The opinion of the dev team to change the titles because "not doing so devalues the titles of the last round" is preposterous. You tout the number of players in the game reaching what, 20 million subscribers? Spread across all the different data centers and worlds therein, only 100 players will get a title from this, and of those only 12 will get a more "advanced" title.

Regardless of other points and merits made about "going back on your word," the logic of wanting to "maintain the prestige of the titles" is already erroneous enough at best given the sheer mass of players vying for a ranking.

Please do not go through with this decision.