that thread as to improve my score. And lo and behold, it is as you said, "insanity."

I make the suggestions I do because I want a fair system, that encourages people to play as a team and makes the point system a passive complement to people that play well and often. Am I frustrated with losing points, sure. But I'm certainly not the only one. I've heard plenty of people in game and on the forums (including the OP of this thread) talk about how they don't want to play certain classes, or prefer others, just because of how many points they stand to lose. It's not just me! What I want is for people to want to play as a team above all else, to become regulars on the server because they enjoy it and like the friendly competition. As I see it currently, the more regular people are, the higher they will be, and the more likely they'll be to begin playing differently based on the points they stand to earn (unless they don't care at all, in which case they shouldn't even be reading this).

I had hoped my points were well reasoned and taken as constructive attempts to make the system fairer, not rig it for myself. If you want to make this personal, then by all means you won't hear another peep out of me. But for the record, I think the changes that are needed are:

• Reducing the penalty for dying (while still giving the lower ranked Killer full points) until players aren't encouraged to play more conservatively. This might ultimately be NO death penalty, but either way it shouldn't sting so badly they regret playing that class.
• Reducing the bonuses to medic assist, kill assist, headshot, engineer buildings, and anything else that would allow one class an unfair advantage in the points.

That's not a complaint, it's a suggestion. If someone can tell me how leveling the playing field like that is just me trying to be self-serving, then by all means, tell me why.