Yes. I would argue that they do.
I really dont think that in the middle of a match, knowing who has gold for damage, healing, or elims helps your team in any way. I feel like the medal system really takes away from cooperation and promotes competition within your own team. That is the last thing you need.
I am not saying we should remove our stats on the scoreboard. In fact, I would suggest we get even more stats to look at. Love looking at post match stats. However, I would suggest that we consider removing the medals on the scoreboard.
Whats the first thing you hear when toxic argument breaks out? “Bro, Ive got all golds!” How many times do we have to hear that. Sure, gold medals give you a slight indication to your performance, but you can still lose a match with 5 gold medals. I honestly feel like people place too much weight on the medals and tend to focus less on working together as a team.
We all want less toxicity, but the way the game is set up is almost a breeding ground for that sort of behavior.
So, what do you suggest instead?
Well, I think we should add another section into the scoreboard. Team Stats.
I would be more interested in the work we preform together as a team. The total amount of elims, healing, damage, damage blocked, etc that we have combined as a team.
For example, as a team we might have a total of 8 elims. The enemy team might have a total of 12 elims. On the scoreboard, the number 8 could be displayed in red for us (to let us know the enemy team is ahead of us) and for them, the number 12 could be displayed in blue (to let them know they are leading the game with elims). This could be done for every stat in the Team Stat section.
I feel like this would promote better team behavior.
In the middle, we could still have our Player Stats. This would be exactly as it is right now but without the medals beside the number. This section would just be for personal info.
The next section would be Hero Stats. This would be where you would find more specific stats to the hero you are playing. Maybe things like enemies frozen, damage deflected, etc
By changing this system, I feel like this would also put some more weight into the end of game card system. Regardless of the card that you get, included in the card would be how many medals the player attained, if any.
Players that get cards specifically for having 4 or 5 gold medals would feel much more important and a surprise to the player