Titles

Hello everyone!
You know, i sometimes really enjoy korean and chinese webnovels and there are some, where they mention a pretty unique titel-system.
In this system, you can obtain boni (stats, bonus exp, extra running speed etc) from obtaining and equipping titles. And... I just remembered that AION once had such a system and that was REALLY cool! Like the ", the Patient", where you had to run around ca. 3 different zones and function as a delivery agent. xD

What do you think of this? Would something like this fit into AoC?

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altyor

Titles are always fun, but if they give you stats it should only be in specific, lore-friendly ways with minimal day to day impact within the game.

Using the Pope example above, maybe the head of the Religion node has a title like Pope and when defending the node from attackers they receive a bonus to healing (or buffs, or damage resistance, etc.). Meanwhile the leader of the combat node gets a bonus to damage, or movement or something similar, and so forth for each node type. Since it's an event where the bonus is taking effect the players going into the event can plan for it.

Faction based titles could also give small buffs against the opposing faction NPCs as long as influence isn't easily farmable, and both sides are equally represented in the world. It would push people with similar choices of factions in the beginning of the game to stick together and form sub-groups within the overarching nodes, and could add another layer of immersion.

Azathoth

@altodor, it is likely religious nodes and religion-specific progressions will have some titles associated with them. If these titles grant a bonus because one of Verra's gods granted them the title, but no other titles granted bonuses, it would encourage everyone to achieve some of the religious-oriented titles. Which, depending on how much of the Lore/Campaign in Ashes is god-oriented, could be a good thing.

tugowar

I somehow interpose the L for an i everytime I read this topic’s subject...

Atama

tugowar wrote: »

I somehow interpose the L for an i everytime I read this topic’s subject...

Ti ties? Yes, tying something with titanium would certainly be very secure. I like the way your mind works!

Jjampong

altodor wrote: »

Titles giving stats just doesnt make any sense to me. Like literal sense. A title giving stats. Unless it was a magical title that the gods blessed you with.

@altodor I only would appreciate title on certain conditions myself. But you could also see that the title rewards you the stats for the accomplishment of getting the title in the first place, not for the title itself.

Damokles

Another idea for titles:
"***-slayer" a title that you recieve only after killing a huge number of a certain mob on your own and an amount of epic mobs of the same category. (wolfslayer, shadowcatslayer, dragonslayer, banditslayer etc)
The title in turn would then give a flat 5% damage buff against this certain creature or you recieve more exp from them if equipped. (The effect could of course change)

This could reward players that challenge themselves alone against the wilderness.

[Deleted User]

Rewards for title achievements, yeah, why not?
Cosmetic rewards sure, if auras are a thing, why not mutated skill graphics, there's no advantage in-game to this.

As to STAT adjusting titles?

Really, why not?
Along with your [make title active/show title] button, also have an [active - on/off] button next to the titles earned.

Then offset any stat boons with banes!!!

If you want to repeat the same thing 100,000 times just so you can be called 'the fancy' great.
You can have it and choose to show the title.
Or maybe you won't show the title, but you'll activate the boon/banes, you earned it after all.

So if you want to activate 'the Fancy' and have an adjustment of +.5 to outgoing healing, then it'll also cost you -.5 against all pirates.

(Because they're fancier than you)

Atama

I don’t want titles with stats. I don’t want to equip a great-sounding title that I earned which gives lame or useless stats to my build, or feel forced to use a title that sounds horrible but is optimal for my character. They should never have anything to do with each other.

Plateau

LoBane

Title that don’t have bonuses but can be activated but not displayed above your character unless you want.
Each relevant title has an animation that is applied to the character when activated.
Example: Doing a quest to train a certain type of fighting/martial arts style.(Irish boxing etc)
Or a weird one where you earn a title that if you activate it..instead of backing up normally..you moonwalk. 🙃
Maybe a title that adds a slight limp to your character’s step. Old wound type thing.
Another example is picking some titles that are related to what your character does in random order while idle.(Fart, burp, waving at random people, character start arguing with themselves etc)

Well those are just a few examples but the main thing is that it would add more personality to your character. As well story because you earned the style and/or “issue” the character displays.

Making a title system like this will also help with creating more unique NPCs. If the title system is in depth enough.

akabear

Some great ideas above. I would like to see a range of tiles also come with a single reward such as a buff, attribute, costume, tax benefit, master key, or portal access and the like to the current ranked title holder.
And possibly combinations thereof.. ie title holders of X,Y and Z. have items A,B, C that do something when in proximity.

Nothing overpowered but something to reward the effort and to provide incentive for others to also strive to take the titled position.

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