In my opinion, stats should be private to the individual. I'm talking about the likes of raid / dungeon report, kd tracker etc.
A lot of the new guys that we've helped have been so grateful and have thanked us for 'allowing' them to join us for content, as they are rejected for being new and low clears/kd etc. Lets be honest, the new player experience isn't great as it is, but this is just an added barrier and turn off for new players to Destiny.
I've first handed witnessed many people complain when a player with only a few clears joins a raid team (if they weren't already rejected), kicked from even a dungeon team for the same.
It's not just even the third party api trackers either - just go look at the Dares Of Eternity groups that list a 'clear time' as a requirement (the one listed on the intro when you load in), players kicked from Iron Banner teams due to KD (which is also listed on startup) and also people leaving trials games when they see a low kd (I get it, but that's not the point). It gets worse as the game ages.
[u][b]Suggestions:[/b][/u]
[i]Disable the api trackers completely and hide the in-game UI ones [b]OR[/b] Make them only visible to the player[/i]
[u][b]Pro's:[/b][/u]
- Severe Reduction In toxicity
- Less barriers and elitism to new and lesser experienced players.
[u][b]Con's:[/b][/u]
- Upset a very small minority of egoistic players that live for stats and can no longer publicly flaunt it.
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I’m not quite willing to attribute this to the major cause of toxicity in this community. Whereas I may be willing to agree that it is a convenient tool for those with already heavily toxic intentions to use as a crutch for justification and rationale behind their dismissal of anything you might say,… …I think this community is toxic because people generally tend toward toxic treatment of others when they are not held accountable for any level of common decency in terms of their behavior or comments towards one another. In the same fashion as now where people casually throwing insults and unsupportive caustic commentary while hiding behind the anonymity of the Internet,… …if we could anonymously drag those individuals out back by the dumpster and “recalibrate” them, I think you might see some change.