Is Fame Useless?

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thread starter xWindRavenx Mar 14 2010 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I'm noticing that fame has kind of lost its point as of lately (actually it's never really had all that much of a point). Fame doesn't really mean anything now that people just buy fame a lot or scam others out of fame. I know it's supposed to be a representation of that person's population or just a way of telling if a person is legit in terms of not scamming or being nice to people. But because now so many people just scam people or some people just like negative fame instead of fame, I really don't know the point of it anymore (besides the Popularity Medal and wearing some items). Fame/Defame really means nothing anymore. I see so many people scam others and then get defamed but they really don't care and no one really associates fame/defame with legitness anymore. I thought of a system that'd work but it would probably cause more problems than it would fix things. -----> I think that everyone's fame should be reset to 0 and have it so that if you have negative fame at any point, you're no longer allowed to trade until you get your fame back up to 0 or higher. The only problems with this system is that people can still just buy fame to prevent this. If people were scammed out of nx, the scammer could just buy a smega and tell every1 that so-and-so is a scammer and have them defamed (tho who honestly even listens to "so-and-so scammed me! Defame him/her!" smegas anymore? Another possible problem could be the fame hackers tho I think that's completely patched but you never know. Other than that though, I really don't see many problems with a system like that, besides the occasional person who just gets a guild to mass defame someone for simply not letting them share a map during a 2x event or something stupid like that. Oh and there should be some quests that become available to you if your fame drops below 0 that will give you like 2 fame every time you complete it (only once per day of course). That way at least there is a way to come back but it shouldn't be an easy "kill 20 snails and get 2 fame back" kind of quest. It should be kinda like the Bingo Event quests that are going on right now where you only get 1 belt like every 4-5 minutes (just an average of what I've been hearing from people). So any thoughts on my little idea? Think it's a good/bad idea? Think I'm insane? Just don't care? lol *Flame Shield Set To 35%* <--- I really don't care if I'm flamed but you'll probably be reported by others. w/e :D [Edit] - Ok yeah, I understand that a lot of people who have tons and tons of fame would probably be pissed. Ok so maybe I guess just leave the fames the way they are now BUT implement this idea perhaps?

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winterfresh 03/14/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

If you make it so that nobody below 0 fame can trade, the merchanters are screwed :P

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neverfo1 03/14/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Lol you should have said.. *fame shield set to 35%*

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macstac 03/14/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

fame over 20 is useless

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lu2k6 03/14/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

It's a good idea if anyone below 0 fame can't trade if fame was reset, but it'd be too much work from Nexon's point of view.

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Toxicchipsss + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

EDIT nvm

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DawnPow 03/14/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

@winterfresh Merchanters have enough money to buy as much fame as they want :D

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xLikeNoOther 03/14/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Fame is a sign of proness.

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DumbAct 03/14/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] macstac : fame over 20 is useless [/quote] Theirs a Quest that requires 100 Fames. kty.

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phrostmage 03/14/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Most of the "dark" quips have an extra point or 2 in something and require 20 fame. Considering theyve been around since the beginning it may have been a cool thing when maple was small and 20 fame couldnt be accomplished by sitting in hene for 5 mins and asking for it. This idea was outgrown long ago.

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Phoenixxll 03/14/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

if reseting fame back to 0 what will happen to the people who have already achieve max fame? what will happen to the people who trade fame, and gained fame from quest? will all that be nulled and become effortless?

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xWindRavenx 03/14/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

@winterfresh - Yeah but buying a few fames or doing a fame quest is fairly easy. This, however, would pretty much deal with all of the merchants who act rude/like "blankity blanks" towards people just because no one knows who their main is. @Toxic - Yeah I know, I put that in the text xP

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SMiLiNGstars 03/14/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Well, fame can be useful in a way but this is actually a good idea. I'd be even better if they could let us fame at least 5 different people a day though (more fames).

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Andwoos 03/14/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] macstac : fame over 20 is useless [/quote] Yep, because as soon as you get a random defame, your equips go poof. Fame over 20 is not entirely useless.

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neverfo1 03/14/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] Phoenixxll : if reseting fame back to 0 what will happen to the people who have already achieve max fame? what will happen to the people who trade fame, and gained fame from quest? will all that be nulled and become effortless? [/quote] I'd say, remove fame from quests, reset fame, and have negative fame attract gm's attention.

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