2014 Rank Overhaul Proposition

[ModernPromethea]

I feel like Apprentice should remain a separate rank from Member. It's a good way for new members to get familiar with the ranking process.

Also, I'm not sure about CP and EC being grouped together, buuut... It would mean a slight promotion for me, so I probably shouldn't complain! Though I really don't think my old work from 2010 would really be Exalted material, so it would feel a bit dishonest. CP and EC are just so different in terms of requirements and the amount of effort and skill required.

[Skeletonrooster]

i like the idea, it feels a little crowded recently with all the colours

[Stephanie]

I hate the black rank name it must go!

[Daigle]

IceDevice pretty much summed up my sentiments exactly. This would be a demotion for Epic Crafters and Apprentices. Someone who has been an Architect for a few years might not appreciate suddenly being "lumped in" with all the other disciplines. I like the distinction between the different ranks as they currently are.

[RamboNol]

Meh I must say I prefer engineer, director, architect, and artist all being separate. It is cool to see that they earned those ranks for different things so they can be seen as separate. I could agree with City Planner and Epic Crafter being combined though, as both EC and LC required 40 points currently which is kind of strange. Exalted Crafter is a cooler name though! I also think Apprentice and Member should stay separate, as apprentice is the first easy tier to show those with effort over members who don't care, even if their effort isn't good enough. Overall that leads me with 2 things I like for old, and 1 for new, so I must vote old!

[Mae]

I agree with the new change. I like the decluttering of the Arch, Engineer, Artist and Director. I also like the "no max cap" for the top rank(s). I think if you can build to suit and earn the rank then you are by all means worthy of it. There truly isn't a different in Apprentice and Member, except that someone actually built something of any size and submitted it. I am NOT downgrading Apprentice. I am merely stating that consolidating it with the Member rank, makes full sense to me. I feel equal amounts of work also have to go into EC/CP builds, except EC has more detail. Same build same size, same amount of time, just one person spent more time adding minor details and the other person chose not to add as much detail. I agree with them rolling together as one in the same rank also. It'll declog the mind games chat plays with you. It makes approving and grading ranks much easier, especially for those of us who don't do it often or are new to it.

[hexskull]

i dont like this. i think it takes away all the diversity in the server. but i think that we can add ranks to skyblock to make that more interesting and to add other goals. dont add flying or anything just a title that show your sucess and add a town sorta thing for skyblock as well. i think we need more stuff in general for skyblock.

[Psico45]

I don't necessarily agree with the change. Change always brings about conflict. However I am open to see how it will all develop. Keep in mind guys that if we had a working model and we try something new, we can test it out and if the new model doesn't work there's always the chance to either improve it until it does or just revert to the old working model.

So, while I don't agree entirely with the change, I do say go for it and let's see how further ahead it will take us

P.S. I bet money most of you haven't heard the rank of "Master Crafter" before have you?

[tigger255]

i voted to not change it but after reading what Psi said, I say go for the change

[Pri]

I think it's pretty clear from the poll that users want things to stay as they are. I will be reintroducing the Legendary Crafter rank but the other ranks (Director, Architect, Engineer, Artist, Apprentice, City Planner, Epic Crafter) will stay as-is.

It was our aim to consolidate the ranks and just make it simpler for players to understand their position and what they should be aiming for but clearly players prefer the individualism that comes with specific class ranks like Artist, Director and Engineer which convey the type of thing you created to be ranked up.

Thank you everyone for voting and posting your thoughts the feedback was valuable.