Why can't we see players names in WvW?

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Posted by: Kaine.3501

Kaine.3501

I would like to be able to see the names of the players I am fighting in WvW. I already know which server they are from because of the color. So why not list their name instead of their server?

I know its a sin to bring up World of Warcraft….but in Vanilla WoW what made it so much fun is knowing the names of the people we were fighting and seeing them every day.

Server: Kaineng
Name: “Kaide” (Kaine is just the account name)

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Posted by: Nabrok.9023

Nabrok.9023

Because you can whisper across servers.

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Posted by: Kracin.6078

Kracin.6078

then why not just make it so that the whisper system when used cross server, only works cross server if you include the 4 digit tag??

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Posted by: Kawwmoi.8793

Kawwmoi.8793

I think a large part of it is to prevent harassment. If you can see what peoples names are you can start spamming them during WvW to distract them. For example, I was in tkitten jumping puzzle a few days ago and someone cross server invited me to their party(not certain how exactly) to tell me that his friends were going to come kill me because other people on my server decided to gank them. Now this whole time I was just like “omg you can invite people cross-server?” so I was a bit distracted but I might have found him annoying if I wasn’t in shock already. I could have just left party in that scenario but get a guild of 20+ griefers spamming one person and it would be a lot harder to deal with.

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Posted by: Xanti.8672

Xanti.8672

not sure if i’m allowed to tell (if not pls just delete it, mod) but right now you actually can rightclick enemies avatar and hit the “report” button. then you will get a popup asking if you really wanna report <accountname>. knowing his account name allows you to whisper or invite him to a party etc…

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Posted by: Kaine.3501

Kaine.3501

lol @ because we can whisper

If I cant see who Im fighting how would I know who to whisper?

Server: Kaineng
Name: “Kaide” (Kaine is just the account name)

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Posted by: Kaine.3501

Kaine.3501

not sure if i’m allowed to tell (if not pls just delete it, mod) but right now you actually can rightclick enemies avatar and hit the “report” button. then you will get a popup asking if you really wanna report <accountname>. knowing his account name allows you to whisper or invite him to a party etc…

^ This guy is a genius

Server: Kaineng
Name: “Kaide” (Kaine is just the account name)

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Posted by: Yerffejy.6538

Yerffejy.6538

Back in beta, you could right click them and just PM them straight from there. I would PM people to stop hitting me. xD

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Posted by: Dinks.2478

Dinks.2478

then why not just make it so that the whisper system when used cross server, only works cross server if you include the 4 digit tag??

Because it defeats the point of servers being mostly a WvW divider and nothing else.

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Posted by: Nabrok.9023

Nabrok.9023

lol @ because we can whisper

If I cant see who Im fighting how would I know who to whisper?

Really?? I guess I’ll spell it out.

If you could see the enemy name, you would then be able to whisper them. This would allow for easy harassment and cross-server co-operation.

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Posted by: Kaine.3501

Kaine.3501

lol @ because we can whisper

If I cant see who Im fighting how would I know who to whisper?

Really?? I guess I’ll spell it out.

If you could see the enemy name, you would then be able to whisper them. This would allow for easy harassment and cross-server co-operation.

Correct me if I’m wrong…..and I hate to ice your game….but doesn’t this game have a block feature?

Server: Kaineng
Name: “Kaide” (Kaine is just the account name)

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Posted by: MRA.4758

MRA.4758

@Kaine: It’s a design decision, please read this reddit answer for a detailed explanation.

@ANet/all: Can we please find a way that such question don’t come up over and over again in this forum? Something like a sticky FAQ, or whatever?

~MRA

IGN: Peavy (Asuran Engineer)
Tyrian Intelligence Agency [TIA]
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Posted by: Nabrok.9023

Nabrok.9023

Sure, but honestly I’d rather not have to deal with it at all and I’m more concerned about cross-server co-operation anyway.

“I’m not a PvE, WvW, or PvP player – I am a Guild Wars 2 player”
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Posted by: Kaine.3501

Kaine.3501

@Kaine: It’s a design decision, please read this reddit answer for a detailed explanation.

@ANet/all: Can we please find a way that such question don’t come up over and over again in this forum? Something like a sticky FAQ, or whatever?

~MRA

you sound like my mom

Server: Kaineng
Name: “Kaide” (Kaine is just the account name)

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Posted by: MRA.4758

MRA.4758

you sound like my mom

Sorry. Didn’t intend to sound rude, just tried to be concise.

~MRA

IGN: Peavy (Asuran Engineer)
Tyrian Intelligence Agency [TIA]
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Posted by: Eicherjw.3926

Eicherjw.3926

you sound like my mom

Sorry. Didn’t intend to sound rude, just tried to be concise.

~MRA

Better than looking like his mom?