You Might Want to Remove Helper From Your Title

So I was hanging out in Atlas with my new TW toon. Inbetween sewer runs (that I was leading) so I was busy refilling the team. Broadcasts and tells are flying at me at 100 MPH. Then out of nowhere I get a random tell:

Random: How do I check to see if I'm already in an event? I was on a team that had finished and when I queued again it said I was still in an event.

Wait, who's this person? A friend asking me a question? I check the global and it's nobody I know. So I ignore it and work on filling the team up.

Less than two minutes later I get:

Random: Okay, you might want to remove helper from your title...

Oh... someone was taking my helper title seriously? I remember using Helper when it first was introduced. I started putting it on all my characters. But nobody ever asked me any questions. I never saw any newbies running around with a Help Me title. It was usually level 50s with it (ironically I suppose). On one of my alts I use Help Me just because it's pink. I thought it was just one of those systems that nobody really uses, like the "looking for" selections in the search tool. Or PvP.

So I sent a tell back saying that I didn't think anyone used those titles seriously. But apologized for not really knowing the answer and said it may be under the LFG tab.

Have I been neglectful in my responsibilities as a helper? Should I be answering more newbie questions? Should I be taking my title more seriously? Then again, I feel like this is so rare this may be the only time a stranger asks me a question. Do other servers besides Virtue take the title more seriously?

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Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU Dispari has more than enough credability, and certainly doesn't need to borrow any from you.

Well I know when I see the use of Helper title, when I'm int he mood, I'll start barraging them with questions

I'm usually happy to help but if I'm in the middle of something I let them know I may need a minute before I can answer.

The titles were a horrible idea. As someone who spends an hour+ in help chat each play session answering questions, I feel they serve no purpose what so ever. More people use them for the color changes than anything else.

For that very reason, I instantly remove this title from my alts asap. Not that I don't want to help...well yeah, I don't want to help. Yet.

Cal

I don't ever use the help-related titles, but I'll generally do my best to be helpful and answer people's questions in-game anyway. Similarly, I don't particularly take the titles seriously, and most people I know who use them only do it to get the colored name, so I never bother going out of my way to give extra help to a "Help Me!" unless they ask.

That said, I think if someone is walking around with a big neon sign (okay, small neon sign) that says "Helper" over their head, they should consider the implications of such.

I never choose to have Helper or Help me as a title. First of all, I don't know enough about this game to be a good Helper. But I know enough about this game that I don't need the help.

Second of all, the colour of your name? One of the first things I do when I start to play any MMO is to remove all name tags of other players and myself. Nothing gets me out of a game more then seeing floaty names every where.

And yes, I do think that if you make the conscious choice to have Helper as a title you should help and if you don't want that...remove it.

Use Helper tag on almost all my characters and expect to be asked questions; gladly answer any questions as well.

The only reason i see people use the helper or help wanted tags is for the simple reason they change the color of your name.

That said, if you do choose to be a helper just to have your name in green, you should expect getting tells. And same way if you see someone with a purple name that someone might ask you if you need help with something and not go "f off, i'm a xx vet!"


Just my opinion tho. I choose to use neither, i do not mind helping people but i refuse to have my name show in a stupid green color.
Would prob be better to get some little icon next to your name instead, and then appoint some players who played for awhile and want to help new players some kind of special tag with their name in global chats (and help channel). Fallen Earth use this, they have players who are helpers, their names are yellow in chat and they always try answers questions in the help channel. That made the experience when i tried the game much more enjoyable because i could see their name, know that they knew what they were talking about. Instead of looking at the help channel as it is now which is just a hilarious drama channel where people argue back and forth about inane stuff.

i usually have helper title on all of my toons, cause i normally help a lot of poeple anyway, but ive very very rarely ever gotten a tell asking for help due to the title