Guild Wars 2

I forget which game it was I played. but I do know that there are some where when you equip titles you get stat bonuses for those titles.

example:
for this game say you have the title “spider slayer”, equipping the title would give a small stat boost like
5dmg to arachnid class monsters,5% poison resistance,2 toughness vs arachnid class enemies]

A-net could take it a step further and make it so you can level these titles, maybe have 5 tiers. so at max level of the spider slayer title the stats would be such as 25 dmg to arachnids, +25% poison resistance,10 toughness vs arachnids]

It would give more incentive for players to go to certain areas and grind for that title and something else to level for those who are completionists.

other examples:
Sword master title:
(must have sword master achievement completed to begin leveling title:5,000 killing blows with sword)
lvl 1: sword master: 2dmg to skills using a sword,-2% cooldown on sword skills
lvl 2:sword duelist:4dmg to sword skillls,-4% cooldown on sword skills
lvl3:blade singer:6dmg to sword skills, -5% cooldown on sword skills, -2 seconds cooldown when switching to swords
lvl4:blade master:8dmg to sword skills,-5%cooldown on sword skills, -2 seconds cooldown when switching to sword weapons
lvl5:Bladelord:+10 dmg with sword skills,-5%cooldown on sword skills,-2seconds cooldown when switching to sword weapons, 10% chance on critical hit to gain haste for 5 seconds when weilding a sword

achivement titles like “Krytan Explorer” could also have a similar leveling structure and grant boons like longer swiftness while traveling, reduced cost to portal or instant travel.

Edit: also make the titles equipable and you can only have one title equipped at any given time

This would never happen because they don’t want people to hunt titles. They already did a big mess with the ascended items. Titles giving boons will just make everyone farm them and those who cant get them will come here and complain.

And where has it been stated that “they don’t want people to hunt titles”?
If that were true then they would’nt have implemented the current change to WvW titles. I think extending that to PvE would be awesome. People farm for items as it is and thats a fact…look at how many people are constantly doing the maw or dungeon runs. Having something else to do would allieviate the mass farming for those events and spread player interest into something other than item farming.

People complain either way so its a moot point. and its not like its inaccessible to anyone. This would give those who complain about no endgame or anything to do after completing the story something else to do and add replayability to earlier areas if they do it right.

They could make the boons minimal so they don’t affect the game too greatly and keep it separate from WvW entirely since they have the title structure there already.

Wont happen because people already crying over ascended gear’s +10 to stats.. you wanna be crucified by the casual crowd.. go ahead… you’re just jumping into a sea filled with casual sharks. g5!!! battleship sunk!

Some some little bonus would be nice. More healing when you have Combat Healer on, or +0.5% crit dmg per PVP rank.

It was good in GW1, where titles provided you nice buffs, but they should give effects in the same time. Was bad when you had to change title every time…

RoyalPredator.9163:

Some some little bonus would be nice. More healing when you have Combat Healer on, or +0.5% crit dmg per PVP rank.

It was good in GW1, where titles provided you nice buffs, but they should give effects in the same time. Was bad when you had to change title every time…

A lot of stuff was good in gw1… unfortunately… like most modern sequels.. they just abandon what made their 1st game great & always want to make a new game, which.. turns out worse than the 1st game.

RoyalPredator.9163:

Some some little bonus would be nice. More healing when you have Combat Healer on, or +0.5% crit dmg per PVP rank.

It was good in GW1, where titles provided you nice buffs, but they should give effects in the same time. Was bad when you had to change title every time…

Thats what I was getting at. they shouldnt be huge game changers. I think a system like this like they had in gw1 and the game i was thinkin of was tales of symphonia(reference: http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Tales_of_Symphonia/Titles)

It would be something to add to the game in my opinion and add longevity

No, everyone would be using the same title then, because that would be the best title, unlike how now ppl use the title they like the most of or maybe fit best with their character. Yes Aion have titles and all you see there is everyone using the same 3-4 titles or so

I though this was what we had the traits for. PvE side perhaps, WvW and PvP… no.

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This game doesn’t need more grinding or vertical progression. There are plenty of other MMO’s that offer this that you can play.

Just no. The last thing we need is more grinding.

Aren’t we supposed to wear a title because we like what it implies for our character, not what it gives our character?

Well I would like if they had things like the sunspear and lightbringer achievements from GW1

Just NO and here is why. The last hing this (or most games) need are more passive buffs. It is bad enough the way they are ruining wvw with passives(maybe the ballista one is ok.) They only reward time invested not skill. If you wan tto add some reward for achievements make them active skills not “set it and forget it” buffs.
Example – spider slayer grants you – Web Slinger, utility skill, for the next 5 seconds you will reflect any projectiles from spiders for double damage.
IE – something you not only chose to use as a skill ,but has to be used at the right time and circumstances.