- scotsoe
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I saw two threads awhile back trying to deal with the ranking/ cheating/ boosting problems by making someones rank only only viewable themselves. The problem with this is that much of the Halo community is very competitive and, without ranks, would stop playing the game because there would be no point for them.
So we need to find a way to make the Halo 3 ranking system still as competitive, but with a system to stop boosters and such from being effective. Some people suggest radical changes to the ranking system but I think the best way to solve it is just a minor change.
The easiest way to get general in Halo 3 is by making a new account and trying to level up to 50 very quickly, before you accumulate too much exp, which makes it harder to level up. So, the best way to solve it would be to make it so that you can't get a certain rank until you get a certain amount of exp. I figure there are two ways to do this:
1. Have it be based on the skill needed to get a rank, by multiplying it by 10 Ex:
To get to 10 skill you would have to first get 100 exp, 20 would be 200 exp, etc etc, 50 skill would require 500 exp. This would make it so that by the time you can get your 50, you would be getting near the 600 exp required to be a general anyway.
2. Bungie comes up with their own numbers for it.
But honestly, is it reasonable to require 200 exp to be just a captain, and 300 for a major? it seems pretty unreasonable. Bungie could make it more reasonable. My suggestion:
Lieutenant - 50 exp
Captain - 75 exp
Major -125 exp
Commander - 250
Colonel - 350
Brigadier - 425
General - 500 exp
I made it so that the lower levels are fairly low, commander exactly in the middle, and the higher levels more clustered towards the top, on purpose. I figured that making the low levels more easily attainable would keep players interested, but keeping the higher ones closer to the top would be reasonable.
Also, you would still need the exp to get a rank (like the 600 required for general)
If you have a set that you think is better, post it and I'll update the OP with your suggestion (if it's reasonable)
[Edited on 08.16.2009 2:50 PM PDT]