Please allow me to first describe the problem I have experienced, that I may better explain my suggestion.

When I am being social, I want to see how other players present their characters, including their titles. But when I am in battle - especially large group battles such as Alliance Raids, World FATEs, Critical Engagements, and Large-Scale Assaults - titles are a distraction at best and prevent me from seeing mechanical tells at worst. Thus I do not want to see titles in combat, that I may better work with my fellow players.

What puts these two desires in conflict is that the only options I have for seeing a character's title are "Show" and "Hide", without any context sensitivity. Yet some system must be able to change nameplate displays based on whether I am in battle, since for character name displays there is a "During Battle" option.

So I propose that the display options for character names and titles be unified and expanded to include an "Out of Battle" option. Based on the existing options for character name display, the new list could look like:
  • "Always" / "Show" (unchanged)
  • "During Battle" (unchanged)
  • "Out of Battle" (new)
  • "When Targeted" (unchanged)
  • "Never" / "Hide" (unchanged)

I hope that this change will help all players better customize their interface to suit their own needs and gameplay.

If it is convenient to add further options while working on this part of the interface, I can imagine good use for more advanced options, such as different name abbreviation settings depending on whether one is in combat. But I can also imagine that doing so might involve difficult technical and/or interface work, so I quite understand if this is not possible. Even the main suggestion alone would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for reading.