Hmm, I do think the RS ranks would be redundant... since really RS School will have it's own RS ranks. There's little reason carrying another rank, or set of ranks like that in the main world. Also, don't forget, it won't only be a stream of green coloured ranks, there will be creative worlds, RS school, and AW as well. Hopefully if those worlds are made more accessible, or promote/ mention them more, players will explore further instead of sticking to main world (a lot of players do that until they are ready anyway, but a lot of the time many just don't know about the alt worlds).
I don't think we should worry about having too many players with the same coloured rank, if we do we may end up pushing forward a set of ranks which would be doing the opposite of what we are trying to do with these new ranks in the first place, which is to simplify things drastically.
If we did do anything like different member ranks, I think it should be more for the player's amusement... possibly a rank/ title (not an actual rank) they could assign themselves, rather than something the OPs would have to promote and review them for. In my eyes, the only point in adding an "artist" or "miner" rank would be to add a more customised feel to the player anyway, and if their tastes in building change (kinda innevitable), then they would always be able to change that themselves, if there was an option for it. The only issue with that idea is how it would coincide with the Architect rank...
I don't think we should worry about having too many players with the same coloured rank, if we do we may end up pushing forward a set of ranks which would be doing the opposite of what we are trying to do with these new ranks in the first place, which is to simplify things drastically.
If we did do anything like different member ranks, I think it should be more for the player's amusement... possibly a rank/ title (not an actual rank) they could assign themselves, rather than something the OPs would have to promote and review them for. In my eyes, the only point in adding an "artist" or "miner" rank would be to add a more customised feel to the player anyway, and if their tastes in building change (kinda innevitable), then they would always be able to change that themselves, if there was an option for it. The only issue with that idea is how it would coincide with the Architect rank...