Hi,
This is not a bug nor anything. I have played UFOAI since v1 and now on v2.2 and v2.3 (R21433).
I have adv to a few Senior Warrant Officers and i thnk Lieutanent (cannot rmbr, cos i play X-force, UFOAI and X-com all together. lol) and realised that the rank structure and way of leveling up can be modified.
1) Rank / Promotions not based on just nos of soldiers u have..... practically, most of us work with just the usual "elite squad" of 8 (for me that is, since its wat the current Dropship can hold max).
If u upped kills and scenarios enough, u can get new promotions.
I recommend that ranks be based on 2 Max skills attained and total skill points.
Eg - 2 Skills must attain say 25 (for specialisation) and total skill points be some 200 (average of 20 over 10 skills) to attain a certain rank.
Next.....
2) Maybe we can consider adopting more ranks?? I am recommending this:
(All Cats in Descending Order)
From the NCO (Non commissioned Officers):
Sergeant Major of the Phalanx
First Sergeant
Master Sergeant
Staff Sergeant
Sergeant First Class
Sergeant
Corporal First Class
Corporal
Private First Class
Private
Recruit
Then move on to Warrant Officers:
Senior Warrant Officer
Master Warrant Officer
First Warrant Officer
Second Warrant Officer
Then finally making it to the Commissioned Officers Cat:
Field Marshal of the Phalanx (Or Supreme Commander if you wish)
General
Lieutenant General
Major General
Brigadier General
Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel
Major
Captain
First Lieutenant
Second Lieutenant
The picture of the rank can be something like from this - Look at US or the UK version: (Maybe replace the crown with an UFO? Lol, and should really make every officer's rank nice - Esp the Supreme Commander's)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranks_and_insignia_of_NATO_Armies_OfficersThis way, you have 15 Officers' Ranks and 10 NCO Ranks to climb (excluding the silly Recruit / Rookie as you may call it.)
The NCO ranks inspired by WW1, 2 and US Army, WO ranks inspired by my Singapore Army, and the Officers' rank is US and Singapore inspired.
PS: I still dun like to call someone a Rookie - Stick to a standard military grade.
What do u all thnk?