Options to disable soldier's stats tracking?

[pswolfwind]

We have so many discussion before ,i'm not here trying to debate do stats tracking should exist or not.
With so many like and dislike,we should have some flexible options on how we want to be tracked.Like keep tracking but keep it from other players or completely disable tracking my character.

[Goku]

I don't think we will ever see the tracking be completely gone as its going to be died to merits/rewards potentially. However I wouldn't be shocked to have the option of masking your stats to the public if you don't want people to look at it.

[Zalmoxis]

I say no to this. Stat tracking can be a way to find hackers. Disabling it would make PS2 a more hacker friendly environment, since people won't see other people's 80% average acc rating on their profile.

If you dislike stats then ignore them. You can do that.

[Kran De Loy]

What Goku said makes sense. I'd like to add tho that the game is almost certainly never going to not track stats. The stats would be very biased.

If people could turn off the stat tracking what would stop them from being able to turn it off every time before they go into a really losing fight then turn it back on again when tide turns and they're on the winning side for a little while?

Hide them? Sure. To stop tracking them? Never.

[TAA]

I disagree. I think tracking should be public and easy to access - ie. every time you die you can click a button to see the stats of the person who killed you.

Furthermore, I would like to see temporary titles or skins to be given to the top rated players on each faction each month. Whoever scores in the top 3 places for points in one month has to wear a special set of armor or something to make them stand out in the field.


Comparing e-peen size is what will keep the most hardcore unemployed kiddies playing around the clock and keeping the server nicely populated for when I log in.

[DOUBLEXBAUGH]

Higby has said in one of the videos (believe me or not I'm not tracking it down) that you will be able to control what stats of yours goes out. You will be able hide your own if you want, just log into your account on PS2.com and find the option for it.

[SKYeXile]

Originally Posted by DOUBLEXBAUGH

Higby has said in one of the videos (believe me or not I'm not tracking it down) that you will be able to control what stats of yours goes out. You will be able hide your own if you want, just log into your account on PS2.com and find the option for it.

Flail, thats right, so fail its a flail.

[GhettoPrince]

In World of Tanks, stat tracking was important for clan wars but it still didn't mean a whole hell of a lot. In Planetside you are gonna die a lot in base pushes, from orbital strikes, from random vehicle shit, air strikes, rocket spam, snipers, infiltrators planting bombs and mines, MAX crashes, getting run over by the enemy tank or buggy looking for a cheap kill and getting run over by a friendly tank or buggy thats trying to get out of the firing line.

And that's just the normal deaths.

It makes a lot of sense in a console game like Halo or Counterstrike, but it's just useless in a game like this. For example; A good bomber pilot would rack up a massive k/d and a good galaxy pilot would end up with a low one, even though the galaxy pilot contributes way more to tower caps and base caps.

[Kyros]

I hope i can hide my K/D ratio, not just from others but from myself. I hate looking at that shit, it stresses me out and forces me to play in a manner that favors stat gain over actually having fun.

[Brusi]

There will be people who just like to killwhore, and these people want to see their stats. IMO, let them killwhore, and let them wank over stats. The worst thing that can come from people seeing your stats is that they can make a judgment that you are not good enough to join their outfit, solely base on viewing your low stats.

If you want to join an outfit full of killwhores and you don't have the stats of a killwhore, then better start padding ;p

I hope there will be more interesting things to keep people occupied than watching their/other players k:d, such as the larger strategic resource game, covert ops behind enemy lines and the necessity for some level of support and logistics, cause the last thing I want for PS2 is for it to be dominated by stat obsessed rage quitters, who only participate when the odds are in their favor.

[kaffis]

Originally Posted by Goku

I don't think we will ever see the tracking be completely gone as its going to be died to merits/rewards potentially. However I wouldn't be shocked to have the option of masking your stats to the public if you don't want people to look at it.

I hope that such options will still allow your stats to contribute to aggregate stats.

Like empire-wide weapon usage stats, or universally aggregated accuracy stats with a given weapon, etc.

[The Kush]

Just because you hide your stats doesn't mean it would stop tracking haha. Come on use common sense @ kran

Just because you hide your stats doesn't mean the server mods or the anti cheat systems can't see them @Zal

I could care less either way though. I personally will have my stats shown and enjoy leaderboards. But a part of me also hates them because of killwhores and it demotes teamwork and working together. It creates an every man for himself environment. If there are leaderboards it should be for exp earned not kills or something.

[Doxy]

Originally Posted by GhettoPrince

In World of Tanks, stat tracking was important for clan wars but it still didn't mean a whole hell of a lot. In Planetside you are gonna die a lot in base pushes, from orbital strikes, from random vehicle shit, air strikes, rocket spam, snipers, infiltrators planting bombs and mines, MAX crashes, getting run over by the enemy tank or buggy looking for a cheap kill and getting run over by a friendly tank or buggy thats trying to get out of the firing line.

And that's just the normal deaths.

It makes a lot of sense in a console game like Halo or Counterstrike, but it's just useless in a game like this. For example; A good bomber pilot would rack up a massive k/d and a good galaxy pilot would end up with a low one, even though the galaxy pilot contributes way more to tower caps and base caps.

Thats a good way of looking at it and i hope outfits won't base their opinion about player purely by looking at his K/D ratio.

[Pepsi]

Originally Posted by GhettoPrince

It makes a lot of sense in a console game like Halo or Counterstrike, but it's just useless in a game like this. For example; A good bomber pilot would rack up a massive k/d and a good galaxy pilot would end up with a low one, even though the galaxy pilot contributes way more to tower caps and base caps.

The problem I see with that is the Galaxy pilot went into his support role in full knowledge and acceptance that he may not be the top killer or top scorer on his team. He is valuing the end goal more than his personal stats, so it would be a contradiction to the core values of support if he still cares for his KPM or K/D.

It's a bit disturbing seeing this many of you say you get stressed out over stats. You guys shouldn't be so insecure about simple numbers.

Originally Posted by elfailo

Maybe you should stop letting your insecurities guide your desires instead.

If you're bad at gaming, just deal with it. Try to find some valuable role to fulfill besides killing stuff, or find a new hobby that isn't so competitive.

Seriously. There's more to these FPS games than killing stuff (*cough* sig *cough*), and if you aren't having fun playing these games then either change your mindset or stop playing something so stressful to you.

[Nasher]

I don't think the stats are really that relevant in a game where we have 1000s of players and it's going to be complete chaos most of the time. It's not an arena enviroment like most FPSs.