COMMANDOBLACK 10 Posted July 8, 2013 (edited) Hellow guys and gals. This has been on my mind for a while since ARMA 2. And I want to express that I do not think that this is just a plain old want. I do think that this is a major need while we are in the beta. It is a need based on the the high archery dominant ways of this military and any military. The ranks are missing their very essence of a military's core, THE NCO. Being once part of the US ARMY, I have notice the lack of NCO's in the options to choose as far as rank other than the E-5 SGT. (AKA the Buck Sergeant). I can not for one, set up a proper firing squad or a proper SF team with out knowing that I am missing a "KEY" component of the military ranks. That breaks the immersion for me. Now, within the system of any working military, you need these guys (E-6 and E-7) to push out the details, carry the burden down to the lower ends; where the Privates, and Specialist (SPC is E-4, the same as a Marine Corporal) work it out. I have a hard time dealing with the facts that my SPEC OPS team on the map can only be ranked as high as a buck Sgt's. Side note: When completing SF, many are automatically promoted to E-6 (if not already) in the US ARMY. So I think by adding a "New" rank, in the game, will allow us to have better rank structures through out our squads, teams, Soldiers, and Marines. So my suggestion for fixing this is to add more rank, preferably E-7 and E-6. Or rename ALL of the ranks below officer to: SFC E-7 Sergeant First Class SGT E-5 Sergeant PFC E-3 Private First Class PVT E-2 Private I prefer this setup that works well with a lot of SF operatives and veteran soldiers. SFC E-7 Sergeant First Class SSG E-6 Staff Sergeant SGT E-5 Sergeant SPC E-4 Specialist If you were to add the two other ranks, than we could get our Privates and Private's First Class back in there. I think that this way would be more easier for development, and a much better structure for us to lay out our platoons and squads ranking structure below officers. Thank you Edited July 8, 2013 by COMMANDOBLACK Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dale0404 5 Posted July 8, 2013 Sorry buddy but the ranking system has been fine ever since OFP, don't think they will change it now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sorophx 25 Posted July 8, 2013 the only thing the ranking system is used, as far as I know, is for morale checks. I don't know why you absolutely need it to include a million different sergeants, does it hurt your eyes to see the wrong rank pop up when you target a unit? immersion aside (what a ridiculous concept) why can't you pretend they're NCOs or whatever? why does the game have to include it in its mechanics? I always set every single playable unit to private, because it doesn't affect anything in the game Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COMMANDOBLACK 10 Posted July 8, 2013 Sorry buddy but the ranking system has been fine ever since OFP, don't think they will change it now. I think that it can be improved. For one, it looks like it is using the Marine Core's rank system still as of now. Corporal is a E-4 in the ranks. Since we are using the US Army now that should be changed to Specialist. It is fine to you, because it does not matter to you. But to me, I like to have a decent set up as far as their rank goes. I am not a gun nut, most guns are the same to me. I know that some have their minor to huge differences between them, but mostly they are all the same in character. Does that mean put in one or two gun? One gun is only needed to kill a players right? It does the job right? What is the use of adding more than two guns right? No thought put into that comment I see. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dale0404 5 Posted July 8, 2013 Ok buddy, you lost me when you started going on about guns. I am not saying that your idea is wrong, just that I very much doubt the ranking system will be changed to how you want to see it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ProfTournesol 956 Posted July 8, 2013 The actual rank system isn't linked to the US Army ranks system, but must fit to every Army (and every factions of the game). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Laqueesha 474 Posted July 8, 2013 How about: General Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Sergeant Corporal Private Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rellikki 7 Posted July 8, 2013 This again? There's probably been a dozen threads discussing this same matter. I'm sure you'll find the answer as to why isn't it going to happen in one of those. Please search before posting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
