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Posted by: Celtus.8456

Celtus.8456

Very pleased with the update, and this is my only major gripe so far. Why have you chosen to name our allies from other servers as “Team name-WvW rank”? I understand why you like to keep anonymity between enemies in WvW, but why between allies?

We can still chat with these allies from other servers in /say, /team, and /map chat, all of which will show their real IGN. Allied commanders from other servers will also appear anonymously in person, but viewing their tag on the map, the real IGN is seen. Furthermore, we can see the account names of allied players by clicking to report them, while for WvW enemies it will not show the account name.

All that being said, I consider this anonymity to be a hindrance to teamwork and socialization in the new map. Please consider changing it, or at least allowing it to be a toggle option.

Josre
Zulu Ox Tactics [zulu]

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Posted by: skullmount.1758

skullmount.1758

I saw this too. But then some people I could see their names. I think you can only see the actual names of the people from your server. (I know I saw a few from my own that I recognized, but some names weren’t)

Darkhaven server
Please give us a keyring…

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Posted by: Celtus.8456

Celtus.8456

I saw this too. But then some people I could see their names. I think you can only see the actual names of the people from your server. (I know I saw a few from my own that I recognized, but some names weren’t)

Yes, you can see player names from your server. But for the other ~7 servers you are allied with, you cannot.

Josre
Zulu Ox Tactics [zulu]

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Posted by: CeruleanRevolver.6085

CeruleanRevolver.6085

you can see other server player names only when they /s or similar, :P

no idea why.

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Posted by: Jocksy.3415

Jocksy.3415

Maybe it’s just an oversight, since the possibility to be matched with same color was implemented out of the initial design…
In testings, there were only 3 servers, so this problem didn’t arise.

I think (and hope) Anet will look into that

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Posted by: DevonCarver.5370

DevonCarver.5370

WvW Coordinator

It is actually a bug. We are currently investigating a fix and hope to have it fixed as soon as we can. We agree, we want you to see people’s names.

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Posted by: Mystic.5934

Mystic.5934

I like being told it is a bug that will get fixed!

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Posted by: Celtus.8456

Celtus.8456

Great to hear that, thanks!

Josre
Zulu Ox Tactics [zulu]

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Posted by: XacTactX.6709

XacTactX.6709

It is actually a bug. We are currently investigating a fix and hope to have it fixed as soon as we can. We agree, we want you to see people’s names.

Thank you so much Devon! I’m really happy to hear that this is a bug and you guys want us to see player names. I’m really looking forward to forging friendships across servers and seeing how other WvW guilds play. Last night when I was running around on the Overgrowth team I saw some players from Aggression [Agg] and many other guilds. :-)

Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.

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Posted by: cubed.2853

cubed.2853

But I like the idea that I can see who is form my server… Especially for the language tagged servers this is (would be, since its a bug) really usefull.

it was written…

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Posted by: Zedd.8239

Zedd.8239

It is actually a bug. We are currently investigating a fix and hope to have it fixed as soon as we can. We agree, we want you to see people’s names.

This is actually really good to hear. I was a bit baffled about this naming issue and knowing that it’s being worked on and isn’t the intended behavior is really good to know. Conceptually, I really like EotM. But not being able to easily communicate with the people you’re playing with really takes a lot away from what could otherwise be a potentially fun experience.

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Posted by: style.6173

style.6173

It is actually a bug. We are currently investigating a fix and hope to have it fixed as soon as we can. We agree, we want you to see people’s names.

Good news. Seeing the names will be a nice add.

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Posted by: Zaxares.5419

Zaxares.5419

Sounds good. Although I kind of liked being able to tell who among my allies was actually from Tarnished Coast and which were from different servers.

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Posted by: Mystic.5934

Mystic.5934

If I had my way with EotM, these would be example names:
our team (green): Legend The_Name – Dungeon Master
red team: Soldier Those Darn Reds – Honors in Applied Jumping
blue team: Knight Those Darn Blues – Been There, Done That

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Posted by: DoctorOverlord.8620

DoctorOverlord.8620

Good to hear, it was very strange seeing those generic names.

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