Very simple suggestion - make new title acquisition show in chat similar to gaining levels and skillpoints. Practically no one cares about skillpoints, whereas titles (well, okay, some of them) actually represent some degree of effort. Just "So And So is now known to be a Deadly Hero," "So And So is now known to be an Incorrigible Alehound," or something of the like.
I suggest this for two reasons. First, I certainly would like to know when I've reached the title I'm currently working on without having to hit H and scroll through everything to find it. Secondly, it provides a very passive form of bragging (similar to showing titles) which a) works outside of an outpost, and b) allows you to congratulate your friends (even the quiet ones).
Sure, it's a bit more spam, but only really in the newbie zones of Elona (from the Sunspear title), and level up spam in towns is already present. It also shouldn't be too difficult to include an option to turn off "achievement messages" (this suggestion and level up/skillpoint spam).
(And sorry if this was suggested before - I looked through the index, but didn't see it.)
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