A Rank Issues

Izayuki wrote:A rank used to be when you unlocked Tertiary. It was moved to B rank for some reason a while ago.

Would you guys want it moved back to A rank to fill that spot so A rank gets a perk again?This would be something that made very little sense if it came to pass. A Rank is (from what I can see) a middle-tier rank, and B Rank is the upper-low tier; so it makes more sense to have your cosmetic things come then.

Takumi Yoshino wrote:Personally, I wouldn't like it to be moved, because I have a tertiary magic myself as a B rank, but I don't agree ranking up to A gets no perks. A ranks can make guilds, mentor people, etc, and that's something unlocked at A rank one might say is actually a perk that isn't necessarily magic related but still a perk.

• Guilds are something that not everyone can have.
- Guilds have their own sub forums, which takes up space on the site and can create clutter
- Guilds also require people, which there's not enough of if everyone makes a guild (which isn't possible)
- Guilds require 5mil, which not everyone has
- The above 3 would make it so guilds are something only a select few can get, those few being the ones who can get that 5mil first. I'd also imagine guilds to be limited in number to prevent there from being 'clutter guilds'
- Most importantly, speaking from experience as the Hokege on a naruto site which may as well be a guild, they require time, charisma, and competence to run.


• Mentoring isn't a perk, it's something you can do from D Rank as a plot. The benefits of mentoring from A Rank have no benefit in any thread.

Takumi Yoshino wrote:Personally, I wouldn't like it to be moved, because I have a tertiary magic myself as a B rank, but I don't agree ranking up to A gets no perks. A ranks can make guilds, mentor people, etc, and that's something unlocked at A rank one might say is actually a perk that isn't necessarily magic related but still a perk.

Izayuki wrote:With the idea of a UA and sig spell out of the question, if you guys think of something simple that will not require staff having to unlock and re-approve dozens of apps, I'd love to hear it.

We are open for suggestions to improve magic and ranks, they just need to be easy to execute, as the staff team already has a lot on its plate currently. (:

And indeed-- with A rank you get to apply for WS and Sinner, make a guild if there are spots open, and mentor others(which gives you a Jewel bonus + you look somewhat badass to those under your wing<3).
• "If spots are open" meaning it's not available to all since there's scarcity involved.
• Wizard Saint and sinner positions are relatively worthless since there's not much to do with them (yet), but hopefully that changes soon.
• The Jewel bonus would be great, if jobs didn't offer horrible jewel rewards. Seriously... someone had to do 18k words to get 45k out of a B Rank job. That's not even worth the sheer amount of filler required to accomplish that.
• The 'looking badass' is subject to the individual, some of us are badass from D Rank (where we can mentor people IC if we want), others require time to get the status. Mentoring is literally only good for power leveling someone of lower rank, which can be done much more efficiently with a team member; case in point, Kaori and Samira C - A Rank in 2 months.

COUNTER ARGUMENTS:
• Being a guild leader is cool if you can pull it off, keep activity up, and have an In-Character presence. And there's major benefits for being a guild leader like buying forums, the pet, the armor, the things from the general store, etc...
• While the jewel reward for jobs is ABYSMAL as all get out, the double jewel gain is good for mitigating just how bad it is.
• Wizard Saint/Sinner positions can be useful for IC plot reasons, which almost makes it viable, except from what I've been told you almost never get one until S Rank which is why I don't think it actually is.