well ive been playing since spring of 2010, but ive only been able to have about 7 months of actuall play time (due to an early loss of interest and internet loss itself) and im a lvl 153, not sure if its a slow lvler but i level every 2 or 3 days now, which isnt that bad i dont think, altho i dont donate so like i said not that bad.

I am a slow ranker. I do it because it is easy to become more powerful at the lower ranks, and I gain probably two ranks per 3 days on average (but I am only rank 20 and have only gotten two ranks in the last 5 days.)

However, due to the ease of badges, I have one and a half cipherbots, three protean armories, two dominion cannons and 42 red badges, in addition to high research levels and about +60-75 random ship additions in free stats (through durtanium brackets, shield enhancing artifacts, androids, and prisoners).

It may require patience, but it's worth it.

I would consider a slow ranker to be anything where a rank takes two or more days.

3 and a half months, rank 100. I consider myself a fast ranker.