Hey guys I know I'm new and all but here me out.

So I was thinking that since the server is a towny one and one of the greater ones that I've seen before. Maybe their could be an in-game rank up system. Something to keep the players going while they do their quests and all.

Ranks like Knight, Noble, lord, elder, god so on and so forth or change them as they feel. This allows players to look forward to gaining new kits, ranks, abilities or whatever the admins so choose to put it in.

This is just a suggestion that I thought would really help.
Do with this as you please

I do like this as an idea to help push people to participate in towns and build communities.

I like the idea, but how would they rank up? Would you get it for how long you play like the free wilderness chunks or would you have to pay money for the ranks?

That ranking up using money kind of sounds like a server where you just use money to rank up, using money to rank up could create some weird unbalanced economy, because some people have more money than others.

So my idea does not involve ranking up, however it involves unlocking commands by having an average play time per week. So for example have something that keeps track of time played (like for chunks) and then average it per week, and if you have an average of above a specific amount of time, you unlock a command or two in game (like echest or something) for the next week or two. However if your average playtime drops below the allotted average time you will lose permission to use the command(s) you get.

So my idea does not involve ranking up, however it involves unlocking commands by having an average play time per week. So for example have something that keeps track of time played (like for chunks) and then average it per week, and if you have an average of above a specific amount of time, you unlock a command or two in game (like echest or something) for the next week or two. However if your average playtime drops below the allotted average time you will lose permission to use the command(s) you get.

What you're suggesting is literally taking my idea and just changing money into time and ranks into perms. Why wouldn't we just do the idea I suggested. You gain a new rank for earning money, which in return provides players using their time on the server. The perms also will be included inside the new rank.