Quote Originally Posted by Remish View Post
Doesn't matter if it's a Crown, a Medal, a shield, a watering can, or even a pile of S#$%. People will always use the icon provided as a symbol status if it makes them stand out in the crowd. It's the equivalent of a title but in symbol format.
I disagree with this. I think a crown and the sort of image it conveys appeals a little bit too much to the ego of certain types of players who really don't need any more encouragement to think that their veteran status or orange parse permits them to place themselves on a pedestal above everyone else.

And I do think a global chat of some kind would help alleviate the problems with NN immensely. The actual socialising aspect of this game is pretty poor considering it's an MMO, where the choice is between hanging around the godless wastelands of the main city social hubs or hoping you'll luck out with a decent FC and pray they don't live on Discord like 90% of them out there do, and often people congregate there just to find people to chat to. Giving them an outlet elsewhere would take the burden off NN and allow it to exist for its actual intended function.