Its the Star Wars connection I always liked. Anything that is "imperial" is mean!
But its a matter of personal taste I guess. Many guilds have "lower" titles that are cooler than the highest. Cherek was a knight for most of his life and you raise title super quick as a knight, and "Lord Warrior", or "Lord Clerist" etc was always so boring. You pass by a bunch of cooler ones on the way but you never see any knights with them since they rush by so very quick. Same in most guilds. All gladiators are superior master, all calians are exalted members, etc.
It would be cool if when you reach the max title you get to chose from a bunch of "max titles" instead of getting stuck with one. Or something.
I think the Dragonarmy has a nice way of handling this. They got their "rank" title, General, Highmaster etc, but they also got the extra title that can be more induvidual. I think other guilds could learn from that system.
Or Red Fang of course, that had already been suggested. It is also harder to gain titles in Red Fang than most guilds which is a good thing.
But I like the suggestion where people has to compete for a title. If there could be only one Superior Master Gladiator that title would get a meaning again. (even if imperial is cooler).
There could be different ways in different guilds. Gladiators could be simply brute force in battle. (combat XP). While perhaps other guilds could award their highest title to those who bring most to the racks, are most active, etc. Or clever mathematical formulas to take into account several of those things. So perhaps knights who could have a formula like this. ((activity+guildXP+rackPoints+coinsDonated+DIS)= Your title.) DIS since knights are supposed to be brave, and rack since they are about sharing, and are also supposed to be devoted to their cause, not personal wealth and greed). Another guild could have another formula beased on their beliefs.
This would all be based on the current members, so in Calia the top three are exalted members of the elite guard for instance. And the next three belong to the second highest title "group", etc. And it would change as people advance, and others get sloppy or stop playing. Would also perhaps keep people active and working for their guild and themselves to keep the title. Perhaps there could even be small benefits for those of the highest title. And least in some of the more competitive guilds.
Obviously manual titles like "General" or "Grand master" would still work the usual way. I am speaking of "normal" titles now.
