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  1. > @"Danikat.8537" said: > > @"HnRkLnXqZ.1870" said: > > I also have a quick look on the discussions page quickly, to check if there are significantly more discussions started than visible. > > I wouldn't use that as a way of judging posters, because the count isn't accurate. > > The first time I looked at my profile, when I hadn't created any discussions at all, it showed I'd created one. I never got an answer about how or why that happened but I kept an eye on it for a while and the number of 'phantom discussions' crept up over time. As far as I know I've only had 2 or 3 topics deleted but the list on my profile only shows 81 and the count says I've created 110. When a forum member reports a post for some reason it counts as a discussion.
  2. > @"Inculpatus cedo.9234" said: > A friend's son just recently took advantage of the Display Name Change. > His name still shows in my list as his old Display Name. I can not add the new Display Name. I can not contact him on either name. > Thus, there still is some risk to some accounts. If that is the case in my opinion they should revert back to the old policy. It seems a bit irresponsible to offer display name changes to anyone that asks now if it can still break the account. I suppose some people are willing to take that risk though. I wonder what they meant when they mentioned that they got their tools and display name system updated if it can still break things. Doesn't seem like a very good update in that case. :) I'll edit my OP to mention there could still be a risk.
  3. > @"Inculpatus cedo.9234" said: > It's via Support Ticket. > Be careful, though. It's possible to change your name, but can still have the prior associated issues. I can see that may be a concern. Anet's communication isn't totally clear as to if a display name change still runs the risk of causing problems with the account. From GMMagister's post on reddit: >**While it was technically possible, it could permanently break an account** in a way where it would end up unable to chat, add friends, interact with guilds, or the display name change simply wouldn't take. For this reason, we would only change the name if it contained a significant amount of personal information (such as first AND last name,) or if it was in violation of the Terms of Service. >**Thankfully, we finally got our tools and the display name system updated, which is why we updated the policy this year!** While we may come across a couple cases where we can't change the name, these should be few and far between, **so this limitation is pretty much a thing of the past.** So to me I read this as they updated their tools to the point a display name change no longer runs the risks of causing issues. Thus why they offer it as option without the prior restrictions. But what do I know? Again, as some mentioned above, a bit of communication here from Anet might have been helpful. But maybe they just don't want support flooded with display name change requests by talking about it. Who knows? For a game I have not really played in over a year aside from logging in to unlock the living boring episodes in the event I decide to play again, I should not be investing my time to try and sort this out. That should be Anet's job. I was just a bored today. :)
  4. Just a reminder that changing your display name is now an option according to the post by the Anet employee in the reddit link in my OP. I know a lot of people have asked about it in the past because they were unhappy with their display name. So for those of you that are unhappy with it, you can now gift yourself a new display name for Wintersday. B) Happy this time of year. JT
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