Edit: read this if you're confused p/3233183
THIS ISN'T SUGGESTING REPLACING RANK NUMBER, YOU'D STILL BE SHOWN AS RANK #420 OR WHATEVER. I'M SIMPLY SUGGESTING A COSMETIC FOR PP SHOWING IT AS STARS INSTEAD OF RAW VALUES. YOU WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO FIND THE RAW VALUE IF YOU WANTED. YES IN THIS POST I USED MYSELF AS AN EXAMPLE; IF SOMEONE FINDS THIS OFFENDING I APPOLOGIZE I WAS JUST LAZY AND DIDN'T FEEL LIKE LOOKING UP A RANDOM PERSON AND FINDING THEIR VALUES. AGAIN EVERYTHING REMAINS THE SAME, EVERYONE STILL HAS THE SAME AMOUNT OF PP. IT'S A RANKING SYSTEM FOR CHRIST SAKE OF COURSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE COMPARED TO THE TOP PLAYER STOP GETTING UPSET. AND I'M TOO LAZY TO USE BOLD SO I USED CAPS LOCK.
This would help players to stop focusing on extremely low and irrelevant pp values. Edit: SUCH AS 1PP OR 2PP GAINS
Player's total pp amounts would be relative to the #1 player, so in example: Sayo has 8,260pp right now and I have 4,155pp. I would be represented as follows:
(I can't get it to do a half star) [This could be used in the player panels and multiplayer lobbies for a cleaner look.]
Then with the player's top performances they could be shown as stars relative to the player with the highest pp scored. Rrtyui (from what I can see) has the highest pp scored of 531pp, my top performance currently is 226pp. So in the top scores list it would be shown as:
Edit: YOU COULD STILL HOVER OVER IT TO GET RAW AMOUNTS
weighting would then depreciate the stars to show how relative it is to the player's own top performance. Edit: THIS DOESN'T CHANGE A THING
Next within the scoreboard the player with the number one performance in pp (This works with t/220119) would get 5 stars, anything relative to that would be depreciated. Your performance would be in relative to their performance. This would help players gauge how well they did comparatively to the top performance on a map. Edit: IF YOU'RE RANK 90 SOMETHING ON A MAP THAT HASN'T REALLY BEEN PLAYED AND IT WAS A POOR PERFORMANCE YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE HOW GOOD YOU DID, SOME MAPS YOU GET RANK 1,000+/-; THIS WOULD JUST HELP MAKE SENSE OF IT.
With all of these the actual values wouldn't really change; simply the face value would for better understanding. This would also give some players an easier goal to deal with i.e: reach 4 star performance or 5 star performance. Stars could then be rated by medal color, 5 stars is platinum, 4 stars is gold, 3 stars is silver, 2 stars is bronze, 1 star is ... a grey dim lit star (?) I can't think of anything for it. Edit: THIS AGAIN IS JUST COSMETICS
This could also work in conjunction with the other request I have of integrating the recommended difficulty into the client as well p/3216863/
THIS ISN'T SUGGESTING REPLACING RANK NUMBER, YOU'D STILL BE SHOWN AS RANK #420 OR WHATEVER. I'M SIMPLY SUGGESTING A COSMETIC FOR PP SHOWING IT AS STARS INSTEAD OF RAW VALUES. YOU WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO FIND THE RAW VALUE IF YOU WANTED. YES IN THIS POST I USED MYSELF AS AN EXAMPLE; IF SOMEONE FINDS THIS OFFENDING I APPOLOGIZE I WAS JUST LAZY AND DIDN'T FEEL LIKE LOOKING UP A RANDOM PERSON AND FINDING THEIR VALUES. AGAIN EVERYTHING REMAINS THE SAME, EVERYONE STILL HAS THE SAME AMOUNT OF PP. IT'S A RANKING SYSTEM FOR CHRIST SAKE OF COURSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE COMPARED TO THE TOP PLAYER STOP GETTING UPSET. AND I'M TOO LAZY TO USE BOLD SO I USED CAPS LOCK.
This would help players to stop focusing on extremely low and irrelevant pp values. Edit: SUCH AS 1PP OR 2PP GAINS
Player's total pp amounts would be relative to the #1 player, so in example: Sayo has 8,260pp right now and I have 4,155pp. I would be represented as follows:
(I can't get it to do a half star) [This could be used in the player panels and multiplayer lobbies for a cleaner look.]
Then with the player's top performances they could be shown as stars relative to the player with the highest pp scored. Rrtyui (from what I can see) has the highest pp scored of 531pp, my top performance currently is 226pp. So in the top scores list it would be shown as:
Edit: YOU COULD STILL HOVER OVER IT TO GET RAW AMOUNTS
weighting would then depreciate the stars to show how relative it is to the player's own top performance. Edit: THIS DOESN'T CHANGE A THING
Next within the scoreboard the player with the number one performance in pp (This works with t/220119) would get 5 stars, anything relative to that would be depreciated. Your performance would be in relative to their performance. This would help players gauge how well they did comparatively to the top performance on a map. Edit: IF YOU'RE RANK 90 SOMETHING ON A MAP THAT HASN'T REALLY BEEN PLAYED AND IT WAS A POOR PERFORMANCE YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE HOW GOOD YOU DID, SOME MAPS YOU GET RANK 1,000+/-; THIS WOULD JUST HELP MAKE SENSE OF IT.
With all of these the actual values wouldn't really change; simply the face value would for better understanding. This would also give some players an easier goal to deal with i.e: reach 4 star performance or 5 star performance. Stars could then be rated by medal color, 5 stars is platinum, 4 stars is gold, 3 stars is silver, 2 stars is bronze, 1 star is ... a grey dim lit star (?) I can't think of anything for it. Edit: THIS AGAIN IS JUST COSMETICS
This could also work in conjunction with the other request I have of integrating the recommended difficulty into the client as well p/3216863/