I find the ampersand scale to be the most accurate of all scales.

Am I wrong or does every MMO feel like a Diablo clone?

lol

i tend to agree w/ you. even though i never really got into star trek beyond that movie where they saved the whales & a couple late night episodes of TNG on SPIKE.

but if they did it your way they would have to make the ranking up relatively quickly. or at least inversely proportional to how often you play. Some people w/ lots of other shit going on who can only play a few hours a week (like me) would quit after the first month if they were stuck doing menial repetitive boring shit because they cant play 4 hours a day every day.

so yea, every1 being a captain = lame. may as well be a one-player game. but grindfest = lame too.

probably the reason why i avoid MMOs in general. paying $15 a month to essentially virtually work, accomplishing nothing constructive in reality, with the hope that eventually you'll get to have fun.

i say make the captain AI controlled & put all the players on a ship to do whatever they want. they can go take missions when they want w/ who they want. just at where ever the ship happens to be at the time. sort of keeps it random like a TV show. new episode every time you tune in. & you dont have to watch for hours on end, fun & goals can be achieved w/in an hour, letting you log & get back to life. also, cut the price down to $5-10 a month; or throw on pepsi ads and make it free.