Double Names

[Dineosoar]

Eventually, In an online game, you run out of cool names due to all of them being taken.
How about we have two names? Usernames and Display names.
For Example
Say I login with
Username: Jigglesnaps24
But I don't want npcs referring to me as Jigglesnaps24, it's awkward and unnatural.
So when creating your character you first login with your Username (Aka Jigglesnaps24)
Then after(or before) you finish your character you can put whatever name you want and it's okay.
Are there already 10k people named Sam? That's OKAY you can be a Sam too!
Now to avoid confusion, the username should be the name displayed above the head, the NPC's just refer to you as Sam.

VISUAL EXAMPLE TIME
(Ignore Dash-o's)

Jigglesnaps24 -------------- (NPC) Leandra
--- ---------------------------

Jigglesnaps24 Approaches Leandra

-[Hello Sam, whats up?]

[Robin]

I agree with this idea.

[nadrojanna]

This is a great idea!

[RubyPilot]

I like this idea, should be fairly easy to implement! I remember an MMO I used to play (The Secret World) had a name system, where your middle name was your login name, and you had a first and last name that could be anything. (E.g. Ruby "Pilot" Rose.)

[Adalderyn]

I really like this idea. I hope it works like this!

[konradoshut]

I really, REALLY like this idea!

[MikeyUchiha]

Hey guys! I was talking about this idea with Monique and I realized that the problem with doing something like this is for example, if someone screenshots a player harassing them, that player could easily have the same "Display Name" as everyone else and it would be impossible to find them. There will be a Biography section tied to each player that you can right click on them and learn about their backstory. You can put your "real name" in there. This is a really great idea, but I also have to worry about the security of our community as well. The way that Secret World does it could be an idea, but I think you would have the exact same problem that you started off with which is Mikey mikey1836 Uchiha or something like that. Where the middle name still has to be unique and might conflict with other players.

[konradoshut]

Hey guys! I was talking about this idea with Monique and I realized that the problem with doing something like this is for example, if someone screenshots a player harassing them, that player could easily have the same "Display Name" as everyone else and it would be impossible to find them. There will be a Biography section tied to each player that you can right click on them and learn about their backstory. You can put your "real name" in there. This is a really great idea, but I also have to worry about the security of our community as well. The way that Secret World does it could be an idea, but I think you would have the exact same problem that you started off with which is Mikey mikey1836 Uchiha or something like that. Where the middle name still has to be unique and might conflict with other players.

What was proposed (I might have misunderstood) is that this "real name" would only be used by the NPCs in their dialogues, so, for example, my display name would be 'konradoshut", but the NPCs would call me Kon. Just for immersion, really!

[Dineosoar]

Hey guys! I was talking about this idea with Monique and I realized that the problem with doing something like this is for example, if someone screenshots a player harassing them, that player could easily have the same "Display Name" as everyone else and it would be impossible to find them. There will be a Biography section tied to each player that you can right click on them and learn about their backstory. You can put your "real name" in there. This is a really great idea, but I also have to worry about the security of our community as well. The way that Secret World does it could be an idea, but I think you would have the exact same problem that you started off with which is Mikey mikey1836 Uchiha or something like that. Where the middle name still has to be unique and might conflict with other players.

What was proposed (I might have misunderstood) is that this "real name" would only be used by the NPCs in their dialogues, so, for example, my display name would be 'konradoshut", but the NPCs would call me Kon. Just for immersion, really!

Yep, Kon is correct.

[MikeyUchiha]

My apologies. I think that this would be doable. We'll see how much this idea gets voted on by the community.