Combined damage
Damage dealt plus assistance credited, the figure Marks of Excellence are measured on.
Also known as damage + assist, total damage contribution.
Combined damage adds what a player did directly to what they made possible: damage dealt, plus spotting and tracking assistance. It is the closest single number to a player's contribution to their team's damage output.
It is also what makes marking a light tank possible. On a scout, most of the contribution never appears in the damage column, and a measure that ignored assistance would put every light vehicle permanently out of reach.
Related terms
Assistance damageDamage an ally dealt to a target the player spotted or tracked, credited to the player who made the shot possible.Damage per gameDamage per game: the average damage dealt per battle, the most quoted measure of personal output and the one most sensitive to which vehicles are played.Marks of ExcellenceThe one, two or three marks painted on a vehicle's barrel, awarded for sustaining combined damage in the top 65, 85 or 95 percent of everyone playing that vehicle on the server.