Is anyone else bothered by "Fresh Meat"?

[Sotek]

I'd prefer it if they used Player Titles, but I don't particularly mind.

[Noroi_Kisaragi]

As a pvp'r since mmo's came about it kind of annoys me that everyone will have "Fresh Meat" title. Not because it will make calling targets a tiny bit harder. "focus the blm" etc., but because it will not grow a pvp community.

As weird as it sounds its nice to know who you fight, win and lose to. Makes for a stronger pvp community imo.

I'ts pretty stupid. There's no excuse for it.

You are an NPC, not a living being. Your character expression is thrown out the window. If you're against the best team in the world you won't even know.

From now on, everyone I quote is being called Fresh Meat as a form of protest. Join the cause, fight the power.

[Krystalynn]

I dunno, I've done a lot of pvp in a lot of games, and smack talk in mmo pvp is nowhere near as bad as the respect and rivalries that friendly competition tends to entail. Especially when this isn't even faction based pvp. This just waters down the experience greatly, and I honestly think only PvE players who PvP on the side would think this is a good thing. PvP has its own community. Not knowing whom your fighting makes that community stagnant outside of the "Look at me" value of stat progression.

Imagine if you couldn't see your friends in PvE. They all said "Adventurer" or something, and looked the same. It's just a watered down mess. You remove the personal aspect of player-vs-player gameplay, but this is player-vs-avatar instead. I know most of you can't be bothered to care because that's the kind of forum this is, but it's still a legitimate complaint, and one born of experience, and disappointment.

Fresh Meat could have been an option for the player wishing to mask their identity if such a concern was theirs to have, but it shouldn't have been forced on everyone.

[Vampt]

that title will change before you know it, if you pvp enough.

I guess i shouldant have said title. I meant that the players name will be replaced

[jebali]

care less about the title not happy with forced party make up so dps is going to sit in que all day long every day waiting on tanks

[WellGramarye]

Well you could say... everyone is going to have to.....

beat...

the meat.

[Sub-Xero]

If you're against the best team in the world you won't even know.

I suspect if that's the case you'll quickly find out it's the best team in the world regardless of the names above their heads.

[Azures]

Fresh Meat ? Isn't that the term they use in prison :P

[Rubieus]

This only bothers me because in 1 year, if the titles remain the same. Veterans won't be 'fresh meat" and it's weird and a bit degrading. Would have been better if the titles were our classes. Or our titles could be changed based on rank.

[Xayoc]

As a pvp'r since mmo's came about it kind of annoys me that everyone will have "Fresh Meat" title. Not because it will make calling targets a tiny bit harder. "focus the blm" etc., but because it will not grow a pvp community.

As weird as it sounds its nice to know who you fight, win and lose to. Makes for a stronger pvp community imo.

A good team labels the other team first thing out the gate. 1, 2, 3, 4. Makes it real easy to call targets.