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Real ID Coming to World of Warcraft

Well I got an email a couple of days ago telling me that “Real ID” would be coming to World or Warcraft (and other Blizzard games) in patch 3.3.5.  So what do I think of that… hum.  Let’s look at what it brings us:

Real Names for Friends: Your Real ID friends will appear under their real-life names on your friends list, when chatting, communicating in-game, or viewing a character’s profile. Real ID friends can also see who’s on each other’s Real ID friends list, making it easy for players to connect with other people they know.

My real name is “Angela” and my character’s name is “Angela” so I’m not too bothered about this.

Cross-Realm and Cross-Game Chat: With Real ID, friends can chat cross-realm and cross-faction in World of Warcraft, and will be able to chat across future Blizzard games such as StarCraft® II.

Yeah I like this.  I plan on playing Diablo 3 when it eventually comes out so, that will be handy.  And cross-realm / cross-faction, that’ll be nice too.  It seems so many people I’ve played with are now scattered to the wind and it would be easier to keep in touch with this.

Rich Presence: See additional info on your friends list about what your Real ID friends are up to in World of Warcraft and upcoming games like StarCraft II in real time.

I thought Facebook was the only tool a cyber stalker needed, now I see they also need to know exactly what everyone is doing while on WoW.  OMG if I don’t know that you’re in the auction house, when your status says “Ironforge” then we aren’t  really friends are we?

Broadcasts: Broadcast a short status message for all of your Real ID friends to see, whether you want to issue a call-to-arms or let your friends know about an important change of plans.

Um, Ok… but you know I’m probably on vent with them anyway so… eh, whatever :)

Friend Once, See All Characters: Real ID friends will automatically see all of each other’s characters on their friends list – even characters created in future Blizzard games – helping players stay connected with the people they enjoy playing with most.

I occasionally have a hiding character that nobody knows about, and this will sort kill that huh…  So very sad.

All and all, I guess I don’t mind it.  I think I like it more than I dislike it :)  What do you guys think?

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11 Responses to “Real ID Coming to World of Warcraft”

  1. It’s the fact that complete strangers on the friends’ list of your friends will see all that info that bothers me (ie. you can now stalk all the friends of your friends – because if your friends know them, they must not be crazy stalker people).

  2. Eh, I think there are some serious security problems there…

    (1) giving out your e-mail address not necessarily associated with your real name will reveal your real name. This may not be readily apparent to those who don’t read fine print.

    (2) giving out your battle.net address might compromise your account. Don’t use this without an authenticator.

    (3) friends of friends can see your real name. Uh… ick.

  3. Like it. Got many friends on other realms and factions, so this is very useful.

    @ Angela: Listed your HP on my page in the links-section ’cause I like your blog and think it could help a lot of people playing their druids properly. I hope, that is okay for you ;)

  4. Archdruid Angela on June 14th, 2010 at 12:01 pm

    Thanks for the link :)

  5. I’m worried about it since all the info that’s given and that your friend’s friends can see it. I’ve been harassed before on WoW and that’s no bueno so I wouldn’t want my info to be out there. I hope they have options to hide certain information when being looked at from other friend’s lists.

  6. I suppose it has its perks, but I just see many security flaws with it, too. If one of your friends gets hacked, the hacker now has access to real names, accounts and things of that nature. That’s asking for trouble. I’m going to wait a few months before using it to see if they up security.

  7. Archdruid Angela on June 25th, 2010 at 10:04 am

    Hi Lumi!

  8. It is really amusing you should come up with this as I was just thinking about it the other day. You’ve stated my own views exactly.

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