The Leaderboards

[strayshadow 81]

http://dayzmod.com/leaderboards.php

How will these work? What will they cover? While playing I am now hearing 'how do I win?' almost as much as 'whos shooting in cherno'.

Add suggestions for possible leaderboard achievements players could aspire to aswell!

My two cents..

I think leaderboards may have a negative affect on the gameplay, players who were lost without an ability to win previously clung to the Humanity meter for a high score. High/low number = me winning, so I must kill more players.

(I have no problem at all with the PvP aspect! Just preservation of the gameplay)

Also if you start to name players then they themselves may become targets (more so than normal), a careful player who has nurtured their character for many weeks would possibly get a Longest Life position on a board. This sudden rise to fame could make them a target for glory hunters looking for a trophy kill and possibly spoiling that players experience by being named (though without knowing that players location they would be pretty safe...).

I see anything to do with killing players would likely promote PvP, although again, no matter what type of accolades it awards it will probably be abused.

Zombie slayers, longest life, most transfusions, longest time spent at sea, furthest distance traveled, most towns visited, most ammo used, largest mass-suicide, Dracula Award, biggest addict, Biggles, musical fruit dispenser etc...

The caliber of this mod is fantastic and I know there is no reason to worry about any form of leader board as like with every other part of the mod it, the dev team will come up with something that fits.

Someone with a better understanding should probably repost this as my analytical writing skills are somewhat below par...

I'm not for it or against it, just curios about the feature and how it may affect the game.