What's the point of ranks?

[gifthorse]

of course it can
and the same time, we see everyone use the same excuse as for "why level" or "why do this" "why do that"

in the end, these games are nothing but huge time sinks, if you play this as a "life goal" or seriously as if it mattered then isnt that moreso a problem then what they game itself is doing.

in wow, you waste 85 levels getting to endgame, 85 horrible levels that you dont wanna have to do cuz they suck and nothing is worth doing before then(after all wow is just an endgame, and anyone who says otherwise doesnt realize how that game evolved)
so why not just start everyone off at 85? cuz thats not how things work
time sinks, its all any game is

Wait... so why not start the game at endgame?

I didn't really understand that point.