Solution to the increase in Stacking and the Rage that follows
ZEROibis
Join Date: 2009-10-30 Member: 69176Members, Constellation
Join Date: 2009-10-30 Member: 69176Members, Constellation
Now that the stats are actually implemented there has been a clear increase in stacking and raging over ranks. Just today I observed people quitting a game b/c their rank was going down as a result. I understand that the ranking is important for use of things like the balance teams vote; however, by showing players their actual rank it makes them obsess over it and this impacts the game significantly.
What I propose is we show players stats on their gameplay but do not show them anything that directly ranks them to other players. This reduces players quitting b/c omg my rank is going down and stacking b/c there is less incentive to boost a rank that does not exist.
What I propose is we show players stats on their gameplay but do not show them anything that directly ranks them to other players. This reduces players quitting b/c omg my rank is going down and stacking b/c there is less incentive to boost a rank that does not exist.
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In my experience stackers stack because/in order to reach hugely inflated kill:death ratios. I've never seen them giving a single fudge about "rank" (and yes, I know one that operates multiple NS2 accounts to undermine banning his toxic ass).
When you add stats on something it's start to spoil the fun. I mean the Core of the fun. The more i play the more i see ppl (as population decrease) bragging about their dick size.
The ironic thing is that it's probably competition that killed it. Any new comer would be impressed. But not impressed in a positive way. (S)he would think it doesn't worth it as the game is getting old, as the gap is huge etc... Overwhelming.
I don't think it's necessary to remove the system. Only to hide stats. Even the scoreboard. Stats are useful for calculation of a balanced game.
New comers won't see the huge gap, and stat whores won't have a thing to talk about. And maybe the landscape will clean up by itself as an ecosystem. Let's flip a coin.
Ho i almost forgot.
IF it works. I have doubts about that points. So far i have a weird feeling about it. I've seen weird stacks after a successful vote.
Alternatively you don't have to completely hide the skill rating, imo it would be nice to have it be just a general indicator of what skill you might have, as opposed to the exact rankings/ leaderboard type mentality that showing a specific values encourages.
For example, instead of showing a precise number and ranking indicating skill, you could change this to a more generalized ranking system. Top 10%: elite badge, top 30%: veteran badge, top 60%: soldier badge, and top 100%: rookie badge..... you get the idea. This still conveys the idea of skill level but it tones the stat whoring/leaderboard mentality down a notch. The other alternative is, like ZEROibis suggests, simply removing the rankings completely from the public eye.
This, so much this, and more this, plox.
Also top 1% gets MeatMachine's Steak Of Approval Badge