[SA] Leaderboards Suggestion

[phillyjoker 10]

So I did a quick check in this forum for suggestions on leaderboards/statistics, didn't find anything as comprehensive or as specifically dedicated to SA as I'm looking to do. Here it goes:

 

- Suggestion:

Make sure there is a leaderboard/statistics board by the time the full game is released, and at least try it out in beta! Hopefully it would look something like this:

 

- Average Life (in minutes)

- Longest Life 

- Shortest Life

- Total Lives

 

- Activity Barometer. Average Life Time, Average Zombie Kills, Average Player Kills, Average Distance Traveled (running), Average Distance Traveled (vehicles) all combined.

 

 

- Average Player Kills (per Average Life Time)

- Average Bandit Kills (if they will exist)

- Average Survivor Kills (again, if the humanity system exists)

- Average Hero Kills (lastly, if humanity etc.)

- Total Player Kills

- Total Bandit Kills

- Total Survivor Kills

- Total Hero Kills

- Max Players Killed in 1 Life

- Max Bandits Killed in 1 Life

- Max Survivors Killed in 1 Life

- Max Hero's Killed in 1 Life

- Min Players Killed in 1 Life

 

- Average Humanity (if it exists)

- Max Humanity

- Min Humanity

 

- Average Zed Kills (per life)

- Total Zed Kills

- Max Zed Killed in 1 Life

- Max Zed Killed in 1 Life

 

- Average Distance Run

- Total Distance Run

- Max Distance Run in 1 Life

- Min Distance Run in 1 Life

 

- Average Distance Moved (in vehicle)

- Total Distance Moved (in vehicle)

- Max Distance Moved (in vehicle) in 1 Life

- Min Distance Moved (in vehicle) in 1 Life

 

- Total Shots Fired

- Shots on Target (Zed's)

- Shots on Target (Players)

- Accuracy (Zed's)

- Accuracy (Players)

- Headshots (Zed's)

- Headshots (Players)

 

- Weapons Usage (Time "in hands")

- Kills per weapon (Zed)

- Kills per weapon (Player)

 

Now... Obviously we could keep going, but those are the things I'd most like to do. All these stats could then be compiled into a leaderboard, you could view it between your friends, a global leaderboard, and possibly region or server filtered.

 

Reasoning:

 

I love stats, and it was really cool when we first had them with the mod. I'm also pretty sure that to some degree this sort of stat tracking is possible in the arma engine, thus not making it impossible (maybe impracticable, but hey that's what suggestion boards are for!). Also, rocket, or whoever looks at this, notice I asked for this with RETAIL release, or beta (IF POSSIBLE) so I'm not one of those demanding, blithering idiots that simply wants it. I just think it would be a really nice metagame/endgame feature that some people, such as myself, might focus on.

 

And dare I say it, perhaps take away, slightly, the pvp? haha i kid. i kid.

 

I'm sure others will nitpick the list, but just think of all the cool (useless, or is it...?) information you could have available! I ran into such and such a player, let me check out his stats! Oh... he always is in a vehicle on this server, hmm, but he PK's on this one! Uh oh, better watch out. Ok, i'm tired, blabbering now. Just think about it! Later.

[applejaxc 2500]

But don't name record holders for the "You suck" ones except maybe shortest life. I'll find a way to get 1 second and keep it!

[AP_Norris 1018]

But don't name record holders for the "You suck" ones except maybe shortest life. I'll find a way to get 1 second and keep it!

Have your friends watch all the spawns, when they see your name pop up, bang!

0 second life.

[applejaxc 2500]

Have your friends watch all the spawns, when they see your name pop up, bang!

0 second life.

No I intended to get it by being absolutely (and legitimately) awful at the game.

[mr_chabowski@live.co.uk 2416]

These leaderboard suggestions come up so often, I've lost the will to shoot them down.

 

This'll do.

Honestly, I wouldn't want to see anything of the sort.
As soon as you include social "stat-sharing", making it a tool for bragging rights, you devalue the basic anti-game feeling of DayZ.
When you record stats, you just engourage grinders, farmers and stat-whores.

 

[King of kong 1117]

Oh yeah, totally bro, I wanna see a score board for "Most 360 no-scopes" Yeah dude, that be awesoe. Cause after all. Day COD is about no-scoping dudes right?

[dutch_miller 159]

What Chabowski said.

[phillyjoker 10]

While ignoring the obvious implication that i'm a COD fanboy (last one i played extensively was World At War), allow me to simply express the fact that I'm interested in these stats because for me they would be interesting. I understand the possible issues with it, but I feel like they would eventually work themselves out. KOS'ers already exist, the amount leaderboards would be encouraging/discouraging them is negligible. Grinders, for what? People who want to have "run the furthest?" Who the fuck would do that? Accuracy is something EVERYONE wants to make better, kills as i said would be negligible, humanity? You already have hero squads, bandit squads, people who try to do that. This would just be cool information for people, and if you are really worried about global leaderboards, just don't have them. Make them local, server specific, or only amongst friends.

 

Anyways, tis all good homies, as you nor me really decides this shit anyways. :)

[dutch_miller 159]

While ignoring the obvious implication that i'm a COD fanboy (last one i played extensively was World At War), allow me to simply express the fact that I'm interested in these stats because for me they would be interesting. I understand the possible issues with it, but I feel like they would eventually work themselves out. KOS'ers already exist, the amount leaderboards would be encouraging/discouraging them is negligible. Grinders, for what? People who want to have "run the furthest?" Who the fuck would do that? Accuracy is something EVERYONE wants to make better, kills as i said would be negligible, humanity? You already have hero squads, bandit squads, people who try to do that. This would just be cool information for people, and if you are really worried about global leaderboards, just don't have them. Make them local, server specific, or only amongst friends.

 

Anyways, tis all good homies, as you nor me really decides this shit anyways. :)

 

It won't be negligible. Just because it doesn't make sense to you that somebody would grind just to get the highest number out of anyone doesn't mean people won't do it. They will. 

 

Kos'ers do exist, and the goal is to reduce the number of them; leaderboards will absolutely make more people be bandits just to get a higher number, especially if they can show it and brag about it. Already people take screenshots of their kills and negative humanity and show them.

Edited August 14, 2013 by Dutch Miller