Saw a post about rank 8 being implemented, but, after idk, 1 year of release, will we have a rank 9? Because Musketeer (r7) skills can go until 15 if i am correct.
the only “confirmed” rank is rank 8, since we already have somethings like oracle c3 confirmed with switch gender spell
they were planning to have 11 ranks, but then decided they would stick with 8 ranks for Open beta
but then, kOBT launched with only 7 ranks, so i would consider rank 8 being the last rank and the rest being hidden classes (at least for now)
i don’t have the link to the interview where they say about the rank 8 for OBT, but i’m sure someone will link it eventually~
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A) Our original plan was to open up to Rank 10~11, but we are thinking about changing that. We are thinking about hiding 20 classes so there is a chance that the last rank could be 8, but it’s not confirmed yet
Who knows how many Ranks the game would have before they decide to “stop”. Classes expand all the time after a game releases, so if the game doesn’t sink within Year 1, then look forward to surprises.
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Rank 1 : Lv 1+
Rank 2 : Lv 20+
Rank 3 : Lv 40+
Rank 4 : Lv 80+
Rank 5 : Lv 130+
Rank 6 : Lv 180+
Rank 7 : Lv 230+
Rank 8 : Lv 280+
Rank 9 : Lv 330+ (prediction)
Rank 10 : Lv 380+ (prediction)
Rank 11 : Lv 430+ (prediction)
I think the rank themselves will scale on the game’s content. Rank 11 is probably not even the highest considering we should have Lv 450+ maps.
My speculation is, rank 10 and above classes might be hidden, while rank 10 and 11 are there to allow Rank 9 classes to reach c3.
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Yep, i think they’ll keep expand rank and classes (atleast till lv600). People’ll get bored if their char locked at rank8 (~lv280) as the game goes on and more class come.
i find it abysmal that they even make levels above 200…
cant they just stop at 200 or something
We are already pass that point, man!
The only option now is to double down, and when we finish doubling down we gotta tripple down on it and make every class a secret class so everyone complains about it being a pain in the ass to get a new rank like a bunch of scrubs!
The 500~600 levels are very “artificial”, don’t even worry about that, if you see the exp tables you’ll notice the real grind is the class levels
We have so many levels because:
-You can “water down” progression, a scale from 1 to 100 is too small to convey a slow paced progression, people are conditioned to base ten
Think about a staircase, the psycological effect of 600 steps is way beyond a 100 even if the distance is the same
-They can get away with the ultra simple stat system
Stat build feel a longer term investment
-It’s easier to space out content
Again with the staircases, it’s way easier to convey the difference between a lvl 15 challenge to a lvl 400
tl;dr
Once you start playing you’ll notice the feeling of progression comes from gear and class ranks, the base level is more like just a pointer to whatever content you match to
Just a quick question,
is Class Rank locked to Base Rank?
for example, if you are level 200, you are sure to have Class Rank xxx ?
can you outlevel the Class Rank from the Base rank?
thanks
No, if you’ll happen to find a monster giving only class EXP, you can reach r7/15 class and stay at 1 base. This works both sides except there are no monsters giving only class or base EXP.
When you reach lv 15 in any rank, you can pick up the next (advancement button pops up).
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No idea how many rank we will be having but they sure mention about this game will be having 80 classes, I guess you can do the math.
In any case, a lower total ranks for awhile might be a good thing.
It leaves the possibility of the introduction of new base classes over the course of the game as well as further expansion (delayed introduction of higher ranks) for top-level players. Notably there is still no bard, which would round out to 4 classes with 2 offensive and 2 support classes. There’s also no crafts-master class, would would make 2-2-1, a nice composition.
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I think there has to be a max Rank… Otherwise… I don’t know about the other classes but Clerics would definitely go into God mode with too much ranks…but I still hope for 10-11 Ranks to make mine as perfect as I want.
Why not make it like WoW and have the game last for decades!!!