Do you prefer Display/View Character Name or User ID?

phaneub17_ESO

Soarora

Both, using pchat. My base game settings is character name. I want to change it now but uh… couldn’t find the setting.

TaSheen

It's considerably more immersive to see character names.

phaneub17_ESO

Soarora wrote: »

Both, using pchat. My base game settings is character name. I want to change it now but uh… couldn’t find the setting.

Interface, first option. Keyboard or Controller have separate displays, so you have to go into the interface menu for each if you're switching. You could also make Keyboard show User ID while controller show Character Names. Now that I say that, I should have put Both as an option; oh well too late.

Froil

For zone chat: character name. For guild chat: @ name. For content, like trials and stuff: @ name.

Ragnarok0130

I only use display User ID because if I'm in a raid or dungeon I need someone to know who I'm talking to ASAP no matter which toon they're currently using in the raid. Using the user ID eliminates hesitation and provides clarity.

SilverBride

I used to do Character name but found that I recognize other players more by using User ID. I've run into a few players from the forums that I wouldn't have recognized if I was showing Character name.

Plus it's easier to know someone by one name rather than having to learn all their alt names, too.

Mcboland

both

Danikat

Character name in most situations, but I have guild chat set to show account names so I know who people are no matter which character they're on.

LunaFlora

character name
i can always see usernames by looking at the character though as the usernames are displayed under character names.

SilverBride

LunaFlora wrote: »

character name
i can always see usernames by looking at the character though as the usernames are displayed under character names.

It's not there all the time and only shows when you mouse over the character.

darvaria

We really should be able to turn on an option so we see both. My add ons in dungeons show character name but in group I see @name.

It's imperative in PVP that you see that @name. So why not give the option to see BOTH?

darvaria

LunaFlora wrote: »

character name
i can always see usernames by looking at the character though as the usernames are displayed under character names.

Where do you see user names under character names?

SilverBride

darvaria wrote: »

We really should be able to turn on an option so we see both. My add ons in dungeons show character name but in group I see @name.

It's imperative in PVP that you see that @name. So why not give the option to see BOTH?

This!

Lozeenge

character names for zone or guild chat, account names for groups or whispers.

emilyhyoyeon

TaSheen wrote: »

It's considerably more immersive to see character names.

This is why I do character name

LunaFlora

SilverBride wrote: »

LunaFlora wrote: »

character name
i can always see usernames by looking at the character though as the usernames are displayed under character names.

It's not there all the time and only shows when you mouse over the character.

when i look at a character i can see it. i dont use mouse though
maybe targeting is a better word instead of looking

jaws343

I don't have the time or desire to learn the 18 potential names of every player's character I meet just to remember I am interacting with the same person.

NeuroticPixels

User ID 100% of the time. Character names are useless to me. Again, I say, to me.
I’m playing with the player. Not the character.

SilverBride

LunaFlora wrote: »

SilverBride wrote: »

LunaFlora wrote: »

character name
i can always see usernames by looking at the character though as the usernames are displayed under character names.

It's not there all the time and only shows when you mouse over the character.

when i look at a character i can see it. i dont use mouse though
maybe targeting is a better word instead of looking

It doesn't show on PC all the time.

Carcamongus

Both, using an addon. I like seeing what names people come up with, but I still want to know who's behind the character.

Shihp00

login id, so a h4cker can deRank- oh wait, wrong game.

Hapexamendios

Always user

SkaraMinoc

It takes a few days to realize how much better @names are but once you switch, you'll never go back.

gamer559

Not sure if this is a base game option or from the rChat addon but I have it set up so that I see CharacterName(@AccountNameID) so I can see both. There are far too many people who play alts (myself included) to remember what alt belongs to which person's main and vice versa.

Marronsuisse

User ID. The only reason I can think for showing character name in chat is if you're in an RP guild.

The number of times I've seen players confused about who other people are referring to, or not realizing they're talking to the same person when someone logs, etc etc... they should really make @names default for zone chat, and anyone who wants to RP or just embrace chaos can switch it. Not the other way around.

Dr_Con

Trials- username. When using Voice Chat, players you play with regularly will swap between characters. I'd rather refer to someone as Gella if their username is @Gella than have to switch between their character names of Scales-So-Thicc and Apollonia Lavinica just because they needed to swap from a tank to a healer. It's also incredibly confusing to the group.

PVP - character name. This is a personal choice, I still have user names up but I sill see people's names and refer to them as their names most of the time.

BalDing710

i prefer the @name but i can't do without some of the crazy character names people come up with.

Necrotech_Master

guild chat: user ID
normal chats (zone, group, say, etc): character name
nameplates: character name

usually i look at the @ names on the target bar since that shows both by default, or i can look at @ names in the group window if im in a party, but i still prefer seeing the character names in the party window/group chat

wolfie1.0.

Both

Giulietta

I used to have user tags displayed before my big ESO-break (5 years not playing) when I had regular guild raids with 2-3 different guilds.

Now I use character names because yes, they're a lot more immersive and often a lot less stupid ^^

also, I made the mistake of choosing a non-gender-neutral user name, which makes every character of the opposite gender seem a bit off xD