Curse

Xue Yi Liang · Feb 13, 2006, 05:45 AM // 05:45

A mark of distinction granted to characters of exceptional accomplishments (e.g. Characters who have won HoH, completed all quests and bonuses, have given more than 50k in donations to the gods, who have been able to get all skills and elite skills of their primary profession AND each secondary profession and have distinguished themselves in PvP with rank 12.) Basically it's a reward for a player who has gotten the absolute most out of the PvP and PvE aspects of Guild Wars.

Distinction may be granted in form of knighthood (e.g. "sir" or "dame" added to their name) and/or their name displayed on a great Hero's plaque in ascalon with the names of all who have achieved this.

Quid Pro Quo · Feb 13, 2006, 06:42 AM // 06:42

Sorry.. I don't like it. Reminds me of rank and I know the horror stories of being kicked out of teams for not having enough rank. This would be nice but it would end up making it harder on people.

Kaguya · Feb 13, 2006, 07:28 AM // 07:28

Well that's a huge list of stuff to do, don't think there's very many people with all that, if any at all...

But what happens when the expansion comes out, they lose the title as there's truckload of new skills, quests and missions?

shardfenix · Feb 13, 2006, 07:40 AM // 07:40

Yeah... chances are, if you are rank 12, you haven't touched PvE yet.
Also, since rank means very little now, it is pointless to add more stuff to it (keep in mind that there are ranks above 12).
Arenanet needs to reset rank after the skill rebalance. Too many people spirit spammed, IWAY-ed, exploit-ranger-spiked, SoJ spiked, and various other things to increase their rank without the use of regular skills. Everyone who is rank 12 today has spirit spammed, guaranteed.
Rank should be a combination of fame, win/loss ratio, and HoH wins.

Symeon · Feb 13, 2006, 08:50 AM // 08:50

This will just give the people with 10 hours a day to play this game a chance to show off.
Plus, it will just create a goal to gain rank and complete all the missions and bonus so you can be the guy that everyone goes OMG YOU ARE LIKE GOD YOU ROCK
-this game is about skill AND also teamwork...sure doing all that stuff requires skill but being an individual Godlike person throughout Tyria is just gonna mean everyone tries to become the best and not work together so much.

/unsigned.

mattjones527 · Feb 13, 2006, 08:53 AM // 08:53

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Originally Posted by shardfenix

Arenanet needs to reset rank after the skill rebalance. Too many people spirit spammed, IWAY-ed, exploit-ranger-spiked, SoJ spiked, and various other things to increase their rank without the use of regular skills.

First off since when is SoJ spike an exploit? It's just like any other spike, only they are spiking with SoJ. Iway is by no means an exploit, not that I even like iway, but it is by no means exploiting a bug.

So you want to reset rank, so for all the people like me out than who got rank 6 by air spike and balanced build, we should just instantly have our hard work stripped awat from us, just so someone unranked can get into groups easier? you should seriously rethink your logic.

Back on topic:
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I like that idea, although it does seem near impossible to accomplish. I think there should be some pve version of rank also, just for maybe things like missions and bonuses completed.

Xue Yi Liang · Feb 13, 2006, 03:20 PM // 15:20

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Originally Posted by Quid Pro Quo

Sorry.. I don't like it. Reminds me of rank and I know the horror stories of being kicked out of teams for not having enough rank. This would be nice but it would end up making it harder on people.

Well, the whole idea is that it's nearly impossible to accomplish - otherwise these people will be everywhere. I don't think a guild can kick people out for not having this status because you'd be lucky if you even have one person who has done this.

For the honor of having your character name on the plaque, for instance, it'd be a long time before a name appears there ... and, when it does, it's a big deal.

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Originally Posted by Kaguya

Well that's a huge list of stuff to do, don't think there's very many people with all that, if any at all...

that's the idea.

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Originally Posted by Kaguya

But what happens when the expansion comes out, they lose the title as there's truckload of new skills, quests and missions?

well, the requirements I said were just an example - I would have included stuff from Factions but we haven't played it yet

I'm just afraid that, if it were based solely on PvE or PvP then the list would have 30 names in the first week and 200 names in the next week and over 1500 in the next month...

This distinction isn't really considered a "goal" since most people will never get it - It's kinda like FOW armor, in that sense - nobody really needs it but it's a nice incentive to return to the UW. The principle is the same here except to a greater degree.

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Originally Posted by King Symeon

-this game is about skill AND also teamwork...sure doing all that stuff requires skill but being an individual Godlike person throughout Tyria is just gonna mean everyone tries to become the best and not work together so much.

I can see your point.

Lampshade · Feb 14, 2006, 06:11 AM // 06:11

ebay.com Search> Hero of Heroes account

Hero Account! $22

Hero of Hero accnt $25

100% complete account $25

Wow, I just wasted 6 months of grinding.

thunderpower · Feb 14, 2006, 10:53 AM // 10:53

Lol.
This game ain't about showin off. It's enough that new players have hard time in pvp cuz of rank and emote.

I don't think anet should do anything to facilitate the marketing and the re-sale of accounts.

Isn't it enough for you that the game already has stuff you can buy/sell on ebay? You want more?

Xue Yi Liang · Feb 24, 2006, 02:26 PM // 14:26

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Originally Posted by thunderpower

Lol.
This game ain't about showin off. It's enough that new players have hard time in pvp cuz of rank and emote.

I think the idea is that the game is different things to different people ... as long as everything is fair, balanced and tasteful.

"Showing-off" is important to some ... unimportant to others. If it wasn't a part of GW they wouldn't have had Fissure Armor or expensive black dyes.