Something about the incoming PvP that really disturbs me. The names. Fresh meat.

[Kirschey]

Take my name off the boards, at the end of the day I know what I accomplished, and I don't care if other people do. It's a game, and no matter how good you are, it means absolutely nothing to the real world. I seriously hope they take names out, that would make my day.

Boards don't need to be in there to keep track of the accomplishments, as like you said, they don't matter. But people's names should be left alone. It's part of strat. You start seeing names enough you can say to other people "Okay Randoname is awful, ignore him or CC him but make sure you go after -insert some other name here- because he goes straight for healers to mess up our backlines"
I mean I guess like some other people said you can start recognizing people by their gear, but FF14 doesnt exactly have the character customization (or millions of costume choices) as some other games have so it could prove to be a bit more difficult to do that. Names are the easiest way to judge your opponents once you've played in the pool enough times.