RPC Rank Rework
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2025 1:33 am
The idea of having one’s profile picture change depending on how many Tings they have is a good one; however, I’ve begun to notice one issue with this system: changing your profile picture.
Take me, for example. I’m currently a Hoodmonger/Hoodblaster, but if I wanted to be, say, an Explorer Lividstone, I would have to somehow decrease my Ting amount to do that. The only way I can think of to accomplish that without flat out discarding my hard-earned currency is to set up a separate account, then donate (deposit?) some Tings into that so that I go back to that rank. That is so much more complicated than it needs to be!
Surely there must be some way to add a feature here that allows you to just look at all of the profile pics you’ve unlocked so far and choose one. I know it’s probably a lot tougher than it sounds, but I think it’d be a useful quality-of-life feature that would remove a lot of the hassle and eliminate the need for all of those lousy Ting accounts.
There could still be a way to show off your rank too; we could come up with rank titles that function the same as the profile pics do now, changing based on how many Tings you have. We could have titles like IlLUMinator, Electoon Savior, or Rabbid Bopper, to name a few, that would still give each user something to brag about while giving them more flexibility with their profile pics. And hey, maybe you could choose your rank name from the various ones you’d have, too.
And if we were to do this, maybe we could even add some new images while we’re at it! Maybe a few more heroes/enemies from Legends and Adventures, a couple more Hoodlums, maybe even a few of the Rabbid heroes from Sparks of Hope? I’m just saying, the benefit that this “rework” of the ranks and profile picture system would, in my opinion, probably be worth the time that it would take to implement it. But maybe I’m just overthinking it? What are you guys’ input on this? Personally I think these would be very worthwhile features that would add new cosmetic personality to each Pirate-Community member.
Take me, for example. I’m currently a Hoodmonger/Hoodblaster, but if I wanted to be, say, an Explorer Lividstone, I would have to somehow decrease my Ting amount to do that. The only way I can think of to accomplish that without flat out discarding my hard-earned currency is to set up a separate account, then donate (deposit?) some Tings into that so that I go back to that rank. That is so much more complicated than it needs to be!
Surely there must be some way to add a feature here that allows you to just look at all of the profile pics you’ve unlocked so far and choose one. I know it’s probably a lot tougher than it sounds, but I think it’d be a useful quality-of-life feature that would remove a lot of the hassle and eliminate the need for all of those lousy Ting accounts.
There could still be a way to show off your rank too; we could come up with rank titles that function the same as the profile pics do now, changing based on how many Tings you have. We could have titles like IlLUMinator, Electoon Savior, or Rabbid Bopper, to name a few, that would still give each user something to brag about while giving them more flexibility with their profile pics. And hey, maybe you could choose your rank name from the various ones you’d have, too.
And if we were to do this, maybe we could even add some new images while we’re at it! Maybe a few more heroes/enemies from Legends and Adventures, a couple more Hoodlums, maybe even a few of the Rabbid heroes from Sparks of Hope? I’m just saying, the benefit that this “rework” of the ranks and profile picture system would, in my opinion, probably be worth the time that it would take to implement it. But maybe I’m just overthinking it? What are you guys’ input on this? Personally I think these would be very worthwhile features that would add new cosmetic personality to each Pirate-Community member.