Guild Wars 2

Hi I’m new to gw2, I am currently installing the game (5/9/13/) and i’m super happy.
But after reading into the little hint bubble under display name, I question
Will I have these .8593 after my in game name (ign if you will)
Considering NoSoul Is probs a used name, will I always have .8593 or only if there is another NoSoul around?
Thanks!
-NoSoul

The number only appears on your account name which is always going to be NoSoul.8593. You characters can have different/unique names and there is no number.

dinominator.9862:

The number only appears on your account name which is always going to be NoSoul.8593. You characters can have different/unique names and there is no number.

Thanks so much!

Welcome and have fun!

I am worried that my display name is my real name (Ziltoid was supposed to be my game/char name, real name as account or whatever).

In all honesty I am totally confused as to which name people can see and am going around in circles trying to fix this.

Are you able to clear this up for me?? Thanks

Ziltoid.6358:

I am worried that my display name is my real name (Ziltoid was supposed to be my game/char name, real name as account or whatever).

In all honesty I am totally confused as to which name people can see and am going around in circles trying to fix this.

Are you able to clear this up for me?? Thanks

People will see your character name. Guildies and friends can also find your display name in the guild roster, chat and the friends list (that is, the character name will show but the display name will appear if you mouse over it). Probably also in parties but not positive, haven’t looked lately.

I hope that answers your question.

In parties, you can find the players account name (which doesn’t give them any advantage).

The account name will not be shown to people who haven’t been on your friends/follower/guild/party. Once you have been on one of those, your account name will be saved locally on their drive for an unknown amount of time (possibly indefinitely).

Anyone can see your display name by putting one of your character names on their block list temporarily or by opening report window – whether from a character portrait drop down menu or the name displayed in the chat window. Of course there is no reason to do this.

The Character name displayed above your toon is the one shown on the Character Selection screen at login.

It’s also the name that appears when you type a message in chat.

Ziltoid.6358:

I am worried that my display name is my real name (Ziltoid was supposed to be my game/char name, real name as account or whatever).

In all honesty I am totally confused as to which name people can see and am going around in circles trying to fix this.

Are you able to clear this up for me?? Thanks

Ziltoid.6358 is your accountname. This name is used as an identifier for you account. If someone mails to you in game it will go to your accountname. Membership of the guild is also based on your account name, as well as adding you to the friendslist (and blocklist).
But please read on…

Within your account you have 5 characterslots (more if you buy more slots). So your account consist of different characters. Each of them has a name you can pick yourself (and also has to be unique. lets say one of your characternames is ‘Smurf’.

If I want to sent you an email, I can simply type ‘Smurf’. The game will see it is a charactername belonging to Ziltoid.6358 and it will forward the mail to the account (so even when your not online on your character ‘Smurf’, but on your other character that you called ‘Batman’ you will recieve the email.

In the friendslist you will always see the name of the character you are online with

In a pm, the name of the person your pm-ing will automaticly change to the charactername. so e.g. if I am pm-ing ‘smurf’ and you change character to ‘Batman’ the person I’m pm-ing changes to ‘batman’.

If you are offline and on my friendslist it will say:
‘Ziltoid.6358’

If you are online on your character ‘Smurf’ it will say
‘Smurf Ziltoid.6358’

On top of that, if people have issues with remembering who you are, they can rightclick you on the friendslist and give you a nickname. that way, instead of your accoutnname they will always see the name they have chosen for you.

Considering this thread was necro’d from back in May, I suspect that OP has long since moved on.

lol!

more characters

i have some strange display name how do i change it?

3635F521-544A-41B5-85BA-D4289A8B5AAA.1937:

i have some strange display name how do i change it?

In your case you should be able to contact support to get it changed. This not applicable to everyone.

3635F521-544A-41B5-85BA-D4289A8B5AAA.1937:

i have some strange display name how do i change it?

Use the link at the very top of this page to contact Support and ask them to change it.

Normally they won’t change a display name but your case is an exception because what’s being displayed is your serial code, and letting everyone see that is a security risk.

3635F521-544A-41B5-85BA-D4289A8B5AAA.1937:

i have some strange display name how do i change it?

did you type the game code in your display name dude? tell me you didn’t

Danikat.8537:

Normally they won’t change a display name but your case is an exception because what’s being displayed is your serial code, and letting everyone see that is a security risk.

Oxidia.8103:

3635F521-544A-41B5-85BA-D4289A8B5AAA.1937:

i have some strange display name how do i change it?

did you type the game code in your display name dude? tell me you didn’t

It isn’t a game code. It is a bug that affects a small amount of customers. I know because the first time I saw someone with a display name such as that I contacted support out of concern that the person had accidentally used their game code as a display name. Support informed me that it was not a game key but a bug. Also GW2 keys follow a different format.

The response to my ticket.

Thank you for contacting the Guild Wars 2 Support Team.

I appreciate your enthusiasm to help a fellow player, but we are able to assist or discuss an account only with the original account owner. I do would like to point out that the code you see is not a Serial Code and doesn’t represent a security threat to this player. If he/she has already submitted a ticket about the situation, please rest assured that the ticket is with the appropriate team at this time and will be solved as soon as possible.

Again, thank you for your report.

Regards,

GM Taroz
Guild Wars 2 Support Team

And Gaile on the issue:

Gaile Gray.6029:

D1CA33D8-4974-4C84-9EC0-CA7A80CA4803:

I have to admit, there are times where the system doesn’t do what it should do, and it would be good to have the option.

Hello,

I wanted to follow up with you, specifically, because you did submit a ticket about this Display Name situation, and the CS Team very much wants to help you. They wrote you on July 11th. Could you please find their e-mail and respond? They’ll be happy to make a change for you.

Others who have a numeric Display Name like this one also should reach out to CS for help.

Oh ok. I was sure I read somewhere that it was the serial code and that’s why Support would make an exception and change it.