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Feature Request: Toggle Between pp and Ranked Score as Default Profile Metric

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This is a feature request. Feature requests can be voted up by supporters.
Current Priority: +2,046
Topic Starter
Neto
Make sure to show your support on Github as well since they only check that place

Overview

Introduce a user-configurable toggle that allows players to choose whether their profile displays rankings and performance based on performance points (pp) or ranked score by default.

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Background & Motivation
While pp has been the primary competitive metric in osu! for over a decade, a dedicated subset of the community continues to pursue ranked score as their main goal. This isn’t just a nostalgic preference — it's an actively competitive scene, with recognizable names frequently topping scoreboards on newly ranked maps.

Despite being considered a legacy system, ranked score remains relevant and meaningful for many. For these players, seeing pp as the default metric misrepresents their personal progress and standing within their chosen competitive framework.

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Proposal
Allow users to set a profile display preference:

  1. Toggle between pp-based and ranked score-based ranking views.
This preference would affect how users see:

  1. Global Rankings
  2. Country Rankings
  3. The "Best Performance" section on profiles (showing either top pp plays or top ranked scores)
This change would not alter leaderboard logic — it only affects how data is presented based on individual user preference.

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Benefits

  1. Better representation for score-focused players
  2. Increased visibility for an underappreciated competitive subculture
  3. Customizable experience — users can prioritize the metric that reflects their goals
  4. No disruption to current systems; purely an optional quality-of-life enhancement
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Technical Considerations

  1. A toggle option in user settings/config
  2. Adjustments to how profile data is queried and displayed:
    1. Ranked score would replace pp in ranking visualizations
    2. Best performance tab would show ranked score plays instead of pp if selected
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Visual Mockups
To better illustrate the proposed changes, here are visual mockups demonstrating how the toggle could be implemented:

1. User Settings Toggle


2. Profile Overview


3. Best Performance Tab


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Conclusion
This feature acknowledges and supports a still-active portion of the osu! community. By offering this toggle, osu! remains inclusive to both modern pp-focused players and those continuing the score-based legacy.

Implementing this change would enhance user experience by providing personalization options and recognizing diverse player goals within the community.

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Thank you for the stars
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Last edit: 06/06/2025
Kagkag1
rlly cool
Duskyui
i fw it
- Toothless -
omg yesss
fluxie31
🙂‍↕️ this suggestion fucks
Bive
8adass suggestion
Garden
I have had similar thoughts in the past, including not only optional userpage display but also in-game sorting by score ranking as well (since I would like to watch other active score players farm while afk sometimes), would definitely love to see it implemented as an optional display one day. However, considering the history of transition from score to pp I'm not that positive dev would be thinking it's a change worth the effort :c hopefully though.
ZebbyX
I really like this, super cool stuff :)
Aranel
I agree on this as there is a variety of people who mainly care for their ranked scores rather than the performance points and it'll be a fun way to have consistency as an important value as now breaking combo doesnt affect the pp that much compared to before
Topic Starter
Neto
Update about the discussion;


Basically what can be done for now is creating a plugin similar to osu!subdivide nations that change the profile displaying on the web, that can use the osu!API to get ranks of the top 10k and do it similar to the visual mockups. Thank you all for the support!
fluxie31
>allowing customization will lead to confusion

this take speaks for itself. 💀
-Koyuki-
I really like this idea. An alternative ranking that doesn't take just skill into account would be nice. Dedication is valuable.
Jun Maeda
If this was implemented, i would immediately farm scoer.
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