How can i tell "in which category game ranks me" (Veteran -stalker ..or..)

[GiorgyTheSalty]

..cause i m purposely NOT proggressing the story (in which u receive "purple gear") .. or finishing quests that awards you "purple gear". Nonetheless - having entered 100rads bar while i m keeping my gear in "Blue" i m constantly encountering "purple" guys..SO..
..i want to know "where the game ranks me" so maybe it's pointless and crippling for me staying in "blue" and eventually advance (with heavy heart)

[Liath Anam]

Gear score. Once you reach 300+ you're ♥♥♥'d regardless of gear quality, unequiping won't help. The game remembers your highest score

[GiorgyTheSalty]

Originally posted by Liath Anam:

Gear score. Once you reach 300+ you're ♥♥♥'d regardless of gear quality, unequiping won't help. The game remembers your highest score

So..
1) is there any solid recipe to calculate my next move so neither crippling myself - neither overshoot??!
2) Amount of "purple" items (like only 1 or all three) matter? (!?)

I 've already did some research (i.e. people also claiming that gear score is an obsolete number - stuck - from previous versions of the game and such..) but if you or anybody can contribute on this obscure matter please do !

[Liath Anam]

My gear right now consists of Trapper suit, SVT-40, sports bag and a mossberg for hunting. Nothing in the secondary slot and all my stuff is baseline - no upgrades. This keeps me around 196-205 gear score. If you want to equip something new clear all other things that add to it. Strip completely from your gear equip the new thing and then do the math, you can see individual values when you hover over the gear score in inventory it will tell you what numbers each piece adds

[GiorgyTheSalty]

Originally posted by Liath Anam:

My gear right now consists of Trapper suit, SVT-40, sports bag and a mossberg for hunting. Nothing in the secondary slot and all my stuff is baseline - no upgrades. This keeps me around 196-205 gear score. If you want to equip something new clear all other things that add to it. Strip completely from your gear equip the new thing and then do the math, you can see individual values when you hover over the gear score in inventory it will tell you what numbers each piece adds

Darn it Liath.. " STRIP other things before equiping"... i wish i knew the importance of "game remembers your highest EVER g.score" now it's 2 late with a record close to 400's as i can tell.
Thank you VERY much..i ll try to manipulate the numbers IF ever go for an alt.
Hats off dude :)