I'd say it's actually the ET version (2.55/2.6b) that somewhat influences the average skill. Jaymod isn't as "easy" as people make it out to be, you should try it out.Now we all know that the average player skills in Jaymod are lower than the average player skill in NQ for example.
Anyway, the skill level is generally a bit more balanced on 2.6b servers, while on 2.55+ there sometimes may be a huge difference between skilled and nonskilled.
But that doesn't mean you can't rate on NQ. People (including me) have done it in the past with fairly good results.
There used to be quite many raters on servers like F|A NQ last year, for example, but most (if not all) of them moved on to Jaymod...
I don't rate on NQ anymore, but when I used to I was able to get ppms ranging from 15 to 25, which were usually good enough to get a +. I get similar results on F|A #2, which has xp working the same way. I should also mention that ppms depend on server settings too: some Jaymod servers have xp based on hits rather than kills, so it's easy to get 20+ on those. But rating is calculated between average values, so it depends on other players' rating/ppm too. A ppm of 20 is generally a bad result in that case, but it's ALL relative to certain settings.You can compare your score in NQ (ppm) and that when you play Jaymod (ppm) and see the difference.
Anyway, rating is kind of pointless at this point, since we all know Toxicity along with his butt buddies are going to reach the top, if nobody stops them from doing so.






