Figured out that I might wanna ask for player opinion regarding this matter- None of this is final just yet (so things like the design itself, the colors, etc.), but I decided to change the design a bit from the previous one that I posted here, and would love to know your thoughts on this design : Also, I made an alternate version of the Quest Specialist too, instead of the "new quest" lightbulb, I went with the "quest in progress" open book : Appreciate the feedback, criticisms, ideas, suggestions and all that stuff!
I personally preferred the look of the other ones - it felt more like an achievement, something sleek and hard-earned. I really liked the open book design especially. These ones feel closer to the beginner medals which throw me off quite a bit. I've been wearing the Quest Specialist medal over my Legendary Thief one because I do like the sleek silver aesthetic to it.
I very much prefer this older suggestion from almost 2 years ago: As for these posted above: I don't really like these, especially compared to the older suggestion. They give a robotic or mechanical(?) vibe with these UI elements attached, and the color scheme seems random. The older suggestion is more inspired, pleasing to the eyes, and you can clearly tell the design elements are intentional; the color scheme is nice and the open 'in progress' book of Specialist progressing to a closed book in Virtuoso is a good touch. I think the old suggestion was already fine and received a good amount of support. The only thing that would need changing in my opinion (and what was already mentioned) is making the Specialist medal slightly more distinguished from the Virtuoso, which could probably be done with a different (lighter?) shade of brown. I cannot overstate how much I prefer the older suggestion to these new ones.
Personally, I like the current ones (although I prefer the look of the Specialist one, in my ideal world the Virtuoso would be identical except have the word Virtuoso instead of Specialist of course). But if they are definitively going to be changed, I prefer the older suggestion with open/closed books compared to the new suggestions.