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[Kyle Polulak]

Howdy! Please leave your feedback on my latest Command Chair update!

Nikolai Lubkiewicz, on 25 August 2014 - 01:30 PM, said:

Greetings MechWarriors,

As you may have heard, Unit Pre-Registration has mostly completed. We have seen over 400 amazing entries for Pre-Registration and are eagerly completing some last checks to ensure ownership is going to the right hands and that names follow the rules regarding lore-based names.

Today, we are pleased to announce yet another change to our designs inspired by members of the Community: We will be making Unit Tags unique.

The concerns raised by a number of players since we showed off the design ranged from fears of other units using their tag and symbol for the purposes of trolling to simply a desire for a unique identifier. We took these concerns under consideration and tend to agree that this change will be a positive one for the future of Community Warfare, competitive gaming, and casual gaming preferences here on MWO.

What this change means is that, just like the Unit Name, the Tag which appears in-game on the scoreboard will also be a unique for that unit. Please note that this system will NOT differentiate between upper and lower case letters at this time.

Similarly, to address the edge-case that there are some 2 to 4 letter designations for NPC factions, we will be adding the abbreviations for various House, Clan and other major Factions into the filter list. (e.g. FWL, MAR, AFFS, CSJ, etc...)

Those who have pre-registered using a duplicate or filtered Unit Tag will be contacted shortly to have their Unit Tag changed in our records. For Tags, unlike names, priority will simply be on the first-come first-serve basis. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience as a result of this change and we greatly appreciate your understanding as this is a change we believe the majority of the community has asked for and will enjoy.

Please let us know your thoughts on the matter!

[vettie]

Our tags have (for many years) been ~BP~

During Pre-Registration the "~" key was not usable, will it be?

Thanx Guys

[Heffay]

vettie, on 25 August 2014 - 01:36 PM, said:

Our tags have (for many years) been ~BP~

During Pre-Registration the "~" key was not usable, will it be?

Thanx Guys

The - character works. There weren't too many special characters that were allowed.

What are the tags for the House units? KUR is Kurita? What's Steiner? Will unaffiliated House pilots sport the House tags, or be blank?

Edited by Heffay, 25 August 2014 - 01:38 PM.

[Pariah Devalis]

Me likey. Unique tags for unique names seems right.

[Semper Fi]

So if you don't get contacted then your Unit Name, and Tag are good to go?

Semper Fi

[Semper Fi]

Thank you Nikolai.
One more thing if its not too much will there be a "Preview" of Units/Tags that have been accepted, or is the fact that your post for your Unit/Tag being on the original pre-registration thread confirmation that it was accepted?

Semper Fi

[Sky Hawk]

Really 1 day for the Unit Creation you change the Rules? You are just crazy..

[YaKillinMeSmalls]

When you say that the House tags are being added into the filter list, do you mean that we won't be able to make a tag like 'DAKKA-AFFS'?

[Naduk]

this is so awesome ,thanks PGI, you guys rock !

just think of all the arguments that will never happen
so good

[Deathlike]

IMO, the easiest way of differentiating the same unit names (due to lack of character space) is allowing unique unit colors (you have 3 for each mech, so 3 should be more than enough given the range/list of colors in this game), ideally those picked by the group's leader and sold for a discount (ideally free) to the team members (once those players leave, they can't keep the colors or sell them back or whatever). These colors can be shown in the scoreboard screens to differentiate players and their TAGs.

Edited by Deathlike, 25 August 2014 - 02:20 PM.

[DeathlyEyes]

ggclose2deadline. I do like this, wish it were like this in the first place though.

[Opus]

You heard us !




Thank You, Awesome change of course on the Unit Tags guys, simply awesome.....

Edited by Opus, 25 August 2014 - 02:31 PM.

[Domenoth]

Nikolai Lubkiewicz, on 25 August 2014 - 01:52 PM, said:

For concerned players, We highly advise checking both the List we have provided and are building upon as we detect more of these edge-cases, as well as searching for the unit on sarna.net.

There have been a couple of posts by users pointing out a large group of Sarna pages for units not present in your spreadsheet (in the concerns/issues topic). At this point should we assume those unit names are fair game? Or have you just not had a chance to update the spreadsheet?

Edited by Domenoth, 25 August 2014 - 02:44 PM.

[Threat Doc]

Niko, if the Australian guys don't like me using (AU), I suppose we could switch up to WMCC, if it becomes necessary.

Do I presume correctly, however that, if we are not contacted, our names are considered good-to-go? Is this a process that is bound to go on for a while, the checking of unit tags, or will it be in effect for tomorrow's Unit Creation module 1 launch?

[TercieI]

This should never have been a question. Of course they need to be unique. Thanks for getting it fixed.

(To anyone who saw the joke the moderators edited and I then fully removed (didn't realize it could possibly be out of line): Please know no offense was meant to that organization or its members. It was simply a joke about the shared initials because due to those initials being heavily featured in one of my favorite novels, to this day I never think of our unit first when I see them and it always makes me chuckle. Apologies if anyone took offense.)

Edited by Terciel1976, 25 August 2014 - 09:18 PM.
Politics/unconstructive

[Threat Doc]

Nikolai Lubkiewicz, on 25 August 2014 - 02:44 PM, said:

So far yours seems alright and according to rules, though we can change this now if you want to confirm this request.

No, thank you, but if there are any problems, just let me know, please?

[IraqiWalker]

Look, this is solid gold right now. All I want is the ability to make decals, and in this case, also make them unique to the unit maybe? That way when you join a unit like HHoD, you can opt to have the unit decal on your mech. When you leave, it goes away from your mech. Something like that can add a lot to the immersion of being part of a unit.

[Solis Obscuri]

[Ellen Ripley]

Cool
Thanks for listening to the feedback brought forward about this matter by myself and others!

[Tate Papa Asher]

Niko,

Will there be a list of all currently accepted units and tags put up somewhere so we can check that ours is correct? Based on the guidelines and time of our original Pre-Reg post we should be fine, but we'd like to verify any typos or what not.