zigzagoon Posted:

just ignore that person having that e-peen? seriously, what’s the problem?

The biggest problem is, the cake is a lie. If players are encouraged to go for a goal (by having a leaderboard at all), that goal should be achievable. Wasting months on pointless activity before you realise you just dumped your free time into a false and pointless effort is teh grande suck. Some players we know have alts dedicated towards particular tasks. It would be more fun if they didn’t spoil the effort/reward for everyone else who wants to go for some challenge by leaderboard hogging.

So in all cases, milestone rather than leaderboard peen is the better option. Friends, Flamebate, Cred, Flezz, Job points, moar files, forums visited, medals, consecutive pwns, incit wins etc.

Having leaderboards isn’t a bad idea in itself, but if there isn’t some kind of balance in the task, giving peen to the ‘lucky few’ who were there at the right time performing the right activities is not a fair gameplay reward mechanic.