[MUD-Dev2] [DESIGN] Perma-death

[cruise]

Thus spake Steve "Bloo" Daniels...
> Dana V. Baldwin wrote:
>> Other players could not care less. Its actually only rare because it
>> isn't much of an achievement 
> 
> Says the man who hasn't reached it and keeps telling me "Oh just go
> die and get it over with, then you can start enjoying the game." ;)

>> Tangible nbenefit or not, I almost drove over to a couple of my guildies
>> house and beat them with a hoe (my fave) when I died at level 15. *sigh*
>>
>> I almost rerolled.
> 
> Aha.  See!

So it might not mean much to others, but it can mean a lot to the 
player? Interesting.

To Dana - would you care so much if there wasn't a title? If there was 
no record of your achievement? If, after acknowledging no one elses 
seems to care, why does the addition of a title proclaiming your 
achievement to others bring you close to voluntarily chosing perma-death?

> Because it is possible to get Undying through farming green mobs until
> the next presidential administration, I wish Turbine would add some 
> titles that reflected how often you actually fight dangerous mobs.
> "... the Brave" if <50% of your kills are white or above.
> "... the Reckless" if <75% ...
> The Cowardly, The Craven, The Foolhardy, The Wanton, The Berserk.

I didn't play the beta for overly long, so remind me - can you display 
more than one title? And can others see all your titles in any way, or 
only one? Are there titles for defeating certain enemies?

Unless other players can see both accomplishment titles, a lot of the 
social "wow" is lost. Being able to combine "The Undying" with "Slayer 
of XXXX" would presumably be step in the right direction?

> With an early minstrel I tried, I refused to voluntarily engage in 
> combat and only fought things that I couldn't escape from.  Only managed
> level 6 until defeat though.  I'd display "Rayvaughn the Cowardly" if
> it were an option.

This is an interesting footnote - not all players want to impress - 
amusing or otherwise RP-friendly titles/badges can be just as useful.