Character name can't be hidden.

[Greatguardian]

The hoary old argument that "only people with something to hide are worried about privacy" is bull**** in real life and it's bull**** here as well.

And to say that any random person becomes the target of strangers for absolutely no reason at all is equally fallacious. I don't see how either assertion applies to the topic at hand.

[Atomic_Skull]

And to say that any random person becomes the target of strangers for absolutely no reason at all is equally fallacious. I don't see how either assertion applies to the topic at hand.

Privacy doesn't need to be justified. I don't want people knowing my character name for the same reason I don't want people knowing my private business.

[Greatguardian]

Privacy doesn't need to be justified. I don't want people knowing my character name for the same reason I don't want people knowing my private business.

The day we start being able to send anonymous /tell messages in FFXI, you come back to this point again. No privacy is being given up. This is a first party forum for a video game that is accessed using your character information from said video game. This may as well be an amalgam of Port Jeuno, with the ability to communicate between servers.

The same rules and the same moderators manage both these forums and the game's chat system. If anything, these forums are more strictly moderated rather than less. There is no assumption of privacy concerning your character name. Honestly, I'm just surprised this feature didn't come standard with the original release. If it had, I doubt anyone would have an issue with it.

[Dallas]

And to say that any random person becomes the target of strangers for absolutely no reason at all is equally fallacious. I don't see how either assertion applies to the topic at hand.

So why do you feel the over creepy desire to see my character data?