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

[Noroi_Kisaragi]

In phase 4, as you can see here and here, when you enter the arena, all your enemies have the same exact name: Fresh Meat. There is no username, no playername, no name at all attached to who you are fighting. This I find is going to strike the PvP Community pretty hard, as you can't actually see who you fought until the game's already over.

If i'm a hardcore PvPer and I pick up 14, as i'm sure any pvp focused game does, other people seeing your name is pretty important for several reasons. Do you really want everyone to see you as "Fresh Meat"? Hell no. And even without that aspect, as far as strategizing goes, what if you're against 2 monks with similar gear, how will you tell your team which one to attack? "HEY GET THE MONK" "WHICH ONE?" "UHH". See the problem here? Names are IMPORTANT.

I see a couple of problems here with being known as "Fresh Meat", but i'd like to gather your opinions on this. Are you for or against?

[Scratchs]

Hopefully people can create an Alias for PVP. I can see why they might not have user names for the enemy due to harassment issues.

[Shiyo]

Wow, fresh meat? That is absolutely horrible, all the fun I had PVPing in vanilla WOW was due to the community aspect. I knew my enemies names, my allies names, I knew everyone, I knew who was good, I knew who was bad, I knew who acted like they were amazing and got stomped and we all took screenshots and posted on forums and talked trash and had a good time. We had a giant community of trash talking and competitiveness, It was so fun, not seeing anyone's name is complete garbage, I bet it's cross server too, right?

Pretty lame, the genre born on social interaction just gets more and more anti-social as time goes on.

[Gazelleee]

Wow, fresh meat? That is absolutely horrible, all the fun I had PVPing in vanilla WOW was due to the community aspect. I knew my enemies names, my allies names, I knew everyone, I knew who was good, I knew who was bad, I knew who acted like they were amazing and got stomped and we all took screenshots and posted on forums and talked trash and had a good time. We had a giant community of trash talking and competitiveness, It was so fun, not seeing anyone's name is complete garbage, I bet it's cross server too, right?

Pretty lame, the genre born on social interaction just gets more and more anti-social as time goes on.

gg SE
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[Umbrah]

Wow, fresh meat? That is absolutely horrible, all the fun I had PVPing in vanilla WOW was due to the community aspect. I knew my enemies names, my allies names, I knew everyone, I knew who was good, I knew who was bad, I knew who acted like they were amazing and got stomped and we all took screenshots and posted on forums and talked trash and had a good time. We had a giant community of trash talking and competitiveness, It was so fun, not seeing anyone's name is complete garbage, I bet it's cross server too, right?

Pretty lame, the genre born on social interaction just gets more and more anti-social as time goes on.

Are you serious?
you knew who was good/bad, trash talking on forums, then you complain about a social game becoming more anti-social...

[oda]

Are you serious?
you knew who was good/bad, trash talking on forums, then you complain about a social game becoming more anti-social...

I know right? I like the how the idea of Community for PVPers is being able to grief and talk shit to each other. Why does griefing and negativity have to be a part of PVP for it to be worthwhile? Isn't competing against other humans fulfilling enough? Also to the dude that is so adamant about people seeing his name? Do you not realize how shitty that sounds? "I don't care about seeing other players names but I want them to SEE MY NAME AS A KILL THEM!"

[VahnValbosce]

Wow, fresh meat? That is absolutely horrible, all the fun I had PVPing in vanilla WOW was due to the community aspect. I knew my enemies names, my allies names, I knew everyone, I knew who was good, I knew who was bad, I knew who acted like they were amazing and got stomped and we all took screenshots and posted on forums and talked trash and had a good time. We had a giant community of trash talking and competitiveness, It was so fun, not seeing anyone's name is complete garbage, I bet it's cross server too, right?

Pretty lame, the genre born on social interaction just gets more and more anti-social as time goes on.

Because the epitome of social interaction is trash talking people.

[ChrysaorUSon]

Well, you see this assumption is correct, but ppl do not like to be harassed, or want you to know who they are if they are a bad player. Just let it go.....no need for all the trash talking tbh.

[Krystalynn]

Wow, fresh meat? That is absolutely horrible, all the fun I had PVPing in vanilla WOW was due to the community aspect. I knew my enemies names, my allies names, I knew everyone, I knew who was good, I knew who was bad, I knew who acted like they were amazing and got stomped and we all took screenshots and posted on forums and talked trash and had a good time. We had a giant community of trash talking and competitiveness, It was so fun, not seeing anyone's name is complete garbage, I bet it's cross server too, right?

Pretty lame, the genre born on social interaction just gets more and more anti-social as time goes on.

I agree with this from the core of my being, but it can't be helped. -.-

[Nanga]

This is something that DAoC did, and I actually liked it. We learned to recognize our foes by what they wore, their playstyle, and their group composition.