- AcedannyK 7
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- Fabled Legendary Member
NB: Forgive me if all content pertaining to the system must be discussed in one thread, I wanted to share my own personal thoughts on the subject here.
Most of us are relatively familiar with the title bar system. It lets us show off our own personal level of forbearance, experience and involvement with the Bnet and its forums. The bar colours of title bars used to distinguish between members, heroic members, legendary members, mythic members, (master) forum ninjas and Bungie employees is used quite well too.
But after reading Duardo's Proposal to improve the title system I noticed the idea of transcending the titles used by Bungie for their pentathlon to the site. I couldn't help but disagree with the idea of having the titles:
Member
Middle School
Old Skool
Grizzled Ancient
I must completely but respectfully disagree. The idea of changing the base titles from the current only because Bungie is moving on to new things rather than continuing Halo now is a little absurd. The titles are purposefully over-the-top, memorable and cool to read. Do you want say to someone "I'm a Noble Heroic member" or "I'm a Noble Middle School (member)?" You know what I mean? It isn't like the titles are "Master Chief", "Halo Monitor" or things like that. The adjectives used as of now, while they may be related (the minuscule amount they are) to Halo, they aren't exclusive to the series. They are words used in the English language which sound over-the-top and epic to say. Why not keep them as a little reminder of Bungie's origins? Changing them to the pentathlon team names is not a very attractive idea to me. The names just don't sound right at all and in the end they are just a blatant rip-off.
However there are other things which could be improved very much so. The idea to have the option to "turn off" visible titles is a good idea, as is the idea to be able to select your displayed prefix from a list of all you currently qualify for. The system should absolutely retain its mysterious requirements for achieving each title/prefix though. The idea of being able to choose "intrepid" over "fabled" for example is a little misleading and could end up being a bit confusing so an idea would be to have titles of similar requirements overwritten when their superior versions are unlocked. For example, the selection order would be:
Behavioural History
Honourable -> Noble -> Exalted
Years Spent on Bnet
Veteran -> Senior -> Elder
Post Count
Intrepid -> Fabled
Special
Webcam MVP, Theme Master etc.
The highest possible selection of options to choose from would be exalted, elder and fabled!
So, those are my thoughts on the current title system.
Please share your own and do feel free to criticise anything I've mentioned.
EDIT: Listed special titles as options to choose from.
[Edited on 02.11.2012 6:16 AM PST]