Unsure: 213 kills, still Novice?

[Derolon Malastar]

Hello everyone,

just a quick question. I have 213 claimed bounties, worth 1.1 mio Cr, but my combat ranking is still Novice. Is that normal, do I need more kills?

Kind regards

 

[Lunchmoney]

The combat rating appears to be based on an ELO system. So it depends on the rank of the defeated opponents for how much they move you up the table.
I'm on 276 kills and have been Competent for quite some time.

 

[Scruluse]

I'm at about 500 kills and I'm Expert.

 

[Derolon Malastar]

Well, thanks for the kind answers. Have some rep everyone.
Guess I visit a Nav Point and farm some kills.

 

[mono]

I got to around 270 before I got 'competant'.

 

[Zenicetus]

Apparently the ranking system is based on not just number of kills. It may involve pilot skill levels, but there is also a FDEV post around here somewhere that says the type of ship and gear is compared. So you'll rank up higher flying a Sidewinder that regularly takes on Cobras, than if you're in Cobra attacking only Sidewinders and Haulers.

 

[DraigUK]

No one except FDEV knows how it is worked out but all the player info suggests it's a combo of number of kills, bounty earned and the type of ship your killing compared to your own ship.

I'm at 252 kills and competent but have been since around the 200 kill mark. It looks like I'm about half way to the next rank.

If you look at the badges they "fill up" as you go along giving you some indication of how close you are to the next rank.
The combat one has faded gold bars in the background of it.
The Trade one has faded white/grey markers in a semi circle.
The Explorer one has a faded blue circle.

At least it seems that way to me, but maybe it is in my head.

 

[Flappers]

No one except FDEV knows how it is worked out but all the player info suggests it's a combo of number of kills, bounty earned and the type of ship your killing compared to your own ship.

I'm at 252 kills and competent but have been since around the 200 kill mark. It looks like I'm about half way to the next rank.

If you look at the badges they "fill up" as you go along giving you some indication of how close you are to the next rank.
The combat one has faded gold bars in the background of it.
The Trade one has faded white/grey markers in a semi circle.
The Explorer one has a faded blue circle.

At least it seems that way to me, but maybe it is in my head.

Thanks for the info, wasn't aware of the progress indicators

 

[Serpentis Ictis]

No one except FDEV knows how it is worked out but all the player info suggests it's a combo of number of kills, bounty earned and the type of ship your killing compared to your own ship.

I'm at 252 kills and competent but have been since around the 200 kill mark. It looks like I'm about half way to the next rank.

If you look at the badges they "fill up" as you go along giving you some indication of how close you are to the next rank.
The combat one has faded gold bars in the background of it.
The Trade one has faded white/grey markers in a semi circle.
The Explorer one has a faded blue circle.

At least it seems that way to me, but maybe it is in my head.

Excellent spot, ill be looking at that a bit later!

 

[Derolon Malastar]

Small update.

Hit the next rank, Competent today. Was hanging out at a Nav-Point. Gut the next rank around the 250 kill.

Again, thanks to everyone who tried to answer my question.

 

[NuZild]

No one except FDEV knows how it is worked out but all the player info suggests it's a combo of number of kills, bounty earned and the type of ship your killing compared to your own ship.

I'm at 252 kills and competent but have been since around the 200 kill mark. It looks like I'm about half way to the next rank.

If you look at the badges they "fill up" as you go along giving you some indication of how close you are to the next rank.
The combat one has faded gold bars in the background of it.
The Trade one has faded white/grey markers in a semi circle.
The Explorer one has a faded blue circle.

At least it seems that way to me, but maybe it is in my head.

I've been keeping an eye on this (hoping it was true) and just been promoted to Broker (from Merchant) and Competent ( at 212). There's been no change to the background on the Ranking Badges unfortunately.

 

[Cmdr blueeagle66]

Daft question.
But where can you see your kill count?
Totally missed that one!
I hate Elite Dangerous. It's taken over my life

Cheers!

 

[ollobrains]

ive worked up to compentent and im at about 450 kills in my cobra. Started off with killing harmless and novice worked my way up to taking out npc ranked a little higher.

 

[Bertak]

If ranking up is your goal stick to the weakest ship you can because it seems to make a huge difference. I checked my notes and I hit expert around 600 bounties. Around 800 bounties I got my python and still at expert with 1700 bounties.

 

[ollobrains]

If ranking up is your goal stick to the weakest ship you can because it seems to make a huge difference. I checked my notes and I hit expert around 600 bounties. Around 800 bounties I got my python and still at expert with 1700 bounties.

Nah ill reach it sooner or later, my goal is to have impact so a combat ship is good news. being effective is my goal, others have other goals.

 

[ChubbyBunneh]

If ranking up is your goal stick to the weakest ship you can because it seems to make a huge difference. I checked my notes and I hit expert around 600 bounties. Around 800 bounties I got my python and still at expert with 1700 bounties.

I dunno about your own ship affecting the equation much. I got Master at 1243 bounties + a few murders in my Anaconda. I also got expert at around 550 bounties in my old Python.

Have no idea why you've got almost 500 more kills than me, but still stuck at Expert. I've been killing a lot of Harmless to Novice NPCs at nav beacons too. I just blow up any ship that KWS detects a bounty on regardless of the amount or ranking.

 

[krysohmyz]

Daft question.
But where can you see your kill count?
Totally missed that one!
I hate Elite Dangerous. It's taken over my life

Cheers!

In the first tab of right panel you can actually flick left and right, in its right half. It's not completely obvious, but all the nice statistics there. Do check.

 

[Bertak]

I dunno about your own ship fitting into the equation. I got Master at 1243 bounties + a few murders in my Anaconda.

I am pretty sure it does because that is when my ranking seemed to have come to a complete stop. If not then I am bugged because I hunt the competent or above only.

 

[daan2002]

i think all ranks go up base on how much money you have made

 

[Bertak]

i think all ranks go up base on how much money you have made

If so that isn't very good way of ranking in combat. I have seen no difference in difficulty between bounty amount. Bounty size seems luck of the draw.