Separate slot for nickname.

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Sidriel
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Separate slot for nickname.

Post by Sidriel » 20 Mar 2017, 22:17

Summary (a quick, 2-3 sentence summary): Nicknames are cool, but they can be kind of immersion breaking when you encounter a survivor and their name is something like "Stanley 'Crusher' Foreman." I suggest having nicknames applied only to ground marines and sulaco employees (Minus command staff).

Benefits (How this will benefit the server and game as a whole): There would be less space taken up in the text log and it would be make the server more realistic.

Details (Description of how you think this would work, the benefits, etc): This change would make ID's more realistic as well as eliminate the confusion of who should be addressed formally and who should be addressed casually.

Implementation (Optional, if you have an idea how to implement it): I assume you could add something to the character creation like "Exec/survivor name" and "Marine/staff name."
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Post by NoahKirchner » 20 Mar 2017, 22:26

yes pls.

Not the biggest fan of nicknames anyways but this would help with that
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Post by TopHatPenguin » 20 Mar 2017, 22:33

NoahKirchner wrote:yes pls.

Not the biggest fan of nicknames anyways but this would help with that
Pretty much exactly what Noah said.

I don't use nicknames and I don't think I ever will but with this suggestion giving a QoL improvement to players who do and improving immersion it's a good ol'+1 from me.

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Post by completelynewguy » 20 Mar 2017, 23:01

+1, I can feel even more like a special snowflake.

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Post by Snypehunter007 » 02 Jul 2017, 14:56

Going to run through this with BMC, tomorrow. Please do not post until after Monday (07/03/17).
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