Let's refine this a bit then. Commendations and Titles themed on Age of Sail roles on a Ship that can be linked nicely to Activity. It could be another series type of Commendation and Title set, so people can preen a little with it too as it in the spirit of the game. So maybe something like this:
Roles/Tasks
- Helmsman: Associated to the task of being actively on the Helm for a certain amount of distance sailed.
- Cannoneer: Associated to getting successful hits on other Ships (including AI) with a Ships cannons (no land based ones).
- Rigger: Associated to shifting the sails so that they catch Wind from the appropriate connection point.
- Cook: Associated to preparing Perfectly Cooked Meats at the Stove on a Ship.
- Boatswain: Associated to Patching Holes on Ships.
Ranks
- Novice: Gained by doing the first required base Tier Amount associated with the Task.
- Proficient: Gained by doing the second required base Tier Amount associated with the Task.
- Expert: Gained by doing the third required base Tier Amount associated with the Task.
- Master: Gained by doing the last required base Tier Amount associated with the Task.
- Legendary: Gained by doing the associated Task a certain number of times as a Pirate Legend (this one is standalone).
Titles
The Titles would be "Rank Role" in formatting. So as an example, Novice Helmsman or Legendary Boatswain.
Amounts
As for the amounts of times one would need to do each of the associated tasks, I'm pretty open on that as it would need to essentially vary from task to task with something appropriate. I don't think that these ones would need to be particularly Grindy, we have a number of those available out there as it is and this is more a little fun thing for people to designate themselves as Roles in their Crew if they like.
That would give you 5 Commendations/Titles that could be associated to the main roles that you would represent in the Sea of Thieves environment. There are more roles than Crew slots, so people can mix and match things up as they see fit as it is also still just cosmetic in practice anyways and all the Crew can do any of the things as they like.