Kind of a Big Deal

Kind of a Big Deal is the title track that measures how many qualifying title tracks a character has completed; it is unofficially referred to as the Maxed Titles Rank.

Kind of a Big Deal title track

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! Rank !! Title Name !! Titles Maxed
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 * 1 || Kind Of A Big Deal || 5
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 * 2 || People Know Me || 10
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 * 3 || I'm Very Important|| 15
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 * 4 || I Have Many Leather-Bound Books|| 20
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 * 5 || My Guild Hall Smells of Rich Mahogany|| 25
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 * 6 || God Walking Amongst Mere Mortals|| 30
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Acquisition
Progress is made indirectly by completing other title tracks. Completing any of the 43 separate title tracks on the Hero Panel will contribute one point to your Maxed titles rank.

Available title tracks
Each character can complete up to 43 separate title tracks. (God Walking Amongst Mere Mortals is a maxed title, but it does not add a point to itself once achieved.)


 * 2 experience-based titles
 * Defender of Ascalon (Prophecies characters only)
 * Legendary Survivor (Any characters)


 * 20 mission, exploration and skill hunter titles
 * 3 Protector titles (Tyria, Cantha, Elona)
 * 4 Guardian titles (Tyria, Cantha, Elona, Legendary)
 * 4 Vanquisher titles (Tyria, Cantha, Elona, Legendary)
 * 4 Grandmaster Cartographer titles (Tyria, Cantha, Elona, Legendary)
 * 4 Skill Hunter titles (Tyria, Cantha, Elona, Legendary)
 * Legendary Master of the North


 * 8 affiliation ranks
 * Savior of the Kurzicks (account-wide)
 * Savior of the Luxons (account-wide)
 * Holy Lightbringer
 * Legendary Spearmarshal
 * Asura rank: Not Too Shabby
 * Deldrimor rank: Legendary Delver
 * Ebon Vanguard rank: Secret Agent
 * Norn rank: Slayer of All


 * 8 activity titles
 * Incorrigible Ale-Hound
 * Life of the Party
 * Connoisseur of Confectioneries


 * Grand Master Treasure Hunter (account-wide)
 * Source of Wisdom (account-wide)


 * Blessed by Fate (account-wide)
 * Cursed by Fate (account-wide)


 * Legendary Hero of the Zaishen (account-wide)


 * 5 PvP titles (All account-wide)
 * Legendary Champion
 * Codex Title or Legendary Commander
 * Legendary Gladiator
 * Legendary Hero
 * Real Ultimate Power Skillz

General suggestions

 * Make use of synergies (noted below) to reduce the overall amount of time spent pursuing all tracks.
 * Set short and long term goals for completing tracks.
 * Farm reputation titles after vanqiushing all of the areas that contribute to them, e.g. do not farm Lightbringer points until you finish vanquishing the areas that add those points; you might not have to farm at all.
 * Take advantage of weekend events:
 * The double-points reduce the amount of required farming.
 * It will be easier to coordinate with others who have the same goals (making farming more fun and often faster).
 * Take advantage of various daily quests that increase the rate of progress against additional titles:
 * Some Zaishen Missions, Zaishen Bounties, and Zaishen Vanquishes add points towards reputation-based titles in Factions (Savior of the Kurzicks and/or Luxons), Nightfall (Lightbringer & Sunspear), and EotN (Asuran, Deldrimor, Ebon Vanguard, & Norn).
 * Remember to capture skills from bosses, especially during Zaishen and Shining Blade Bounties.
 * Foes from Vanguard Quests in pre-Searing can be farmed to progress both Defender of Ascalon and Survivor titles.

Reaching rank 6 (GWAMM) quickly
The following priority order takes advantage of synergies to reach God Walking Amongst Mere Mortals "quickly":


 * Any character
 * 1) Master of the North, followed by the EotN reputation ranks (+1 +4; Total: 5) (Allows using maximized PvE skills to progress other titles.)
 * 2) Protector & Guardian (+ 3 + 3 +1; Total: 12)
 * 3) Vanquisher, Cartography, and Skill Hunter (+4 +4 +4; Total: 24)
 * 4) Sunspear & Lightbringer (which might already be maxed) (+2; Total: 26)
 * 5) The two easiest consumable-based titles: Drunkard and Party Animal. (+2; Total: 28)
 * 6) Then any 2 of the following 7 (+2, Total: 30):
 * 7) * Luxon/Kurzick (requires grind)
 * 8) * Sweet Tooth (spamable sweets are harder to obtain in bulk than Alcohol or spamable party items)
 * 9) * Treasure Hunter, Wisdom, Lucky and Unlucky (requires some type of commitment to farming)
 * 10) * Survivor (easy for some, but not to everyone's taste)


 * Prophecies characters only

If possible, start with Legendary Defender of Ascalon before leaving pre-Searing Ascalon; that will reduce to 1 the total number of titles needed by step six (above).

Title requirement evaluation
This table compares the difficulty of reaching the maximum rank in each of the title tracks.


 * 1 Duration: generally assumes that players progress the various campaigns with reasonable efficiency; it is not meant to reflect the total spent spent by any particular player, which can vary substantially.


 * Short: the title can be easily spammed; there are substantial shortcuts available to everyone, no grind or resources are necessary, or it can be done easily while playing through the game (without too many other considerations). These titles require Days (if not Weeks) of effort. Some casual players will need more time to acquire these titles, e.g. Drunkard can take a while unless one buys alcohol from others.
 * Medium: requires some grind and consumes resources; there are shortcuts that a lot of people can manage. These titles require Weeks (if not Months) of effort. Some veteran players will manage these titles as fast as short (such as Survivor).
 * Long: requires substantial grind; few true shortcuts are available. These titles require Months (if not Years) of effort and/or significant investment of long-term resource.

Title synergies
You can progress several titles at once, reducing your overall investment of time. Some of these synergies include:

Trivia

 * All the names in this title are inspired by quotes from the movie Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy