Change Display Name Feature
This is something ppl want and willing to pay for.
This should have been in long ago. Many people that would use this feature are those who misunderstood the purpose of the names, or had theirs changed by a dev for whatever reason. Since this is basically an account name, we should have an option to alter it, if not at a whim. There are numerous threads in the Account Issues forum that are screaming for this.
If you’re afraid of people trolling, scamming, or violating the TOS then changing their name to regain anonymity, remove it from those people; they’ve sacrificed the privilege. However, the rest of the community would use the feature well.
(edited by MuffinOfJustice.2067)
Also voicing my strong support for this feature, and I very much agree with the post above me. I don’t actually play Guild Wars 2 right now. The thing that stirred that originally was the fact that my display name is what people see when they add me to their friends list, and it’s something that I can’t change. Being an Internet service, the ability to change your display name should be almost staple.
The arguments against it that I’ve heard from pretty much every MMO company prior boil down to “preventing abuse”. Unfortunately, globally preventing users from changing their display name (something that represents them, yes?) is not a method of preventing abuse, which would be cut down if changing your display name was a one/two/three time thing, or a paid service.
While you do change the display names of some players when they do not fit in with the naming policy, a simple restriction on usable words would cut down at least half of the problems. The remaining percentage of abusive players could be dealt with using the current system.
I support this suggestion and I think this feature should be added in gw2
Even if it is once a year or with payment or though a staff member to approve the new name
This feature will likely happen because it will likely cost gems and it means more money for a.net.
I got character slot filled with a name I want for my guardian ^^
Come on Devs, let’s have this feature already. I am willing to pay for this feature.
I agree i would also like to see this happen.
I would really love to see this option available. I thought the display name was just going to be something on the website or forum, and I use the forum once in a blue moon. If I’d known it was going to show in-game I guess I would’ve chosen something more gender neutral. It wouldn’t bother me to pay for it.
I would also like to see this happen.
It would reduce abuse, as mentioned above, if it was offered once a certain time period (such as year, 6 months, etc) and/or had a gem fee tacked onto it.
I would personally like to see this as the .#### rule allows others to have very similar names to you – I would like the option to change my name when someone else in my guild or server has a name almost identical to mine in order to separate myself from their actions.