yea i founded really hard to rank up to carpentor and been affraid of death or someone taking your singh! inted of xp how about kills zombie kills to be especifike make them like 150 so its hard

hah no. No changes will be made to the ranking system this is not the first time that people have complained about the xp requirement and to be honest, it is not hard to rank up at all. Plenty of players have ranked up before you is it not possible for you to do the same?

At sailor rank I realized i needed xp so i began storing and saving up xp in trade signs. I bought a share in an xp farm (which is a good thing to do) for $250 and became friends with the owner of the xp farm (Xadiez). I used that xp farm and now I have a ton of xp (139 levels). Plus, if you really need xp for rank up super badly all you need is a couple of levels and vote a few times. (vote while you have level 30 and there is possibility of you winning 10 xp levels which makes it level 40 in a flash)

Just keep on saving up levels in trade signs…

It is not hard so get working…

Ranking is suppose to be hard…

If it was really easy there wouldn’t be a point in having a ranking system.

Although if you can think of another requirement that would be suited then I can consider it, these are the options to check for:

Voting a certain amount of times? Would be neat. Also, maybe a rank to fill between Gunner and boatswain. Only about 6 or 7 people actually have 30 day playtime, which makes the rank incredibly hard to get. So possibly a midway rank at 20 days playtime?

None of these alternatives require any skill at all in-game, Its XP for a reason, you need to actually play to earn it, and stay alive.

This is why it goes up higher and higher.

I like the XP requirement, it involves some very minor effort of “playing”, Voting & speaking are not anywhere close to an alternative.

Although I fully agree with @Verihax that we need more filler ranks in-between, the only problem is, that There are no more extra permissions or extra we can give these extra ranks without being unbalanced, I don’t think it was wise me originally giving out more than one sethome, people do not use these as intended.

Suggestion for the new rank, in order for it to be balanced. Same perms as gunner, however, I have an idea; The higher ranks have shorter TP cool downs. So if a deckhand’s is 40 seconds, next is cadet with 35, sailor with 30, gunner with 25, New rank (quartermaster?) 20, Boatswain 15 second cool down timer. This prevents new players harassing others by tping everywhere, and gives a reward that will be used quite often for more experienced players, who are less likely to abuse it. Kit could be alcohol, and a perm would be /drunk? That would be funny, seeing all the experienced players getting drunk. At 15-20days playtime, its probably time to have a laugh.

New Rank:

Brewmaster (alternately Drunken Pirate)

Kit could be some bottles, a single glowstone dust, some random brew ingredients (preferably non-replantables like grass, etc), bread, and a single brew of the choosing of Gods; preferably one of the lesser brews (like spicy rum as apposed to golden, etc).

Requirements to rank up would be time, placing a cauldron or brew stand, or building a barrel. It would also require something a little harder (like a middle point for xp, or if possible # of pvp kills WHILE DRUNK!).

Here’s the main thing though. This rank, while bridging the gap, would not be mandatory (if possible). It’d be a rank accessible after carpenter or gunner; but would not necessarily have to be completed before boatswain. Kind of like an optional side-quest rank for people who want to enjoy the plugin (not everyone would want to HAVE to use the brew plugin, especially underage members.)

The idea is to give a completely unnecessary rank (so no worries about being too OP) while still giving people the option to unlock a brewing kit and do something while they are trying to get to boatswain. It’s something to bridge the gap, without making things unbalanced and it gets people to use the plugin a bit more.

What do you guys think?