Mars Challenger V1.0 > Mars General Discussion

Ranks

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Snowpig:
I try to display my idea:

Instead of a fixed rank for a fixed sum of skillpoints, why not implement a dynamic system, which derives the appropriate rank from the individual skills. An example (Agriculture, Biology, Engineering, Geology - A, B, E, G)

ABEG = 0-0-0-0  -> Trainee

ABEG = (5..10)-(<5)-(<5)-(<5)  (like: 10-3-2-0) -> junior Agronomist

ABEG = (<5)-(5..10)-(<5)-(<5) (like: 4-8-2-3) -> junior Biologist

ABEG = (<5)-(<5)-(5..10)-(<5) (like: 0-0-6-4) -> junior Engineer

ABEG = (<5)-(<5)-(<5)-(5..10) (like: 4-4-4-6) -> junior Geologist


...now lets see, what if a player has two favorite skills. The ones higher than 5 are now written in bold letters.

ABEG - junior agricultural Scientist

ABEG - junior Agriculturist

ABEG - junior Xenoagronomist

ABEG - junior Bioengineer

ABEG - junior Xenobiologist

ABEG - junior Geoengineer


...ok, now we have some hard working player here, who excels in three fields:

ABEG - junior harvest Specialist

ABEG - junior terraform Specialist

ABEG - junior supply Specialist

ABEG - junior fabrication Specialist


...and finally that guy, who never logs off  ;)

ABEG - junior Omnitech


...and the same for "master ...", "expert..." with higher numbers


advantages:
- you can derive the highest skills of the player from his title (maybe for future addons where skill level affects the result of the operation/product? ;) )
- you don't have to "do everything", to get higher rank
- people with a higher rank should usually "know" more about that field (like: procedures, harvesting times, how-tos ...)

disadvantages:
- adding new skills multiplies the effort to maintain the rank-matrix.
- to prevent ending up as "Omnitechs" there should be a skill decay implemented - you don't use a certain skill, then it goes down.

thedubman:
Go snowpig with the ideas there ;)

ApolloWalker:
Rank one = Flyboy
Rank two = Co-pilot
Rank three= EVA Spec
Rank four = Commander
Rank five = Mars Man #1

profit004:
I have to agree with snowpig, the one size fits all rank just does not feel right.. I think his more dynamic approach is workable, and I congratulate him on making up ranks for every combination, I know that is not easy to do on the fly (kinda like writing a song)

Marco2001:
Yea it's good.
But what about that "junior" rank?

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