I've bene thinking a lot about Status si Vampire, and I've come to the following conclusions: Status isn't recognisability, though people who have status tend to be more recognisable. Status isn't respect/fear level, though those who are feared/respected tend to get more status. Status is a measure of how well listened to you are, it's a "on a scale fo 1 to 5, 1 being never, and 5 being always, how likely are you to a) ask this person's advice/opinion, b) do what this person tells you to.

To prove this, let's consider a parnoid prince who never shows his true face. People won't recognise him, but when word gets around the Prince says no hunting the Ducet family, nobody does it, because the Prince has status. Likewise, consider the unaknowledged Carthian childre of an Invictus Prince. Likely EVERYONE knows who this is, and they may flock to him, but in the greater scheme of city politics, nobody's listening to his opinion, so he's maybe a 2 or 3.

So that's what status means in game, but players need to know all three things, not just the last, so I'd suggest finding wording that allows you indicate all three but only give status as the 'listened too' number. Gving us Status (how listened to you are), Regard (how respected/feared you are), and repute(how known you are). Of course, having regard and repute won't affect anything, but it'll help describe your character in standardized terms.

ie. The Phantom Prince would be "Status 5, with a regard of a status 5, and a repute of a status 1."
The Childre would be "Status 2, with an appropriate regard, but repute worthy of a status 5."