Nameplates are VITAL for the gameplay, add them back.

  • Ace_SiN
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    Eliran wrote: »
    @Ace_SiN‌

    Lol first of all, LoL does require skill and about x10 times more than CS.

    Second, WoW require situation based thinking in order to counter, I agree that it is easy to move and all but in many cases timings of abilities with 5 seconds rotation are difference between life and death (PVP wise that is).

    Third, CS IS MMO, aka Massive Multiplayer Online! That said, 200k players people play at the same time and 2.5m unique accounts per week are more than eough to be called MMO. ESO however is MMORPG so please don't correct me if you have no idea what MMO is.

    1) I never said LoL didn't require some skill. It's still not as "High End" as you like to keep pretending it is. However, you stating it requires more skill than CS just blew my mind... You're showing that you don't know what high end PvP really is with each post.

    2) WoW is tab target which already greatly lowers the skill requirement. WoW PvP boils down to gear, possibly FOTM class, and Rotation vs Rotation with some minor adjustments depending on what the other player does. That's not high end PvP.

    3) By CS you do mean Counter Strike right? If so, it's not a MMO no matter how hard you try to force the term. CS is a MO(Multiplayer Online) game. It is not and has never been a Massive Multiplayer Online game. Following your logic NHL 14 is a MMO because of its online offering...

    4) Yes in ESO you have to block and dodge, so the skill floor is a bit higher than other mainstream MMOs. However, it's still not a High End PvP game. Blocking protects 360 degrees. Dodging is the only way of avoiding damaging without skills that increase miss chance. Targeting is soft locked and requires little effort to hit another player(you don't actually aim your skills).

    So, I hope by " unlike all of above" you weren't including CS. Though you already claimed LoL requires more skill than CS so...


    Again, Nameplates are not needed because they provide INCREASED visibility. Players use healthbars and tags are already on by default, yet I have avoided potentially fatal encounters by hiding in corners as the enemy ran by.

    For those that say "just stealth", that's not what I'm talking about. If you PvPed you would know that you can be stuck in combat for a good while after killing an enemy. The only option you have is to go hide in corners, behind rocks, inside tents, etc until it goes away. By then you can have the zerg coming in your direction.

    Edited by Ace_SiN on April 15, 2014 12:13AM
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  • Jadeviper1974
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    I disagree, to me nameplates get in the way. But to each his own.

    Also, I would be careful about making statements about being the "majority" or what the "majority" wants, because usually folks who say that aren't in the majority, since for the most part the "majority" are usually silent.
    What is written above are my honest opinions. If you agree then; "Great!" If you disagree; "Great!" I really couldn't care less either way.
  • byghostlightrwb17_ESO
    I agree they should be there, as an optional CHOICE. Im all for immersion but let me decide how I want to play. The funny thing going into this game I was all for addons and lined up all the wants/needs, yet now I find myself running with very few. Somedays more than others. It is my choice. They keep throwing around this word immersion yet instead of having us known in guild by our character names we are just USERNAMES. That breaks my immersion far more than seeing name plates.

    There is another reason we need name plates: for anyone who has seen those ghastly farmers in dungeons. groups of them 6-10 depth. How do we report them and remember their bad names. If we had name plates, turn them on, one picture. Sorted.

  • tordr86b16_ESO
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    Optional, give it now.

    That is all.

    Thanks.
  • Lorelei
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    For people whining about PvP advantages etc, they can easily make it so everyone's nameplates are disabled in the PvP zone. There, fixed.

    People who want them when not pvping, like myself, have the option to turn them on. People who don't, don't. My having them on in no way affects YOUR gameplay or immersion. It also provides no real advantage to me over YOU, so I fail to see what all the crying is about.

    Realism, you say?

    No, people do not run around in real life with name tags over their heads, true. However, they also do not carry 78 pieces of steel armor or swords in a backpack, they don't drink a health potions to recover from near death and elves, catmen and lizardmen also do not exist in real life... I could go on but I've made my point. So could we please stop with the whole "u don't need themz 4 realism" argument? It's just ridiculous.

    X-Box users can't have them because of screen clutter? They seem to deal with it just fine in FFXIV.

    This is not difficult to solve. Just make it optional. Please.
  • Fozee
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    Daehir wrote: »
    You mean like the nameplates we have irl?
    That's relevant to the discussion. I mean we go around teleporting, and casting spells at Daedra all the time IRL, so surely the topic is about realism.

    The point is that it's a video game and it's wrong to push immersion techniques like this on anyone who doesn't care about it.
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  • Kazzaronie
    Nameplates would make a 100% difference! I can never tell if I am around an npc or a player, because nobody has nameplates. Please add this Zenimax!
    @Kazzaronie

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  • DjDPE
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    I agree with this I have said it since I started playing this game. One reason why ok just two days ago I was in a public dung. we was all doing the quest line there was about 5 of us in a room all going threw maybe 25 bags we had to find the right bag to finish the quest I found the bag so I said in chat hey guys it's this big bag right here then what happens to the group of people they start running around to every player by a big bag but me. Why because in the chat they see (MY SN) but have no clue what toon I am where I was when I sent the message or even If that message came from someone in the same room :(
  • skyler.gb14_ESO
    The health bar is no where near as noticeable as player names would be. Period. That isn't really debatable. It is noticeable, particularly if players don't know how to hide well, but no where near to being on the same level. That is simply an objective reality... text (which our pattern recognizing brains are drawn to at most any distance) versus a line.

    That being said... it seems to me that your argument could just as easily be used to argue for hiding hovering health bars as well as names in PVP (at least until someone actually hovers over a player). If that is what you really meant I couldn't agree more!

    I still support an option for nameplates in PVE content though (particularly dungeons and other group content... would be very helpful).
    Edited by skyler.gb14_ESO on April 15, 2014 3:52PM
  • Duvaineth
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    I agree with the original post 100% We should have the option to see name tags and guild tags if we choose to. There should also be the option to lock another player on target that you want to whisper. Its not easy to read names when ppl are running around. Basically wow has all the perfect tools for communication while playing the game. This game lacks them a lot. I personally cant stand the guild store. There is no option to type in the item u want. THere fore waisting alot of time looking through other items that do not interest u at all until u find what u are in the large list.
  • Shaggygaming
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    Me personally, I would like the OPTION for nameplates. I DO NOT want nameplates for enemies in PVP.

    If you take a page out of DAOC PVP the enemy did not have nameplates, but they did have their realm rank listed above their character. I found that very awesome because you could see the high RR's running around.

    Need and want are different things but OPTIONS are always a good thing.
  • skyler.gb14_ESO
    Adonikam wrote: »
    Me personally, I would like the OPTION for nameplates. I DO NOT want nameplates for enemies in PVP...

    Need and want are different things but OPTIONS are always a good thing.

    If I'm understanding you correctly you just contradicted yourself.

    I think that is part of the problem... people are using that phrase without actually reflecting on what there saying. Of course options are NOT always a good thing. In the particular case of PVE content I think it is probably good to have that particular option but OPTIONS (in general) are not always a good thing. Not even most of the time I'd guess (if you really thought about all the things that could be options).
    Edited by skyler.gb14_ESO on April 15, 2014 4:08PM
  • Caran
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    Mousing over the players next to me ... reading their names ... please NO nameplates, it's much easier to not see "Darth Vader" that way ;)
  • Altros
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    Adonikam wrote: »
    Me personally, I would like the OPTION for nameplates. I DO NOT want nameplates for enemies in PVP...

    Need and want are different things but OPTIONS are always a good thing.

    If I'm understanding you correctly you just contradicted yourself.

    I think that is part of the problem... people are using that phrase without actually reflecting on what there saying. Of course options are NOT always a good thing. In the particular case of PVE content I think it is probably good to have that particular option but OPTIONS (in general) are not always a good thing. Not even most of the time I'd guess (if you really thought about all the things that could be options).

    I think you are misunderstanding them. This is how I read it: "I want the option to turn on nameplates, but make sure that enemy combatants (players from other alliances) don't have nameplates over their heads, even if the option for nameplates is enabled, because that ruins the ability of a player to hide."

  • Novokaine
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    not sure how nameplates would help anyone make "friends" in game lol, I have made some already from dungeons and random quests and non of them had anything to do with me "knowing" who was near me.

    the option to toggle would be awesome but saying its a game breaker is kind of out there lol.

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  • sotonin
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    I agree with this. Add Name plates back, i'm annoyed that they were removed. While you are at it, add an Auction house and World wide PVP. I'm not joining a guild just to trade, that's stupid and if that's how you are stuck on, you will have a lot of folks cancelling after the first month. It's a completely stupid oversight on yalls end not to have an AH. And don't give me the "it's a megaserver" crap. Ebay has more users than your silly game and they manage. Figure it out.
  • Awe
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    This is a game, so comparing to name plates IRL is wrong. If you target someone, you can see nicks, what's so bad in seeing them w/o focus? and guild, and class would be usefull as well.
  • skyler.gb14_ESO
    Altros wrote: »
    I think you are misunderstanding them. This is how I read it: "I want the option to turn on nameplates, but make sure that enemy combatants (players from other alliances) don't have nameplates over their heads, even if the option for nameplates is enabled, because that ruins the ability of a player to hide."

    Yeah. That is a contradiction. You can't say something like "options are always a good thing" and, in the same breath, say there shouldn't be an option in PVP. Well... you can say that. It just doesn't make any sense.

    The reality is that, obviously, options are not always a good thing. That matters because it seems to be at the center of most of the posts in favor of adding the option for nameplates. I think there is still a strong case in favor of allowing an option for nameplates in certain parts of the game (in towns, group PVE content, etc) but there are also valid arguments for why there should not be an option for it in PVP (and maybe in other parts of the game).
    Edited by skyler.gb14_ESO on April 15, 2014 5:47PM
  • Dwumblord
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    Not sure where all the anti nameplate resistance comes from, but I personally see a few reasons why I feel they need to be added. The obvious reasons would be

    1. Easier to interact with people, hard to get folks to stand still long enough to spell some names with the way it is currently.

    2. For folks who like titles, may add some player pride etc. Personally don't care about this one but folks dig that type of stuff.

    3. Much easier to tell NPC from player apart. This I would enjoy for I feel like you can replace all the players with NPC's and I wouldn't notice outside of a drop in skill.

    Even with little arrows over their heads it is difficult to keep track of group members in populated areas. Sort of like wheres Waldo except everyone's dressed like waldo.

    I've never had difficulty feeling a part of a MMO world. I'm an old fart from the early days of Ultima Online. This is the loneliest I've felt in a MMO. No means trashing. Game is beautiful, fun, and unique enough to be special.

    I'm cautious of unintended consequences of changes, there are a few headaches that could form, but I would be willing to deal with them that feel like I am running around a world by myself with a sort of clunky chat interface with too much guild chats. A very anonymous feeling MMO.
  • Eliran
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    That's the thing, we feel ALL ALONE without nameplates ...
  • Lorelei
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    Altros wrote: »
    I think you are misunderstanding them. This is how I read it: "I want the option to turn on nameplates, but make sure that enemy combatants (players from other alliances) don't have nameplates over their heads, even if the option for nameplates is enabled, because that ruins the ability of a player to hide."

    Yeah. That is a contradiction. You can't say something like "options are always a good thing" and, in the same breath, say there shouldn't be an option in PVP. Well... you can say that. It just doesn't make any sense.

    The reality is that, obviously, options are not always a good thing. That matters because it seems to be at the center of most of the posts in favor of adding the option for nameplates. I think there is still a strong case in favor of allowing an option for nameplates in certain parts of the game (in towns, group PVE content, etc) but there are also valid arguments for why there should not be an option for it in PVP (and maybe in other parts of the game).

    Options are always better as long as they're done within set perimeters. Nameplates are a good option and there is absolutely NO valid argument against people having them that want them. They DO NOT need to be enabled in PvP. When you zone in to Cyrodiil, they're gone. So if people could just stop with that argument, that'd be awesome.

    Now this is just my opinion but there are several other things besides nameplates that would make this game much more fun for me:

    Btw, I'm not saying they should implement all of these just for me so don't even go there. This is just my wishlist, so to speak.

    A server-wide AH. Chat bubbles so I can thank someone who just helped me and they actually see it, group loot on chests in dungeons, need/greed roll system, and multiple tagging credit for anyone who helps kill an elite in public dungeon rather than the "you must land the killing blow to get credit"... making you absolutely hate other people because they may inadvertently steal your kill or frankly, steal it on purpose. I've had it happen. It's just stupid and stuff like that makes me want to quit. I pay to have fun, not be annoyed. The lack of an OPTION for nameplates annoys me greatly. I don't like being boxed in to someone else's playstyle.

    Every other game has options. This is not a single player TES game where the world literally revolves around you. This is an MMO with OTHER living people playing it and if it wants to make money at being an MMO, a few concessions need to be made. So can we just stop the whole "being different for the sake of being different" routine and go with what works? Thanks.


    Edited by Lorelei on April 15, 2014 6:50PM
  • blindout
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    i can see peoples name plates all the time no add on's needed so wtf u talking about? also if the name plates is a problem for you that you would quit just for that, thats a pathetic excuse not to play! I agree they need alot more bugs to kink out and yes has alot of potential but thus so far the game is amazing in every aspect from crafting, mob killing, to group dungeons and questing! Everygame is amazing in their own way but this game just blows everything else outta the water! goodjob ZeniMax and Bethesda! cant wait for future updates.
  • Dwumblord
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    The downside with the current setting is you are required to basically be facing and pointing toward the one you want to see. Which is not terribly hard, but it gets rather difficult and tedious in different situations. Not a reason not to play it, but still no reason not to add the option.

    It is apparent from this topic how many have posted that many feel similar, so why not just add the option? It will not hurt those that play, it won't give anyone else an advantage, it just helps with the social aspect of the massively multiplayer part of the online game.

    Granted having floating text above peoples heads may take away from a certain vision of the game, but personally wouldn't bother myself at all. It is really one of those things with too many variables to acknowledge. One of the more important parts of the MMO atmosphere.
  • skyler.gb14_ESO
    Lorelei wrote: »
    Every other game has options. This is not a single player TES game where the world literally revolves around you. This is an MMO with OTHER living people playing it and if it wants to make money at being an MMO, a few concessions need to be made. So can we just stop the whole "being different for the sake of being different" routine and go with what works? Thanks

    This game has all sorts of options. It just doesn't have a particular option you, personally, value. There are others here who prefer it how it is. I've seen no evidence that ESO is losing money because nameplates are not an option right now. Do you have any real evidence of this beyond your own personal anecdotes? Assumptions. So many assumptions. In general, folks come to forums to complain... not to say how much they like the way things are. Don't read a thread on the forums and pretend the people posting in it are representative of any majority.

    I, personally, do not value most of the things you have listed (I think guild based AH is the single coolest thing I've seen out of an MMO in the last few years). It is not only unique in a game-mechanic sense but it actually fits the Elder Scrolls universe beautifully. In any event... I know for sure I'm not the only person looking for an MMO that is more than a cookie cutter replacement of my last MMO. If you are looking for the same-old experience there are no shortage of options in the marketplace.
    Edited by skyler.gb14_ESO on April 15, 2014 7:43PM
  • skyler.gb14_ESO
    Dwumblord wrote: »
    It is apparent from this topic how many have posted that many feel similar, so why not just add the option? It will not hurt those that play, it won't give anyone else an advantage, it just helps with the social aspect of the massively multiplayer part of the online game.

    The answer to the first question is that forum posts are not representative of any useful statistics. People generally only come to forums to complain so you would always expect the numbers to be hugely skewed (if folks are happy with things the way they are they are playing the game, not posting on forums).

    My response to the second point would be that having to actually look at players rather than glancing at the text over heads has enhanced the social aspect of the game (at least for me). I have actually started getting to know what my friends and guild mates by how they look like in-game. I've never had to do that before so I had no idea how cool it really is. Scott is that short dude with the disturbing eyes. Sasha is that insanely tall Nord with the pony tails. Etc. I am not even an RPer but I find this to be really neat.

    Edited by skyler.gb14_ESO on April 15, 2014 7:44PM
  • Arato
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    Ace_SiN wrote: »
    Blocking protects 360 degrees.

    Pretty sure that's false. I've been blocking and still gotten knocked down when an enemy hit me from behind instead.
  • Tankqull
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    Arato wrote: »
    Ace_SiN wrote: »
    Blocking protects 360 degrees.

    Pretty sure that's false. I've been blocking and still gotten knocked down when an enemy hit me from behind instead.
    doing it all the time block is 360.

    back on topic add name plates for your own allies.

    Edited by Tankqull on April 16, 2014 10:19AM
    spelling and grammar errors are free to be abused

    Sallington wrote: »
    Anything useful that players are wanting added into the game all fall under the category of "Yer ruinin my 'mersion!"


  • madgrendel
    I fully agree with this, that its very important! This is a great game and way better than other mmo's on the market. But plz listen to the players and atleast make it as an option selection.

    I'm on the fence now with this one having thought about both sides of the coin. In massive PVP it does help a little but I usually find myself not even paying attention to the names after a while in other games like Guild Wars 2. In a real battle you don't see nameplates floating above everyone's head. Yes I realize this isn't real, but rather a game, though it is modeled to look realistic and that's what this games is going for, realistic fantasy.

    I think having it as an option would put those who use it at an advantage. But those who choose not to use it should be able to do that if they would like. I think the best thing to do in this situation and to please everyone, since this really is just a game, is to add it as an option please. I'm pretty sure at least 50% of the population would utilize it at some point in time.

    No sense in driving people away out of frustration from this beautiful game for reasons so minor as this.
    Edited by madgrendel on April 16, 2014 1:33PM
  • psychounz
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    I can't be the only person who doesn't want these...
  • AngersRevenge
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    In PvP it would add an unfair advantage for the people that choose not to use them. A big bar over someones head is far more visible then the character model by itself. If it becomes and option it would pretty much a non-option for PvP and be required to use.
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