Names changes - Will nobody think of the casters?

[H2H_TechMonkey]

For those of us who like to cast and those that like to watch the casts, name changes are a massive pain in the ass.

Sure they add a little humour now and then when people steal each others names etc, but does it actually server a purpose?

An online handle should be for life not just for the next few days.

Any chance of this feature being removed?

[speed2]

Lets start with one name change allower per month

[Man_At_Arms]

Dont attempt to fix what isnt broken.

Casters can cast by using usernames. If a famous user doesnt want to be famous anymore he can change his name.

[speed2]

Well its not broken, just very annoying.

[Rogueleader89]

I'm in favor of limiting name changes, we can make options for being anonymous during games if that's what people want (toggle somewhere in FAF options perhaps), that said, I care more about it for the sake of actually knowing who I've played against after the fact and who is speaking in chat; so an option built into Aeolus to check past usernames would solve many of my problems really.

[Crotalus]

Maybe create an UI mod for casters which locks a player''s name to the best known one.

[Sheeo]

I'm in favor of limiting name changes, we can make options for being anonymous during games if that's what people want (toggle somewhere in FAF options perhaps), that said, I care more about it for the sake of actually knowing who I've played against after the fact and who is speaking in chat; so an option built into Aeolus to check past usernames would solve many of my problems really.

As I wrote in the news post, you can check previous usernames here. Just type in their username and you'll see their history.

Integrating this in the client is a good idea indeed, though

Given that we recently changed this, I think we should lock this topic and bring it up again if the new policy is not sufficient.