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[Tristan Winter]

I haven't had much time to play yet, so I'm just rank 6. But it looks to me like by the end of Christmas, I'll probably hit rank 10.

By the time CW Beta testing is over, I imagine quite a lot of people will already have hit rank 20. For me, that removes any incentive to grind C-bills, XP or LP, but that's a different story.

The good news is that we'll probably see a lot of people with faction rewards like camo patterns and decals, as soon as PGI implements those.

And it seems becoming a Wolf Dragoon won't be an impossible feat, even if PGI still intends to have Rank 20 with every major IS faction as a criteria.

[Felix7007]

Unfortunately, I think the biggest problem is that the rewards are not per match and are instead a one time incentive. I thought I would be able to receive an extra 50K Cbills per match at rank 1.

CW needs a CBill buff any way. You can still easily make more doing public matches. I thought I would be rewarded playing end game.

Edited by Felix7007, 22 December 2014 - 08:22 AM.

[AlmightyAeng]

LOL. Did you think that at level 20 you'd be receiving an extra 50 million c-bills per match, too?

[Hawk819]

Nope. Working rank 6 here.

[Felix7007]

Yes and it would be almost impossible to reach. For players with thousands of hours of gameplay.

[Sable]

you do realize it is going to take about 600-700 games to reach rank 20 for just one faction right? Thats roughly 350 hours for one faction. thats 2 weeks none stop with no sleep. If you play 3-4 hours per day of only community warfare then you'll reach rank 20 in about 3 months. I'd say more casual use would make it a 4 month endeavor.

Edited by Sable, 22 December 2014 - 08:59 AM.

[GRiPSViGiL]

Sable, on 22 December 2014 - 08:32 AM, said:

you do realize it is going to take about 600-700 games to reach rank 20 for just one faction right? Thats roughly 350 hours for one faction. thats 2 weeks none stop with no sleep.

Without factoring in Lobby wait time.

[Chemie]

better to just cycle through all 10 factions to level 2 to get your 10 free mechbays (that's only 20-30 games total)

Edited by Chemie, 22 December 2014 - 09:17 AM.

[Tristan Winter]

Sable, on 22 December 2014 - 08:32 AM, said:

you do realize it is going to take about 600-700 games to reach rank 20 for just one faction right? Thats roughly 350 hours for one faction. thats 2 weeks none stop with no sleep. If you play 3-4 hours per day of only community warfare then you'll reach rank 20 in about 3 months. I'd say more casual use would make it a 4 month endeavor.

Oh, that does sound a bit excessive. I didn't do the math, no. Well, I don't mind that. As long as they have 20 different ranks, I don't mind if the ceiling is rather high. If PGI ever enables the ability to identify other players' rank on the battlefield, it'll be pretty cool when you do see someone who's rank 20.

[Monkey Lover]

Taking me a hour to even find a game haha

[Basilisk222]

One big issue I have with the system is it rewards the players who behave like mercs.

When I hit 20, there is no incentive to stick with the moniker I've followed, I might as well switch to another faction for more c-bills.

I think a permanent faction alliance should have perks that unlock only after you hit max lv. Such as 100% boost to C-bills or XP, maybe boost both in some fashion. I'm not sure, but as it stands, flying a permanent single banner wastes like 1/2 of a billion C-bills you could earn by flying a different banner. There is nothing at all to bring loyalty into the mix.

Maybe with time though.

[pwnface]

well.. just playing devil's advocate here but...

the game IS called MWO: Mercs

[Angel of Annihilation]

It is also beta and the rewards are just place holders. They are suppose to have things like faction skin unlocks, special decals, etc that will be exclusive to your rank.

[Darth Mech]

Still working on rank 7 here.

BTW, that BS about getting free mechbays or anything else like special decals etc. other than Cbills for ranking is just BS.

You don't get free mechbays or special crap for ranking. If you do, then I got ripped off.

Edited by Darth Mech, 02 January 2015 - 04:10 PM.

[pwnface]

Hit rank 10 last night, 1,200,000 c-bill yeee!

[Reitmeier]

Rank 10 this night. Lifelong Loyality!

[MischiefSC]

So when I do max out to 20, am I expected to abandon my loyalty to Davion and switch somewhere else and start again or just give up all future rewards?

[cat97628]

its not bs on the rewards. They said when beta released they were not ready for the additional stuff so will retroactively reward everyone for their rank in the feb march timeframe

http://mwomercs.com/...y-warfare-beta/

[Tristan Winter]

MischiefSC, on 02 January 2015 - 07:13 PM, said:

So when I do max out to 20, am I expected to abandon my loyalty to Davion and switch somewhere else and start again or just give up all future rewards?

Yeah, I'm guessing those are the options. Wolf Dragoons / Comstar are endgame and you need rank 20 in all factions, or something like that.

Then again... there aren't really any official units to join now, never mind Wolf Dragoons. So let's see how long it takes for them to implement that part of CW.

[MischiefSC]

I don't enjoy that idea at all. I consider it a distinct negative on the whole concept.