Originally posted by PK1Mw
Here's the thing.. They won't get rid of rank, there's too many people that "want something to work for" and they aren't going to change the horde crap because there's just too many n00bs comin' in (thanks to the commercial) that doesn't know how to do anything else.
I think this is the way lots of noobs start out but vets can show them the way, and many find their way on their own. Some of them find their way into rank potatos like Shawk's clutches and they make the mistake of thinking that attaining a high rank is a sign of prestige and success in AH.
In Shawk's case, it certainly isn't his fault; he doesn't recruit and he doesn't pose that having a high rank is somehow valuable or coveted.
ENY needs to be changed. I fly rooks, in the horde, and do not want to be penalized for my hordeling ways.