Ranks... Heh, for once i thought i was save from the virus that is "Oooh i got another picture!", with GC in the back of my head, i dont have anything good to say about ranking systems, it seems like a necessary evil you'll regret afterwards, and it's kind of sad too, if you have to consider using this just to attract players, which as TY has previously stated, are just people who come to play for numbers, not the game itself. I thought FS would stay save and have it's ideas and concepts based on pure gameplay in which you have no stats to worry about, and can just enjoy a careless fun game of SW. But i was wrong... Well, i'll just wait and see if i have spoken too soon....

I remember a time when games were purely about the gameplay itself and gaming on it's own was enough to have a great time, how did BF1942 become such a huge success with lots of following games without a ranking system? The new type of gaming that this game offered included ofcourse, but it was just a refreshing change from other sorts of games, it had nothing that came close to ranks other than the custom outsider stattrackers that were made and run by people who truly desired such a thing, though 1942 flourished anyhow, mods like the first Forgotten Hope are still being played, yeah...

FS has established itself as a refreshing worthy mod that combines the best of both worlds and should attract a whole gamer fanbase of the SW world, are we the only ones? Where the hell are all these people? Heck, even Zombie Panic for HL2 has 100x more players on a daily basis which involves nothing more than hunting people down or defending yourselves, it has survived longer than this mod in it's first stage, it seems to me that this mod has more of a problem reaching out to a wider audience, and if you need to include ranking to do just that (sad that the average gamer thinks this is more important), it raises an interesting question, is something else wrong? (Really, i myself enjoyed the days following FS' first release) I myself dont know what, but what i do know...

Gaming should be just that, relaxment and fun, not comparing your efforts with one another and staring with amazement at a picture, i mean badges.

This is just a personal opinion, i dont mean to stand in the way of progress, just a heads up from someone who has seen the previous GC mod and someone who has seen that mod being a unranked yet pretty successful game, it had it's bumps on the road, but it pulled through for years.

I'm more of hesitating to accept the idea, but if i can be convinced, i'll shut up about it. I wont speak of it again though. One post is enough, and i hate nagging.