except...this is an MMORPG, people can choose whether they want to level purely craft or purely adv, and the game is geared towards it too, I don't think making ancient an elitist thing (ie. only the best of the best can be it) is that much of a good idea. heck, look at bipeds, people play purely adv or purely craft on those all the time.
Now yes you could bring in the point of ancienthood being the penultimate status for a dragon, but is it? really? tbh the abilities you get from doing the Guardians (which you can get without ascending to ancient) are propably the biggest strongpoint ARoP has going for it as for why people
should do it. And heck, if you level craft (or DCRA, which is what I'm guessing at you're suggesting) you're still missing out on the buffing crystals from DCRS, which again, add a whole lot of versatility to dragons.
though I do agree atleast some crafting requirement is needed, Level 80 seems like more of a reasonable number, you can pretty much make anything you'd need at that point, with the right scales/buildings.
I wouldn't bring this up normally, but perhaps another "state" of dragons could be added? not one that makes you even bigger (lord knows our butts take up enough space already), but perhaps one that adds a permanent visual effect, like an extra sort of marking that we can choose (shape and colour) once we attain said status (I've seen a
REALLY pretty project from a friend that would fit the bill perfectly), and said status can only be attained if you've got:
The main reason I wouldn't normally bring this up is because dragons are already strong enough, and with the idea of adding another state people might get the wrong idea that I'd rather see dragons stronger than they currently are (which I don't, at all)
Which is the main reason why this state wouldn't give any stats or anything beneficial, it would just purely be a lore related quest with some bits of everything here and there, some crafting, some fighting, etc. and the reward would just be the visual effect. This way people that don't like the visual effects could opt out of doing the quest without losing anything power wise.
It would be a way of visually showing "yes, I did ALL of that", and have it be something unique rather than...just another title or something.
just a tiny idea that suddenly popped in my head while I was thinking this over.