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Within '''Combat''' there are multiple roles a commander can take, such as [[Assassin]], [[Mercenary]] and [[Bounty Hunter]]. To increase ones combat rank one needs to kill other [[Ships]], where killing higher-ranked pilots increases your rank faster.
Within '''Combat''' there are multiple roles a commander can take, such as [[Assassin]], [[Mercenary]] and [[Bounty Hunter]]. To increase ones combat rank one needs to kill other [[Ships]], where killing higher-ranked pilots increases your rank faster.
{{Quote|Combat works slightly differently, this is done on the number of kills, but the points you get for each kill are based on the combat rank of the target relative to your combat rank so if you are harmless and kill an Elite ship you will get a large number of points were [sic] as if you are Deadly and kill a ship below Expert you will not get any.|Unnamed developer<ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=167367 Answers from the devs #2]</ref>}}
{{Quote|Combat works slightly differently, this is done on the number of kills, but the points you get for each kill are based on the combat rank of the target relative to your combat rank so if you are harmless and kill an Elite ship you will get a large number of points, for example, if you are Deadly and kill a ship below Expert you will not get any.|Unnamed developer<ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=167367 Answers from the devs #2]</ref>}}
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Revision as of 05:04, 15 November 2016

Combat Rank
Harmless
Mostly Harmless
Novice
Competent
Expert
Master
Dangerous
Deadly
Elite

Within Combat there are multiple roles a commander can take, such as Assassin, Mercenary and Bounty Hunter. To increase ones combat rank one needs to kill other Ships, where killing higher-ranked pilots increases your rank faster. Template:Quote

Experience

This table is the current data of what experience points you earn for killing ships with certain ranks.

See the chart for a visual explanation of how rank progression works:[1]
Ship rank Player rank
Harmless Mostly Harmless Novice Competent Expert Master Dangerous Deadly
Harmless 1.00 0.75 0.5 0.25 0 0 0 0
Mostly Harmless 1.25 1.00 0.75 0.5 0.25 0 0 0
Novice 1.50 1.25 1.00 0.75 0.5 0.25 0 0
Competent 1.75 1.50 1.25 1.00 0.75 0.5 0.25 0
Expert 2.00 1.75 1.50 1.25 1.00 0.75 0.5 0.25
Master 2.25 2.00 1.75 1.50 1.25 1.00 0.75 0.5
Dangerous 2.50 2.25 2.00 1.75 1.50 1.25 1.00 0.75
Deadly 2.75 2.50 2.25 2.00 1.75 1.50 1.25 1.00
Elite 3 2.75 2.50 2.25 2.00 1.75 1.50 1.25

Ranking Up

It takes approximately 2225 experience points to go from Deadly to Elite combat ranking. This equals 1780 Elite kills, or approximately 2400 kills based on a more average distribution of ships.[2]

References