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Originally Posted by Grayson02sept1980
dumb question:
what is a higher rank good for other than personal satisfaction?
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Even though we all play the same game, everyone has their own experience and perceptions. Some get satisfaction from hauling in large tonnage, destroying convoy's, harbor raiding and what not. Since there's no way to program anything objective into the game (thanks UBI for all the hardcoding) realistically when you return back to port with a 100,000+ ton patrol and get nothing for it (not even a pat on the back) seems like a slap in the face. It can be argued that you are just doing your job, but extraordinary acts are the reasons that generals began instituting medals and criteria for advancing in personal rank.
We all know what the final outcome of the game is, at the end of the day there's just your tonnage score and the memories of your patrols. Adding another dimension will bring personal satisfaction to some as it reduces the redundancy of going out on patrol with no hopes of getting any kind of acknowledgement of their efforts. In short, yes it is for personal satisfaction for those that want more.
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Originally Posted by Kaleu. Jochen Mohr
methinks that Fregattenkapitän should put you on land to train new recrutes/command your own flotilla
but this is interesting
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Even Korvettekapitan's were somtimes delegated to being flottille commanders. Erich Hartmann is probably the best example of a high ranking officer defying the command and using his combat record (and fame) to remain in active duty.