Give me an option to hide my @name

  • milkbox
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    Thornen wrote: »
    My problem with it is my @name is garbage, if I had known that everyone under the *** sun would be able to see it I would have picked something better.

    I feel your pain.
  • AdmiralSam
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    vamp_emily wrote: »
    I don't think I have problem with it but I think it is kind of stupid if you ask me. Why the change?

    My name will now show as:
    [@vamp.emily]Vamp Emily

    why not just Vamp Emily it looks cleaner/better that way. But then again I like to know who I am playing with in PvP, some people create new characters and I can never tell if it was someone I used to play with before. So the change maybe good for me.

    Yeah, the way it's designed is silly. (As I said, for instance, the title is next to your account name, not your character). And I do not mind the principle that some people let it be seen "who they are". I just think it should be their choice
  • starsands
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    I need to hide my @name cause i'm a spy in bwb.
  • Aleraon
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    I'm not too fussed if people see mine but I don't want to see everyone else. It's just unnecessary clutter on screen.

    Maybe they're trying to give us PC users the console feel, or they're just making the UI the same as console so they don't have to work on different versions. Wish they'd leave us with the nice clutter free interface we're used to.
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  • JustanImage
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    I don't see any @ names at all, I guess it's because "show names" is completely 'off'
    Does that also mean no one can see mine?
    If not, please make it work that way as I don't like other people seeing my @ name (for whatever reason.)
  • Rohamad_Ali
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    MissBizz wrote: »
    Is there an option to adjust our UI not to see these names ? I don't care that mines showing if people want to see it cool . I just don't want to read all that myself . Meh immersion gets rekt .

    @Roehamad_Ali I'm pretty sure that's what the "prefer character name or prefer account name" setting is for, so you set it on what you prefer to see. Should be under nameplates settings.

    Thanks for the reply . I read down further as well . Looks like we can't opt for old UI I enjoyed . I really don't mind people seeing my name I just want to enjoy not starring at others . I like watching the graphics not player data .
  • Abeille
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    The option "Prefer Character Name" should be changed to "Show only Character Name".

    I don't want to see people's @name. It is ugly. I've been saying this on the PTS forums for the last five weeks.
    Just so that everyone knows, my Altmer still can't have black hair. About a dozen of Altmer NPCs in the game have black hair. Just saying.

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    Command: Do the thing.

    Zadarri, Khajiit Fist of Thalmor: The thing was done, as commanded.
    Durza gra-Maghul, Orc blacksmith: The thing was done perfectly, in the most efficient way.
    Tegwen, Bosmer troublemaker: You can't prove I didn't do the thing.
    Sings-Many-Songs, Argonian fisher: Sure, I'll do the thing... Eventually. Maybe.
    Aerindel, Altmer stormcaller: After extensive research, I've come to the conclusion that doing the thing would be a waste of resources.
    Liliel, Dunmer pyromancer: Aerindel said I shouldn't do the thing. Something about "resources".
    Gyda Snowcaller, Nord cryomancer: I will find a way to do it that won't waste resources and make Aerindel proud of me.
    Beatrice Leoriane, Breton vampire: I persuaded someone else into doing the thing. You are welcome, dear.
    Sahima, Redguard performer: Doing the thing sounds awfully unpleasant and really not my problem.
    Ellaria Valerius, Imperial priestess: I'll pray to the Eight for the thing to be done, if it is Their will.
  • cazlonb16_ESO
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    Sasyk wrote: »
    I'm not sure what the fuss is about. Everyone in any guild you're in can see your @ name in the guild roster 0_o

    That's part of the problem. They shouldn't either.

    Displaying it to every other player without an option to disable is another level though.
  • Evergnar
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    I have no strong feelings about this change either way but see the potential for more harm than good w/ this change. There's a difference between being able to find out someones @ name/login name vs advertising it in game. I guess time will tell if it is a good change or not.
    Edited by Evergnar on May 31, 2016 4:47PM
  • Abeille
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    If someone has/knows an addon that hides other people's @names, please speak up.
    Just so that everyone knows, my Altmer still can't have black hair. About a dozen of Altmer NPCs in the game have black hair. Just saying.

    Meet my characters:
    Command: Do the thing.

    Zadarri, Khajiit Fist of Thalmor: The thing was done, as commanded.
    Durza gra-Maghul, Orc blacksmith: The thing was done perfectly, in the most efficient way.
    Tegwen, Bosmer troublemaker: You can't prove I didn't do the thing.
    Sings-Many-Songs, Argonian fisher: Sure, I'll do the thing... Eventually. Maybe.
    Aerindel, Altmer stormcaller: After extensive research, I've come to the conclusion that doing the thing would be a waste of resources.
    Liliel, Dunmer pyromancer: Aerindel said I shouldn't do the thing. Something about "resources".
    Gyda Snowcaller, Nord cryomancer: I will find a way to do it that won't waste resources and make Aerindel proud of me.
    Beatrice Leoriane, Breton vampire: I persuaded someone else into doing the thing. You are welcome, dear.
    Sahima, Redguard performer: Doing the thing sounds awfully unpleasant and really not my problem.
    Ellaria Valerius, Imperial priestess: I'll pray to the Eight for the thing to be done, if it is Their will.
  • AdmiralSam
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    Evergnar wrote: »
    I have no strong feelings about this change either way but see the potential for more harm than good w/ this change. There's a difference between being able to find out someones @ name/login name vs advertising it in game. I guess time will tell if it is a good change or not.

    Is there any good that can come of this?
  • theroyalestpythonnub18_ESO
    Security issues aside, suddenly forcing me to display information that wasn't so readily available before makes me uneasy just on principle. A toggle would be lovely.
  • Moonscythe
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    I'm on console so we still have to look at people's dumb gamer tags but I have a question. On PC we could always see a character's name if it was moused over and that is what I assumed we would get on console. Are you saying that what you see now is the @name which is, of course, our account/forum name plus the character's name? And it will be floating over everyone's head all the time? I hated the floating names when I was trying out Neverwinter. It just clutters the screen especially in the cities.

    I don't have an issue with my account name being visible but it seems unnecessarily cluttery when put in front of my character names which are already long.
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  • InvitationNotFound
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    from a security standpoint of view using your account name anywhere in game is simply ret****.
    but that's what is happening when developers have no idea what they are doing (again, from a security standpoint of view - this is a common issue and leads to many vulnerabilities. but that's another topic).

    anyway, there were ways to get your account name by only knowing your in game name (requires to be in the game and interact with you).

    but i completely agree, that this information should stay hidden. everywhere would be way better.
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  • Osteos
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    I would also like a toggle to hide my and others @names I think its unnecessary and I don't like the clutter.
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  • Blo0dstorm
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    I think it breaks immersion, first because of the @ in front of it which doesn't look very elderscrolls, lore wise, and second because some might have taken the time to find a character name matching their race, just to see it spoiled by an account name like mike1459.
  • Kildayen
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    AdmiralSam wrote: »
    I wanted to wear my guild tabard proudly, but there is no point since 90% of the people will never "opt into" the nameplate system :( I feel cheated

    What research have you done to claim that 90% of the people will never "opt into" the nameplate system? Please provide me with your sources. Thank you.
  • idk
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    AdmiralSam wrote: »
    Which is my issue precisely. I don't want to know others' either. Why can't this be a toggle...

    It's as secure as your PW and the PW of your email.

    The only player I know who got hacked here blamed Zos because it couldn't be the password he has used for over a decade for all games he played and his email account. Lol

    Think about it. Our emails are the account name for our email. Have good password security and you'll be fine. Lax on passwords and one is asking for it.
  • InvitationNotFound
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    Kildayen wrote: »
    AdmiralSam wrote: »
    I wanted to wear my guild tabard proudly, but there is no point since 90% of the people will never "opt into" the nameplate system :( I feel cheated

    What research have you done to claim that 90% of the people will never "opt into" the nameplate system? Please provide me with your sources. Thank you.

    give me the username you're using in your e-banking. oh you wouldn't, right? i guess only [snip] would.
    and this here is exactly the same from a technical / security perspective (of course without the same impact).

    Edited to remove a censored word.
    Edited by ZOS_DaryaK on June 1, 2016 8:35PM
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  • PrivateDolphin
    Personally i dont like having people know what my @name is, its not that it is embarrassing or anything i just dont like the enemy being able to whisper me any time on any character

    I also dont like how it looks, way too cluttered
    Edited by PrivateDolphin on May 31, 2016 5:30PM
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  • AdmiralSam
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    Kildayen wrote: »
    AdmiralSam wrote: »
    I wanted to wear my guild tabard proudly, but there is no point since 90% of the people will never "opt into" the nameplate system :( I feel cheated

    What research have you done to claim that 90% of the people will never "opt into" the nameplate system? Please provide me with your sources. Thank you.

    My sources are anecdotal. I asked all 5 of my guilds, zone chat (saw people compain about it too), as well as this forum post. You can nit-pick if you want about how unscientific it is, (and you'd be right, it may be 89%) but it doesn't change the fact that it doesn't look right and many people agree.
  • Kildayen
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    Kildayen wrote: »
    AdmiralSam wrote: »
    I wanted to wear my guild tabard proudly, but there is no point since 90% of the people will never "opt into" the nameplate system :( I feel cheated

    What research have you done to claim that 90% of the people will never "opt into" the nameplate system? Please provide me with your sources. Thank you.

    give me the username you're using in your e-banking. oh you wouldn't, right? i guess only [snip] would.
    and this here is exactly the same from a technical / security perspective (of course without the same impact).

    Nah, you're wrong. I would never create a username for a game that I would be worried about other people seeing. Maybe embarrassed, but not worried. And if I chose to give you my e-banking username, you would still have to figure out what bank I used, what my password was, use it from an approved computer, know the answer to my secret questions, have access to the email it is tied to, and have access to the source that receives the access code.

    Your argument is invalid.

    Edited quoted content that was edited.
    Edited by ZOS_DaryaK on June 1, 2016 8:36PM
  • waterfairy
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    Dred76 wrote: »
    . Not only is it half my login info which is a security issue.

    That's the most absurd argument against seeing your name...I'm seeing and quoting your name right now, does that put you at any greater security risk? Why would seeing it in game instead of only in the forums put you at any greater security risk?

    Be happy you're not on console, we've suffered through the eyesore of seeing gamertags above our characters for a year now and soon we will likely see our @name along with our character name and title...too much crap to tag us. I just want to see character names and titles, is that too much to ask?
  • Kildayen
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    AdmiralSam wrote: »
    Kildayen wrote: »
    AdmiralSam wrote: »
    I wanted to wear my guild tabard proudly, but there is no point since 90% of the people will never "opt into" the nameplate system :( I feel cheated

    What research have you done to claim that 90% of the people will never "opt into" the nameplate system? Please provide me with your sources. Thank you.

    My sources are anecdotal. I asked all 5 of my guilds, zone chat (saw people compain about it too), as well as this forum post. You can nit-pick if you want about how unscientific it is, (and you'd be right, it may be 89%) but it doesn't change the fact that it doesn't look right and many people agree.

    It may also be 25% or 50%. Don't go throwing numbers out there just because you aren't happy with it. Have a great day!
  • InvitationNotFound
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    Kildayen wrote: »
    Kildayen wrote: »
    AdmiralSam wrote: »
    I wanted to wear my guild tabard proudly, but there is no point since 90% of the people will never "opt into" the nameplate system :( I feel cheated

    What research have you done to claim that 90% of the people will never "opt into" the nameplate system? Please provide me with your sources. Thank you.

    give me the username you're using in your e-banking. oh you wouldn't, right? i guess only r****** would.
    and this here is exactly the same from a technical / security perspective (of course without the same impact).

    Nah, you're wrong. I would never create a username for a game that I would be worried about other people seeing. Maybe embarrassed, but not worried. And if I chose to give you my e-banking username, you would still have to figure out what bank I used, what my password was, use it from an approved computer, know the answer to my secret questions, have access to the email it is tied to, and have access to the source that receives the access code.

    Your argument is invalid.

    you most likely have no idea about IT security right? ;)

    btw. if you make the right example the e-banking site would be known as we all know we're playing eso and the user name is used there.

    the comment about "i would never create a username... i would be worried about other people seeing" is nonsense. who cares if your username is "p***ydestroyer05"? the fact that i'm able to get your username, whatever it is, is the problem.

    furthermore, you're assuming a single attack vector and make assumptions about the security of a zos system ("trusted system"). that's a very bad way to look at things in security, especially w/o any IT security knowledge at all.

    But again, to stick with the example... feel free to post your e-banking username here and the e-banking site you're using. the least i can guarantee you is that the account will be very likely locked and you'll have to reactive it over and over again. but hey, no issue at all, who needs that damn e-banking anyway. (and if your e-banking doesn't lock your account after failed attempts I'd probably switch to another bank)
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  • Tandor
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    Vigarr wrote: »
    Dred76 wrote: »
    . Not only is it half my login info which is a security issue.

    That's the most absurd argument against seeing your name...I'm seeing and quoting your name right now, does that put you at any greater security risk? Why would seeing it in game instead of only in the forums put you at any greater security risk?

    Be happy you're not on console, we've suffered through the eyesore of seeing gamertags above our characters for a year now and soon we will likely see our @name along with our character name and title...too much crap to tag us. I just want to see character names and titles, is that too much to ask?

    Most people don't use their account name on the forums. It's purely optional.
  • waterfairy
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    Tandor wrote: »
    Vigarr wrote: »
    Dred76 wrote: »
    . Not only is it half my login info which is a security issue.

    That's the most absurd argument against seeing your name...I'm seeing and quoting your name right now, does that put you at any greater security risk? Why would seeing it in game instead of only in the forums put you at any greater security risk?

    Be happy you're not on console, we've suffered through the eyesore of seeing gamertags above our characters for a year now and soon we will likely see our @name along with our character name and title...too much crap to tag us. I just want to see character names and titles, is that too much to ask?

    Most people don't use their account name on the forums. It's purely optional.
    Wait, our User Id is the name that will be displayed? I thought that it was our forum @name.

    I don't even remember my account ID name and for console users it may have been our email name iirc...that's something that can't be publicly displayed.
  • Tandor
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    Vigarr wrote: »
    Tandor wrote: »
    Vigarr wrote: »
    Dred76 wrote: »
    . Not only is it half my login info which is a security issue.

    That's the most absurd argument against seeing your name...I'm seeing and quoting your name right now, does that put you at any greater security risk? Why would seeing it in game instead of only in the forums put you at any greater security risk?

    Be happy you're not on console, we've suffered through the eyesore of seeing gamertags above our characters for a year now and soon we will likely see our @name along with our character name and title...too much crap to tag us. I just want to see character names and titles, is that too much to ask?

    Most people don't use their account name on the forums. It's purely optional.
    Wait, our User Id is the name that will be displayed? I thought that it was our forum @name.

    I don't even remember my account ID name and for console users it may have been our email name iirc...that's something that can't be publicly displayed.

    If you're on PC it's the User ID/account name you use to log in with that is now displayed ingame. I've no idea about consoles.
  • AdmiralSam
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    Kildayen wrote: »
    Kildayen wrote: »
    AdmiralSam wrote: »
    I wanted to wear my guild tabard proudly, but there is no point since 90% of the people will never "opt into" the nameplate system :( I feel cheated

    What research have you done to claim that 90% of the people will never "opt into" the nameplate system? Please provide me with your sources. Thank you.

    give me the username you're using in your e-banking. oh you wouldn't, right? i guess only r****** would.
    and this here is exactly the same from a technical / security perspective (of course without the same impact).

    Nah, you're wrong. I would never create a username for a game that I would be worried about other people seeing. Maybe embarrassed, but not worried. And if I chose to give you my e-banking username, you would still have to figure out what bank I used, what my password was, use it from an approved computer, know the answer to my secret questions, have access to the email it is tied to, and have access to the source that receives the access code.

    Your argument is invalid.

    Since you called me out on using a term, let me return the favour. How exactly was that argument "invalid"? Do you know what validity is?

    (At the same time I'd much appreciate you not replying to this, I don't want this thread to be derailed).
  • kwisatz
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    @user is too much information for me, it's ugly and immersion breaking. I dont like to show my user name, but seeing everybody's ones is worse.
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