Player Names: Questions, Concerns
SyrusRayne
Member Posts: 9
First off, I'd like to say that I'm quite excited about this project! Already picked up the deluxe edition, and I'm eager to see how things progress! NWN has a fantastic community, and with any luck this will only improve it with new blood.
That all said, I have questions regarding how Player Names work for multiplayer. As described, it seems to be little more than a display name than a username by default, which can be changed whenever someone logs into a given server without impacting which characters you can play. If a server likes, they can toggle an option which will "... bind a unique player and dungeon master name to a specific CD key..."
It seems to me like that's a one-time thing, with one player name to one CD key. No more changing, no alternate accounts, just one name permanently linked to your CD Key. If so, this seems like a major step back from NWN's GSIDs. Having an alternate GSID was incredibly useful, for instance for a DM on a PW that wants to play privately.
However, letting someone change their player name freely, with no restrictions and no ties to their characters, has its own problems. As it's stood for years, most people have been using the same one for a long time now. This more static nature meant that it was easier to identify who was playing an unknown character, which helps players avoid other players they might have a problem with or find friends they haven't seen in years. And if player name isn't linked to anything, it makes it possible for people to impersonate others by using the other person's player name on servers the impersonator knows they play on.
How would these issues be handled under the new system?
Thanks for your time! If I'm mistaken about anything here, please let me know.
That all said, I have questions regarding how Player Names work for multiplayer. As described, it seems to be little more than a display name than a username by default, which can be changed whenever someone logs into a given server without impacting which characters you can play. If a server likes, they can toggle an option which will "... bind a unique player and dungeon master name to a specific CD key..."
It seems to me like that's a one-time thing, with one player name to one CD key. No more changing, no alternate accounts, just one name permanently linked to your CD Key. If so, this seems like a major step back from NWN's GSIDs. Having an alternate GSID was incredibly useful, for instance for a DM on a PW that wants to play privately.
However, letting someone change their player name freely, with no restrictions and no ties to their characters, has its own problems. As it's stood for years, most people have been using the same one for a long time now. This more static nature meant that it was easier to identify who was playing an unknown character, which helps players avoid other players they might have a problem with or find friends they haven't seen in years. And if player name isn't linked to anything, it makes it possible for people to impersonate others by using the other person's player name on servers the impersonator knows they play on.
How would these issues be handled under the new system?
Thanks for your time! If I'm mistaken about anything here, please let me know.
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