The old scoreboard
Please bring back the old scoreboard showing kills, deaths, score, ping etc of all people in the server. The new one is too messy, unclear and doesn't show me useful information or just too little in...
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@BtheReaper49 wrote:
@Trokey66C'mon you're alright my man but every Battlefield before 2042 that I remember has had a basic scoreboard as part of the game. If people are playing a game for fun they still like to see how they did overall at the end of a game while still managing to contribute to the team during the game. And as some have mentioned they use the scoreboard to see how others on the team are doing and hwo they might react to them. Acting like it's not a big deal is just making another excuse for a game that, up until some recent gameplay trailers, reveals, etc., has been less than forthcoming on details.
In BF1 more useful information on how you did compared to others after the round was over was found on the end of round stat screen. It would show if you were ranked 1-5 in a variety of categories. Same with your squad. And then there was the MVP screen that showed the leaders in 5 categories. MOre useful than the scoreboard.
I used the scoreboard as habit. Back in the day that's all we had. I hit the tab key to bring it up all the time like after I die to see the stats of the guy who killed me or see how far up I was. Or see who the enemy pilot was. Or sometimes see how the guy in my squad was doing. This doesn't mean it was essential though.
There is something to be said for using it to look for cheaters. But even there the obvious cheaters stood out anyway. You would start to see it in chat when people start getting one hit killed from wherever. The scoreboard wasn't used to find stealth cheaters.
They havne't let people limit players by ping for a long time and that doesn't need a scoreboard anyway. Just a ping limit setting.
Last, 128 players would have something to do with it not being there as well if it isn't there that is. May not be or may be. 128 players makes for a cumbersome scoreboard. But given the above and how more pertinent stats are better shown in the end of round screens - I can definitely seem why they might have phased it out.
PS. YOur score heavily depends on the role you play and you could never quickly or easily if at all make a comparison to others in a similar role with the main scoreboard. Last it doesn't affect what you should be doing on the battlefield.
@trip1ex Good points.
1. I do like the end of round highlights screen on BF1 along with the scoreboard. It has some cool information.
I also liked to check the scoreboard from time to time to see what type of classes the team is using. If it was predominantly snipers on an attacking team then I was pretty much out of there.
2. It can be helpful to look for cheaters as well and console doesn't have in game chat so the scoreboard could be a better indicator. Sometimes the player may just be an unbelievable player but other times some kills look questionable. In that case you could report them and let EA/DICE sort it out.
With no scoreboard it would be pretty difficult to see who's questionable without having their immediate stats on screen ALONG with seeing how they're playing in game.
3. BF4 didn't show ping limits and that game was a major success. I liked the pings on the scoreboard in BF1 because you could see if some players were really dragging the server down. Remember some of those players with greater than 500 or 600 ping consistently? Yikes!
Nowadays it's pretty common on BF1 to have half of EACH team with greater than 100 pings with some sprinkling of over 200 as well.
It at least helped to see if maybe you should just leave a server if it was playing lousy due to pings.
Your last point is absolutely correct. Your role on the battlefield shouldn't be limited to looking at the scoreboard for your K/D and points. It should be based on what your team needs and how you can help win the objective game mode you're playing.
Hopefully they'll give us some sort of scoreboard that can provide some useful info to players. We'll see in about a week.....
1. I do like the end of round highlights screen on BF1 along with the scoreboard. It has some cool information.
I also liked to check the scoreboard from time to time to see what type of classes the team is using. If it was predominantly snipers on an attacking team then I was pretty much out of there.
2. It can be helpful to look for cheaters as well and console doesn't have in game chat so the scoreboard could be a better indicator. Sometimes the player may just be an unbelievable player but other times some kills look questionable. In that case you could report them and let EA/DICE sort it out.
With no scoreboard it would be pretty difficult to see who's questionable without having their immediate stats on screen ALONG with seeing how they're playing in game.
3. BF4 didn't show ping limits and that game was a major success. I liked the pings on the scoreboard in BF1 because you could see if some players were really dragging the server down. Remember some of those players with greater than 500 or 600 ping consistently? Yikes!
Nowadays it's pretty common on BF1 to have half of EACH team with greater than 100 pings with some sprinkling of over 200 as well.
It at least helped to see if maybe you should just leave a server if it was playing lousy due to pings.
Your last point is absolutely correct. Your role on the battlefield shouldn't be limited to looking at the scoreboard for your K/D and points. It should be based on what your team needs and how you can help win the objective game mode you're playing.
Hopefully they'll give us some sort of scoreboard that can provide some useful info to players. We'll see in about a week.....
