Sure enough, burn slow and steady on titanium and it marks up nicely. I wanted to customize one of my knives that has a titanium handle so I made up a little design to decorate it and gave it a shot. Pretty happy with it.
No, you are remembering correctly. @Hirudin did a bunch of tests some time back, with mostly promising results… and also a significant, scary learning experience when he attempted cutting Ti foil using many multiple high-power passes.