I play with this setting.
I agree with the point, my immersion in the game as far greater.
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Too bad they added the spinning coins of death over the contacts to re-break the immersion 
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Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
English does not borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, hits them over the head, and rifles through their pockets for loose grammar.
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I tried this setting once. The city felt empty, as players were hard to tell from mobs at a distance. I also tend to check for a bio and even close to look a costume if I see a great name from a distance.
With every hero and villain registered in game lore there's plenty of reasons to know someone's name as soon as you look at them: your HUD or police scanner chirps it out, dark spirits whisper the information in your ear, your telepathy picks it up, you've memorized the entire database with your super-genius IQ, every being has a unique cosmic signature that your ability to manipulate energy can read... possibilities are endless.
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Excellent point. Also, since all heroes and villains have to register their names will be available in a database somewhere.
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Originally Posted by TheBruteSquad
I tried this setting once. The city felt empty, as players were hard to tell from mobs at a distance. I also tend to check for a bio and even close to look a costume if I see a great name from a distance.
With every hero and villain registered in game lore there's plenty of reasons to know someone's name as soon as you look at them: your HUD or police scanner chirps it out, dark spirits whisper the information in your ear, your telepathy picks it up, you've memorized the entire database with your super-genius IQ, every being has a unique cosmic signature that your ability to manipulate energy can read... possibilities are endless. |
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For quick access to turning them on and off:
/optiontoggle X
Where X is...
- ShowPlayerBars
- ShowPlayerName
- ShowPlayerRating
- ShowPlayerReticles
- ShowSupergroup
- HidePetNames
- ShowOwnerName
I'll leave it as an exercise to our gentle readers to form appropriate macros, binds, or popmenus.
More info: paragonwiki.com/wiki/Option_list (Slash_Command)
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Recently during abit of random RP with a fellow older virtue RPer I found out that apparently a Setting to disable seeing other players characters names floating above thier head is abit of a secret and was suggested by said other player to start a thread here to help spread the knowledge
The setting allows you to disable seeing other players names flaoting above thier heads except for when you mouse over them. This adds a huge amount of immerssion to the game.
For example when hanging out in an area like AP I dont see a few dozen blue names I just see people. some cald in tights and some not. It really adds another level of RP when in civvie clothes and hanging out in a place like pocket D as well. I find it helps make me more inclined to ask for a name and introduce myself in greeting. It alss makes it feel I guess the world would be more comfortable adopting the use of whatever name they give when i dont see another contrary name floating above thier heads.
The fact is I wish the setting was more like a toggle where it didnt just make it so I dont see everyone elses but wish it disabled mine to others as well so I wasnt automatically exposed.
Anyways I am not trying to say everyone should HAVE to play like this, just suggesting that those who enjoy RP and feeling more IN the world we play on.