Guild Wars 2

so please help me out here, am i missing something? , i have gotten 2 titles so far the new volunteer one and one called gladiator. now not being able to see your own name above your head in anyway i was curious as to what my new title looked like. so i made a new friend who also had some titles and we met up to get an idea of how it looked.

and lo and behold we discovered that your title is not shown under your name in anyway , that you actually have to click on the person to see the title , and then it is only visible in a dullish white , that is very hard to see.

so i am saying — what is the point? why even have your title active if no one can see it, i was under the impression that my new title would be under my name for all to see, like in other games (daoc etc..) all these great achievements and titles you can earn and yet no one knows

this seems like a simple fix to me
so why are these titles basically hidden? , and whats the point in even having them?
what am i missing?

There are three steps to me “noticing” someone:

1. Unique armor arrangement / dye scheme grabs my attention.
2. I mouse over the person to see if he/she has a map comp star.
3. If the person has a star, I’ll click on them to see if they have an interesting title (DM or PVP-related).

In other words, the way titles are shown is okay as it isn’t intrusive, yet is there for people who care to check it out.

It’s not you who is missing something, the game is.

I agree, the effect of titles is underwhelming. Maybe they should each add a small stat increase, either by equipping it or being permanent. Nothing game breaking, maybe just +5 at most. Not a perfect solution, but it’s something.