Personally I don't like the "private, captain, 3 star general" look we have going right now, but it's a hell of a lot better then those stupid bars relic put in, I really hate that relic changed how the vet and everything looks, but i guess it was necessary with all the things they changed.
Anyways I like the idea of consistantcy, but vet 3 would be unique. Uhg I wish I had my computer here, I would throw up some brainstorm ideas I've had for this. Anyways, what i think would be cool is either what akra is doing where you have all 3 vets with the same look, but vet 3 just has a golden background.
Or where you have vet 1 and 2 consistant then vet 3 would be unique. Examples:
US: vet 1 - 1 cheveron
vet 2 - 2 cheverons
vet 3 - golden or silver star
Wher: vet 1 - 1 diamond or stripe (all wher would be gray)
vet 2 - 2 diamons or stripes
vet 3 - iron cross
PE: vet 1 - 1 diamond or stripe (all PE vet would be the dark red they use)
vet 2 - 2 diamons or stripes
vet 3 - iron cross
Brits: vet 1 - 1 cheveron
vet 2 - 2 cheverons
vet 3 - the golden diamond or a crown
Another idea for PE and wher would be this:
Give wher the V marks for vet 1 and 2 and PE stripes or vice versa and keep them at iron crosses for vet 3.