Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25889587-20150929150004/@comment-25968376-20150929182623

The setup looks nice, I don't have any comments about it.

>''I don't think levels is the correct metric to separate the beginners from the serious. They can just pay and get Lime Cookie as their 2nd cookie for the record.''

Even if they buy Lime Cookie, they will still have problems getting high scores without health and bonus time upgrades, and as I mentioned the level bonus for levels 1-50. So maybe there is some fairness after all.

>''The point is, I want competitive people to compete against one or two people above them and that's what matters. I want people to feel good when they reach the first place, and those who got dethroned can aim to get it back. It's the same as getting from rank 41 to 40.''

The game already does this to some degree. Most players want to reach that one or two rankings above them if the score difference is sufficiently low, and you can also see in the runs where you can try your friends' combis, the game limits your choices. The people you'd want to beat as a player are probably more likely to be friends with you in the game already rather than the wiki, since we're usually not engaged in private conversations here, so I dunno if the leaderboards here will have any effect on people's playing attitude.