I talked about this with a friend, and basically the system is so half-baked that all I can do is laugh at it lol. 1) Have any of you looked back to see some of the challenges for the free ranks (up to 6)? THEY'RE SO EASY DUDE. One of the rank 6 challenges is "spend an enhancement prism on your armor." That's prerequisite to getting rank "Veteran". That means any Veteran is no better than someone who just barely figured out what an enhancement prism is lol. 2) There is no reason at all why your rank should reset on a schedule. That's like saying your skill level resets on a schedule, because skill level is what's supposed to be represented by your rank. All ranks except 10 and 11 should be timeless, and the challenges for 10 and 11 should be few, but HARD. Like rank 10 objectives should give a choice between the near-hardest of pve or pvp, so say like a clear of the latest master raid [u]or[/u] going flawless a number of times in trials. And then rank 11 should be a FLAWLESS master raid, or a number of flawless passages earned via a game with a significant score difference (like 5-1 or 5-2). Yes I know it's barely attainable at rank 11 but that's the point. It's just a number on your profile so if you want to look like the king of Destiny, go for it. And the way you can make that acceptable is by making each rank (7-9) feel valuable. Right now the ranks don't feel like a test of your skill; they just seem like a measuring tool for how much you [i]don't[/i] touch grass lol. 3) If that wasn't enough, it's also effectively a paid game mechanic because of the season-related objectives in rank 7 lol. I love the game but this is terrible in the funniest possible way lol