Alright, this one is actually a bit of an issue for me because I run a Division of MECH on Champions and am having a hard time inviting my units into the SG.

As of now, when I go to invite someone to the group, if they aren't standing in front of me I have to /sginvite MECHNames@SeartheFleshPurifytheSoul. So instead of having the awesome name of MECHNames, we have the freaking horrible name that I put up above. It works with sending a tell too, if you don't have their account name, you can't talk to them.

I get that a few names out there are repeated... quite a bit actually... and that people like not having to be creative on a video game. But I seriously hate how hard it is to communicate with people, invite them to a group or a guild, or to do anything with them unless you add them as a friend first (go autofill)


There needs to be some deep brainstorming to figure out how you guys are going to get us out of this wonderful mess we have with the naming structure. It's the only thing in the entire game that I don't like.

Let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater. Give people more tools to find each other, like an autocomplete or a search or something, but I'd hate to go back to spending hours coming up with increasingly disappointing alternatives because the name I built my entire concept around was taken.

Blame the people that take ridiculous user names like Xx_darknessswall0wsmys0ul_xX

Not the system

The naming system is one of the things about this game I actually really like.

A better autocomplete might be good though.

Step 1: Start a new chat channel for SG recruits.

Step 2: Have said recruits say "Hey, toss me a SG invite" in said channel.

Step 3: Click on their name and invite them. Their names should also auto-complete in the SG panel.

Alright, so that whole "Chat Channel Idea" I get how it works of course, but why don't you explain it for people who don't understand how the chat system works... yeah.. for the other people...