Dear All,
I think the new ID system is good (except the stars as prev. said), but with a New Member this should show for about 20 or more posts and then switch automatically to Full Member. Most likely Martin has considered this, and probably some such scheme exists already.
Again, I am not knocking the prev. Rank system, I quite liked it, saw no harm in it, and it was definitely a good idea to get Mayhem off the ground. Things move on however, and the popularity of this excellent facility made the old Rank system superfluous.
Regards, Bernard