Prestige System

[CDOTS]

I would like to see a prestige system in place for Elite. Example as an explorer once I have hit Elite status I would like to prestige (roll over) and start again but with a reward of 5ly extra range on jumps for what ever ship I'm flying. Maybe a new decal to show I've rolled over. Also in order to hit Elite status again it will take double the amount of exploration as it did the first time.

This can be done for the others, fighting, trading etc. Maybe different rewards for each. (Ideas welcome) as I just usually like to explore.

As a player I like to have goals and rewards to go with them. I feel once I've hit Elite that all goes away. Most gamers need goals to move on.

Don't think 5 ly is going to destroy the game. Also 2 or 3 rollerovers would be great each one double the last for requirements.

Thanks for your time
Cmdr Cdots

 

[Limoncello Lizard]

Elite exploration can be done well within a week using the road to riches.
Trade Elite can also be easily done using the exploit of the week.
Combat is a tad harder to exploit, though there was the capital ship farming exploit.

So with all the exploits, the ranks have become meaningless. To attach clear benefits to this would be unfair to those few players who avoid the exploits.

 

[Caliber_az]

I don't think rewards are the way to go. I would be OK with something like Ranger(E1) or Ranger(E2) for those that like working on ranks. It would be interesting to see how large of a rank some players would get.

Caliber_az

 

[Limoncello Lizard]

There is already one prestige system in place in ED, well CQC anyway.

If you prestige to Elite, there is a system permit you can earn. No idea if anyone has bothered to earn this yet.

 

[Alex Brentnall]

Personal thoughts:

-Increasing rewards as you say will lead to more balance issues than it's worth, i'm against that. For example the +5Ly range, doesn't really lend itself well to racing and things like that. Similarly combat buffs would make prestige ranking/grinding a requirement for PvP
Wouldn't destroy the game for you but would for others especially given how many different groups and niches there are in the game, every change breaks something but this is a pretty big change.

-I like the idea of Prestige in concept as in a way of showing your skill, however, implementation would have to be careful. For example missions are based on your Elite rank, as are enemy types/ranks etc. I'd personally like it to stay at Elite rank but have a sub-rank added which ticks up to Elite and your actual rank then goes to Elite2. Then a third tier gets added and so on.
From the outside everyone would simply see you as Elite, Elite2 or Elite3 etc and the game would continue to treat you as Elite.

-I'm also 100% against any increase to jump ranges. The record race times from sol to Sag A*/Beagle Point/Colonia are frankly tiny (2h/6.5h/1.75h respectively). The galaxy is small enough, lets not make it too small otherwise they'll have to change Hitchhikers guide!

 

[Deleted member 110222]

No.

 

[CDOTS]

To be honest rewards would be cool, but definitely not needed. I'm more interested in the option to prestige.

Like said above keeping the Elite status is fine and adding a new decal showing you rolled over will do. This way we have a new goal to achieve.

When I hit elite it was a bitter sweet moment and not everyone has to prestige but I can guarantee a lot players will.

 

[metatheurgist]

Wrong game. It's not an RPG. You don't get an extra +1 to hit for being high level.

 

[duckofdeath]

Wrong game. It's not an RPG. You don't get an extra +1 to hit for being high level.

Shinrarta Dezhra is a pretty nice perk for anyone Elite, so I don't agree fully with you. Also, you do get better missions when you get better ranks.

They could add some refinement to the Elite ranks. For instance, have a true rank that doesn't count anything from missions. I agree, there should be something in line of the prestige system. Though, they'd need to fix the easy path to ranks through missions first.

Excluding missions from ranks would also make a lot more sense, lore-wise. You accept missions covertly. They're variations of wetwork. CIA doesn't share your job history on your local census, why should these jobs be visible to the Pilots Federation?

 

[Aussiedroid]

Not sure if this would be a good idea tbh. Think it would encourage people to rank up as quickly as possible to get a reward, rather than enjoying the game.

I wouldn't be against there being an option to reset your rank, one or all, at the players discretion if they have are Elite, but would like to retain their other progress, CMDR name, assets etc rather than deleting CMDR and starting over that way.