Guild Wars 2

I understand why ArenaNet does not want to allow random account name changes, but they could compromise by allowing one or two account name changes per account. Blizzard allows people to change their overall account name at least once.

I really hate my account name being related to my real name.

Any chance of this happening? I hate my account name being tied to my real name. =\

Greyalis.2309:

If they don’t put pve dueling in, I think it would be worth while to do simple 1v1 tournaments in the game with rankings and everything.

I wouldn’t mind seeing something like that, but pve dueling is much better imo.

It would not make me happy. Part of the joy of dueling is using your existing gear/class/skills/etc. For me, the ideal dueling system would allow us to setup custom rulesets: current gear vs normalized stats, level 80 vs current level, bets, etc.

What is the issue with in-world dueling? If duels are properly implemented, auto-decline and block should take care of any nasty players.

I finally did it!

37 hours and 59 minutes, over 4 days:
- Two crafting professions to 400
- No level 20 scroll
- 40% map completion
- Personal story: level 64
- Times downed: ~4

Screenshots:
http://imgur.com/a/DJOS5#0

Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNHCOuzhtcY

Any news or updates on this issue?

CrossFire.8037:

Challenge is pointless, because if you’re downed or about to die, all you need to do is exit the game (alt f4) to keep your death counter at 0. It only works in PvE though.

Does that really work? o_o

insanemaniac.2456:

yeah… so?

How can you lie about that?

Ouimette.5902:

There’s actually a reddit post regarding leveling in GW2 in a more hardcore way.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/18ppm2/guild_wars_2_iron_man_challenge/

I’d never try this but cudos to the people who actually does manage to accomplish this goal.

And also credit to Breakage1990 for making the challenge.

Dang. That’s the hardcore version of hardcore ahaha. I don’t think I could do that, but I might have to give it a shot. Has anyone actually completed that challenge?

uknortherner.2670:

Scrambles.2604:

the forums are split between those that want duels and those who can’t be bothered to decline a duel request.

Ah, of course. Those of us who don’t want duels are in fact lazy and are not in fact fed up with trolls and petulant 12-year-olds who think that bunny-hopping around, whispering “duel me brah” and “u scared?” every five seconds is a perfectly mature way to conduct themselves.

I believe the mentality of the pro-duel camp on this thread is reason enough for duels to never be implemented in this game.

Why can’t you decline and block?

insanemaniac.2456:

just go play diablo where you cant lie about it

GW2 has the /deaths command.

Karizee.8076:

Imagine how terror-inducing jumping puzzles would be!

Jumping puzzles are a nightmare. I try to avoid them unless I am absolutely sure I can do it without dying haha.

Nilkemia.8507:

I’ll pass. Have fun though. I imagine PvP would be just a nightmare as well…or does that not count?

I don’t pvp until 80.

If I die before I hit level 80, I delete my character and start over. I also restrict myself to a maximum of two crafting professions per character, just to keep it challenging.

My last character died at level 46 (messed up on a vista), so I started over yesterday. I’m currently at level 34, and I’m hoping that this one will make it!

Does anyone else do this? If so, how far have you gotten, and what’s your favorite class?

EDIT:

I finally did it!

37 hours and 59 minutes, over 4 days:
- Two crafting professions to 400
- No level 20 scroll
- 40% map completion
- Personal story: level 64
- Times downed: ~4

Screenshots:
http://imgur.com/a/DJOS5#0

Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNHCOuzhtcY

I would also love to see a Ranger without pets.

Magic Toker is a pretty popular thief streamer. Definitely fun to watch.

@Rabbi Rick – I tried changing the thread display name, but I could not figure out how to do so. Also, Inculpatus is correct – my display name has never changed.

I worded my original post pretty poorly, but my goal was to suggest that ArenaNet implement a system for display name changes, even if it has to be extremely restricted (e.g. how Blizzard does it). Players should not be forced to buy a new account and lose all of their progress in order to change their name (especially in situations like mine).

I am also not convinced that implementing display name changes (with restrictions) would impact reputation tracking. Naming and shaming is not allowed anyways, so it’s already extremely difficult to track scammers if you haven’t had a personal experience with them. Besides, if you block a player, I don’t see why the block could not automatically be transferred to their new name.

Hello moderators,

It looks like this thread got moved to account-issues, but it’s a suggestion. I already had an account issues thread for this, where I was told to create a support ticket. After creating a support ticket, I was told that my only option is to close my account and buy a new one (with a different display name).

As such, I wanted to create a suggestion post to see if this was something ArenaNet could change. Since the suggestion forum is closed, I decided to create the topic in General Discussion.

Apologies for the confusion!

Old account issues post:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/account/Change-account-display-name-for-security/first#post3439378

A similar thread that was closed after Gaile said to recreate it as a suggestion:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/account/Change-Display-Name-not-Account-Name

I’ve been trying to separate my real identity from my online identity for a while now, so I’m going back to old accounts and changing my display names to something that isn’t connected to my real identity. My current account name isn’t my actual name, but it easily connects me to my real identity. Unfortunately, it’s visible both in game and on these forums.

Is there any possibility of allowing at least one account/display name change? I understand why ArenaNet does not want to allow random account name changes, but they could compromise by allowing one or two account name changes per account. Blizzard allows people to change their overall account name at least once.

Thank you for your time!

Thanks for the response bluestocking!

I just got a reply from support, and my only option is to create a support ticket to close my account (and then I’d have to buy a new account). =\

Recently, I have been trying to separate my real life identity from my online identity, so I’m going back to old accounts and attempting to change my display names to something that isn’t related to me in real life. The name Liberis easily connects me to my real identity, and it’s visible in game and on the official GW2 forums.

Is there any possibility of getting this account/display name changed? I am very uncomfortable using real life information as a public account name (forums/in-game).

Thank you for your time!

Hey all!

Here are the results of the MBTI/GW2 Profession Choice poll.

There is a better looking version of this over at GW2Guru, just in case you prefer that:
http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/75955-mbti-personality-type-vs-gw2-main-profession-results/

Background Information

- 989 raw responses

- 985 useable responses

- 746 introverts (does not include borderline/unknown)

- 206 extroverts (does not include borderline/unknown)

Main Profession

http://i.imgur.com/vZUg2.png

http://i.imgur.com/RsY9e.png

MBTI Personalities

http://i.imgur.com/Q6Clf.png

http://i.imgur.com/qBKbR.png

MBTI Personality by Profession

http://i.imgur.com/CslwB.png

http://i.imgur.com/CWxWB.png

Profession by MBTI Personality

http://i.imgur.com/zEGAQ.png

http://i.imgur.com/6IImI.png

Extroverts vs Introverts

http://i.imgur.com/8cdsl.png

http://i.imgur.com/sBxws.png

http://i.imgur.com/c9b0w.png

http://i.imgur.com/Lyviz.png

Graphs by specific MBTI personalities

ENFJ

http://i.imgur.com/SEFZb.png

http://i.imgur.com/MR9Fj.png

ENFP

http://i.imgur.com/Qbfeq.png

http://i.imgur.com/6Qwh1.png

ENTJ

http://i.imgur.com/tjLjV.png

http://i.imgur.com/MR9Fj.png

ENTP

http://i.imgur.com/z5HIY.png

http://i.imgur.com/NvR1z.png

ESFJ

http://i.imgur.com/DhSfe.png

http://i.imgur.com/lNSn0.png

ESFP

http://i.imgur.com/smKO9.png

http://i.imgur.com/xCwxZ.png

ESTJ

http://i.imgur.com/kIw5U.png

http://i.imgur.com/nIHkz.png

ESTP

http://i.imgur.com/rPEl0.png

http://i.imgur.com/jbnG8.png

INFJ

http://i.imgur.com/61iia.png

http://i.imgur.com/d3fqn.png

INFP

http://i.imgur.com/ibszx.png

http://i.imgur.com/oOTdQ.png

INTJ

http://i.imgur.com/ug4p4.png

http://i.imgur.com/4h2w8.png

INTP

http://i.imgur.com/jW3Cy.png

http://i.imgur.com/rflsd.png

ISFJ

http://i.imgur.com/UPoaS.png

http://i.imgur.com/KSYi2.png

ISFP

http://i.imgur.com/onEqr.png

http://i.imgur.com/e1S8k.png

ISTJ

http://i.imgur.com/P2VVr.png

http://i.imgur.com/6H43Q.png

ISTP

http://i.imgur.com/YpHBg.png

http://i.imgur.com/9V51B.png

The raw data is available here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsBGic0SuOFWdFBNSTVva2Z2Snlka2I0eklLcG93X0E

Notes/Terms

- It doesn’t look like their were any real correlations (or at least the sample size is too small), though there may be slight trends?

- Perhaps some of you statistics people can make better graphs?

- Unknown == People who entered questionable data (e.g. iitj – mistype, borderline, other?)

- For the most part, I had no idea what I was doing

If I made any mistakes, let me know. My brain is gone after working on this for so many hours ahaha.

Hey all!

This is pretty informal/unscientific, but I thought it would be cool to see (or at least attempt to see) if there was any relation between one’s personality and their RPG class choice (specifically for GW2 professions).

If you don’t know your Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality type, there are multiple free tests available online:
- http://www.41q.com/
- http://www.humanmetr...win/jtypes2.asp

The poll/form:
- https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFBNSTVva2Z2Snlka2I0eklLcG93X0E6MQ

I’ll update this post with stats/graphs in 24-48 hours. I also posted this over at Reddit and GuildWars2Guru in hopes of getting some more responses. Thanks for your time!

Quick giant pivot table from 500+ respondents:
http://i.imgur.com/WqLbx.jpg

This is just preliminary data, and I don’t see any real correlations, but it is interesting that ISTJ’s seem to slightly lean toward the Guardian profession (though that could just be attributed to sample size/randomness). ISTJs are part of the Guardian Keirsey Temperament, and are described as being super-dependable, persevering, and dutiful. I’m probably just reading too much into it though.

Also, I have not yet figured out how to include the people with borderline personalities or multiple/all/no mains, so this chart does not include those.

I have a 24" monitor at 1920×1080, and I play at 90-100 fov whenever possible.

Also, if an issue does not affect you, that doesn’t mean it’s not important.

There are already 3rd party hacks (bannable) that allow you to change the fov, without major performance issues. And what about triple monitor setups? ArenaNet is not making any sense here.

Player health and comfort seem like pretty big issues to me.

EDIT:
Here is an excellent video explaining fov and its related issues:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blZUao2jTGA

I don’t understand all these posts saying that the FOV is fine because “it doesn’t affect me” or “I haven’t noticed it”. Just because an issue doesn’t affect you, does not mean that the issue does not exist.

There are already 3rd party hacks that allow you to change the fov, which has alleviated the nausea issue for some people (without performance issues), so I don’t quite understand ArenaNet’s reasoning here.

Also, what about triple-monitor setups and manually resizing the game in windowed-mode?

If you have any, post them!

Here is a quick three kit Engineer pvp video I did:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKDKW2imom8