Below Average
Average
Very Average
Above Average
Average
Very Average
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Elite: Dangerous rank changes
- Thread starter Pyros
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Surely Very Average should fall before Average?
I think that is not the problem for most. Personally I feel that having four different ranking types is a good thing for those who do not want to become Elite by going on a killing spree.
Most object to the naming of the ranks.
Odd that so many folks have issue with the word Average. For me its a positive word - it means you are at least as good as most people. Never really seen it as a negative word at all. Then again I was born before 1980 ..
Yep. Average = Baseline. It is like being a Human in all those RPGs, with Demi-Humans present. But that was never a problem for the "average" player, in the first place.
I still see zero problems in making separate title trees, they can converge at the top or something. But by all means, putting it together like Frankenstein would, is probably more appealing to all the contemporary zombie lovers out there.
As for strengthening the resolve to support this hack job, by the reverse psychology of counting the protests, I'm more than happy to oblige.
Finally, I understand that Master is above of the Expert. To make an analogy, a Jedi Master is not above a Jedi knight (who is an expert I think) ?
An expert is more of a specialist, very good at one thing. A master is one of the very best in a broader field. Like arts or science. Or the force maybe. I think a Jedi Master can train specialists like the Knight.
Very nice, make 2 ranking lists to reflect those changes (combat, trading-mining) or even 3 lists, but don't stitch them together forcibly.
This way, you can have different ranks for different activities which can precisely reflect the abilities of the commander you're dealing with.
I know pirates would love this.
What is the relation between master/expert and dangerous?!!! Or deadly?
They have different meanings. They do not belong together. That is my objection. Keep them but make them part of a non-combatant ranking list.
Expert -> Master -> Elite sounds great
Yes this is why I said that the ranking is correct. Master is above of Expert. This is normal
Can you place a link to the site you know to make the badges? I think this is a great idea and £2 per badge is not too bad! Thanks!
It's not forcibly. It is to show that good piloting skills enable not only fast and precious killing, but also other feats. I think it is very good justification.
Digging the idea tbh...
My rating system:
- Are you sure you've plugged in your joystick?
- Worse than Frank
- Better than Frank
- God-Awful
- Absolutely Terrible
- Completely useless
- really bad
- I think you hit something there
- Harmless
- Mostly harmless
- Well below average
This is kind of what I thought it would be like in E:D. I must have seriously mis-understood the DDF threads, maybe I skimmed that topic a little because I assumed it would be as you suggest, which is, to my mind, a great way of doing it.
Hahahahahaha!
What I'm trying to say is that if you consider the word nuances, Expert and Master do not belong in the same progression with Dangerous and Deadly.
That is why they eliminated Average (also maybe because they are afraid they would hurt people feelings
). Obviously they couldn't do the same with Dangerous so they slapped them together.The most logical implementation would be to make different progressions for different activities 'cause you know... they are different.