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Title: The Stars next to names
Post by: PFactorDave on December 02, 2013, 04:35:45 PM
Ok, so I've been back in game for a bit now.

I notice today that have a star next to my name in the roster.

I have no idea why it is there.

Is it an achievement that is supposed to motivate me in some way?  If so, shouldn't it be more obvious what it is and how one gets one...  one one one?
Title: Re: The Stars next to names
Post by: SlidingHorn on December 02, 2013, 04:39:18 PM
Ok, so I've been back in game for a bit now.

I notice today that have a star next to my name in the roster.

I have no idea why it is there.

Is it an achievement that is supposed to motivate me in some way?  If so, shouldn't it be more obvious what it is and how one gets one...  one one one?

All I could find online is that it has something to do with reputation...how that's earned and/or calculated, I have no clue.

I just recently got one, too, but I couldn't give you a reason why I got it.  It doesn't appear to be matched to your overall rank, as there are many with better ranks than I who are unstarred, and others ranked lower have more stars. 

I've asked around in the Help channel, but no joy.  We'll see if someone can give a better answer...  :cheers:
Title: Re: The Stars next to names
Post by: XxDaSTaRxx on December 02, 2013, 05:35:05 PM
I'm pretty sure it has to do with achievements. 2-3 months ago I got my first one, which is 500 total score in achievements. Each achievement has a number on it and that's it's value towards reputation, which will gradually give you stars.  :cheers:
Title: Re: The Stars next to names
Post by: Triton28 on December 02, 2013, 05:36:55 PM
Open your clipboard in game and go to achievements.  All will be known to you then. 
Title: Re: The Stars next to names
Post by: ImADot on December 02, 2013, 05:56:57 PM
Stars pretty much indicate how many achievements you've collected. As far as I'm concerned, they have nothing to do with reputation of any kind...reputation is earned by your conduct, not by how many widgets you collect by playing a game. You can turn off the star display in the roster from the achievements menu, which I do because 1) I don't care about stars and 2) they screw up the sorting of names in the roster.
Title: Re: The Stars next to names
Post by: SlidingHorn on December 02, 2013, 09:39:00 PM
they have nothing to do with reputation of any kind..

Now that I'm reading this over again, and paying attention, I'm seeing that what I read must have been about the forums, not the arenas...my bad  :bolt:
Title: Re: The Stars next to names
Post by: PFactorDave on December 02, 2013, 10:00:57 PM
Must be pretty easy to earn a star then...  I've only been back for about 2 1/2 - 3 weeks and already have 1.

Pffft...  

Not interested in earning them.  As far as reputation, I hope that I am known to be a fairly crappy pilot who has an occasional accidental moment of good flying...  And I try not to whine on 200.  I would dislike being judged by these silly stars.
Title: Re: The Stars next to names
Post by: ImADot on December 02, 2013, 10:02:29 PM
Now that I'm reading this over again, and paying attention, I'm seeing that what I read must have been about the forums, not the arenas...my bad  :bolt:

The stars under the names here in the forums is just based on the number of posts...nothing else.
Title: Re: The Stars next to names
Post by: wpeters on December 03, 2013, 03:42:45 PM
Must be pretty easy to earn a star then...  I've only been back for about 2 1/2 - 3 weeks and already have 1.

Pffft...  

Not interested in earning them.  As far as reputation, I hope that I am known to be a fairly crappy pilot who has an occasional accidental moment of good flying...  And I try not to whine on 200.  I would dislike being judged by these silly stars.


They are fairly hard to earn. The first one is easy but after the second one you have pretty will done all the easy acheivments .   A lot the achievements can be really hard.

Kill a tiger 1  in a M8. 

And so forth.  Try and see how many of those achievements you can master
Title: Re: The Stars next to names
Post by: PFactorDave on December 03, 2013, 04:16:45 PM

And so forth.  Try and see how many of those achievements you can master

I think I'll pass.  Thanks for the information.  Not something I have any interest in doing though.
Title: Re: The Stars next to names
Post by: Lusche on December 03, 2013, 04:45:10 PM
I think the term "reputation" was an unfortunate choice on HTC's side ...  ;)

As far as stars go.. the first is easy, it will fall into about everyones lap after some playtime. For 2 and 3 you must either be a genuine Jack-of-all-trades (meaning play a lot of different things in the MA) and waste a lot of time, or actively go for it.
Title: Re: The Stars next to names
Post by: Gwjr2 on December 20, 2013, 12:23:23 AM
Actually stars indicate weather or not you have a job or not  :D The more stars the more unemployed you are LOL :bolt:
Title: Re: The Stars next to names
Post by: Twinkles on January 04, 2020, 11:48:13 PM
Does anyone know which achievements give you the stars the fastest? Is it how many you can complete or the value of each one as listed? I didn't find the answer in the flight manual :salute
Title: Re: The Stars next to names
Post by: Shuffler on January 05, 2020, 12:22:56 AM
Actually stars indicate weather or not you have a job or not  :D The more stars the more unemployed you are LOL :bolt:

ROTFLMAO

To be honest I do not even pay attention to them. I believe you can turn them off too. Over time they just accumulate without thought or even trying.

I do not think any method gets the stars quicker but there are achievements that are easier to do. That is if you are willing to do them. The easier they are to do, the quicker you could do them.
Title: Re: The Stars next to names
Post by: The Fugitive on January 05, 2020, 11:00:08 AM
Does anyone know which achievements give you the stars the fastest? Is it how many you can complete or the value of each one as listed? I didn't find the answer in the flight manual :salute

Im not positive, but on the clipboard, click on achievements and you can type in your name. Then when you click on the achievements that you dont have it will list them. In the box of each achievement, in the lower right corner it tells you how many points that achievement is worth. Stars awarded as you reach each points threshold.  I think you click on "Reputation" or something like that to see a bar graph that showes you how close you are to your next star.
Title: Re: The Stars next to names
Post by: Shuffler on January 05, 2020, 11:38:30 AM
Im not positive, but on the clipboard, click on achievements and you can type in your name. Then when you click on the achievements that you dont have it will list them. In the box of each achievement, in the lower right corner it tells you how many points that achievement is worth. Stars awarded as you reach each points threshold.  I think you click on "Reputation" or something like that to see a bar graph that showes you how close you are to your next star.

Well there you go. I have been here a long time but never knew the achievement system had points.
Title: Re: The Stars next to names
Post by: Ramesis on January 05, 2020, 02:57:31 PM

I notice today that have a star next to my name in the roster.


I don't pay attention to the stars and as a matter of fact, I think I think
I have them turned off... but I will check  :D
Title: Re: The Stars next to names
Post by: Mano on June 18, 2020, 04:56:18 PM
If you would like to turn off the stars so that the roster in game is in alphabetical order you click on the the achievements and check the box to hide stars.
Piece of cake.

 :banana:
Title: Re: The Stars next to names
Post by: Shuffler on June 18, 2020, 05:00:05 PM
If you would like to turn off the stars so that the roster in game is in alphabetical order you click on the the achievements and check the box to hide stars.
Piece of cake.

 :banana:

This is preferred.  :D