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Upcoming Trophy levelling changes detailed


Aranea Highwind

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https://blog.playstation.com/2020/10/07/upcoming-trophy-levelling-changes-detailed/

 

A quick tour of the enhancements rolling out tonight for Trophies.

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Toshimasa Aoki Director, Product Management, SIE

You’ve all heard that satisfying sound when a Trophy pops up on the corner of your screen. There’s the sense of accomplishment when that ultra-rare Platinum trophy is unlocked after hours of pursuing. Trophies were first introduced on PlayStation 3, and have been an integral part of the PlayStation gaming experience. Today, we’re excited to announce we’re bringing some enhancements to the Trophy system. 

New Trophy Levels

The first thing you’ll notice is the big change to your Trophy level. We’re increasing the Trophy level range from the current “1-100” to “1-999,” so following this update, your Trophy level will automatically be remapped to a new level within this new range based on the Trophies you’ve earned to date. For example, if your current Trophy level is 12, your new level will jump to somewhere in the low 200’s. The exact level will depend on the number and grades of trophies you’ve acquired. There will be no changes to the Trophies already earned or Trophy information, such as unlock requirements.

New Level Calculation Structure

We’ve implemented a new Trophies level calculation system that is more optimized and rewarding. Players will progress quicker through the early levels, and levels will increase more consistently. Platinum trophies will count more toward your level progression, making them even more valuable.

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New Trophy Level Icons

With an expanded level range, we’re also updating the trophy level icon on PlayStation 5, as well as PlayStation App at a later date. Currently the Trophies icon is just a single gold star, but we’re adding a few variants:

  • Bronze: levels 1-299
  • Silver: levels 300 – 599
  • Gold: levels 600 – 998
  • Platinum: level 999

The icons will also have a subtle distinction to visually suggest how close you are to the next level.

Lastly, just for clarity, Trophies that you’ve earned on previous PlayStation systems will come with you to PlayStation 5, just as they have in previous generation transitions. The new Trophy levels will be reflected in all locations that Trophy levels are shown, including past systems, PS App and My PlayStation.

All of these updates will be automatically implemented on the system side, starting later tonight (North America) / tomorrow (Europe). 

We’re committed to offering an even better experience for our fans as we head into the next generation of gaming. We can’t wait for everyone to start racking up trophies in all the amazing upcoming games that are launching on PS4 and PS5!

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17 hours ago, Aranea Highwind said:

There’s the sense of accomplishment when that ultra-rare Platinum trophy is unlocked after hours of pursuing.

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New Level Calculation Structure

We’ve implemented a new Trophies level calculation system that is more optimized and rewarding. Players will progress quicker through the early levels, and levels will increase more consistently. Platinum trophies will count more toward your level progression, making them even more valuable.


It's funny how this blog post mentions the satisfaction of unlocking an "ultra-rare platinum trophy" before proceeding to discuss a system under which raw platinum count is going to be more "valuable" to level progression. Rewarding rarer trophies would have been cool but I guess they need to make even more money off players that spend unholy amounts of cash on pay-to-plat games...

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27 minutes ago, starcrunch061 said:

Actually, assuming what's written here, I don't like it at ALL. I mean, if plats really do count more (and right now, I'm just going by what's written), this seems to reward the Rat plats (and worse detritus like Little Adventure on the Prairie, etc.) even more than we already do.

Also means games without Plats will be skipped even more - I do like the idea of a trophy level though!

Also the Platinum image is ugly, please do not change it

 

@pengaleng90 check this weird trophy update out

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This is definitely unexpected and, after I read the details, it also seems weird.

I am almost at level 43 and I have 200 platinums. I hope they don’t put me instantly as level 999. That would be a bit frustrating, because progressing to the old level 100 was hard and it would take many years.

 I will continue trophy hunting as usual, though. Maybe because I am now in a level that satisfies me, I don’t care so much about leveling up as I cared in the past.

This change seems to be in line with the effort that Sony is clearly making with their exclusives to make trophy hunting more accessible to everyone.

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Just now, Azaan60 said:

What a completely pointless update. 

 

Why can't actually improve the trophy system for once? 

 

Like adding progress tracking for individual trophies like what Xbox currently does. 

 

Or the ability to delete games where you've only earned a single trophy. 

 

Or how about doing something about the trophy hackers. 

 

But nope here's some shitty looking new icons lmao. 

Nothing to say those things aren’t coming.

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2 minutes ago, Azaan60 said:

What a completely pointless update. 

 

Why can't actually improve the trophy system for once? 

 

Like adding progress tracking for individual trophies like what Xbox currently does. 

 

Or the ability to delete games where you've only earned a single trophy. 

 

Or how about doing something about the trophy hackers. 

 

But nope here's some shitty looking new icons lmao. 

 

Nobody said this is the only change. They still haven't showed the PS5 UI.

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1 minute ago, Azaan60 said:

What a completely pointless update. 

 

Why can't actually improve the trophy system for once? 

 

Like adding progress tracking for individual trophies like what Xbox currently does. 

 

Or the ability to delete games where you've only earned a single trophy. 

 

Or how about doing something about the trophy hackers. 

 

But nope here's some shitty looking new icons lmao. 

Well,  there are new trophy levels included, which is nice. Reworking the system to allow users to level up consistently and reach the new levels is decent too. I spend half a year at a level lol.

 

Progress tracking would be welcomed, hopefully with PS5 and maybe even a leaderboard amongst friends on the PS5 UI

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I, for one, am very confused with the upcoming changes. Don't really know what was wrong with this system and I don't really think the new system makes a whole lot of sense.

 

So if I understand correctly my overall trophy level (16 for me I assume) will be raised to, what..... 265 or seomthing? What's the whole point...?

 

I don't really care for overall level after all though it's a really weird change ?

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