Good day,
I have had a bit of a look for an answer to this but can't find anything concrete - though I might just be bad at searching. Does anyone know if FDEV have a plan for Imperial and Federation ranks in the future?
At the moment the ranks seem to be complete (bar enabling you to buy either a Clipper or Dropship) superfluous. An acquaintance of mine just reached the highest rank in his faction of choice and although I'm obviously pleased for him there is the pragmatic point of view of "So what?"
You can't display your rank to anyone, not as an emblem or status when yo're scanned. Ranks have no bearing on anything, as far as we know. Wouldn't it make sense for higher-ranking commanders to gain some kind of benefit? There could be all sorts of things, for instance:
1% discount at faction-owned stations for each rank gained.
Increase in influence-changing figures for missions/bonds/bounties for each rank gained.*
Rank-emblems to place on your ship.
A special skin for reaching the highest rank.
It's all a bit moot for me as I'm miles away from achieving said goal but I can't be alone in thinking "What's the point of the ranks?"
Apologies if I have missed some blatant information on this subject.
*Working on the idea that the presence of a high-ranking officer might boost morale in a station more than a low-ranking commander.
I have had a bit of a look for an answer to this but can't find anything concrete - though I might just be bad at searching. Does anyone know if FDEV have a plan for Imperial and Federation ranks in the future?
At the moment the ranks seem to be complete (bar enabling you to buy either a Clipper or Dropship) superfluous. An acquaintance of mine just reached the highest rank in his faction of choice and although I'm obviously pleased for him there is the pragmatic point of view of "So what?"
You can't display your rank to anyone, not as an emblem or status when yo're scanned. Ranks have no bearing on anything, as far as we know. Wouldn't it make sense for higher-ranking commanders to gain some kind of benefit? There could be all sorts of things, for instance:
1% discount at faction-owned stations for each rank gained.
Increase in influence-changing figures for missions/bonds/bounties for each rank gained.*
Rank-emblems to place on your ship.
A special skin for reaching the highest rank.
It's all a bit moot for me as I'm miles away from achieving said goal but I can't be alone in thinking "What's the point of the ranks?"
Apologies if I have missed some blatant information on this subject.
*Working on the idea that the presence of a high-ranking officer might boost morale in a station more than a low-ranking commander.
