Notoriety Level Rank Names

[Ian Skippy]

The problem I see is that by keeping a count of offences, and worse, by handing out titles to go with these, it will only serve to Encourage the sort of behavior that this is meant to discourage.
Which will mean even more CLogging threads than before, as people are denied that 1 more kill to bring their Notoriety levels up above That Other Guy. Competition for Badges of Dishonor will become an even bigger drama-fest.

So one step forward, but a full fall down the evolutionary ladder.

How often do they have to explicitly say it is not meant to discourage that behavior? :S It is to provide more interesting gameplay, and more appropriate consequences. It is not meant to discourage anything. And evolutionary ladder? While playing a game? Set in a universe where according to all games, all novels etc for over decades, vicious and violent crime in a dark and unforgiven world is pretty much the basic backdrop? Crime in all its forms is a key element of ED. ED is not supposed to portray some hippy utopia where everyone is nice and polite and everything is safe and warm and cozy. Its like complaining people keep speeding in Need for Speed.

 

[Arthur Shappey]

The unelected and overpaid Eurocrats are at the top of the political ladder. Spreading rumors based on unverified sources didn't require evidence, but caused a lot of misinformation.

Yes, but famously, unelected and overpaid Eurocrats are also impotent and entirely ineffective pirates. They don't actually act. They go to meetings to decide what they might do if they didn't have any more meetings to go to. They are the ultimate rendition of the Nero playing his fiddle whilst Rome burns around.

At least Trump would have taken a selfie whilst Rome was burning. Criticised the fire department, and completely ignore the fact he had cut the budget...

 

[Cosmo]

Yes, but famously, unelected and overpaid Eurocrats are also impotent and entirely ineffective pirates. They don't actually act. They go to meetings to decide what they might do if they didn't have any more meetings to go to. They are the ultimate rendition of the Nero playing his fiddle whilst Rome burns around.

You're good at derailing threads.

Eurocrats enabled the mass migration crisis, the adoption of EU regulations that overrule national governments while ignoring national referendums where people voted against it. The EU caused the Eurozone to have the worst economic growth in decades. There's growing, mass unemployment and poverty in South-Europe, while redistributing wealth from North European countries to places like Greece who will never repay their debts. The EU wastes billions of euros every year. The EU is unsustainable.

 

[Arthur Shappey]

You're good at derailing threads.

Eurocrats enabled the mass migration crisis, the adoption of EU regulations that overrule national governments while ignoring national referendums where people voted against it. The EU caused the Eurozone to have the worst economic growth in decades. There's growing, mass unemployment and poverty in South-Europe, while redistributing wealth from North European countries to places like Greece who will never repay their debts. The EU wastes billions of euros every year. The EU is unsustainable.

Apologies, no intention of derailing your excellent thread.

You have listed some good points, but some of them stem from inaction and compromise rather than specific action. I won't elaborate, you certainly have a case for them to be added. Let's get back to ranking notorious!

 

[andrak]

The problem I see is that by keeping a count of offences, and worse, by handing out titles to go with these, it will only serve to Encourage the sort of behavior that this is meant to discourage.
Which will mean even more CLogging threads than before, as people are denied that 1 more kill to bring their Notoriety levels up above That Other Guy. Competition for Badges of Dishonor will become an even bigger drama-fest.

So one step forward, but a full fall down the evolutionary ladder.

What other encouragement is there in the "punishment and punishment" update to break the law other than notoriety levels. I would also hope the most notorious would be visible in all stations for all to see. There needs to be something to aim for and some kind of motivation.

 

[S3B4ST13N]

I suggest we start at Prat, and get successively worse with each rank.

 

[Keanson]

Stinker, followed by Right Stinker, has to be on the list somewhere.

 

[Terry Bruge-Hiplo]

Fnar some of these suggestions!

I do hope it'll eventually become a status bar type thing, like the other major power reputations, rather than just a number. Lateralus already did a fantastic job with suggestions on how integrated career paths could work with it.

 

[CMDR-AD]

If this is ever going to be a thing, my suggestions would be:

For Killers

• Petty Criminal
• Felon
• Outlaw
• Villain
• Marauder
• Scourge
• Assassin
• Terrorist

For Pirates

• Thief
• Bandit
• Raider
• Freebooter
• Buccaneer
• Corsair
• Dread Pirate
• Pirate Lord

Hopefully these ranks/statuses could be utilised in some kind of future criminal underground mechanic.

Excellent, something like this could be very interesting.

 

[rrobes]

FD is doing exactly what it wants to do, glamorize/facilitate evil, which is fine. If this appeals to you, great, go forth and cry havoc!

I'm all for constructive changes, BETA should be fun.

The one item of change that I won't reconcile is the "HOT" ship, "I'm not a criminal, my ship is!"

This is so counter to my base "beliefs" for accountability that I don't believe my opinion on this will change, and I'm not alone in saying that. FD is full steam ahead on this, so we'll see if it's accepted as-is or modified.

 

[Cliché]

The problem I see is that by keeping a count of offences, and worse, by handing out titles to go with these, it will only serve to Encourage the sort of behavior that this is meant to discourage.

Yup, more fame for being bad. They should have called it the D-Bag level.

 

[GraXXoR]

Clean, Offender & Fugitive?

Feelin' those '84 vibes...

 

[Julio Montega]

The problem I see is that by keeping a count of offences, and worse, by handing out titles to go with these, it will only serve to Encourage the sort of behavior that this is meant to discourage.
Which will mean even more CLogging threads than before, as people are denied that 1 more kill to bring their Notoriety levels up above That Other Guy. Competition for Badges of Dishonor will become an even bigger drama-fest.

So one step forward, but a full fall down the evolutionary ladder.

Homebrewed drama.
It is just showing off,
afaik the notoriety levels have like PvP no impact
on the game.
Wasted time, to introduce interesting changes,
that are watered down, by the lack of having notoriety
impact anything.

Still gonna see steal 100 cans of biowaste missions,
instead of "steal mona lisa from earth art-connoisseur".
Wasted.

 

[nosleepdemon]

They certainly will, and since FD are British I shall endeavour to explain the meaning of each one. From least notorious to most notorious, the ranks are as follows:

1. Twit - "D-bag"
2. Pillock - "D-bag"
3. Bell-end - "D-bag"
4. Berk - "D-bag"
5. Toss-pot - "D-bag"
6. Slag - "D-bag"
7. Minge - "D-bag"
8. Slapper - "D-bag"
9. Nasty Munt - "A particularly unsanitary D-bag"
10. A Right And Proper T**t - "An ardent supporter of the New England Patriots"

 

[GraXXoR]

Scoundrel has to be one of the criminal ranks for sure!

Somewhere above Miscreant - I love that word, it has a sort of woody quality about it.

 

[IndigoWyrd]

Homebrewed drama.
It is just showing off,
afaik the notoriety levels have like PvP no impact
on the game.
Wasted time, to introduce interesting changes,
that are watered down, by the lack of having notoriety
impact anything.

Still gonna see steal 100 cans of biowaste missions,
instead of "steal mona lisa from earth art-connoisseur".
Wasted.

Which will still be "Fire hatchbreakers at target ship and hope painting falls out before ship flees."

Now, maybe in Not-a-Season-9 or Not-a-Season-10, when we can actually walk around, we might see a mission to:

"Break into private museum, locate Mona Lisa and retrieve it."

But we're a long way from there.

 

[GraXXoR]

They certainly will, and since FD are British I shall endeavour to explain the meaning if each one. From least notorious to most notorious, the ranks are as follows:

1. Twit - ""
2. Pillock - ""
3. Bell-end - ""
4. - ""
5. Toss-pot - ""
6. ---- - ""
7. ---- - ""
8. ---- - ""
9. Nasty M--- "A particularly unsanitary "
10. A Right And Proper T**t - "An ardent supporter of the New England Patriots"

As someone raised in Zimbabwe, I'd respectfully like to let you know that Number 9. M*** is pretty much the African equivalent of mixing the N word with the C word. That one needs to go. I know a few South African friends on here who would NOT be happy to be called a N-----.

p.s. I have no idea where you're from but your terms are pretty misogynistic/racist 6. means a loose woman and 7. Means a woman's privates. 8 means and ugly woman. 9 means N------

You might want to edit your post.

 

[nosleepdemon]

As someone raised in Zimbabwe, I'd respectfully like to let you know that Number 9. M*** is pretty much the African equivalent of mixing the N word with the C word. That one needs to go. I know a few South African friends on here who would NOT be happy to be called a N-----.

p.s. I have no idea where you're from but your terms are pretty misogynistic/racist 6. means a loose woman and 7. Means a woman's privates. 8 means and ugly woman. 9 means N------

You might want to edit your post.

I'm from Britain, you should visit it sometime

As for misogyny I have two words for you: Grow up. Literally everyone I know in the UK uses each and every one of these words on a daily basis, including women. Actually, tbh, especially women. As for whatever a word means in your native tongue, I'm sorry but I don't care.

By the way, you might want to refer to this glorious and hilarious site. If you aren't too triggered.

http://www.anglotopia.net/anglophilia/british-english-the-top-50-most-beautiful-british-insults

 

[Arthur Shappey]

They certainly will, and since FD are British I shall endeavour to explain the meaning of each one. From least notorious to most notorious, the ranks are as follows:

1. Twit - "D-bag"
2. Pillock - "D-bag"
3. Bell-end - "D-bag"
4. Berk - "D-bag"
5. Toss-pot - "D-bag"
6. Slag - "D-bag"
7. Minge - "D-bag"
8. Slapper - "D-bag"
9. Nasty Munt - "A particularly unsanitary D-bag"
10. A Right And Proper T**t - "An ardent supporter of the New England Patriots"

And they say the British excel at toilet humour. I am humbled... ;-)

 

[Achilles7]

First offender
Repeat offender
Delinquent
Serial offender
Unrepentant criminal
Politician

You've omitted 'Scouser'! [squeeeee]​