Achievements are fun.

Probably suggested before but can we get a notification when we achieve a new title? I find myself looking through my titles whenever I reach a "maybe I got a new title" rank and in my old age it's difficult to remember what's old vs. new.

Soemthing like:


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You've gained a new rank in stealth
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*It dawns on you that you are now skilled enough for the title City Stalker
*It dawns on you that you are now skilled enough for the title Nature's Whisper
*It dawns on you that you are now skilled enough for the title Practically Invisible
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>'Achievement get.

>Been asked before and the response was that it would be entirely too resource intensive

Huh.. ok. Interesting. That's too bad.

Titles are tiered at ranks of 10, usually. And the command to list titles already has the function of cross checking on title requirements. Theoretically, if someone were to write a script that spammed title pre list of all title options it would be an extremely unoptimized version of what a title check would do, and apparently could lag the system?

I don't find that response believable but what do I know.

Not asking you specifically, just thoughts.

>Not one person running it; every person every time any skill or stat changed.

Hm.. that's the thing. Since titles are tiered in ranks/circles/stat of 10 and at minimum 5, it would not be every rank or stat, it would be if circle/rank is a multiple of 5 or if you learn a new spell, I could be missing something else.

Also, how is the title list currently handled. Does it crosscheck everytime you type title pre list X? Or does it already check at attributes 5/10,etc and store them to a table? If it's the former then it seems to open a vulnerability to the system that doesn't make sense if title checking is actually that resource intensive, since you can literally spam it. Implementing a title achievement pint in this case would actually be better for the system. If it's the latter, then the system is already at least partially in place to show notifications.

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>>Hm.. that's the thing. Since titles are tiered in ranks/circles/stat of 10 and at minimum 5, it would not be every rank or stat, it would be if circle/rank is a multiple of 5 or if you learn a new spell, I could be missing something else.

AFAIK, every time you check what titles you have, the system is actually running a check to see what titles you can use. The system most likely doesn't "remember" titles like it "remembers" that you have a broadsword in your sheath. Each time you check your WeaponMaster titles, it's checking every possible WeaponMaster title and then displaying the ones you can use.

Theoretically, too many players checking all their titles at the same time could also strain the system, but it's not like players are proactively trying to break anything (so don't try doing it, geez!). This is also why you have some things broken up into different sets, like survival1, survival2, etc—to reduce strain.

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