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Urcscumug · Jun 10, 2011, 10:54 AM // 10:54

I like the Cartographer titles and that's about it. I like to display them and I like seeing them on others. Because I like exploring and I like people who felt the need to go see everything in the GW world.

Of course, some may get them just for the HoM, but those people are not likely to display Cartographer, there's more fancy titles you can show off.

Anyway, I think titles are very personal to each player, they mean something, give a sense of achievement. I try not to jump to conclusions and assume "pure epeen". I am tempted, but I try not to.

Whirl E Vic · Jun 10, 2011, 12:36 PM // 12:36

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Originally Posted by Urcscumug

I like the Cartographer titles and that's about it. I like to display them and I like seeing them on others. Because I like exploring and I like people who felt the need to go see everything in the GW world.

Of course, some may get them just for the HoM, but those people are not likely to display Cartographer, there's more fancy titles you can show off.

Anyway, I think titles are very personal to each player, they mean something, give a sense of achievement. I try not to jump to conclusions and assume "pure epeen". I am tempted, but I try not to.

I like the concept of exploring, but I wish it was more of a "find X/1000 sites in Tyria" Stuff like the wizards tower in Kessex peak, that cathedral type thingy in the SW of the falls, grenth statue in lornars etc.

That would make carto an 8 in my book. The current wall-scraping gets about a 1.

Xenex Xclame · Jun 10, 2011, 01:04 PM // 13:04

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Originally Posted by Urcscumug

Because I like exploring and I like people who felt the need to go see everything in the GW world.

I do too!The only problem I have with carto I have in the way its implemented, is that It can be tedious, it's not about exploration its about scrapping each and all corners of the planet.

I agree with Whirl E Vic if it was more like find : "Aidan's home" "Riverside Den" "Spider's Cave" it would be much better, so instead of scraping the map you would need to look out for landmarks.

slowerpoke · Jun 10, 2011, 01:18 PM // 13:18

The game was better without titles

Aeronwen · Jun 10, 2011, 01:27 PM // 13:27

Title importance = 0

Titles as a indicator of how much and how well you have played the game are fun. Most if not all GW titles have been downgraded. You can get GWAMM without knowing much about the game other than how to powertrade. So titles here mean nothing.

For myself there are titles I like having because I know the effort I put in to achieve them, but I would have done all that anyway, some if them I was well on the way to before titles existed.

gremlin · Jun 10, 2011, 02:02 PM // 14:02

Another thought about titles is that their importance if any must be diminishing now the game is so old.

Gaining Gwamm say in the first year gw was out "not that it was possible" would have given you 5 years of swanking about as the worlds greatest something or other.

As against gaining GWAMM a week before we all move to GW2 or some other game.

anonymous · Jun 10, 2011, 03:30 PM // 15:30

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Titles are only there to show how long you have been playing the game, not any sort of skill. Some people that have titles have skill, but having skill is not a requirement to have the titles.

Hobbs · Jun 10, 2011, 03:53 PM // 15:53

My own titles for me are a 9, they kept my playing and interested and I had tons of fun getting them all.

Other people's titles are a 3, it's cool to see the people who have 37 max but I don't really pay other people's titles much attention.

dudemonkey · Jun 10, 2011, 04:00 PM // 16:00

I'm a goal-and-task-oriented person, so I enjoy working on titles for that reason. They're not my main reason to play (that would be: "to have fun"), but they're specific and measurable, which sits well with me.

I'm working on Tyrian Cartographer and Drunkard at the moment, although I haven't bought any alcohol yet, just drinking what I get from special event farming/Nick The T.

~ Dan ~ · Jun 10, 2011, 04:00 PM // 16:00

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Originally Posted by Hobbs

My own titles for me are a 9, they kept my playing and interested and I had tons of fun getting them all.

Other people's titles are a 3, it's cool to see the people who have 37 max but I don't really pay other people's titles much attention.

This.

Titles = goals. It's ok saying you play a game for fun, but at some point you will set yourself goals. I'm proud of the effort I put in for my PvE titles as they were all goals to reach and kept me playing, but I couldn't give a shit about other people's titles.

Aljasha · Jun 10, 2011, 04:05 PM // 16:05

I care about them, because they give me something to do until GW2 is released. However they are not important to me and I don't judge others for their rank. In PvP they are nice, but they don't tell anything about a player's personality. Since I've met a lot of players with high ranks in PvP and a personality I usually avoid in RL, I mostly ignore any statistics when looking for new recruits. After all, ranks do not track player skill progress, but the raw number of wins.

I am more interested in somebody's guild history and how the person acts in a group.

MithranArkanere · Jun 10, 2011, 04:48 PM // 16:48

They have the importance you give them.

For me, titles other have are meaningless. The only titles that count for me are my own. I don't get titles to be over others like in some leaderboard or scale, but for mere completion. In the same way, I got all 1319 skills in one character, HoM and GWAoMM for completion, not competition.

rcox100 · Jun 10, 2011, 05:08 PM // 17:08

im one of the people that has a goal to get all the titles

i love having a title that took me some hardwork and ragequiting to get

cataphract · Jun 10, 2011, 05:32 PM // 17:32

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Originally Posted by anonymous

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Titles are only there to show how long you have been playing the game, not any sort of skill. Some people that have titles have skill, but having skill is not a requirement to have the titles.

Now say that about PvP titles but give me a minute to make some popcorn first.

Shanaeri Rynale · Jun 10, 2011, 06:13 PM // 18:13

For me, titles have always been unimportant. The character of the player and how they can help and support the team is much more important.

I'd much rather have a 0 title player who listens and does their best than a GWAMM who ignores everyone and just does their own thing.

coil · Jun 10, 2011, 06:14 PM // 18:14

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Originally Posted by cataphract

Now say that about PvP titles but give me a minute to make some popcorn first.

because you can't synch/purchase/feed yourself pvp title points?

glad can be synched or bought
fame can be bought and fed
champ can be bought and fed
zrank can be bought

as the game gets older deciphering, on face value, if a player has skill or time becomes less accurate.

that's not to say everyone who has a high rank has bought/fed/synched their way to it. but not knowing any background info on the person before seeing the title leaves me hardly impressed.

it's the player, not the account title(s), that deserves my respect.

so, as anonymous stated, some people that have titles have skill, but having skill is not a requirement to have the titles.

fowlero · Jun 10, 2011, 06:24 PM // 18:24

They're of no importance to me. Though i do have some weird kinda of satisfaction from the fact that i've gained some, but not enough that i would care if they all disappeared in some sort of title removal.

I don't play for titles, though i did a bit for HoM before i rapidly realised i didn't like doing it.

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Originally Posted by cataphract

Now say that about PvP titles but give me a minute to make some popcorn first.

Noone worth listening to in PvP cares about their titles. Course in HA it seems a lot do, but it's also the only sign of (hopefully) some form of competence from a random player you've never played with.

Aycee · Jun 10, 2011, 06:42 PM // 18:42

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Originally Posted by rcox100

im one of the people that has a goal to get all the titles

i love having a title that took me some hardwork and ragequiting to get

I'm riding in this boat.

Del · Jun 10, 2011, 07:03 PM // 19:03

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Originally Posted by coil

glad can be synched or bought

synced yes, bought, don't think so.

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Originally Posted by coil

fame can be bought and fed

Who respects Haers either way?

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Originally Posted by coil

champ can be bought and fed

And at the price I've seen people try to charge for champ points, you'd be better off just learning to play.

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Originally Posted by coil

zrank can be bought

Not a real PvP title, just something anet counted as pvp since pvers aren't competent enough to fill HoM without it.

Ximvotn · Jun 10, 2011, 10:23 PM // 22:23

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Originally Posted by slowerpoke

The game was better without titles

I feel the same most of the time. It was better without KoABD title track, but Legendary Guardian is the only title I want to display.

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Originally Posted by Del

synced yes, bought, don't think so.
Who respects Haers either way?
And at the price I've seen people try to charge for champ points, you'd be better off just learning to play.
Not a real PvP title, just something anet counted as pvp since pvers aren't competent enough to fill HoM without it.

Learning to play GvG in a guild that is champ rated might not be the easiest thing for people those guild also want people with a decent Gladiator, Hero, and Codex rank or something to prove their worth. They also need to be very experienced and have previous high-end GvG experience. Getting to r3 is tough because you usually don't get points by the dozen, but by a few games. I guess you could buy your way to Mighty Hero.