I like the medal award system on the forums, I had an idea like that a while ago. I'm all for it, especially if it can be added as a new feature, rather than just a thread. =)
On the other hand... as Eagle said, we have a problem with players trying to do rank games... you know, playing the game just for awards/ achievements... might get hard to keep up with and hand out... so maybe the medals could be given just for select things, where a player has done a true service to the server, has played on the server for a length of time, or has really done something astounding build-wise. =P
Edit - This has been discussed so many times with the ranks... I think it would be fair to replace ranks with medals, and change it back to just builder/ OP etc.
However, although we could transfer the ranks into medals, I don't think we should do that with all ranks... I mean we don't want to have the same kind of thing as before, having players pester to be awarded medals instead of ranking up... so... maybe if the current players have a certain rank... such as t8, or honoured, they are awarded a one time only medal for that rank to show recognition of that achievement. This could be made unavailable for any new players after the point the ranks are changed, since the idea behind it is so that current players don't feel as if they have lost their status from the ranks being changed, and for new players there would still be other "hard to get" medals to aspire for, and brag about.
I guess the only problem with this idea is the fact that not all players have a forum account... so we'd have to raise awareness, and try to get players to make one... unless we could also implement the same medals system into the server.
On the other hand... as Eagle said, we have a problem with players trying to do rank games... you know, playing the game just for awards/ achievements... might get hard to keep up with and hand out... so maybe the medals could be given just for select things, where a player has done a true service to the server, has played on the server for a length of time, or has really done something astounding build-wise. =P
Edit - This has been discussed so many times with the ranks... I think it would be fair to replace ranks with medals, and change it back to just builder/ OP etc.
However, although we could transfer the ranks into medals, I don't think we should do that with all ranks... I mean we don't want to have the same kind of thing as before, having players pester to be awarded medals instead of ranking up... so... maybe if the current players have a certain rank... such as t8, or honoured, they are awarded a one time only medal for that rank to show recognition of that achievement. This could be made unavailable for any new players after the point the ranks are changed, since the idea behind it is so that current players don't feel as if they have lost their status from the ranks being changed, and for new players there would still be other "hard to get" medals to aspire for, and brag about.
I guess the only problem with this idea is the fact that not all players have a forum account... so we'd have to raise awareness, and try to get players to make one... unless we could also implement the same medals system into the server.