yeah i'd like to see the 40% spread drop to say 20-25% gap that's still a significant margin

Not for the top handful of players that already only have 6 people they can badge.

Unless something works for EVERYONE it's a -1 in my book.

I figured this is the response I would get I should have gone further in my response. Now I'm no expert in coding so I don't have a clue how difficult something may be to do but is it possible to keep the 40% gap to receive a badge but only have a 25% gap show up on the battletab unless for example a rank 1100 player can only see 4 people due to rank the system then allows it to produce people outside of the 25% range and as far as 40%?

lol huluk dont let darth get to you i think he gives everything -1 out of pure habit but i agree im not at that rank yet but to be put up agesnt enemys that cant even get badges from you is just pointless

darth answer me this then whats the point in even haveing players that you cant even earn a badge from on your battle tab its a waste of space that could be took by someone you could in fact gain something from

I aggree with Darth, albeit for different reasons. The 40% rank range is just fine the way it is, it's your fault for not building a stronger ship. As it stands now, I'm never in short supply of goliaths and titans to kill that are in the mid 250s range, an easy kill for my massive SD, and that's w/o the full potential of the 40% rank range. I never get a ship under rank 200 on my BT even though 40% of my current rank of 293 will allow me to see down to rank 176. Even with a range of 25%, I'd still see down to rank 220, which is close to the lowest I'm seeing already, and plenty low enough to still run into a lot of Goliaths and the occasional Titan. The game is already balanced just find the way it is. If you pour a lot of rank points into energy, then your going to rank fast but have a weak ship for your rank and suffer the consequences of it accordingly. Likewise, I dare say I've got the toughest ship in my rank range, but low energy, and I live with the consequences of choosing this build. Bottom line, if you don't like geting farmed, build a tougher ship.

I would run back at someone 200 levels higher than me. It just takes a lot of energy to do it. Now if I want to take planets, I can't use halycons. I have to do no actions for 24 hours. That still doesn't stop attacks. Cloak. Pay the funds out of the rear to still get hit. But don't you want a challenge? Nope. Attacking people your level that hard to try to do? With the current situation. Strength of ship doesn't mean jack Silent. You offline. Someone with energy and willing to spend energy to disable you will do it. Only reason Darth is objecting is probably not enough people around his level to fight with. It was a suggestion. If the game was balanced, Dan would not have to tweak traps and artifacts.