Thoughts on rank.

warhawk · Post by **warhawk** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:43 am

Hello fellow mercenaries.

I would like to see more ranks available to accomplish. Particularly in the military. Once you have reached captain there is no incentive in the war zones, other than the shear fun of it and the exelent multiplayer enjoyment that is proving so popular. I dont think more ships are necesary but it would be good to have something to aim for. With the satisfaction of achieving a goal that we all enjoy. I think that you would not need that many more if you set them at quite chalenging milestones. It is something I would like as a mercenary who prefers life in the WZ.

What are peoples thoughts on this?

All the best.

cheops · Post by **cheops** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:10 am

I've always thought there should be higher ranks, I'm not sure about new ships as the ones available seem to cover the range pretty well but there does need to be some incentive. I'm speaking as one who finds the contracts in WZ's a bit samey and who prefers hunting vonarion for prey.

What about awarding medals for number of kills, type of kills, number of missions etc. This is something I have been thinking about for the Clan but it could work for the game.

I wonder who would get the congressional medal of box finding?:P More to the point who would want it:P:P

warhawk · Post by **warhawk** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:42 am

Medals is a good idea. Number of cap ship kills ect.

Storm · Post by **Storm** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:45 am

... along the same lines ...

I remember at least one post somewhere that suggested that the *civilian* rank / graphic (insignia), as well as the military insignia, be included in the News Console. I'd like to see that as well, if there is enough room for it.

[Edited on 4-10-2009 by Storm]

Ian2454 · Post by **Ian2454** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:56 am

*Things to get medals for...
Capital Ships
Fighters/Interceptors
PVP
Subsystems damage
ships taken out with certain weapons? (Just another reason to go buy fulcrums...)

Few ideas.

This can apply to the Civilian contracts too methinks

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 12:48 pm

I like the Idea of Medals!
gives more incentive to do certain things you would normally not do!lol:P

warhawk · Post by **warhawk** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 1:21 pm

Another idea as well. Eclipse and I had a teriffic evening the other night when the Vonari did a surprise attack of the planet Sierra. Eclipse thought it was a bug but it was a good one! Perhaps the occasional vonari invasion outside the warzones, in certain systems would be fun as well.

tha_rami · Post by **tha_rami** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:09 pm

You mean kind of like achievements? Sounds amusing. I'd love to have some for mining, locating hidden planets, completing the beacon quests & killing capships without missiles.

MMaggio · Post by **MMaggio** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 8:55 pm

I like the idea of medals. It is a good one.

cheops · Post by **cheops** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 5:49 am

I've been giving the medals idea of mine more thought and there could even be grades of medals for each of the catagories.

Borrowing a German idea you could have the basic medal, basic medal II then add oakleaves, swords, diamonds, star clusters or even more, the names can be changed to make it more 2400's. The thing is that we may have left our home but certain traditions would always follow us and giving medals or decorations/honours would probably always be with us.

It might require a special medals window to display them all which could be accessed via the news console in the same way as the crew management window. The news window could also be used to inform you that you have been awarded the medal in the same way the fact you worked a contract for so and so is.

[Edited on 11-4-2009 by cheops]

SVB · Post by **SVB** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 11:36 pm

How about this:

Ensign - Captain are those Military Fighters...

Major - General should have Capital Ships XD and very very powerful capital ships!!!
Here is what I wrote in another thread:

I WANT HUGE SHIPS!!!!
What about capital ships like in Freespace 2 - with BEAM CANNONs and make them so huge it takes a while to get across!!!
Ability to own a bigger Frigate or Battleships; ect...
With fighterbays - where you can store your fighters and stuff and have a fleet docked....
Incase your ship is dieing get into a fighter and fly off or get into an escape pod....
It makes everything so much funner! And more money to spend!!!
I say - too much empty space... fill it up with giant capital ships everywhere and fighters all around
And planets with cities all over the place - also LANDING on a planet....
Just not in your capital ship..

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 11:51 pm

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Yes, but who wouldn't rather play the game than stare at a bunch of pixellated medals!

/buzzkill

tha_rami · Post by **tha_rami** » Sat Apr 18, 2009 6:49 pm

The focus of Evochron is lone wolf gameplay, I think carriers would not fit in that filosophy. In any case, I would love to have them at one point, I just agree that Evochron is not the place for it - maybe in a new franchise?