Here is what i have been drilling my note pad with for the past few hours.
PROBLEM:
With only 10 levels to achieve in BF2 the room for advancement disappears once you get Sergeant Major and have only 2nd Lieutenant to look forward too (150k points away). For some, the aspect of playing this game is to have fun and blow shit up. For others its the pride and thrill of promotion tied together with blowing shit up that makes it fun. I have broke this down into two formulas:
Player type 1. Fun + Blowing shit up = Pride
Player type 2. Blowing shit up + Rewards = Fun
I happen to be type 2 and hearing those drums in game and those stripes peek out from around your mini map gets my juices flowing to say the least. But with Gunny only a mear 800 something points away what do i have to look forward to anymore. First sergeant will be 12k points after that and another 30k points for sergeant major. With only 4 (as of 1230 PST 5 Dec 05) having made it to 200k points for 2LT this makes me die a little inside. i work full time, married, have a life and dont get to play but maybe 10-12 hours every weekend. So i've came to terms with never being able to get that many points but i feel sorry for those who do have the points but nothing to show for it. After reaching that pinicle 50k you have another 150k before you will ever see your name in orange with (player has been promoted) for a while. So this post is all about my idea for additional ranks inserted into the gap between Sergeant Major/Master Gunny (E-9) and 2nd Lieutenant (O-1).
SOLUTION:
EA has decided to use the United States Marine Corps as the basis for their rank structure but use US Army colors on the ranks for some unexplained reason. So why not just continue on with their lead and use all of the Marine Corps ranks. Hence i give you WARRANT OFFICERS. Warrant officers in the Corps are about 90% prior enlisted members usually with college degrees and a vast wealth of knowledge about a particular trade i.e. tanks, supply, aviation, etc. The difference between them and regular officers is that they do not fill admistrative/command jobs like Company commander, Supply officer, Battalion Coffee Getter (executive officer), etc. they are usually pilots and usually helicopter pilots for that matter. They fly and thats it. they are not bogged down with other duties stated above. Put most simply, Warrant officers are specialists and regular officers are Generalists. So for that 150K point abyss EA put in between SgtMaj and 2LT, they should insert the 4 warrant officer ranks from the USMC.
ACTION:
I worked this out on paper so im not sure how its going to look on here. As stated before the gap between E-8 and E-9 is 30k (20K needed for E-8 and 50k needed for E-9). So i would continue that "Max Gap" of 30k and put W-2 (USMC doesnt use the pay grade of W-1 in active duty) at 80k points
W-3 at 110k points
W-4 at 140k points
W-5 at 170k points
This works perfect with the 4 ranks inserted at 30k intervals. So then you would just need another 30k points for 2LT! For more info on these ranks and what they would look like go here: UCMC RANKS (the site shows W-1 for marines, army and navy, but they dont use them in active duty, they are a "training status" rank only and if an enlisted person chooses to become a warrant, then they are 99.9% of the time promoted directly to W-2) the military is weird and i have got used to that....
CONCLUSION:
So this is just my rant on another version of a beaten dead horse. Tell me what you think, and dont worry, i have flame resistant clothing on.
PROBLEM:
With only 10 levels to achieve in BF2 the room for advancement disappears once you get Sergeant Major and have only 2nd Lieutenant to look forward too (150k points away). For some, the aspect of playing this game is to have fun and blow shit up. For others its the pride and thrill of promotion tied together with blowing shit up that makes it fun. I have broke this down into two formulas:
Player type 1. Fun + Blowing shit up = Pride
Player type 2. Blowing shit up + Rewards = Fun
I happen to be type 2 and hearing those drums in game and those stripes peek out from around your mini map gets my juices flowing to say the least. But with Gunny only a mear 800 something points away what do i have to look forward to anymore. First sergeant will be 12k points after that and another 30k points for sergeant major. With only 4 (as of 1230 PST 5 Dec 05) having made it to 200k points for 2LT this makes me die a little inside. i work full time, married, have a life and dont get to play but maybe 10-12 hours every weekend. So i've came to terms with never being able to get that many points but i feel sorry for those who do have the points but nothing to show for it. After reaching that pinicle 50k you have another 150k before you will ever see your name in orange with (player has been promoted) for a while. So this post is all about my idea for additional ranks inserted into the gap between Sergeant Major/Master Gunny (E-9) and 2nd Lieutenant (O-1).
SOLUTION:
EA has decided to use the United States Marine Corps as the basis for their rank structure but use US Army colors on the ranks for some unexplained reason. So why not just continue on with their lead and use all of the Marine Corps ranks. Hence i give you WARRANT OFFICERS. Warrant officers in the Corps are about 90% prior enlisted members usually with college degrees and a vast wealth of knowledge about a particular trade i.e. tanks, supply, aviation, etc. The difference between them and regular officers is that they do not fill admistrative/command jobs like Company commander, Supply officer, Battalion Coffee Getter (executive officer), etc. they are usually pilots and usually helicopter pilots for that matter. They fly and thats it. they are not bogged down with other duties stated above. Put most simply, Warrant officers are specialists and regular officers are Generalists. So for that 150K point abyss EA put in between SgtMaj and 2LT, they should insert the 4 warrant officer ranks from the USMC.
ACTION:
I worked this out on paper so im not sure how its going to look on here. As stated before the gap between E-8 and E-9 is 30k (20K needed for E-8 and 50k needed for E-9). So i would continue that "Max Gap" of 30k and put W-2 (USMC doesnt use the pay grade of W-1 in active duty) at 80k points
W-3 at 110k points
W-4 at 140k points
W-5 at 170k points
This works perfect with the 4 ranks inserted at 30k intervals. So then you would just need another 30k points for 2LT! For more info on these ranks and what they would look like go here: UCMC RANKS (the site shows W-1 for marines, army and navy, but they dont use them in active duty, they are a "training status" rank only and if an enlisted person chooses to become a warrant, then they are 99.9% of the time promoted directly to W-2) the military is weird and i have got used to that....
CONCLUSION:
So this is just my rant on another version of a beaten dead horse. Tell me what you think, and dont worry, i have flame resistant clothing on.