veidar2 wrote: Z could do it the way he did it the first time: divide the ranks into even more substages. If he just added 4, 5 and 6 to each of the Marshals no one would be demoted below the rank of Marshal, and he would be able to accomodate the increase in points for some time to come:
VI Air Marshal
V Air Marshal
IV Air Marshal
III Air Marshal
II Air Marshal
Air Marshal
VI Air Chief Marshal
V Air Chief Marshal
IV Air Chief Marshal
III Air Chief Marshal
II Air Chief Marshal
Air Chief Marshal
VI Marshal of the Royal Air Force
V Marshal of the Royal Air Force
IV Marshal of the Royal Air Force
III Marshal of the Royal Air Force
II Marshal of the Royal Air Force
Marshal of the Royal Air Force
Since the insignias of the Marshals are so similar, and since there are few anyway who understand Latin numerals above III, most players wouldn't be able to tell the difference, and everybody would be happy (except perhaps for the present Chief Marshals).
In future it could be repeated as many times as Z might want, with VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII etc, - always doing this only to the marshals, since the lower ranks will need to see promotions that give them new insignia more often than the seasoned players.
While that's true -- you have to keep in mind the players need motivation. People will get much more tired ranking up -- especially if it just changes the Roman numeral. People want actual names, y'know?
Personally, I could care less. I play to play the game. Points, ranks -- all these things mean nothing to me. I just play for fun.