Why aren't rates above 1.0 counting for scores?

[foxfire667]

Originally Posted by Untimely Friction

No but GTS rankings are more important than that, and that solves that. At least this way you get roughly the same GTS/hour if you're grinding GTS, and you're still rewarded for playing the song on rate.

Are they? From what I can tell, there really aren't that many who seriously take on overall ranks as any sort of competition. Generally, it seems like people who have lots of GTS, have it because they are constantly playing FFR, not because GTS is their main priority. Overall rank really isn't a sign of skill anyway, it's just a sign of how much arrows you smashed throughout your career. If anything, having limitations that prevent score recording when you are actually playing FFR seems like it is misrepresenting your overall play time, and dedication to the game.

People gaining lots of GTS with rates would be doing so because they are having lots of fun with rates, not because they are trying to really grind up GTS. Though even if they wanted to GTS whore with rates, that seems rather moot because they are still hitting the arrows and getting the scores. They are dedicating time and energy to play FFR, which really should be the only notable factor here.

If you are against grinding GTS, perhaps we should change it so that any score achieved with more than 50 boos (a most likely mashed score) doesn't give GTS at all. I don't mean with or without rates, I mean period, if you mash, you don't get GTS.