I’ve been doing some testing with how much effort is required to get your next rank.
What is known:
- It takes a certain number of Experience Points gained to rank up
- It is variable depending on the Medal you currently have
- At lower Medals, it is believed to be about 5,000 experience points
- For me, Golden Star -> Copper Emblem of Service was 9,000 experience points
- At higher ranks, you have the potential to gain more exp in a Campaign Battle
- If you fail to meet the requirements, you will lose your medal withing 30 days
What is unknown:
- What effect, if any, Allied Notes have on your rank up
- If your efforts deteriorate over time (getting 10K exp right before your evaluation vs 3 days before)
- If assisting in a Campaign Ops (when not using your own Ops Credit) helps you in any way
- If experience points earned in Campaing Ops vs Campaign Battles are weighted differently (I believe no)
What is believed:
- It requires more exp to rank up at higher ranks (probably true given what little information is available)
- There is a threshold that starts around 66-75% of the exp required to rank up in which you are given the option to keep your current medal.
- The requirements are somewhat higher when jumping to a new grouping — eg, moving from Ribbon #4 to Star #1, etc
As can be seen, not much is known about the specific math required to achieve the various ranks.
My basis for known #4 – I used two accounts, both hit Golden Star on the same day, and I recorded the amount of exp and AN received from start to promotion.
The first account was promoted at 9600 exp and 8900 Allied Notes. The second was not promoted at 8880 exp and 10,500 Allied Noted, but was promoted at 9040 exp and 11,120 Allied Notes (all numbers rounded since I’m working from memory right now). Based on this information, I believe that the threshold is for Golden Star to Copper Emblem is 9000 exp (possibly 8900), and if there is an Allied Notes requirement, it is either lower than, or the same as the Experience Points requirement. It also appears as though extra Allied Notes will not offset Experience Points shortcomings, meaning you will have to join Campaign Battles if you ever hope to get promoted.
After revisiting my numbers I noticed that my original thought about 9000 exp to rank up may not be correct. It is possible that it is 8900, and since I had 8900 AN and over 9000 exp, I have not disproved it yet. This will require furthur testing at all levels to begin to make a table of what is required to rank up. What I believe is proven is that there is an experience points requirement to get your promotion, and it is NOT only based on Allied Notes, and may not be based on Allied Notes at all.
If there is no Allied Notes requirement, the Notes may be completly useless at this time.
Anyone else have thoughts?
