Curse

Arkantos · Jan 16, 2007, 04:43 PM // 16:43

It's a better idea then the death title, but still not worthy of counting towards KoaBD. It's not really hard to get down to 10% health and stay alive, it would actually be quite easy in PvE.

freekedoutfish · Jan 16, 2007, 04:48 PM // 16:48

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Originally Posted by The Sender

Thank you all very much for your input.

I can see that some of you don't like the idea of it being based on deaths, because dying repeatedly isn't really something to be proud of. Well, what if we changed it around, say, instead of basing it on how many times you died, what if it records how many times you came NEAR death and did NOT die.

For instance, if your health drops below 10% and you DO NOT die, then you get 1 point towards the title, and you need 100 points for the first rank. Doesn't that make things a little more interesting? You'd actually need some skill to get out of that situation. Besides, you would actually be taking risks and not just committing suicide

You wouldn't be able to grind it, either, at least not easily and it would take a long time.

I think it would be a title that you can wear proudly.

Its not so much that people thought the title wasnt something to be proud of (that was just me who commented on that). Its the fact that its a very, very, very easy title to achieve.

Dieing is something you do frequently, and it isnt something you can stop or prevent unless your trying to. People would attain those titles without effort.

Having your health drop to near 10% is also something which happens frequently and cannot be prevented. It probably happens more frequently then dieing. This title would also be attained without effort.

Both a death or near death title wouldnt be something to be proud of in that case, because its very easily attained. A title should be something which isnt hard, but certainly isnt easy either.

Take protector for example. Its not hard to get at all, but it does take skill and determination. As does exploration which isnt easy, but its not impossible and it takes hard work and effort to achieve. Neither are titles which just fall into your lap like a death or near-death one.

And YES, adding easy titles does impact on titles such as KOABD. You obviously dont have it, or spent over a year getting it, otherwise you would appreciate that.

Its not that anyone thinks your idea is bad. Its just the title is far too easy to get. Its the kind of thing you could achieve in your sleep.

xxSilhouette · Jan 16, 2007, 04:49 PM // 16:49

Well i doubt they would add it, beacuse it would be very easy to afk - and its not as difficult as obtaining the survivor title IMO. At any rate, i do still like the idea, I would love it if my characters that were made before titles had a chance at that, so it is a nice idea.

The Sender · Jan 16, 2007, 04:52 PM // 16:52

I see what you mean, thanks for your kind words, it's good to know that people like the idea.

Elisa · Jan 16, 2007, 05:15 PM // 17:15

/signed

I really like this idea. I'm part of the other camp (a hardcore Survivor title track hunter), but this will be a lot of fun to add as a title track for the people who can't be bothered to go with Survivor or are just more interested in this title track. Certain precautions will have to be taken, though, to make sure people will actually wear the titles or others will accept people with one of the titles in their name. One of the suggestions I make is to make quite a few attainable titles and give them funny names, so others can't associate them with a certain death number or 'noob'-factor (if you will) as quickly. I also suggest making the last title so hard to attain hardly anyone will be able to do it. Somewhere in the reach of ten million (yes, 10,000,000

) deaths will do. This'll make sure it's not another title that will make 'Kind of a Big Deal' easier to farm. This is what I suggest:

100 deaths: Oops, I Slipped! (1)
500 deaths: D'oh! (2)
2000 deaths: What's This Button Do? (3)

This is where deaths stop being accidental and people start actually farming the title, so:

5000 deaths: Human Shield (4)
10,000 deaths: Voluntary Human Shield (5)
25,000 deaths: Expert Human Shield (6)
100,000 deaths: Unstoppable Human Shield (7)
250,000 deaths: Seen The Light (8)
1,000,000 deaths: Leeeroy Jenkins! (9)

And last of all, almost unattainable, but this'll make sure the Kind of a Big Deal title doesn't get too easy to farm:

10,000,000 deaths: DEATH REINCARNATE (10)

Making the names "funny" will make people not associate them with the players' noobiness or crapness as much and will actually make it fun for people the wear the titles. The 10,000,000 deaths title will be for the really hardcore title farmers and would actually make this title track viable to count towards Kind of a Big Deal. Most people would not get past 'Leeeroy Jenkins! (9)'.

Please make your own additions or different death-track name lists! The more ideas we give the developers, the easier/quicker/more viable it will be for them to implement.

The Sender · Jan 16, 2007, 05:17 PM // 17:17

HAHAHA, that's hilarious.