That’s precisely what I’m talking about.
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Note that these points will still matter for challenges
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Well, yes. What I meant is that they do not give keys anymore, like they did before tier 99. There isn’t a medal or any more keys after getting tier 99 or having billions of points even though I’m pretty sure new milestones will appear in the future.
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I don’t think Absolver would become OP by any stretch, just that it might become a new meta for pro’s trying to highscore dailies if accuracy became too valuable. (Like how Mass Condensers certainly are not OP but they totally mess up Space Race currently)
True, but as @anon27929001 said, competitions are a thing. Some of us kind of like to win stuff because it’s pointless and fun. 
And I think this change, once properly balanced, would make competitions more accurately reflect player performance. So that’s really where I think this would become significant.
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Sure. But let’s not forget that there are players who don’t care about challenges. And for them rewarding points doesn’t change anything.
Are points pointless?
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Oh yeah, absolutely. But that will be true for all but the most core game mechanics, and from a design perspective all aspects of the game should strive to be at least somewhat desirable to play as well as balanced. Obviously players will still choose what they do and don’t want to do.
I’m just saying that points aren’t obsolete in the game past tier 50 for everyone - but obviously some people play differently and it doesn’t necessarily matter to them. I almost never touch Special Weapons, but that doesn’t make them a feature we shouldn’t balance or utilize just because it’s not ubiquitous.
I actually feel that making sure they’re not an essential thing that players are forced to strive toward is a good thing (especially in an MMO) because it diversifies playstyles.
No, no they’re not, my word choice was awful my brain is on hiatus
If points are pointless, what’s the point to add points in the game?(not spam)
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I would suggest that a player can still receive keys as a reward for every x amount of points earned after reaching Tier 99. It could be every 10 billion points or so.
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What? Every 10 billion? At least at 1 billion or so
I’m currently at Tier 89 and I needed 4 billion points to the next one.
No, from tier 98 to 99 is not even 100 million points away. You are probably mistaken with the total points. Probably it should be 250 keys per 100 million points after tier 99.
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Here’s what’s going to launch with v.40 tomorrow. Speak now or forever until v.41 hold your peace.
| Scope | Points x1,000 | Medal |
|---|---|---|
| wave | 1 | Awarded for performing a multi-kill of 40 or more enemies |
| wave | 5 | Awarded for 90% shot accuracy in a single wave |
| wave | 1 | Awarded for 90% food collection in a single wave |
| stage | 10 | Awarded for 90% coin collection in a single stage |
| stage | 10 | Awarded for 90% kill ratio in a single stage |
| stage | 10 | Awarded for no deaths in a single stage |
| stage | 10 | Awarded for not using any special weapons in a single stage |
| stage | 10 | Awarded for not using satellites in a single stage |
| stage | 30 | Awarded for not collecting any power-ups in a single stage |
| mission | 20 | Awarded for 90% food collection in an entire mission |
| mission | 50 | Awarded for completing an entire mission without using any special weapons |
| mission | 25 | Awarded for completing an entire mission without using satellites |
| mission | 50 | Awarded for completing an entire mission without dying once |
| mission | 20 | Awarded for not overheating in an entire mission |
| mission | 50 | Awarded for successfully completing a mission without any mountable equipment or satellites |
Medal score is added to base score before applying any boosts/penalties, so it naturally scales with difficulty.
For mission-scope medals only, there’s also a +10% bonus for each mission stage (except the first), so e.g. a 10-stage mission would be (almost) double the numbers in the table above.
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Seems fine, at least to my somewhat inexperienced eye. At least until testing. 
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That’s genius…people will be too busy studying the table to ask questions.
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I noticed that Medal of Extreme Unpreparedness does not yet have the +10% bonus applied for each stage.
“successfully”
Fixed in v.41
Bug
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Should they award like,a boost to the keys or something?Like,+5%?
After playing for a bit - the 30k still isn’t really making itself worthwhile…
The power-ups give enough points where most waves will just give you blatantly more points through those, frankly. Going for it would be a lose-lose 90% of the time.
If anyone disagrees though please comment. 
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