Guild Wars 2

Eventually, I would really appreciate it if the sender of mail in the game was represented at all times by the account name, rather than a character name. I feel this change is necessary because, as a guild leader who gets mail from potential members, it is impossible to determine what account is sending me mail from the character name in the mail address. An interface change that allowed the account name to be seen on hover in the mail window, as it does in chat, would work well. Not having this information on hand makes finding an account in a long friends list hard.

In the mean time, perhaps there is something I’m missing. Does anyone else have a work around that would allow me to make a guild invite more directly from a character name in a mail message?

Brown Fang Thump.9482:

Eventually, I would really appreciate it if the sender of mail in the game was represented at all times by the account name, rather than a character name. I feel this change is necessary because, as a guild leader who gets mail from potential members, it is impossible to determine what account is sending me mail from the character name in the mail address. An interface change that allowed the account name to be seen on hover in the mail window, as it does in chat, would work well. Not having this information on hand makes finding an account in a long friends list hard.

In the mean time, perhaps there is something I’m missing. Does anyone else have a work around that would allow me to make a guild invite more directly from a character name in a mail message?

The friends and guild list could include two columns for the name (instead of 1 column + mouse over), one for the current character and the other for the display name.

Even without that, I’d prefer to see the display ID get more use: it’s the one part of a person’s account that never changes.