16 How does the rating/promotion system work?
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This article is from the netrek FAQ, by Tom Holub doosh@best.com with numerous contributions by others.
16 How does the rating/promotion system work?
Do a shift-I on yourself; you'll see four ratings there, one for
planets, one for bombing, one for offense, and one for defense. The
planet, bombing, and offense ratings are measured in DI/hour; for each
planet you take, army you bomb, and player you kill you get a certain
amount of DI (which varies depending on the server)--the average
amount per hour is your rating. Your rating is equal to (your DI/your
hours)/ (total DI/total hours); therefore, if you have a bombing
rating of 2.0, you bomb twice as many armies as the average person on
the server. This is true for all ratings. All ratings are updated only
in t-mode.
Now do a shift-U. Listed there are the thresholds for each rank. Your
overall rating is your planets+bombing+offense. To make a rank, you
need to have the DI required for that rank, and your ratings need to
be above the rating required for that rank (i.e., to make Admiral, you
need 320 DI and your ratings need to be above 8.0). You can also make
a ranking by having ratings good enough for a level and twice the DI
you would need for the next level (So you can make Admiral with
ratings of 7.0 and 640 DI). This equation is recursive, so you can
also make it with 6.0 ratings and 1280 DI (which would take about 200
hours), or 5.0 ratings and 2560 DI (which would take 500). On some
servers the equation is recursive only once, so you can't make ranks
on 8xDI.
On some servers, your defense also needs to be above .8 to advance
past Lt. Commander.
Note that suggestions on how to improve the rating system occur about
twice a week in rec.games.netrek, and the general consensus is that it
isn't worth the hassle.
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