Guild Wars 2

Saronai.3924:

I did search for this topic (both in google and these forums directly) and only found it on other websites, rather than these forums.

The gameplay has been great and the graphics look awesome (I’m actually new to the guild wars series, started last week).

What I would like to see is (or at least I think it is) rather simple, actually. I come from WOW and LOTRO which both allow this and I’ve missed it while playing here. That’s the simple ability to see my own name as well as others…I also would like to see my own portrait that other people see when clicking on me.

I like to call this the mirror effect. I’ve gotten so use to the target and name mirrors in other games, that I dislike their absence here. It’s not a big deal, I suppose, and it’s not like I’ll forget my own name. Granted I can see what my character looks like, overall, but these are both visuals other people see when looking at me. I’d like to “check them in the mirror” to make sure my title or shortened guild name doesn’t look awful with my name, or just to satisfy my weird curiosity for what other people are seeing when they look at me/target me/etc.

I’m actually not obsessed with mirrors in reality though, but I do check them before going out to make sure my shirt isn’t half tucked into my underwear. Since names are visual in the game (as are target icons), I lump them under appearance maintenance.

Also, on more than one occasion in WOW and LOTRO I’ve completely recreated a character because what I liked in character selection wasn’t visually appealing over my character’s head. I’ve also tinkered with guild/kinship names in both games, titles, etc. because what I wanted actually looked sloppy or just way over-done hovering over my head (ie wait where’s my name in this whole mess…I don’t even wanna read all of this, let alone expecting other people to).

Hopefully, especially if it is a rather simple thing in code, we may see it implemented in the future.

Or, am I just blind and they’ve already installed this feature and I just can’t locate it? All I found was for turning other people’s names on, while still holding mine in the blind spot.

Thanks for reading either way!

I do miss seeing my character’s name and title (from L2), check if it looks nice. I also miss the option of mouse clicking to walk. But as far as I know NCSoft: even though those are simle requests, they will never attend them.