[request] Help me pick the playtime for 2 new ranks.
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Hello everyone!
Im firing on all cylinders with this recent spree to update everything and get us fine tuned.
I need help figuring out what to change boatswain playtime to and what to set the other 2 new ranks as.
I posted this in requests and suggestions as its still a research stage, I have a rough idea of what I want, but I want to make sure it works with the community too. Now when answering also consider that Donators will be able to use the ranking system at a later date (When I figure it out).
I made 2 tables of current ranking (All ranks as an overview) and a proposed ranking system, I highlighted the changes to the ranked groups (What were focusing on, forget about all staff ranks for now, nobody ask about helper! that’ll be its own thread.)
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Current Ranking
Proposed Ranking
Proposed system, What I need help with is picking an amended boatswain time and adding in two new ranks to reach, The reason for making boatswain easier so there is progression without being out of reach. 14 days is 336 hours, 30 days is 720 hours, 100 days is 2400 hours.
Preliminary research looks like these may be too low, maybe we should keep boatswain at 30 days and then make a 60 day and then 100 day rank?
I have also not figured out the other requirements for ranking up, the only other rank we may want to adjust is getting carpenter, The 5 diamond ore, that makes no sense.. haha I think that was a test that ended up permanent somehow.
Most permissions are unlocked at Sailor.
I wish I laid out all ranks in tables before, it makes it so much easier to see everything at a glance!
The idea isn’t to have Quartermaster obtainable for everyone, I was thinking about having this as the only rank where you have to actually work for it to reach it, and then give it some obscure privileges for getting there. its set to not be obtainable, for The 1% the elite few, so then I can have a custom /online that displays the top tier gods of PirateCraft that reach it XD.
I was chatting with Staff and Blu suggested; Boatswain 20, First mate 45, Quatermaster 100. This works for me, I like these numbers.
The reason I like them, is then the entire set of ranks actually follow a pattern, the playtime for the next rank is double the previous plus a little bit, this makes sense to me, double then plus a little bit! that gives 20,45,100 a balance. It sets an impossible goal, boatswain was my initial impossible goal and we already have people over 100 days, not many but we have them, the server is over 3 and a half years old now, it also isn’t a complete nuke of boatswain for those that have already reached it.
I didn’t want to add in too many ranks, 2 should be perfectly balanced to give targets for long term players to achieve, the majority of new players barley get to cadet or sailor! plus we can always.
if we did the 15, 30, 60 we would need another new rank for the 100, I don’t really want to add another rank, I have always had the mindset that I wanted PirateCraft to be hard, and we do need that really impossible to obtain rank!
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