To keep track of an agent's progress and level of skill, Border implemented a tracking system based on usage points. All combat triggers have usage points, which are adjusted in real-time based upon a number of criteria, including: their performance against other agents in rank wars, battles against Neighbors, and any noteworthy exploits.
Agent Ranking System
Border's agents are divided into four ranks: S-Rank, A-Rank, B-Rank, and C-Rank. Of these four ranks, B-Rank and C-Rank are closely linked to usage points, and promotion from C-Rank to B-Rank is based solely on the level of usage points an agent has accumulated. For a trainee to become a full-fledged border agent, or B-Rank, they must accrue 4,000 usage points with their chosen training trigger. Upon reaching the designated point value, the agent is promoted and is allowed to form a team, take part in patrol duty, expand their trigger count to eight, and use their triggers outside of Border's HQ.
Once the agent has been promoted to B-Rank, they can replace their training trigger with a combat trigger, and now have the option of using more than one trigger. Going forward, their progress is tracked based on what triggers they choose to use, and what role they fulfill as part of a team: [[Attacker], Gunner, Shooter, or Sniper. Each trigger is tracked independently from the others, so an agent who wields a Kogetsu and an Asteroid trigger will have usage points associated with each, and those values will be updated based on how much they use one or the other.
B-Rank agents who reach 8,000 usage points with a single trigger are considered to have reached Master Class with that trigger, and an agent who does so with any Attacker Trigger, and their choice of any Gunner trigger, will be considered an All-Rounder. Furthermore, if an agent reaches 8,000 points with a trigger from the three main roles, Attacker, Gunner, and Sniper, they are classified as a Perfect All-Rounder.
Anytime an agent adds a new trigger to their setup, it begins with 3,000 points, or 4,000 if they are Master Class. An agent who replaces their primary trigger with a new trigger may be reduced to 3,000, but would not be demoted back to trainee. The only time an agent would be demoted is if their usage points dropped to 1,500 or less, but no one has been demoted in this manner before.
Agents are competitively ranked based on their usage points, either as an overall rank, or as part of their role. Their overall rank is determined by their highest usage point value of equipped triggers, and their role's rank is based on their highest value within that role. Similarly, an All-Rounder's overall rank is based only on their highest equipped trigger, not a accumulation of two or more.
Earning Points
Trivia
References
| Border Triggers | |
|---|---|
| Basic Equipment | Bail Out • Radar • Trion Body |
| Attacker | Kogetsu (Kogetsu: Spear) • Raygust • Scorpion • Sōgetsu (Axe) |
| Gunner | Asteroid • Cobra • Gimlet • Hornet • Hound • Meteor • Salamander • Tomahawk • Viper |
| Firearms | Assault Rifle • Grenade Launcher • Handgun • Minigun • Shotgun |
| Sniper | Egret • Ibis • Lightning |
| Defense | Escudo • Shield (Fixed Mode/Full Guard) |
| Trap | Switchbox |
| Optional | Bagworm • Bagworm Tag • Chameleon • Connector • Dummy Beacon • Enhanced Radar • Full Arms • Geist • Gen'yō • Grasshopper • Idaten • Lead Bullet • Makō • Senkū • Silencer • Spider • Starmaker • Teleporter • Thruster • Timer |
| Prototypes | Connector • Dummy Beacon • Full Arms • Geist • Idaten • Makō • Teleporter • Timer |
| Black | Fūjin • Tsukihiko Amō's Black Trigger • Yūma's Black Trigger |