Elite Merc ... boring notifications

[762s]

that was quick ...

but, the main gripe i have with it is where is the nice "elite" animated message?
i liked seeing those when i hit my first 2 elites years ago

o well, seems alot has change and even the rank

but hey ...
i got notified 3 times in different ways that i made "elite" ... ? what, why?

also noticed that the combat rank is effected by killing npc's now (nice)
but,the rate at which that progresses is really slow compared to merc rank.
i was less than a quarter of mostly harmless combat rank when odyssey was released
and ive completed merc rank to elite and have only moved into the next combat rank of novice ?

o well,
im a new age triple elite commander now ...



first notice up while killing npc's:

second notice minutes after the first notification:

boring ship message w/no animated logo:

new age triple elite:

 

[Erei]

Budget cut. Didn't have enough left for an animated logo.

 

[Frop]

How many high CZs was that to get to Elite?

 

[CptXabaras]

What did it take you to reach Elite in Mercenary? hands still shaking and eyes still bleeding? You ok?


/jk

 

[Frop]

What did it take you to reach Elite in Mercenary? hands still shaking and eyes still bleeding? You ok?


/jk

Well, looking at the (lack of) progress I'm making from one high CZ at Gunslinger, he must've almost exclusively been doing CZs since launch. It's a valid question.

 

[762s]

How many high CZs was that to get to Elite?

What did it take you to reach Elite in Mercenary? hands still shaking and eyes still bleeding? You ok?


/jk

i didnt really count how many CZ's

from what i can tell rank progress is done by kills
i watched my merc rank progress by killing anarchists when i was gathering materials ... i progressed alot in warrior rank by killing anarchists


and, i can tell you that my average bond that i turned in was 8million and some change
and there was the 4~5 stalled CZ's where my bond was 25~28 million

maybe, someone can figure out how many kills and 8 million credit bond is compared to rank progression?

 

[Frop]

i didnt really count how many CZ's

from what i can tell rank progress is done by kills
i watched my merc rank progress by killing anarchists when i was gathering materials ... i progressed alot in warrior rank by killing anarchists

Could you guesstimate how many (10/100/1000)? Have you been putting in a few hours every day?

I've been shooting up a lot of anarchist settlements and the last time I noticed any change it was just 1% at Gunslinger. A high CZ with 6-9 million in bonds is about 3% at Gunslinger and I assume it's even less and less at higher ranks given my experience getting to Elite in Combat.

 

[Bigmaec]

How many high CZs was that to get to Elite?

This

What did it take you to reach Elite in Mercenary? hands still shaking and eyes still bleeding? You ok?


/jk

This

i didnt really count how many CZ's

from what i can tell rank progress is done by kills
i watched my merc rank progress by killing anarchists when i was gathering materials ... i progressed alot in warrior rank by killing anarchists


and, i can tell you that my average bond that i turned in was 8million and some change
and there was the 4~5 stalled CZ's where my bond was 25~28 million

maybe, someone can figure out how many kills and 8 million credit bond is compared to rank progression?

Thi... jeeez

 

[Frop]

Also, what are "stalled" CZs?

 

[762s]

Could you guesstimate how many (10/100/1000)? Have you been putting in a few hours every day?

I've been shooting up a lot of anarchist settlements and the last time I noticed any change it was just 1% at Gunslinger. A high CZ with 6-9 million in bonds is about 3% at Gunslinger and I assume it's even less and less at higher ranks given my experience getting to Elite in Combat.

ok i did 24 CZ and killed civvies and i made warrior rank .. i know that from the engineer unlock
from there i killed civvies to about 3/4 progress in warrior rank

so,
i would say not even 100 CZ from 3/4 warrior rank to elite
maybe, close to 100
but, i dont believe at all that it was more than 100 as im not that bored of it like with most "grinds"

 

[762s]

Also, what are "stalled" CZs?

stalled CZ are where the NPC dont move at all

so, if you dont take a flag then you can kill all the npc over and over till the tickets reach 0
resulting in more kills and greater bond ~ ie: 28 million

 

[Bigmaec]

stalled CZ are where the NPC dont move at all

so, if you dont take a flag then you can kill all the npc over and over till the tickets reach 0
resulting in more kills and greater bond ~ ie: 28 million

Any way to conjure this sorcery?

Asking for a friend...

 

[762s]

screenshot dont work all the time and im missing my highest bond of 28 million

but, here is a 27 million one

 

[Frop]

ok i did 24 CZ and killed civvies and i made warrior rank .. i know that from the engineer unlock
from there i killed civvies to about 3/4 progress in warrior rank

so,
i would say not even 100 CZ from 3/4 warrior rank to elite
maybe, close to 100
but, i dont believe at all that it was more than 100 as im not that bored of it like with most "grinds"

Your game must be registering kills better than mine, because I did a ton of missions and almost 20 high CZs (excluding the 10 low CZs for the engineer) before I even hit Gunslinger.

 

[762s]

Your game must be registering kills better than mine, because I did a ton of missions and almost 20 high CZs (excluding the 10 low CZs for the engineer) before I even hit Gunslinger.

yes, i do believe there is an issue with transaction server!

i have had some stalls in the progress of rank too ... i noticed it in the gladiator rank
i started using and checking the codex rank progress after every cz and not the ships panel as it smaller and not accurate.
once i started checking the codex progress i really didnt see any missed or non updated progress

i also know there is a problem with the transaction server as ive had money missing, 90 grenades vanish, materials not being rewarded from missions ect.ect.

i hope they get it fixed ... (i believe they will)
im not being effected by the mess like alot of commanders are and i feel bad commanders cant enjoy the game like some of us are able to

 

[Bob McBobblehead]

I wonder if combat rank plays into how many mercenary points you get.
Does combat:harmless give the same mercenary points as combat:elite if they both kill the same ranked NPC, or does having a higher combat rank lower the mercenary points given?

 

[762s]

I wonder if combat rank plays into how many mercenary points you get.
Does combat:harmless give the same mercenary points as combat:elite if they both kill the same ranked NPC, or does having a higher combat rank lower the mercenary points given?

interesting thought.

things like this progression should be explained by the devs.
esp. now that there is different progression.

how does rank progress now?
why does the new rank, merc in this case, progress much faster than the combat rank?
how do elite 1,2 ~ 5 rank progress?

 

[zimms]

[...]
but hey ...
i got notified 3 times in different ways that i made "elite" ... ? what, why?
[...]

Pilots' Federation: "We've been trying to reach you about your rank progression."