invalid Optional Rank Reduction

[Aunty_Entity 245]

I'd like to see an option to reduce your rank, and if appropriate the equipment that goes along with that rank.  I've pretty much stopped playing, just ticking over missions.. 1/day since I made legend, I'd seriously like to be able to downgrade to somewhere around captain.  Battles were so much more interesting and fun back there... I'd like the opportunity to be able to go back and do it again.

 

Aunty

[BlackWasp777 4,498]

Valid
 
I see your point..
 
Well I think it could work out under a few circuimstances:

• You may chose a limited amount of gear for the time you degrade your rank.
   

  
  It would be too powerful if a Legend15 would find himself as captain, owning all turrets and hulls at M2. This player could pick the best combo for each situation - which his enemies could not do.
  Let's say the limit would be 5(?) items -> then you could go for

  • 2 hulls + 2 turrets + 1 alteration, or
  • 2 hulls + 3 turrets, or
  • 1 hull, 1 turret, 3 modules, or
  • ...
• The MU level of your chose gear is set according to your chosen rank
• if you use supplies, they are gone
• you earn no crystals and no experience (maybe you could earn only 50% of the usual crystals, as you have to replenish the supply loss somehow..) k/d and other stats are unchanged, ingame hours as well
• You can switch your account back to "normal" at any time

[Maf 32,339]

I've seen an idea like this where a player was suggesting ability to play with lower ranked friends by reducing your own rank and equipment modification. Seems useful.

[GuidoFawkes 2,361]

i like this idea. i have friends who i haven't played with since they ranked up to legend. sometimes i skip sleeping a couple nights a week so i can rank up to fieldmarshal and play with them before they forget me.

[Aunty_Entity 245]

 

Under Review

 

I see your point..

 

Well I think it could work out under a few circuimstances:

• You may chose a limited amount of gear for the time you degrade your rank.

   

   

  It would be too powerful if a Legend15 would find himself as captain, owning all turrets and hulls at M2. This player could pick the best combo for each situation - which his enemies could not do.

  Let's say the limit would be 5(?) items -> then you could go for

  • 2 hulls + 2 turrets + 1 alteration, or
  • 2 hulls + 3 turrets, or
  • 1 hull, 1 turret, 3 modules, or
  • ...
• The MU level of your chose gear is set according to your chosen rank
• if you use supplies, they are gone
• you earn no crystals and no experience (maybe you could earn only 50% of the usual crystals, as you have to replenish the supply loss somehow..) k/d and other stats are unchanged, ingame hours as well
• You can switch your account back to "normal" at any time

 

 

I personally would be happy to strip my account for a one way trip back to Captain or so.  I wouldn't be far off matching the requirements you're suggesting anyways.  I'm not, erm overly endowed in the hardware dept.  In my mind, whatever I hold as M3 now, you'd take back to m2, and the m2's back to m1...  that'd leave me with 3 m2 weapons, 2 m2 hulls, the prot modules might be a bit more of a sticking point I think there's 4 of those.  I'd quite happily throw the wasp hull away, its only there for joy riding, not war driving.  I'm not sure, the buyers would appreciate having their "hard earned" (cash) taken off them if they had all m2's or most of at the earlier rank though.  Also a little unsure what you'd do with legacy modules, but I don't think I have any that would be contentious. You could also drop the MU's back halfway..

 

Whether someone else wants to make it back into the past and come back... up to them I guess.  I think that's  a slightly different proposition. 

 

Anyhoo.. this weeks idea... really not enjoying legend much.  For me the journey was far better than the destination.

 

Aunty

[BlackWasp777 4,498]

I've seen an idea like this where a player was suggesting ability to play with lower ranked friends by reducing your own rank and equipment modification. Seems useful.

I also remember that idea(s) about reducing your equipment in order to fight with a lower modification with your lower ranked friends. I ran a search for the ranks tag, but could not find a matching one.

 

My memory module has too many Vulcan hits already and I can not remember the reduction of the ranks in that equipment-idea. Maybe because I told this person that the ranks should prevail so the other see the experience, while only the equiipment should be downgraded ? IDK :p. Maybe that's just a non-visual Deja-Vu.

[BlackWasp777 4,498]

I personally would be happy to strip my account for a one way trip back to Captain or so.  I wouldn't be far off matching the requirements you're suggesting anyways.

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Whether someone else wants to make it back into the past and come back... up to them I guess.  I think that's  a slightly different proposition.

 

I think it makes a fundamental difference to the feature, if you have a one-way ticket (to the bluu-uues :P) or if you can switch back anytime later. For making it a one-way ticket you would definitely need to keep earning crystals (and XP if you like to rank a bit higher over time). Loosing equipment (not only the modifications and MUs, but truly the equipment) is a much harder choice.

 

If it's an removable short-term effect, then harvesting crystals, kills and XP is close to power-leveling; and so it must be prevented. On the other hand the choice about canceling equipment from your garage is much less of an issue, because of the temporary nature of the feature.

 

I understand that it makes not much of a difference for your special situation.. but such a feature should be useful for other use-cases as well.. and so I think the ability to undo the rank-down is - IMHO - the better way to go.

 

 

For me the journey was far better than the destination.

Same here.

This is my second account that is going to Legend (currently I need +30k xp to rank to Legend 1) and I also enjoyed the journey more then the destination :)

[Aunty_Entity 245]

I just had a related but slightly different idea... how about if after you reach legend, you could select a rank you like, and nail yourself there forever.  You'd keep earning crystals, but no more xp.  Actually its probably not that good an idea... you'd eventually be a powerhouse for that rank.

[XxPAXI2xX 169]

Does game remember what eq. you had back then when you were captain? Maybe choose any rank and get your old eq? That way we would remove legacy modules tho...

[r_Issimo2 1,495]

Awesome idea! I want to be a Recruit again with my 150k crystals... This is not a love post.

 

But a reset option for accounts...

 

I like my new rank thx  :P

Me too. 

[Viking4s 10,791]

What about an "Open Format" similar to "XP/BP format" where all equipment are leveled, like this M1, M2 and M3 will be able to play together with equivalent HP, DP, speed,....

This will allow a larger amount of ranks to play each other on an identical ground.

 

Or we could have different league: called M1 league, M2 league,...

When you join a specific league your equipment specifics is downgraded to the league level. If you have M3 turret and M2 hulls and you join League M1, then both become M1.

Ofc you would not be able to join a higher league than your current equipment..

[Skills.n.Girls 767]

Reducing ranks makes sense, while reducing exp makes not - you can't lose experience. As many, many very great ideas which would benefit the game a lot, negative effects of them would lead always. This surely will not be implemented (unless money is involved :ph34r:).

[Truthteller 4,204]

If you play with low ranks wont you have more skill than them? or will the fund reduction make up for it?

[Blue-Flame-Dragon 591]

Under Review

 

I see your point..

 

Well I think it could work out under a few circuimstances:

 

• You may chose a limited amount of gear for the time you degrade your rank.

   

   

  It would be too powerful if a Legend15 would find himself as captain, owning all turrets and hulls at M2. This player could pick the best combo for each situation - which his enemies could not do.

  Let's say the limit would be 5(?) items -> then you could go for

   

  • 2 hulls + 2 turrets + 1 alteration, or
  • 2 hulls + 3 turrets, or
  • 1 hull, 1 turret, 3 modules, or
  • ...
• The MU level of your chose gear is set according to your chosen rank
• if you use supplies, they are gone
• you earn no crystals and no experience (maybe you could earn only 50% of the usual crystals, as you have to replenish the supply loss somehow..) k/d and other stats are unchanged, ingame hours as well
• You can switch your account back to "normal" at any time

This one sounds better than original one