Stormcat
Gunner
 United States
Sir Whiskers, Lord High Mouser and Royal lapwarmer
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« on: March 01, 2011, 05:25:26 am » |
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I've apparently been here long enough to advance one rank, but what does this mean? How many more ranks have I got left? Can I lose a rank if I do something stupid? Is rank related to post count?
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SteamFreak
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« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2011, 07:00:32 am » |
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I think it is, as it seemed when i posted more I got another cog
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Stella Gaslight
Governor
Immortal
United States
Looking for a few good lobsters.
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« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2011, 07:09:26 am » |
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Hi the ranks go up depending on how much active time you lave logged in and after the first rank up they are pretty much decoration. The first rank is part of one of our anti spam bot tools. (and man do we ever need it. We get waves of those little bugs sometimes.) I am sure someone has a list of ranks but I can't remember what the other are and I think when I got mine it was running on another system. I can remember if you can loose them either with the new set up. Sorry I could not be more helpful.
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The Corsair
Defective Inspector
Board Moderator
Zeppelin Admiral
 New Zealand
Your Move
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« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2011, 07:14:27 am » |
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It seems to be a combination of how many posts, how often and how many boards...
Don't hold me to that though. It just that I went up 2 ranks in as many weeks by posting across more boards more often.
And I have dropped a rank before just by not posting for a while (went from gunner back down to deck hand) so as far as I'm aware that is still possible.
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akumabito
Immortal
 Netherlands
Mundus Patria Nostra!
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« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2011, 10:33:47 am » |
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A lot of people moved down a rank with the latest change. User ranks used to be determined solely by post count. This encouraged postwhoring (of which I myself was also guilty, mind you). To combat these pointless posts, the new system was put in place, which relies on time spent actively browsing the forum. This means you can gain ranks even as a lurker.. You can't really get demoted, unless the ciiteria are changed again, in which case it's nothing personal anyhow as it would affect everyone the same. Really dumb behavior will be corrected with the Banhammer..  |
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Augustus Longeye
Daedric Lord of Biscuits
Board Moderator
Rogue Ætherlord
 United Kingdom
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« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2011, 10:47:54 am » |
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Yeah, Akumabito is right... people lost ranks (such as you Corsair) but not for being inactive, that was just when the system changed. I actually gained a rank then because I hadn't posted much but had lurked a lot.
To OP, the highest rank you can get is two golden cogs which is Immortal. There are only about five people with this I think, and you have to have some 120 days online (don't hold me to that).
~Longeye~
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akumabito
Immortal
Netherlands
Mundus Patria Nostra!
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« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2011, 12:10:36 pm » |
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Only 23 days to go! I should be there in a few months..  |
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Augustus Longeye
Daedric Lord of Biscuits
Board Moderator
Rogue Ætherlord
United Kingdom
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« Reply #7 on: March 01, 2011, 12:12:55 pm » |
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That's not bad at all... Do you remember your rough total when you hit Aetherlord?
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akumabito
Immortal
Netherlands
Mundus Patria Nostra!
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« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2011, 12:18:33 pm » |
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I thought there was a list floating about somewhere.. I can't seem to find it though.. I don't really remember. I was an aether lord before, then I lost it with the forum change, now I'm back again.. 75 days online?
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Major Willoughby Chase
Board Moderator
Zeppelin Admiral
United Kingdom
Awesomologist
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« Reply #9 on: March 01, 2011, 02:24:00 pm » |
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akumabito
Immortal
Netherlands
Mundus Patria Nostra!
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« Reply #10 on: March 01, 2011, 07:06:08 pm » |
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Well, the ranks are there.. doesn't really say how much time you need to spend around here to get to the next level.. Rogue Aetherlord is 85 days online then? Immortal is 120 days I think.. don't know for the other ranks..
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Augustus Longeye
Daedric Lord of Biscuits
Board Moderator
Rogue Ætherlord
United Kingdom
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« Reply #11 on: March 01, 2011, 07:08:02 pm » |
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I think senior officer is around 8 days, and deck hand is about an hour...
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James Harrison
Rogue Ætherlord
 England
Bachelor of the Arts; Master of the Sciences
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« Reply #12 on: March 01, 2011, 07:14:14 pm » |
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Zeppelin Admiral is somewhere around 22/23 days, if I recall correctly. It's for 500 hours online... hence why I thought myself due to progress a rank when I hit 1000 hours a few months ago  |
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The Corsair
Defective Inspector
Board Moderator
Zeppelin Admiral
New Zealand
Your Move
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« Reply #13 on: March 15, 2011, 08:11:20 pm » |
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Zeppelin captain is 250 hours (10 days 10 hours)
Perhaps we should make a sticky thread that has each rank and how long you need to be online to attain it.
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« Reply #14 on: March 15, 2011, 08:29:31 pm » |
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That's really awesome that the ranks are based on time spent on the forums and not on number of posts. A lot of the time I really enjoy reading what people have to say, but I'm not too talkative myself.
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Stormcat
Gunner
United States
Sir Whiskers, Lord High Mouser and Royal lapwarmer
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« Reply #15 on: March 15, 2011, 10:14:24 pm » |
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Now I just noticed the colors. Can we change those or do we have to earn them?
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Stella Gaslight
Governor
Immortal
United States
Looking for a few good lobsters.
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« Reply #16 on: March 15, 2011, 10:19:10 pm » |
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You can partly earn them. The orange single gear denotes being online for a really long time and reaching the top of the user ranks as far as I remember. The yellow however is for mods and such.
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proteus
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« Reply #17 on: March 18, 2011, 03:12:48 pm » |
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I really do need to get around to writing a FAQ... I just wanted to point out that you don't generally lose rank, but if people start lording their rank over others, admins can... repair that issue. Ranks are just for fun, and don't really mean anything -- except the "gold gears" which indicate moderator/governor/admin status. Those ranks are commissioned, not time-based. |
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Augustus Longeye
Daedric Lord of Biscuits
Board Moderator
Rogue Ætherlord
United Kingdom
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« Reply #18 on: March 20, 2011, 09:05:16 pm » |
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admins can... repair that issue. Says a lowly Snr. Officer  So orange gears are for the immortal rank only? Have you thought of making a higher than immortal rank?  ~Longeye~ |
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elShoggotho
Rogue Ætherlord
 Germany
Tinkering for its own sake
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« Reply #19 on: March 21, 2011, 01:16:57 am » |
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Rogue Ætherlord and Immortal get orange gears. I still wonder why I lost my Rogue Ætherlord status with the change to time based ranks.
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jringling
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« Reply #20 on: March 21, 2011, 01:46:35 am » |
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Rogue Ætherlord and Immortal get orange gears. I still wonder why I lost my Rogue Ætherlord status with the change to time based ranks.
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markf
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« Reply #21 on: March 21, 2011, 05:00:44 pm » |
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Rogue Ætherlord and Immortal get orange gears. I still wonder why I lost my Rogue Ætherlord status with the change to time based ranks.
You must have a life away from the computer! Stop that right now! Ha, you should talk! Oh ... wait a minute, that applies to me too. Never mind. markf |
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SteamFreak
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« Reply #22 on: March 22, 2011, 01:12:51 pm » |
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Life away from the computer? You speak madness!
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proteus
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« Reply #23 on: March 28, 2011, 11:26:16 pm » |
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admins can... repair that issue. Says a lowly Snr. Officer Since I'm the ordnance tech around here, the Rule applies. "An ordnance technician at a dead run outranks everyone" So orange gears are for the immortal rank only? Have you thought of making a higher than immortal rank? Orange is for two levels, as explained by others above. There aren't that many Immortals. If it becomes much more common to have Immortal status, I'll probably see what we can come up with beyond that. |
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markf
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« Reply #24 on: February 22, 2012, 05:11:48 pm » |
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Hmmm, just noticed the next rank up from Immortal is Master Tinkerer. Apparently access privileges to the Dok's steam harem is restricted to a still higher level, bummer. markf
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