New Unit Rank system!!! :D

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Re: New Unit Rank system!!! :D

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Tenoh wrote:Ranks should stay as they are.
Yea they are good, leave em. Not everyone is from the US that plays this game anyway.
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Re: New Unit Rank system!!! :D

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Just a thought - would it make sense for commander units to have a different rank structure?

It seems a bit odd that it's possible to have a low ranked unit commanding a high ranked one.

This could maybe be resolved by introducing an "officer" system, allowing any officer to command any lower ranks.

This could probably be implemented in a number of different ways - one could be adding a "Commission" option to the game, where a unit with a certain minimum amount of experience could be converted to a commander.
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LiSrt wrote:Just a thought - would it make sense for commander units to have a different rank structure?

It seems a bit odd that it's possible to have a low ranked unit commanding a high ranked one.
Although your view does make sense in a way. I choose to side with Zarel's opinion on them being not about a sense of authority, but about a basic understanding of experience for an average gamer.
Zarel wrote:Warzone ranks are designed mainly to be practical. They're also more about experience than authority.
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Actually, a different rank system for commanders would make sense. The problem is that it would make it difficult to remember which commander rank corresponded to which rank.

I suppose we could just append "Commander" to the ranks. "Hero Commander". "Regular Commander". "Veteran Commander".
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That would work well enough, and it does seem that commanders should get special ranks.
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Assault Gunner wrote:That would work well enough, and it does seem that commanders should get special ranks.
And what of additional boons ?

If you want some ideas in this regard I can provide a link to a couple hundred well thought-out & articulated ones from masters of the game circa 2004.

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