Feature Request - Sticky Prestige

((At the prompting of Tech Support, I am posting this request again.))

When a person is away from the game for a while (e.g., military, student, hospital, etc.), it can appear like they don't play anymore. Unfortunately, what happens is that someone can boot them from the SG, thereby causing them to lose the listed amount of Prestige that they've been credited with. This is annoying when it's a significant amount, kinda as if you'd lost badges.

Suggest that when a toon is dropped from SG, though they are no longer in SG, the amount of Prestige they accumulated be kept "behind the scenes." When they rejoin *same* SG, the correct Prestige amount is restored. However, if they've joined a different SG, then the Prestige is cleared, rather than try to track Prestige with multiple SGs.

For previous toons that have been dropped, give Tech Support the ability to reset the Prestige amount. This will help alleviate the situation for people returning to the game.

-Johnny

I agree with this suggestion. /signed

Very sensible

;thumbsup

I don't see that it is necessary, but as the change wouldn't hurt me, and assuming it didn't eat up too much developer time that they could be using to fix whatever other problems need to be looked at....it could be a decent QoL change.

/unsigned

I'd much rather they stop listing the prestige earned altogether. The days when it actually meant something haven't existed for years. All it does now is encourage elitism and snobbery.

Didn't we JUST go over this a month ago or so? I know it's been fairly recent. (Edit: OK. Three months or so.) My stance is still that you, personally, put FAR more weight on prestige and what it "shows" than it ever really did.

From your last thread on this same subject:

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I'd be happy if this change happened. It seems unlikely to affect me, as nearly all the SGs I'm in are composed of myself and a few friends, but I know the frustration of putting time and effort into an SG, having a nice big number to show off as proof, and a simple mistake wiping it all away. I'm not sure how there could be any negatives tied to this change.

While I won't argue with there being too many currencies, (I think the "Shards for now! No, wait, threads! And salvage! And two types of merits!" was ridiculous, quite frankly,) I don't actually think - despite what I'm saying above - that prestige needs to be removed.

Simply for the fact it converts "personal" to "Group." It's not SuperBlasterGuy's inspiration storage, it's WonderGroup's. It's not BlankTank's teleporter, it's WonderGroup's. That little disconnect from personal to SG ownership is where Prestige is useful, IMHO. (And is also reason to not bother displaying personal prestige totals.)

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I'm afraid I have to agree with this:

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Originally Posted by Forbin_Project /unsigned I'd much rather they stop listing the prestige earned altogether. The days when it actually meant something haven't existed for years. All it does now is encourage elitism and snobbery.

And this too:

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Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill As well as having it removed from the SG registrar, which needs an overhaul anyway, as it's nobody else's business.

A player's Inf total isn't displayed to the world, neither should the player's or group's prestige earnings.

Triumph: White Succubus: 50 Ill/Emp/PF Snow Globe: 50 Ice/FF/Ice Strobe: 50 PB Shi Otomi: 50 Ninja/Ninjistu/GW Stalker My other characters

Surprised at all the hate. As a sometime SG leader, I like to know. If only to say "Hey xxxx you've forgotten to toggle SG mode." I guess the nay-sayers must have had some negative SG experiences.

Most of my SG experiences have been fine, especially since I tend to play with the same group of people, and we just make sub-SGs for our themed alts. I habitually run in SG mode, now that it costs me nothing (remember when you had to choose between that and full rewards?). But I have to agree that the days of prestige meaning anything are long, long past.

What's prestige good for? Building bases. What are bases good for these days? Absolutely nothing. (Huh! Say it again!) Expanded options for transportation (Ouroborous, more flexible trains/ferries) and storage (global mailing your stuff to alts) have reduced their PvE value, and we won't even talk about PvP. This does not seem likely to change at any point in the foreseeable future.

We have people making so much inf that they're "burning" it, in vast amounts, by converting it to prestige at the extortionate exchange rate. The top prestige list is a joke because of this and other factors; my apologies to anyone who ever took their ranking seriously.

Oh, of course. I'm not saying that prestige really tells you who brings the most to the SG... I just like playfully trying to beat my friends at having a larger number in the SG window.

I don't think this really has much to do with comparing prestige between supergroups, and I don't think that those numbers mean much either, and I can't say I've ever checked them. But within a supergroup, it would be nice to not have the number representing your work go away if you're out of the group for two minutes. I admit though, I'd rather they revamp the whole system with prestige and supergroups and bases. But if this suggested change would be easy to implement, I'd be mildly pleased by it.