Project Lore

The titles that we choose to have emblazoned over our toons (or lack thereof) can say a lot about what kind of players we are. And it also can say a lot about who we are in terms of what captures our attention in-game.

Personally, I choose a title based simply on what I think sounds cool. I'm partial to Champion of the Frozen Wastes, Merrymaker, the Hallowed and, now that I've got it, the Love Fool. None of these were particularly difficult or time consuming, I just like the way they sound.

But that would be different if I had any of the five badass titles that we've previously written about (the previous list included The previous list included Salty, Loremaster, of the Nightfall, the Immortal and any arena title), or any of the other extremely rare and difficult titles out there (I'm looking at you, Kingslayer). Add to that list a plethora of other titles such as the Exalted and the Insane along with some now-unobtainable titles. Now any of those, I would wear proudly.

But what does that say about me? Well, I suppose that like most other dedicated players, I can respect others who have put in the effort and time it takes, and also have the skill needed to garner a given achievement. And they might not have even put forth all that for the purpose of getting the title, but instead see it as a perk.

Here's something I didn't expect. Apparently, the "Love Fool" title means "I'm a whore" to some players. My guildies and some others who I've run a PUG raid with know I'm a girl in RL, but I don't go around flaunting it. Regarless, in just the couple weeks that I've been wearing my Love Fool title, I've started getting comments from random people in-game.

The first one came as I boarded a zep while on my quest to honor all the elders. Another player on board started whispering to me the lyrics to Lovefool by the Cardigans, starting with "Love me, love me, say that you love me!" Only when he pointed out my title did I realize what he was referring to. Then a couple days later in a random PUG, one of the party members kept saying in party chat "Loco want to be lovers?!" Apparently he had the Love Fool title, too. Bleh. I responded by focusing on out-dpsing him, which for some odd reason made me feel better.

I should have just changed my title instead. Locomomo, Champion of the Frozen Wastes. Not that hard of a title to get anymore, but perhaps the one that, out of all of my titles, could potentially strike fear into the hearts of would-be annoyances. I'll try it out next time.

What title do you like to wear, and what sort of reactions do you get from them?