Within the story it could fit also being that there would now be new factions to follow on both sides. Do we really think that Gramsfoot would be still in a timewarp not knowing about Angmar and beyond?
I like the idea that it is time to change the factions and now earn rank once again from the standpoint of a new faction for both sides.
Freeps could join an initial faction that wanted to rid creeps from middle earth following the fall of the ring but iirc it was written somewhere that after some years Aragorn allowed the remaining Orcs live in peace in and around Rhun (or I could have dreampt that )
Creeps could realise that Angmar is long gone and now Sauron has fallen and therefore a new leader would arise to try and consolidate the Ettenmoor for themselves as again we know that in and around the Misty Mountains there were pockets of orcs and goblins who survived and hid in communes within the mountain holds.
So, this would seem like a good time to address the issue of Rank. Whether you feel that it should be increased or nullified due to all the mass cheating over the years.. we could really do with a new start. IMHO
WHY DO PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE LEAST, KNOW IT THE LOUDEST?