and this is by far the best way to utilize "Rank".
Really? I kind of find it pointless if I dont set my K/D over 2 or somethign for the whole tour. I'm keeping up with it now, and I'm not one of those people who get 2 kills, land it, and then leave it the whole tour, I'll fly hundreds of sorties and get hundreds of kills Tnb'ing in just about anything. I dont care about my rank, but I like to be a little bit competitive with myself trying to set new limits that I haven't acheived yet.