Guild Wars 2

Please give us the option to show your name in WvW. Heck, give all players two drop down menus in options.

Reveal name to enemies?
Yes
No (default)

Allow enemy player names?
Yes
No (default)

I find the small scale PvP the most fun in WvW. Hitting Dolyaks, three manning supply camps, defending keeps by blocking the reinforcement path to the zerg rather than sitting on the walls. Things such as this. Most of the best fights have been when you see guild tags and know which players/guilds you are going against. Nothing feels better than losing to a small group of guilded enemies only to find them again and redeem yourself.

This would just be a nice touch for those that enjoy the mini rivalries in WvW. It would default to exactly what it is now, but you would have the option to both reveal your name (to enemy players allowing it), and to see enemy names (only those allowing their names to be revealed). This already happens to a certain extent with the guild tags, but this could make it a bit more “competitive” for those that opt out of the generic names.

I think they made it this way to prevent trolling or calling out players. Guild tags are fine since you know who you are fighting, just not the individual. I thought it was strange at first, but since its a team game I understand it and I am used to it now.

I would love the option, this feels like im hiding behind a level 1 alt ingame, permanently.

Just another way to dumb down mmo’s for the mass consumers. Also further alienates an actual community.

Suddle D.9412:

I think they made it this way to prevent trolling or calling out players. Guild tags are fine since you know who you are fighting, just not the individual. I thought it was strange at first, but since its a team game I understand it and I am used to it now.

I understand the reasoning behind it, I just don’t see a reason to not give the OPTION to show your name, or the option to see enemy names of those who have chosen to reveal theirs. If you have chosen to do so yourself, you probably have thick enough skin to get past a few morons trolling you. I guess I’m used to it, as it was this way in DAoC as well. It’s just that the rivalries can be fun. For every person out there that would use it to troll, there are probably 10 others that just enjoy some friendly competition. Or perhaps I just have too high hopes for the community in this game — but they seem better than in most MMOs.

Also, people still troll even with the anonymity. You can still jump up and down on peoples heads, /cry, /laugh, sit on them, etc. It’s easy enough to report an enemy player that decides to send you rage messages.

WvW already has an issue with attention kittens within their own server without people trying to make ‘a name’ for themselves with the opposing server.

triscuit.1238:

WvW already has an issue with attention kittens within their own server without people trying to make ‘a name’ for themselves with the opposing server.

This has nothing to do with anyone trying to make “a name” for themselves on an opposing server. I guess to some it might, but to me it doesn’t. It has to do with competition. Besides, it’s hard to make a name for yourself on an opposing server if 90% of them were defaulted to seeing you as an invader.

If you PvP, I’m assuming you like some level of competition, correct? Perhaps some people like a higher level of competition, they enjoy finding that one guy that got the best of them that last fight and returning the favor. Maybe you like the continuity of it all — that guy you fought five times on your server borderlands? Now he’s up on the wall plinking arrows at you in Eternal.

I don’t know, it’s just another option. I don’t see what negative consequences it would have as long as it is defaulted to not reveal the names. Also, as for the people trying to make a name for themselves on their own server — no one listens to them. They’re obnoxious. No one wants to listen to the guy spamming map chat about how much of a noob we all are for not zerging SM and fighting the invisible invaders that the server refuses to load.

sPvP is for individual competition.

WvW is for the masses and server-wide competition.

/no names

The negative consequences are large kittens, trolling, and calling out players. Its a team game, so lets keep it a team game. I don’t see a need to know, what does it really matter what the character name was?

Suddle D.9412:

The negative consequences are large kittens, trolling, and calling out players. Its a team game, so lets keep it a team game. I don’t see a need to know, what does it really matter what the character name was?

I think you’re asking the wrong question. The question you need to ask yourself is -
Why shouldn’t players have the option? Obviously, you wouldn’t be one of the players that would want to see enemy names or show your own name, more power to you. Why do you feel that others shouldn’t have this option just because you don’t like the concept?

Besides, there are plenty of team games that have rivalries between players. I’m pretty sure any professional sport, or even an eSport such as Starcraft or League of Legends proves this. Not all rivalries have to be negative.

willwill.9318:

Just another way to dumb down mmo’s for the mass consumers. Also further alienates an actual community.

yea fully agree, anonymity does not help with this at all, yes while you see guild names you dont have that personal level of contact to make this happen.

I agree they should add the option to either display or not display your name or the enemies name.

Think of the drama!

I’d like such an option too (also being able to report exploiting enemies is crucial – lots of people won’t report one of their own), but consider this: once you can see the names of the other players, you can start whispering to them. this makes it even easier for two servers to ally against the third. right now all the other players are equal and anonymous which makes it harder as you have to find a way to communicate and exchange names outside the game (forum or whatever) before being able to chat ingame.
(server alliances would be fine in my opinion, if they were a feature in the game and regulated to only work for the two underdogs until they get to like 50% map control or so)

so maybe arenanet just wanted to avoid such trouble and made everybody anonymous?

they should clearly add that option

Oranisagu.3706:

I’d like such an option too (also being able to report exploiting enemies is crucial – lots of people won’t report one of their own), but consider this: once you can see the names of the other players, you can start whispering to them. this makes it even easier for two servers to ally against the third. right now all the other players are equal and anonymous which makes it harder as you have to find a way to communicate and exchange names outside the game (forum or whatever) before being able to chat ingame.
(server alliances would be fine in my opinion, if they were a feature in the game and regulated to only work for the two underdogs until they get to like 50% map control or so)

so maybe arenanet just wanted to avoid such trouble and made everybody anonymous?

You cant whisper to players on another WvW team, it says its impossible because you are at war.

Definetely NO to individual names!!! Iam sick of ego games like Aion which are based on names, individual ranks, hate and ego! In the real war you dont know who you fight either!! So keep it as it is.. for teams!
This game is different!! get used to it!