Now, I’ve been against adding leaderboards for a while, seeing as all they will do is to encourage the cheaters and death squads to keep doing what they are doing, which is not playing the game and instead griefing the opposition, usually predator since it has the queue wait times. But over the past week, this idea formed which might help instead of hinder.
The Clan’s most honourable Yautja
You gain points for claims (Long claims are the most, ai claims are the least.) and damage against active FT with the wristblades and shoulder caster. Also some points when your Second Wind recharges.
Points are lost, (and this can plunge you into the negative) for damage against downed FT members or those interacting with mission objectives, bear traps that trap the second they activate (Ie thrown onto the FT) or the second reinforcements spawn. Things like the AI pulling an alarm because it spot you, etc. Other things like Netgun the same person twice in a row, or throwing the combistick twice in a row are more minor, and thus deducted less points.
I believe this will help bring up the Predator experience for the FT and the pred players both. Focus on survival, and keeping cheap shots from being too common.
Zeus’ Finest
You gain points for doing mission objectives (The farther in the mission, the more points), and staying within range of your team. Calling in reinforcements as well, (More members revived, more points). Securing the pred body will count as a percentage of the next mission objective (So later in the game, more points) based on how well secured the body is. Some points for second winding the pred.
Points are lost when you stray from the mission, (Being outside the mission area for over a minute, two minutes without damaging the predator or an objective being completed while in the mission area.) and when the self destruct is successful, (removing the last mission objective points earned) (Predators who second wind/down themselves don’t count)
I feel this will encourage the FT to stay on mission, not going Pred hunting or sniper camping. Hiding under the glitched rock with just drain your score. The objective should be the mission, and you must fight off the predator to continue the mission. But Predators are persistent, and likely to throw themselves at the FT until they die.
The leaderboards won’t show the scores for negative players, only the usernames out of order. That way you can’t gloat about being the biggest Bad Blood, just that you are labeled as such. I have no clue how this will turn out, if actually implemented, but I think it might help the game.
I’m ready for the shitstorm, bring it on.
