Using the Rift Dev Tracked I spotted this great post about some interesting issues with the Sir or Dame titles, and how to make sure you meet all of the requirements for the achievement.
Developer: TacitusAlso:
Hey there, everyone!
There has been a lot of interest and excitement about the title of "Sir" or "Dame", but unfortunately a lot of confusion and miscommunication as well. As one of the designers that worked on the Marshal Kain story quests, I wanted to help clear up this subject a little.
First, this title represents a knighthood from the Sanctuary Guards. It represents the conclusion of the Marshal Kain story line on the Guardian side. As such, it is a Guardian only title. A great many of our titles are faction specific, and this one is no exception. I cannot say if this or an equivalent title might be made available to Defiants at some point in the future.
Second, as this does represent the conclusion of the Marshal Kain story arc, this reward is given after all 3 pieces of his story are completed, in Scarwood, Iron Pine, and Stillmoor. There are no notoriety requirements or other achievements needed. I have just made some changes that will shorten the delay between completing all three quests and getting the reward in the mail. The final quests in each of the three story arcs are: "The Last Command" (Scarwood Reach), "One Soldier to Another" (Iron Pine Peak), and "Past Is Prologue" (Stillmoor).
Third, while making the above changes, I did find a bug that would cause the Sanctum Messenger that gives the quest "Past Is Prologue" in Thalin Tor to not spawn. This has also been fixed. Once this fix is Live, if you have been trying to find this Messenger, return to the steps in front of Thalin Tor, and she should appear. Until then, going to Thalin Tor immediately after a server reset increases your odds of making the Messenger show up.
Fourth, even though it is not directly related to the title of Sir or Dame, there has also been some question about the essence rewards of Necrotic Rage or Necrotic Semblance. These are also rewards related to the Marshal Kain story (and as such, are Guardian only rewards as well) and are given sometimes after the completion of the Iron Pine Peak arc of the Marshal Kain story. I say sometimes because the conditions under which we sent the essence were a bit convoluted and the net result was that a player could easily block themselves from getting this reward depending on where they went after Iron Pine (mainly, going to Stillmoor before Shimmersand would prevent the player from getting this mail). We were unsatisfied with the result of this, and I recently made some changes there as well. When this change goes Live, any player that has completed the Iron Pine arc of Marshal Kain's story will be offered a quest to get one of these essences from Sergeant Coda in Thalin Tor if they have not already been sent the mail from Sir Martyn Myrsol.
These changes still need to be tested and verified before being scheduled for going Live, so I do not know what the timeframe is for rolling out these changes onto the servers.
Hopefully this will clarify things a bit.
Cheers,Tacitus.
It's been a bit, but I wanted to touch base in this thread with a few more items.And:
First, based on player comments, it appears that there is STILL an edge case that is breaking and causing the Messenger to stop spawning. The current set-up has proven to be too unreliable, so I am changing the quest giver for "Past Is Prologue" from the Messenger to Donal Sumptor (Kain's steward who is already in Thalin Tor). This change should be in patch 1.2.
Second, the change that is supposed to make Sergeant Coda (in Thalin Tor, Stillmoor) offer the Necrotic essences to qualifying players is still not Live. It appears to have been scheduled in the 1.2 patch, which is a shame since I made the fix a while ago, but at least it is finally on the horizon.
Third, there has been a lot of confusion from players that think they have met all of the prerequisites for the Sir/Dame title, but have not. Part of this is because there is no quest players can view to confirm exactly which quests they have done. This is further exacerbated when players view their achievements and see that they have completed X/X quests for a zone. The impression is that achievement signifies that they have done ALL of the quests, but the achievement doesn't require all quests, just most. SO... I am going to add an NPC to Sanctum that players can speak to and inquire how they may go about being knighted. This NPC will point players to which section of the Kain story they may have not yet completed. I am implementing that now, so no ETA on that. But I figure it would help put more information into the hands of the players, which isn't a bad thing.
Cheers,
Tacitus.
The whole Messenger aspect is gone (as of 1.2). I rewrote the related quest text to convey the same story, and made Donal the quest giver since he is always there (barring a Rift invasion).
Until then, the old (frustrating) standby of heading to Thalin Tor after a server restart seems the best option, for which I sincerely apologize.
Cheers,Tacitus.
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And a little info from the 1.2 patch notes regarding this title.
SANCTUM* Guardian players wondering how they can be knighted as a member of the Sanctuary Guard can now speak to Sir Guysun Lawless in the Lodge of the Planes to the rear of Sanctum. Sir Guysun can direct those seeking this honor to where they may have prerequisite quests incomplete. [Kain storyline quests]
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