Supergroups and Prestige

A supergroup is designed to be a collection of heroes who have banded together. (sorry, I'm a blue side player - but the overall gist is the same, only the terms used are different)

Sometimes, this turns out to be one person whose friends have left the game, other times, someone who prefers to solo - or just prefers the storage creates and maintains their own base.

As many of you know, there is a top 100 list at the Supergroup Registrar's desk in the City Hall building in Atlas.

But - all this list does is measure prestige. It does not measure prestige earned. It measures prestige, whether earned, or converted from Influence/Infamy/Information.

I don't think this is a good thing. I'm glad we have the option to convert inf. to prestige. But, it bothers me that these boosts in prestige show up in the top 100 total.

This list, I can only imagine, was designed to show which groups are more active, not which groups have people who have influence to spare to convert to prestige.

I can't imagine how many groups of players on the VIP server raced to reach level 10 to make another chapter of their sg only to see that one or more groups already have a ton of prestige more than they do.

Don't misunderstand - I would like to convert and build all the portals and have enough control and power to do so - but I've got a rather pricy build I'm saving for. PvP IOs are not cheap, and I don't get drops in PvP because I so seldom win. lol. (probably more of lack of skill, than pvp IOs, but anyway)

I just would like to see converted prestige added to the base - just not to the totals in the top 100 list. I'd like that list to just show earned prestige. Not prestige generated by toons just entering - but only the earned prestige.
Anyone with two accounts now can have what - 96 toons in their base. Obviously, the first 15 could be from the same account, giving a bonus of what is it now? 20k per?

A list reflecting earned prestige might be a better indication of an SGs activity level. It certainly doesn't make the number 1 earner the best - but it does give a non-member something more to consider when deciding to join or not.

Just a suggestion.

The Prestige Earned was never anything more than a minigame SG's use to show who has the biggest epeen.

Now separate lists that showed SG leaders how much prestige was earned and how much was converted from inf for each member could be a useful tool.

Personally I'd have the "top 100" list removed and redo the entire SG search list. Prestige, frankly, means nothing.

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Curious...
So if I convert inf to prestige, does it show that additional prestige by my character under the SG membership roster, or does it only show prestige earned through missions?

Really? You earned all that inf through ......drops and the market?

Surely not just what the system gives for defeating NPCs.

But, I see your point. You disagree, that's fine.

After reading what Bill said, I'm a little inclined to agree with that. Lose the list altogether. But, then, that's not really necessary either. I'll just stop looking at it.