Ever since the introduction of the new server that replaced classic, there have been nearly no updates or changes to player and staff ranks, the server shop, and kits. In these seven years, there have been many changes to the in-game economy, community, and other social aspects of Skyblock.
This is why I am now suggesting a total revamp of Skyblock prefixes for players and staff, aswell as updates to the shop.
This are three seperate, but related suggestions, check also:

Update to staff prefixes

Update to the shop

Player Ranks
Ranks have only been updated slightly since their main changes on the transition to the new Skyblock server in 2018, using the original classic colors and keeping a "Sky" based theme. I have updated the ranks in a corrected hierarchy order, swaping around a few and introducing Skyduke. With this new order, Skytitan is replaced with Skygod, making Skytitan a new upgradable rank, similar to classic's Donor 400. Cobblestone and diamond pickaxes should also be removed from all kits from Skyduke or Skyking forward, and kits should probably be updated slightly aswell, with all ranks possibly getting some amount of grass in their kits.
Listed: Skyknight, Skylord, Skyduke, Skyking, Skygod, Skytitan, Donor









Additionally I have created a new unique rank called "Nightsky" using a gradient, although I don't think gradients are the best idea for player ranks, this helps show how it could look, I made two variations based on auroras boreales. (Note: These rank is not part of the suggestion, it's just an extra.)

 

I like the colour changes, but I think skygod should be a single colour. Supportive of a new rank being added. I would prefer cobble and the diamond pickaxes to be toggleable in preferences, as sometimes I keep the cobble or pickaxe to stock up my free shops.

 

This are three seperate, but related suggestions, check also:
(In fear of editing the main post and causing trouble with the images, I will update this comment instead)

Update to player ranks (This post)

Update to staff prefixes

Update to the shop

 

Why not just suggest making Donor 400 purchasable? It relieves the increasing rarity of them, and makes it so people don't do increasingly weird things to get one.

 

I agree and prefer too the option of having cobblestone and diamond pickaxes be toggleable in preferences, as for the colors behind the skygod rank; those are the classic colors it had by default- which also mean that players can use custom colors on that rank, although I believe the new default currently in use is cyan:

 

fun fact, this was changed to similar to what it is now about 7 years ago. There was a time on classic, where the purchase of Donor250 gave you rainbows...

and then donor400's always been a deep blue. lol.

 

The rainbow represents that the nickname can have its colors changed.

 

Nope, back in classic rainbows were the default colors/prefix. It probably did represent the ability to change the colours but they were still the default colours and prefix.