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Menzoberranzan · Jan 01, 2007, 07:04 PM // 19:04

I like "cool idea", I just hope it won't be something too high endish.

Racthoh · Jan 01, 2007, 07:06 PM // 19:06

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Originally Posted by Evilsod

And if they have a reason for not doing it 'just yet', what the f*ck is it? Because it sure as hell isn't a good one.

The only reason I could possibly think of is Reconnects and the Party Search. That and all of the changes to the PvP formats. Granted I don't see how it would be so difficult to simply allow the priests to keep giving us blessings when as you mentioned the title just doesn't do anything.

logan90 · Jan 01, 2007, 07:11 PM // 19:11

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Originally Posted by ValaOfTheFens

Castellan wasn't very hard to attain. Spearmarshal looks like it will take longer than my interest in NF can sustain. *lol* They'd have to make areas where priests gave you blessings worth 15 or more Sunspear promotion points per kill and it would still take an ungodly amount of time to attain.

You call 4-5 hours ungodly? Thats how long it would take to get from R8 to R9 roughly. It doesnt take long. 7500 points is only 1072 kills. And in case you don't know, the gap between Castellan and Spearmarshal is the same between 0 and Castellan, which you just said wasn't very hard to get... Unless they change the amount required for Spearmarshal, or add more ranks. I was actually expecting the title to require 100,000+ to max out before NF was released.

Evilsod · Jan 01, 2007, 07:19 PM // 19:19

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Originally Posted by logan90

You call 4-5 hours ungodly? Thats how long it would take to get from R8 to R9 roughly. It doesnt take long. 7500 points is only 1072 kills. And in case you don't know, the gap between Castellan and Spearmarshal is the same between 0 and Castellan, which you just said wasn't very hard to get... Unless they change the amount required for Spearmarshal, or add more ranks. I was actually expecting the title to require 100,000+ to max out before NF was released.

I never understood that... Spearmarshal is a total of 2143 enemies killed under a 7point bounty. Plus loads of quests that give 100. These mobs are also numerous and easy to kill in wurm form.

Lightbringer on the other hand... the max bounty is 2... leaving us to slaughter 25000 enemies under the bounty. Why the hell are the enemies in the Domain of Secrets ranked bountywise equal to the enemies in the Domain of Anguish!? The last time i checked things in the Domain of Secrets didn't hit for 200-400 damage without breaking a sweat.

I couldn't care less if they boost the title slightly, just aslong as we can actually max it.

Tetris L · Jan 01, 2007, 08:08 PM // 20:08

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Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

As it turns out, the designers have developed another cool idea that may tied to the max titles. Trust me, this idea is cool (and something that has been requested).

I do trust you that the idea is cool and all, but quite frankly I'd expect the designers to think through such essential questions before the release of the game. There is nothing wrong with a bit of tweaking after release, but releasing the game with such an important feature missing completely makes the game smell badly "rushed".

Venus was her name · Jan 01, 2007, 08:28 PM // 20:28

why are people defending anet? they have clearly missed something out of a game you all payed for, thats absolutly despicable.

if they cant be bothered to finish their game then dont release it.

Bryant Again · Jan 01, 2007, 08:28 PM // 20:28

^ Que Eff Tee to Tetris.

BladeDVD · Jan 01, 2007, 10:31 PM // 22:31

I think the "cool idea" is related to a change in how the skill hunter titles work. They're going to make it maxable and individual to each campaign.

And the titles are just for fun really, and don't have a significant effect on the game (I believe you get hero points for each rank in the sunspear and lightbringer titles), so you can hardly say that you haven't gotten your money's worth from Nightfall because of this.

Mr_T_bot · Jan 01, 2007, 10:36 PM // 22:36

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Originally Posted by Venus was her name

why are people defending anet? they have clearly missed something out of a game you all payed for, thats absolutly despicable.

You should read some of the idiotic stuff Anet fan boys say. I saw a post here just the other day that said Arena Net deserves our money.

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if they cant be bothered to finish their game then dont release it.

Games are constantly released unfinished, but I have only seen Arena Net act like adding things into the game that should have been in the initial release is a gift to the players.

Ninna · Jan 01, 2007, 11:47 PM // 23:47

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Originally Posted by Mr_T_bot

Games are constantly released unfinished, but I have only seen Arena Net act like adding things into the game that should have been in the initial release is a gift to the players.

Blizzard did the same thing with Battlegrounds ...

Battlegrounds was missing from WOW at release and announced as a *new* game feature 8 months later
- as opposed to a DELAYED game feature

LifeInfusion · Jan 02, 2007, 01:35 AM // 01:35

I got Castellan on my ele, so right now I play my other characters that haven't gotten it.
It's a shame really, since I love my ele.

Haggard · Jan 02, 2007, 02:20 AM // 02:20

It's not even as if there's a valid reason for stopping people earning spearmarshall. Oh no, a KoaBD point! That spearmarshall is so much better than me because of his title that I may as well resign now!

I'm not saying that titles suck, because I would like spearmarshall and the KoaBD point - but I would like some chocolate too, and the corner shop doesn't force me through an assault course to get a bar.

Paperfly · Jan 02, 2007, 08:23 AM // 08:23

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Especially a worthless title like sunspear that just sits on my title bar unmaxed and doing nothing.

It nominally affects the amount of energy regained when you res someone with your Sunspear Rebirth Signet. That's a genuine gameplay consideration, which puts the title in a different philosophical class to, say, Drunkard.

(have I mentioned recently how much I hate the Rebirth signet? FFS ANet, you should have given it the same restrictions as a regular Rebirth - energy loss, skill blackout - and made it a genuine cross-class skill!)

Family Draconis · Jan 02, 2007, 08:34 AM // 08:34

I have to be completely honest here. It might just be the worst possible idea that the folks at anet have come up with so far to not be able to max out this title. As soon as I was within reach of this, they pulled the brass ring just outside of my reach and now I have to wait for them to drop the ladder before I can begin my climb back up.

I say we just cross our fingers and hope that they get their a$$es in gear soon and fix all of the bugs in the game. I have noticed a bunch more things that I'd like to see changed, LB rank system included. Hopefully Gaile will give us an update soon.

/fingerscrossed

thedork01 · Jan 02, 2007, 09:37 AM // 09:37

I hope they make it difficult to get. Its one thing to have a title as easy to get as the sunspear title, but to be able to max it so easily as by just farming in DoA? It's like a free title. To max wisdom you need to get 10,000 gold ids. Thats 50 million gold if you go about it the cheap way and buy them at 5k each. If you actually get it by getting gold drops, it would take years for a casual player. I'm ok with having titles that are easy to get, but not max titles.

Blackhawk · Jan 02, 2007, 02:14 PM // 14:14

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Originally Posted by Tetris L

I do trust you that the idea is cool and all, but quite frankly I'd expect the designers to think through such essential questions before the release of the game. There is nothing wrong with a bit of tweaking after release, but releasing the game with such an important feature missing completely makes the game smell badly "rushed".

Or "not cool"

I wont hold my breath for this latest "cool idea" as I reckon it's going to be a half baked attempt to try to get more people into DoA as you'll probably only get rewards there.

Theus · Jan 02, 2007, 02:31 PM // 14:31

As long as it doesnt involve the Domain of Anguish,I'll be happy.

freekedoutfish · Jan 02, 2007, 03:04 PM // 15:04

Solution:

Give out sunspear points for the first ingame challenge.
Give out lightbringer points for the second and third ingame challenge.

Base it on kills or points.

1 sunspear/lightbringer points for every 1 point you earn.

Sorted. It would alteast incourage people to do the challenges, which have kinda died now.

Marth Reynolds · Jan 02, 2007, 03:52 PM // 15:52

castellan was easy to reach, but i'm wondering how theyre gonna implement that cool way to get to marshal...

And A-net no we do not want to become ice vendors.... (Well ok perhaps what does it pay?

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