The star system is just an interprative thing anyway, in order to make sense of it you still need to be familiar with the guidebook author, the FA, the FA's tendencies during the period the route was put up, the belayer & the dynamiuc of his/her relationship to the climber & who might have been in the campground later that night to be sandbagged or BS'd to.
Alternatively;
1. Walk to the base.
2. Look up.
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