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Character naming pointless - XBOX ONE

d3nbark3r
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Spent a great deal of time giving my xbox one ESO characters a decent, authentic name, based on their race and gender, only to find I'm running around with my gamer tag "Skipping Baboon" above my head, which to me in the world of Nirn is completely ridiculous -.- not exactly epic.

I wouldn't mind but the fact that you cannot even name yourself a name taken by another player.... which seems totally irrelevant considering the only place your name is displayed is on the Log-in menu, makes this seem even more dumb.

Think this needs to change, or at least give us the option to decide between one or the other.
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  • Banky71
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    Either that or they need to add a skip button...or baboons...
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  • Davadin
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    d3nbark3r wrote: »
    Spent a great deal of time giving my xbox one ESO characters a decent, authentic name, based on their race and gender, only to find I'm running around with my gamer tag "Skipping Baboon" above my head, which to me in the world of Nirn is completely ridiculous -.- not exactly epic.

    I wouldn't mind but the fact that you cannot even name yourself a name taken by another player.... which seems totally irrelevant considering the only place your name is displayed is on the Log-in menu, makes this seem even more dumb.

    Think this needs to change, or at least give us the option to decide between one or the other.

    I was coming in ready to say "ABSOLUTELY AGREE!"

    but then i read "skipping baboon".








    haven't stopped laughing.
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  • Mettaricana
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    im still laughing
  • TortUred_mAlice
    I don't even get why we need to check the availability of our names on the server if we never use them. I heard in some instances, however, that people can see your User ID... Wouldn't it just be safer if we used our Character names for everything? I mean, OK, link them to your PSN/XbOne gamertags if you want your friends to identify you...

    It's so frustrating to get awoken out of immersive sleepwalking around Tamriel only to bump into someone named xYOLO420Swag360x
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  • Zazaaji
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    English is not my first language, Finnish is.
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  • mdhammond
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    I agree, so pissed I had to use my gamer tag
  • Rosveen
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    Am I the only one who has a serious, completely not embarrassing gamertag I could easily use as character name?
  • Zazaaji
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    Rosveen wrote: »
    Am I the only one who has a serious, completely not embarrassing gamertag I could easily use as character name?
    Considering my character name IS my gamertag name, no.
    I still don't like seeing "xSwagMasta420" or the like when playing what is supposed to be a high immersion based RPG, especially if their character is actually an Argonian named
    "Runs-Like-Snake".
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    Edited by Zazaaji on June 11, 2015 8:53PM
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  • Moonscythe
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    Rosveen wrote: »
    Am I the only one who has a serious, completely not embarrassing gamertag I could easily use as character name?

    No, I have a good, almost elegant, gamer tag on Xbox which is not my user name here but I would still prefer my carefully chosen character name to be showing up above my carefully designed character.
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  • coryevans_3b14_ESO
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    mdhammond wrote: »
    I agree, so pissed I had to use my gamer tag

    Just curious, does the name you gave show up when your in a group/party at all? Or is it ALWAYS your gamer tag no matter what. If that's true, that would annoy me. Sir Healz A lot needs his fame!!!
  • Sabre39
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    The only place I've seen my character name is on items I crafted, but that's it. Would also like to see the characters name instead of the gt/psn name
  • Sea
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    I also spent a small amount of time making sure I named all of my characters appropriate names, although they are all (with the exception of one or two) names from the Targaryen bloodline in Game of Thrones. And they are all from Game of Thrones in general. I'd love to run around and be recognized as "Eleana" as opposed to "Jyxa" or my account name, if that is truly a possibility. I would also love to see other's names. Certainly is something worth bringing up with Zenimax.
  • Dahkoht
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    Zenimax on Reddit today tried to blame the Xbox policy for why they had to use gamertags instead of names.

    Apparently other mmo's , example Neverwinter , on the Xbox , use character names fine.

    So Zenimax apparently is either lying or clueless.

    Maybe both.
  • d3nbark3r
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    Davadin wrote: »
    d3nbark3r wrote: »
    Spent a great deal of time giving my xbox one ESO characters a decent, authentic name, based on their race and gender, only to find I'm running around with my gamer tag "Skipping Baboon" above my head, which to me in the world of Nirn is completely ridiculous -.- not exactly epic.

    I wouldn't mind but the fact that you cannot even name yourself a name taken by another player.... which seems totally irrelevant considering the only place your name is displayed is on the Log-in menu, makes this seem even more dumb.

    Think this needs to change, or at least give us the option to decide between one or the other.

    I was coming in ready to say "ABSOLUTELY AGREE!"

    but then i read "skipping baboon".








    haven't stopped laughing.

    I'm glad. Is what the gamer tag was intended for. Least serious gamer tag I could think of ;)
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  • d3nbark3r
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    mdhammond wrote: »
    I agree, so pissed I had to use my gamer tag

    Just curious, does the name you gave show up when your in a group/party at all? Or is it ALWAYS your gamer tag no matter what. If that's true, that would annoy me. Sir Healz A lot needs his fame!!!

    It only shows up on crafted items, but am afraid it doesn't show up in groups, and even when you add someone to your friends all it has is their gamer tag. Pointless.
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  • d3nbark3r
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    Rosveen wrote: »
    Am I the only one who has a serious, completely not embarrassing gamertag I could easily use as character name?

    My gamer tag isn't embarrassing though to be fair, it's actually hilarious. For sports games.... fps shooters... who wants to be beaten by Skipping Baboon.... but for elder scrolls or anything fantasy related... not so great :')
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  • Danikat
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    Rosveen wrote: »
    Am I the only one who has a serious, completely not embarrassing gamertag I could easily use as character name?

    I use this account name as my gamer tag on 360 (don't have Xbox 1) and I have used it as a character name previously, both in games and in text based role-play. But even so it'd only work for one or two of my characters. My khajiit Templar not-quite-thief? Sure. My old, male Imperial Dragon Knight crafter? Not so much.

    Then again I called my Imperial DK Sagittam Ad Genu (because nothing revives an old joke like a dead language) so I'm obviously not taking my character names that seriously.

    I'd still prefer to be able to give them individual names however.
    Edited by Danikat on June 11, 2015 10:10PM
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  • asdf0716
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    haha.

    I love that it's ESO's fault that your gamer tag is ridiculous...
  • madchuska83
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    I find that odd considering it won't let you choose a name that already exists. If it doesn't show that name over your character you should be able to name them whatever you want. I think I'd keep Skipping Baboon though.
  • StaticWax
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    Skipping Baboon. :D Classic.

    I find reading the gamer tags to be pretty enjoyable in game. It's a common topic in guild chat. Many lulz.
    I wish nothing but joy for everyone.
  • afid
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    This thread and GIF made me lol.
  • Rosveen
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    Heh, I get it. I wouldn't want to use my ID as character name either. I haven't done it in years, I use it as my name and I don't indentify with my characters. As much as I like my male werewolf templar, I'd be miffed if he was called Rosveen. :) Or... if every character on my account was called Rosveen. Yeah, that'd be weird.

    But at least it isn't 376PuSSyD4esTroYeR97. That's some comfort.
  • Julia_Faye
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    My username is also my GT. So if I make a male character his name will be Julia Faye to the rest of the world. It should be toggle-able or a setting to show which one we want. It's kind of weird honestly. But then again ZOS hasn't been known for their good decision making.
  • God-eater
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    This one wants others to know his name.
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  • Hawk269
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    d3nbark3r wrote: »
    Spent a great deal of time giving my xbox one ESO characters a decent, authentic name, based on their race and gender, only to find I'm running around with my gamer tag "Skipping Baboon" above my head, which to me in the world of Nirn is completely ridiculous -.- not exactly epic.

    I wouldn't mind but the fact that you cannot even name yourself a name taken by another player.... which seems totally irrelevant considering the only place your name is displayed is on the Log-in menu, makes this seem even more dumb.

    Think this needs to change, or at least give us the option to decide between one or the other.

    As much as a pain it is, at least get your facts together. For starters, names are not displayed above your heard, your gamertag only appears if someone Is looking at you, so it is not like your name is constantly floating above your head. While I get the frustration because it does sound pointless, but having multiple characters on character select screen would look weird all named the same thing.
  • Moonscythe
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    I wanna know how people posting on this thread in this forum have profile pictures that didn't come from the approved list? How did you do that Sea? Inquiring minds want to know. I want to use my picture of Azura again.
    Edited by Moonscythe on June 13, 2015 3:47PM
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  • Gabriel_Froste
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    MY GT is Morgan Freemawn. So I don't really care... I just went out of my way and made a character that looks like Morgan Freeman.
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  • demendred
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    asdf0716 wrote: »
    haha.

    I love that it's ESO's fault that your gamer tag is ridiculous...

    Yea, he should have had a gamer tag like 'asdf0716'.
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  • Corrupted_Soul
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    This thread is the most positive thing I've read on here all day.


    Skip Baboon skip
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