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Tavern-Game Leaderboards: a Plus or a Minus?
Tyranthraxus
Member, Alpha Two
Am really hoping to see something like this for the to-be tavern games, especially since it feels as though a lot of us are expecting at least 1 card-game, such as the TCG that one of the fans has made, or a card-game akin to The Witcher's.
Would really like for us to know who the top players are for these games, so you can double-take when you see their names in this-or-that tavern. Would really like to challenge some of the top people and occasionally take a win, for bragging rights!
Or would this encourage players to be "slaves" to the tavern-games? (I.e. Would it detract from encouraging players from experiencing other elements of the game?)
Would really like for us to know who the top players are for these games, so you can double-take when you see their names in this-or-that tavern. Would really like to challenge some of the top people and occasionally take a win, for bragging rights!
Or would this encourage players to be "slaves" to the tavern-games? (I.e. Would it detract from encouraging players from experiencing other elements of the game?)
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The other three, during their various times at the top, didn't seem to treat it as a positive, more neutral or slightly annoyed.
I don't think that at any point, anyone who wanted to be #1 that seemed to think it would be a positive, actually managed to reach that level. Maybe that one guy for a few days, but that could have been 'luck'.
This isn't to say 'this would be a negative', the community type would probably be different. Just adding what little context I can.
Those who do not win the arena battles which makes them Mayors, should get their little alternatives.
Each tavern should have it's own leader-board, destroyed at siege.
If a player goes corrupt often might get the benefits of being hunted more often. Maybe their names should be red
Even Palia has a leaderboard for its mini-game. It's the only "pvp" in that game.
I feel any leaderboard should be based in the taverns within the node. It should require a certain node level as well.
The reason for this is I want things local community based.
Whats the point of a player list when you don't know them, and likely won't?
A fun thing would a World Championship around the tavern game. I could be a part of whatever 'yearly' festival Vera has.
The top 2 of every lvl xx node are invited to compete at the metropolis that the hosts the Festival that 'year'.
Leaderboards need to be reset if the rules of the game change in a way that makes scores lower though
The rewards for tavern games can be dialed in so that players still treat it as a side activity.
That way, they don't become the "slaves" described in the OP.
Would also favor both a server-wide, as well as a local leaderboard. The latter would allow for local renown and prestige, since we can't all be in-competition with the true addicts that would make the server-wide leaderboards.
What you was doing in that game?
Hardcore PvPers need fishing time to time
Ok - building on this - then every month there can be a regional tavern player competition and at some point have a "Nationals" for all top regional leaderboard players, and a fun/frustrating aspect could be that a regional leaderboard winner would actually lose their ranking if the node gets destroyed, maybe on purpose to clear the field! (oh... the pain.. so close yet so far..)