Montly plea: Remove De-Pipping
Please BHVR, I implore you: do away with the antiquated de-pipping system.
Its one of the major sources of salt in the game and THE reason why I sometimes really consider quitting. Whats so "fun" or "interesting" or "motivating" with this system, that you hold into it like a madman, while every day people ask you to change it?
Many players express the utter frustration of being one pip away from pipping up and then lose it all in a string of bad games. Yet in the same vein you claim, that its "just an expression of the time invested into this month, not a reflection of individual skill". People are forced to sweat till the reach Iri1. Many players express their relieve when they reach Iri1, as they can only then truly play anyway they want, without hurting their progress. Indeed, I myself have often been burned by an altruistic streak: when I encountered a set of particular adorable and cute survivors and I didn't kill them off but waved them goodbye at 4 pips, I would 95% meet a couple seal team SWFs the next couple of games, just to ensure that I would never show mercy again, till I reached Iri 1.
And a solution would be so easy. Here, just follow this two simple steps:
1) No de-pipping after a bad match. Only DCing will take away a pip, as always.
2) Just increase the number of pips needed with each level. Instead of roughly 90 pips to go from Ash 4 to Iri 1, make it 150pips. This way a player would need 100-150 good games per month to rank up. Not everyone will make it, but serious players will get it and there will be no more salt.
So please BHVR: listen once more to the people. In this case nothing is on the line, but a bit of sweat, blood and tears. And while this is a horror-inspired game, you still claim that its a lighthearted party game, yet everyone feels the sweat level reaching unprecedented hights.
Thanks.
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This here inspired me to write this plea post. I was at 4 pips, de-pipped because of this game and the next couple ones and now sit right at the bottom of Iri 4, again. The hight of motivational fun, I guess?
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Only time it should even be a thing is people who dc willingly. I really think it would reduce so much sweat/toxic try hardness from both sides.
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They probably need a PTB to test out depips too
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Make it more pips to rank up and remove de-pipping.
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