Why BattleTags are a Bad Thing for the Wow Forums

[Ayukama-frostmourne]

@Cheekwipe-moon-guard

When everyone is just a BattleTag,

You obviously have not read any of the threads at all. Nobody has been asking for the removal of the aethestics in regards to posting from our characters. Take my word from the original thread:

@Ayukama-frostmourne

So, basically, the idea is to allow people to still post from there characters, but have the total post count, the likes, flags, and every other forum feature bound to the Battle.NET account. Something like similar to this image

So basically, some fun threads like “Rate the Transmog” still can exist, but it can eliminate somethings which are easily abused and takes a while to be dealt with.

@Cheekwipe-moon-guard

Potential for Increased Harassment and Toxicity

This is based on what facts? BattleTags actually reduce the harassment, as it is far more secure than the character-server. I mean, for all you know, I could add you’re character-server to my friends list, and follow you everywhere, and you wouldn’t even know about it. BattleTags doesn’t even work like that.

@Cheekwipe-moon-guard

Reduced Anonymity and Increased Privacy Concerns

You’re BattleTag is a public nickname, used to identify your BNet account. You seriously do not know what you are saying.

@Cheekwipe-moon-guard

BattleTags can be overwhelming for new players who might struggle to understand the multi-game ecosystem of Blizzard. They may find it confusing to identify who’s who, especially when veteran players are using the same tag across different games.

Go to the other Blizzard owned platforms, and point out where this is actually happening. I’ll wait.