General statistics for each species

[Storyteller]

It would be interesting to see general statistics for each animal species and who hunted the largest instance.
This is implemented in Fishing Planet.
It does not help get the greatest instance)
But it's interesting to look at the list and see yourself in the top 20.

[NuCkEnFuTs]

To many hackers to implement this.

[Storyteller]

Originally posted by NuCkEnFuTs:

To many hackers to implement this.

I didn't understand you ...

[SouthernMan1972]

The top of those online leaderboards is full of people who like to figure out ways to cheat the game, or don't play within the spirit of the game. It's like playing blackjack against someone who is counting cards. Fishing Planet is the same way.

I would ,however, love to have this feature to compete against myself and against my wife. You definitely should be able to select whitetail deer for instance, and click on a filter to only include you and your friends. You should then be able to click columns to see top 10 biggest, highest scores, best trophy score, etc.

[NuCkEnFuTs]

Agreed, we use to have a leaderboard for friends, but an update broke it.

[Storyteller]

Basically you are right
Considering that this game does not even protect your saves (I have already lost them five times and now keep them separately), it means that the developers would not be able to protect the scoreboard as well ...

[Hidden Gunman]

Current bragging rights is to check out your friend's lodge trophies.

[Geronimo]

Originally posted by Hidden Gunman:

Current bragging rights is to check out your friend's lodge trophies.

Amen to that Brother Gunny.

@Southernman 72, you and your wife would surely enjoy using the trophy lodges for comparing your trophy scores, BUT even though I do appreciate EW creating the option to view trophy info at a click, there is not alot of information included, so I suggest keeping your own hunting journals for those mounts which will show distance shot, weapon used, how many shots to take down, etc.

In this way I am also able to keep track of my trophies in the trophy manager and avoid getting them mixed up.

At the time I take down a trophy in the field, I immediately write down the stats into my journal, or on a piece of paper from which i can later copy the stats, and in this way I am able to later find that exact trophy from the trophy manager, usually distinguishable by its score which is usually always different.

Another thing I have done with my lodges is make a map of the layout, number-coding each mount by Lodge, floor and room, which I add to my hunting journal, which also allows me to keep track of where each trophy is placed.

The trophy manager does also have a feature which shows what lodge it can be found in, but not the exact room location, and sometimes the lodges suffer a bug and mounts get misplaced.

Keeping my own journal has also allowed me to keep details of particular aspects of those hunts which helps to remind me of it when i am viewing those mounts.

[Storyteller]

Wow ...
I hope you fill the magazine with screenshots?
Why write it manually?
That is, I am also fanatical about this, but I think you complicate the process for yourself)

[Geronimo]

Originally posted by Storyteller:

Wow ...
I hope you fill the magazine with screenshots?
Why write it manually?
That is, I am also fanatical about this, but I think you complicate the process for yourself)

nah not really friend.

its just a matter of having the journal or note pad sitting at hand when i play so i can jot down the stats before i lose the harvest page.

Its extremely helpful in keeping track of my trophies, and it only adds to, enhances the enjoyment of taking those trophies.

theres no burden involved.

you want to talk burden then we coulkd have a discussion about the way i log my forze 4 horizon vehicle stats, haha.

[Hidden Gunman]

Originally posted by Storyteller:

Wow ...
I hope you fill the magazine with screenshots?
Why write it manually?
That is, I am also fanatical about this, but I think you complicate the process for yourself)

The only other option, currently, is to use the screenshot library and make your notes on the screenies, which is fiddly and complicated, and doesn't link to the trophy lodges.

The tagging in the new trophy lodge system is a good step, but it tells you only about 'the trophy', not 'the getting of the trophy', which is just as important for a hunting record. It would be nice to know that "this is the lion that killed me as I killed it" and "this is the wildebeast that wasn't stuck in a bush when I shot it", plus detail of weapon, range, time of day, etc, would be valuable to know.

[djehmli]

In HunterClassic I have a spread sheet with pages by season that I keep/Kept up. Columns were reserve, x, y coord, species, m or f, in game time of kill, score and then various notes. Whenever there was a new season I started a new page. I highlighted my personal best for each season, and then used the wiki leaderboard results to compare my stats to the others.

Since I also had/have a trophy lodge for each season, once they were released, I knew immediately which critter should be taxidermized and mounted.

I've tried that off and on for COTW and the stats in COTW are pretty meaningless to me