Guild Wars 2

Hello there,
I love the concept of knowing who you kill or from whom were you killed by. This feature could add so much when you know you are against a specific foe, excitement when you manage to kill a foe that that you know it is more experienced or in some cases less frustration when you die from a foe that you know is a regular cause you see his name or his Guild’s name around.

Knowing your opponents, will make you wanna run solo or in small groups more often finding similar groups and fight them again and again, makes the fight more personal and competitive. You could even take revenge from the thief that just killed you, cause well you know his name, you are going to find him!

You could also recognized WvW famous guilds, fight them and if you win you can feel the satisfaction multiplied, if you loose you know that they were a worthy opponent and you ll be careful next time! If you a member of a big WvW Guild you can have the satisfaction that your name and your efforts are recognized by your opponents, you can see them run in fear when they see your name!!! You can even have “vendettas” with other Guilds, this will make the fights so intense!

The anonymity gives me the feeling that everything is in vein, no one will ever know who I was or what I did only my team… my enemies will never know that I was the one!

So my suggestion is to make names and guild names visible in WvW. If that is too much and could cause lag make it so you can see only the name and the Guild/Server and when you target them, then you can see their rank. Another though is instead of seeing all enemies as red, to see their names in their server’s color, so you won;t have to display the server’s name. For example your server might be red and you are fighting everything you see as blue or green.

Just some thoughts…

Yeah, I’ve always supported the idea that we, or rather our characters, shouldn’t be anonymous. It does help the community knowing who you’re fighting; forming friendships and rivalties or just simple recognition of players you’ve faced often is a great thing. The anonymous nature now makes it feel a bit like we’re fighting NPC’s since our communicative abilities are next to none. Hell, it might even remove some of the toxicity in the community if it feels more like a real person you’re fighting.

Are guild names not already visible?

splatticus.1278:

Yeah, I’ve always supported the idea that we, or rather our characters, shouldn’t be anonymous. It does help the community knowing who you’re fighting; forming friendships and rivalties or just simple recognition of players you’ve faced often is a great thing. The anonymous nature now makes it feel a bit like we’re fighting NPC’s since our communicative abilities are next to none. Hell, it might even remove some of the toxicity in the community if it feels more like a real person you’re fighting.

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Have you ever seen PvP communities?
Besides, it’s already possible to get the name of anyone you fight, so it isn’t exactly anonymous…

Lunacy Solacio.6514:

Have you ever seen PvP communities?
Besides, it’s already possible to get the name of anyone you fight, so it isn’t exactly anonymous…

Haha yeah. Sure, it’s not all roses, but I’m giving the game the benefit of a doubt. WvW is a lot more relaxed in its competitveness, so it shouldn’t get as kitteny as PvP can be. Besides, a lot of WvWers across servers are already friends and know each other from before thanks to transfering back and forth. That and the regularity and consistency with which you meet each other all contribute to a much more friendly atmosphere. It’ll simply become easier to get to know more people and create a much more living community in what is becoming a more and more stale game.

I don’t see the loss of anonymity creating much more toxin. It’s not like there’s anything stopping people from being kittenbags to each other as it is right now if they want to. Overall, I’d value the benefits over the downsides. You’ll never escape the idiots, but that doesn’t really justify having everyone be faceless dummies either.

To give a some kind of analogue to people; Imagine if the teams in your favorite sport were all completely faceless. The only way you could identify the players on the field is by their role or position. How engaging would that be? Would you be interested in that sport?

splatticus.1278:

WvW is a lot more relaxed in its competitveness, so it shouldn’t get as kitteny as PvP can be.

It’s more relaxed because the enemies can’t trash talk you unless they know how to. I can spend 1 hour if that in pvp before the toxic chat gets to me. Even if they are not talking to me it still makes me not play much pvp. I can also spend all day in wvw and maybe get 1 or 2 hate whispers a week if I’m lucky. I’m happy the way it is.

I’d rather have Anet fix it so people can’t get my name ever when I’m in WvW. Been playing WvW for over 2 years now and I’ve gotten maybe 10 good whispers if that.. They are slim to none yet I lost count of how many people trash talk me or try to get me to go and pvp to prove who is better after I killed them in WvW. If I wanted to pvp and trash talk I’d play PvP. I like to play with the people on my server and not care about who or what I kill.

Turamarth.3248:

Are guild names not already visible?

Apparently not? O.o

I think OP just posted the thread about 3.5 years too late, when people where hyping up WvW and how it would play.

briggah.7910:

splatticus.1278:

WvW is a lot more relaxed in its competitveness, so it shouldn’t get as kitteny as PvP can be.

It’s more relaxed because the enemies can’t trash talk you unless they know how to. I can spend 1 hour if that in pvp before the toxic chat gets to me. Even if they are not talking to me it still makes me not play much pvp. I can also spend all day in wvw and maybe get 1 or 2 hate whispers a week if I’m lucky. I’m happy the way it is.

I’d rather have Anet fix it so people can’t get my name ever when I’m in WvW. Been playing WvW for over 2 years now and I’ve gotten maybe 10 good whispers if that.. They are slim to none yet I lost count of how many people trash talk me or try to get me to go and pvp to prove who is better after I killed them in WvW. If I wanted to pvp and trash talk I’d play PvP. I like to play with the people on my server and not care about who or what I kill.

only 1-2 a week? wow… you are Lucky.

Only good thing I can think about having random people whisper me, is that I get a target for the rest of the matchup, and any future matchups. Sadly they tend to not remember the reason I focus them and play the victim.

Definitely agree with PvP. I know people that do go in, but I won’t unless it’s with a party I know for tPv… well Ranked.

Lunacy Solacio.6514:

Only good thing I can think about having random people whisper me, is that I get a target for the rest of the matchup, and any future matchups. Sadly they tend to not remember the reason I focus them and play the victim.

HAHA I do the same thing and also spread the word to my friends so if they find them I can get there and kill them over and over.