A simple Option in which you could choose how NPCs will address you would be better, as most NPCs don't have spoken lines anyway and foundry Missions have text only anyway.

exactly what i do.

You can ignore your rank nearly completely during playing.
I'm in favour with a change to maxlvl of captain...but it is not necessary actually.

This would be awesome. Also it would be nice way to free up ship slots Oh wait that would cut into ship slot sales..... there went that idea....

I have to agree. I CRINGE everytime I read "We need your help Admiral". On my characters I generally set "Captain" as the title, though that does not help me at all as I can't see it.

If I were doing it all from scratch, I would not have even had ranks. It would have been level one through fifty and you are always a captain, if you were in the leadership of a fleet, then you could be an admiral.

IIRC one of the Devs said this was possible some time ago, but I think it's rather low on their priority.

I kind of imagine that all of those 7 or so ships in m inventory are still out doing stuff, with my currently unused bridge officers either on board or in command, and that I as an Admiral have the option of freely assuming command of any of these ships at whim.

In that regard Admiral should be a title not a rank, and Fleet Admiral should be restricted to the person in charge of a particular fleet.

love that idea...if it would be possible to incorporate your unused ships into DOFF missions, to boost the completion time, or add some percentage towards critical success.
assigning a unused BOFF to each ship...giving the ship some extra bonus if it is used in a doff assignment.

Nice I like that idea of incorporating them ino Boff missions. Science could give +5% to science with the exception of those damn bubble ships giving +5% to medical, with Simmiliar stats associated with appropriate crafts.

Certain cruisers giving bonuses to either Engineering or Opperations, with the exception of the Dreadnought giving a bonus tactical.

I am on my iPad so cannot access the game so forget what the two tactical officer type missions are, but escorts would give bonus's to those. The cloaking Defiant would grant an extra +5% bonus on espionage.

An Oddyssey would give a bonus to the diplomatic missions you get from your first officer.

Maybe this rare drop box ships like the Tholians, Cardasian, and Jem Hadar ship give an extra 5% on top, I don't have any of them or care, just think their rarity should be reflected in this regard too.

I would also like to see fleet assignments which let you assign unused ships to star base patrols, but blocked you from switching to the for the duration of the assignment which should be at least 24 or 48 hrs. Bonus % ratings are based on the tier of the ship put on patrol duty and you can earn fleet marks for the mission.

Eventhough i have yet to actually start the game, i agree and will do the same!!!!

Where those pips are concerned that is!