FFR Suggestions

[Hakulyte]

Re: FFR Suggestions

So, after one second of thinking I concluded that I was wrong and you guys were right. /gg

[emulord]

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Ok, I agree that combo shouldn't matter in multiplayer because its a singular play, but when its your best score v. someone elses best score, 0 misses is a pretty good indicator of skill. After a FC, PA matters. Whats wrong with this hierarchy?

Combo should also matter for score.
Someone who can get combo 60 on a song is clearly worse than someone who can get a combo of hundreds, even if their PA/ number of misses is comparable.

[~Zeta~]

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So, misses subtracting from your score doesn't do this enough?

[igotrhythm]

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The main problem I see with the new scoring system is fairly obvious once a little thought experiment is run. Ready?

Semi-decent player plays Pants. Does well up to the long-ass JS, gets wrecked, but mashes to the ending and its mindless 123423 8ths to get some semblance of a combo back. Under the old system, players are rewarded 1000 points for each step in their longest combo.

Under the new system, however, players receive 1000 points for EVERY ARROW THEY HIT. Long story short, non-FC scores on songs like Crowdpleaser are going to shoot through the roof. I personally can't tell whether this is a good or a bad thing, but it will make Happy Rainbow (the sub-1K avrank achievement token) an even bigger bitch to unlock.

[~Zeta~]

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Isn't that how it is now? Mashing for FC's ruining ranks for missing.

EDIT: All in all, it goes back to who has the better skill. The average rank token is getting harder every day. There's no stop to that one.

[Plan_Bsk81127]

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So someone just constantly pressing all 4 keys at one time to assure they get all the notes has skill? Ok that makes sense....

For this whole situation, combo just need to be worth A LOT less so that it isnt solely focused on combo. Otherwise we will just keep getting dumbasses like emu who suck so bad at the game that they just keep smashing all the keys to assure they get all the arrows because thats what they consider to be skill.

Hell look what happen when the gamma songs came out, look how many people went straight to mashing the whole song just to get the FC and hold a the best rank just for them to find out that those ranks werent going to stay. Seriously though, people dont even try anymore when they see a hard song, they just smash right through it because they are more worried about a silly rank rather than trying to improve and being able to actually do the song. No wonder FFR players always complain they are no good, when you take this path you're not going to go anywhere.

[bballa48]

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The game lost it's fun factor with too much competition. Wish this could be remedied with a suggestion.

I would argue the opposite. Tournaments have basically stopped, and skill tokens are rare appearances. There is no competition anymore.

[igotrhythm]

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~Zeta~: Actually, I found that the recent rebirth of SotW was what catapulted me over the line into sub-1000 land because when a new song is released, everyone has a score of 0 on it, and thus everyone is considered rank 1.

But yes, in theory all songs will eventually have over 1000 AAAs, meaning that unlocking the token will be a matter of nailing a sufficient number of them.

As for you, Plan: Just because you're good at the game now doesn't mean the game shouldn't offer appropriate challenges for players of all skill levels. You were a newbie once, too. To hear you talk, one would think that we should just make the learning curve for new players impossible to ascend, or institute an unlock system that only grants access to harder songs after the less difficult files have been sufficiently wrecked on a certain account.

Some players find hard songs fun to play, even if they can't do so well on them. Maybe they like the song, or perhaps they find the parts that they can hit enjoyable. Either way, it motivates them to get better. And in a community as results-oriented as this one, we really shouldn't care about the path one chooses to take towards their own self-improvement, as long as we're there to lend a choice piece of advice ("gtfo" or any variant thereof does not qualify) or a sympathetic ear when things get tough.

[bballa48]

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I don't get the argument for keeping the combo based system.

We should keep it because noobs enjoy mashing? Huh?

They can mash all they want... there is no rule against it. But should they be rewarded with a good score? Hell no. That makes no sense. If that is how the want to improve, so be it. But get the crappy mashed scores off the top scores list-- they don't belong.

[xBBx Takedown]

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PA rankings are eh and so are combo basing. Both have downsides. Case closed.

[~Zeta~]

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Nice argument. I loved your bullet points.

PA base definitely outweighs combo.

[emulord]

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Guys, im not bad. I've AAA'd 3 Very Challengings.
The point was that it was fun to mash those songs when I wasn't good enough to play them for real. Mashing less was still a goal, it was just a clear way to improve my scores.

The main problem with boosting nonFC scores is that getting a good nonFC will ruin your Here we go chances until you can sup yourself.

[bballa48]

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Guys, im not bad. I've AAA'd 3 Very Challengings.
The point was that it was fun to mash those songs when I wasn't good enough to play them for real. Mashing less was still a goal, it was just a clear way to improve my scores.

The main problem with boosting nonFC scores is that getting a good nonFC will ruin your Here we go chances until you can sup yourself.

I don't think we should avoid making an improvement in the scoring system because of a token. It's a freakin token.

[xBBx Takedown]

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I don't think we should avoid making an improvement in the scoring system because of a token. It's a freakin token.

Token that people obviously worked hard for mashed or not mashed score. It's still an accomplishment to them. Just because the pros want PA scoring system does not mean it's going to go that way. Need to think about the other players too.

[Plan_Bsk81127]

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FFR's timing isnt easy enough, I think it needs to be easier that way more people are able to get the St Scarhand token.