Though in WoW i mostly focus on PvE, i also enjoy all the fun stuff that doesn't bring any "real" use to players, for example, most of the seasonal events (all those fireworks, "useless" funny gifts etc). Specifically, I think that adding different new special ranks (like "Hand of A'dal", "Challenger" etc) is quite a good idea wich improves the RP content of the game.
So i have a suggestion, that might be interesting then... Why not add in WotLK a rare drop recipe for engineers, allowing them to craft a BoP item, wich would begin a special engineering questline. Completing this questline would then give the player a new prefix for his/her name (i would suggest "Doctor") and maybe an access to some special recipes. Probably, something similar can be made for other professions, but since i am engi, i don't care much about them =) I just think, that "Doctor Scarnik" would sound quite proud, heh...

engineering has nothing to do with being a doctor.

What about Doctor Boom near Area 52 then? Isn't he an engineer? And still called a Doctor.

i admire this idea.

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engineering has nothing to do with being a doctor.

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Engineers in-game are more like scientists and inventors then actually engineers, scientists frequently have PHDs if you have a PHD you are a doctor so engineerings does have somethign to do with being a doctor (not a medical one ofc).

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engineering has nothing to do with being a doctor.

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One can be a doctor in any field. In certain universities in England; one can become a doctor of goal keeping!

yea gimme a new rank i love ranks especialy if its a rank not every1 gets just those that waists their money 2 get full engi 1st :D

sooo if i get my rank im happy:)
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I already mentioned this, about other professions getting something similar. Though actually it is engineering wich has much about useless but fun stuff - thats why i suggested this profession (and also, of course, because i myself have this prof =P ). And what about the money... I don't think that getting that special prof rank should cost you 1k gold, like it is with "of the Shattered Sun" (this rank maybe looks cool, but many players just gloat over the people who spent their 1k gold on this). I suppose the recipe itself just to be rare, but maybe it could be sold on AH though, while the resulting item should be BoP for sure.

I love the suggestion, but you are right in thinking that there would need to be something available for every profession. It would also show people what professions your have. For example if Apocrathy Daystalker does have a nice ring to it. Can anyone else think of any other good titles for professions?

Doctor - Engineering
Apocrathy - Alchemist
Weaver - Tailor

All suggestions welcome :P

Chief Surgeon - First Aid
Chef - Cooking
Captain - Fishing

Probably, a rank of Master could fit a blacksmith or JC. And btw, since the questline begining item would be crafted by a certain prof, that means that gathering profs are out of business.
PS The captain rank does sound fun for a fisherman, but that could be spilled with military ranks, so better suggest something else. Btw, the info about fishing extravaganza sayed something like "the winner gets a special prize and the rank of master angler for 1 week". Maybe that Master Angler rank should be really given to the winner until next contest.

For enchanters it could be "Arcanist". But if that feature will be added to all professions, it will not be that fun anymore. Maybe better to give other professions something else?

I hope someone from blizz will read this topic.

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I hope someone from blizz will read this topic.

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me2. the topic needs to be closed. since titles shouldn't be given away so easy.
and definetly not from proffesions.

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me2. the topic needs to be closed. since titles shouldn't be given away so easy.
and definetly not from proffesions.

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Ye, dumb grinding of reputation and then spending 1k gold is a lot better. If blizz decides to close the topic, that's their right... But this part of the forum is made for suggestions - so i did one. You didn't like it, we already know... And if you want this thread to die, then don't post here anymore, since it will only bump the thread.

I think:

Professor - Engineering
Apocrathy - Alchemist
Weaver - Tailor
Tanner - Leatherworker
Farrier - Blacksmith
Jeweler - Jewelcrafter
Arcanist - Enchanter
Trapper - Skinning
Excavator - Mining
Botanist - Herbalist

Doctor - First Aid
Chef - Cooking
Angler - Fishing

I know you can be a doctor in any sudject but it is linked heavily to the medical profession so I think professor would be better for engineering.

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engineering has nothing to do with being a doctor.

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there's is more than just medical doctors

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I know you can be a doctor in any sudject but it is linked heavily to the medical profession so I think professor would be better for engineering.

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Maybe... In any case, i would be able to become a Doctor so it is fine for me =)
But, for the gathering professions and for the fishing, need to think of some other way to earn this new rank... since, none of those profs really produce anything (and my primary idea was that prof crafts the item wich would give the quest for the title), and it would not be really interesting if the title would be given for simply levelling them up.