Questions regarding Rank

rayres2008b · Post by **rayres2008b** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 12:02 am

What does rank do? I went from Newbie to novice. Nothing seemed to change. What affects rank? Are number of kills/missions completed the only things that affect it?

Thanks

Rob

Post by **Vice** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 12:10 am

For the rank label, prestige and reputation, which equates to better pay and better offers. It has an effect on your reputation in the game with factions offering you money for your services. When you earn a higher rank, you command a higher fee for your services, so you'll see your pay start to climb as your reputation for completing contracts improves. The rank label is determined by your S&P score (Skill and Proficiency), which is a combination of your contract completion record, kills, wealth, equipment acquired and achievements. Achievements can include winning races, completing trades, discovering hidden locations (and exploiting them for the high profit they offer), successfully taking cargo away from hostiles, ship acquisitions, cooperative objectives in multiplayer (can provide a bigger boost to your rating when you work with a highly rated player), and several other somewhat unique methods of gameplay ('out of the box' type activities). The more well rounded of a player you are along with the more you accomplish, the better your S&P score and the faster you earn a higher rank.

[Edited on 7-10-2008 by Vice]

Poodle · Post by **Poodle** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:24 pm

I thought it was just a label. Had no idea it held so much relevence.

ASBOMAN · Post by **ASBOMAN** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 6:59 pm

There is a duel ranking system here. The first is the forum system which is related to the amount of posts you make. The second is more important as it greatly affects your simulation experience and definately puts more emphasis on actions than words:D:P;)

Poodle · Post by **Poodle** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:04 pm

Dual; duel, by definition, is a one-on-one combat scenario which both combatants have agreed upon, though the line is a bit faded by the fact that the word can be stretched to mean any sort of one-on-one confrontation.
Anyway, the real point of this post: what is the other ranking system in these forums?

[Edited on 7-8-2008 by Poodle]

ASBOMAN · Post by **ASBOMAN** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:08 pm

Originally posted by Poodle
Dual; duel, by definition, is a one-on-one combat scenario which both combatants have agreed upon, though the line is a bit faded by the fact that the word can be stretched to mean any sort of one-on-one confrontation.
Anyway, the real point of this post: what is the other ranking system in these forums?

[Edited on 7-8-2008 by Poodle]

Sorry teach must try harder next time, check out your number of posts, your forum rank changes as you make more contributions to the forum. As far as I am aware this has nothing to do with the simulation ranking.

Poodle · Post by **Poodle** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:16 pm

I know; I thought you were talking about a second ranking system on the forum. How could a website, btw, impact anything in a game? HTTP isn't capable of constantly streaming data, since it terminates the connection after fulfilling each request.

verbosity · Post by **verbosity** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:30 pm

Originally posted by Poodle
I know; I thought you were talking about a second ranking system on the forum.

There used to be (online ranking system based upon PvP scores), only reason there isn't is because I'm lazy and haven't rebuilt the MP leagues, well that and the fact I wasn't using my hosting I forgot to pay for it.........

Poodle · Post by **Poodle** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:33 pm

That would be streaming TO here, and it wouldn't require modification of data from two places at once, which could easily cause conflictions and severe problems.

verbosity · Post by **verbosity** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:43 pm

Originally posted by Poodle
That would be streaming TO here, and it wouldn't require modification of data from two places at once, which could easily cause conflictions and severe problems.

no not really, when each server restarts the pvp kill data was sent to the server and it would update then, data for whos online and time online was sent on a minute by minute basis, and both could be done on an 'all servers' or 'per server' basis ( or both ) and it didn't need to be done by vices server, though server admins had to sign up for it and install certain pieces of software.

It all died though, and my db was lost, and I've not got round to doing it again, and for that matter I dont have a server to run the php / mysql anymore ( yeah yeah i know the tags are still working, but thats just cause the server op has no reason to remove any of it )