yes, this don't work, i had the same problems when i switched to vb3, i have no idea how to fix this, but i do know a workaround, instead of changing the user title, my users get a new title.
in your case, it would be no problem to do this, if a user on your board is super user, then an additional title is put in front of the regular title.
its very easy to do, just modify a template. postbit or postbit_legacy, whatever you are using.
find
Code:
<if condition="$post['usertitle']"><div class="smallfont">$post[usertitle]</div></if>
and put before this
Code:
<if condition="is_member_of($post, X)"><div class="smallfont">Super </div></if>
replace the X with the id of the secondary usergroup.