Whats your Level?

Nah, S999 feels like it would take literally thousands upon thousands of hours to reach based on my own current progression. Probably more time than what was spent balancing and fixing stuff...

Started playing since launch early access.

I hate grinding in general. Grinding implies there's a kind of time limit to something, it also forces you to commit all your time to one specific play-style in the case of STiering weapons, gear and vehicles, the S Tier for some gear makes zero sense, in this regard I prefer a lower max "tier". That's kind of why I liked Battlefield 4's progression so much because you can always pick it up and progress at your own pace, no battle passes nothing of that sort. Something else about 2042 is that "rank progression" is literally just a number? I wish it was more like traditional "rank progression" in the sense where each rank has an actual rank title alongside it like Private, Lieutenant, Colonel and General.

Like, if in 2042, Rank S100 was Colonel, and Rank S200 was General, I would feel very incentivized to progress through the ranks, because it sort of grounds your in-game progression with something in reality. I have no conception what S100 or S999 is meant to be in reality and thus I feel nothing for it, but Colonel and General? Well now, that's something I can respect. Maybe S500 could be General of the Army, then S999 could be General of the Battlefield. When it comes to Ranks, I therefore think there should be something up there for those who dedicate all of their video game time to just Battlefield, but for people like me who play different games occasionally and likes to take breaks from Battlefield, Ranks such as Colonel should be reasonably within reach and not something where the game becomes a second Job.

There's so much potential to make Ranks mean something in Battlefield, but I guess they have bigger things to worry about at the moment such as fixing the lie-service before the next Battlefield title.