Why we should be able to choose our own pirate names.

@slipkick01 This would also remove all accountability in-game, because reporting toxic players would be impossible over XBL.
Since everyone would need a unique "Pirate" name, we'd also soon be out of "Captain Blunderbuss" and be on to "xXCptSniperbuss23Xx" anyway, completely defeating the purpose.
If your name is that terrible, changing it is actually not that expensive.

@slipkick01 Would like to have Pirate name for myself. Plus you are spot on when saying it will encourage more use of in game chat ☠

@erikinthebakery Well there are ways around it. Perhaps you should be able to see their gamertags in the options or have it above their game name. Just like ARK.

@knifelife Edit: But being able to have the same name as someone else is even more realistic isn't it?

I can't agree with the third part of your comment.

@knifelife I would also still prefer too see xxCaptainJackxx over xxgam3rkiddxx

This idea could be carried out by Rare. I believe it should be too. We always hear about becoming a pirate legend. You need the name to boot!

Parameters simply need to be set just like Xbox Live does to prevent the same exact name from appearing. The gamer tag could be accessed from a highlight option over another character like Destiny. Savvy?

I like my gamer tag for first-person shooters. I am not going to change it for one game.It is cleaver besides that! Au, as in gold, Gunslingin.

This brings me to another point! What is wrong with having a gamer tag similar but tweaked? That is why I am not AuGunslinger. It was taken! The other dude was clever like me!

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@erikinthebakery said in Why we should be able to choose our own [Unique] pirate names.:

@slipkick01 This would also remove all accountability in-game, because reporting toxic players would be impossible over XBL.
Since everyone would need a unique "Pirate" name, we'd also soon be out of "Captain Blunderbuss" and be on to "xXCptSniperbuss23Xx" anyway, completely defeating the purpose.
If your name is that terrible, changing it is actually not that expensive.

I agree, plus it doesnt ensure that the name they choose would be pirate themed. As I would choose some variant of my gamertag to keep things simple.

@akbar37 Already pre-ordered it and will be using tbe play anywhere feature so that wouldn't really work for me.

@slipkick01
I can see this being more hassle than it's worth!!
Yes, in theory it seems like a good idea, but after bumping into Captain Jack Sparrow 964011927 etc, it would wear a little thin.
If both gamertag & pirate name were displayed, that is just more clutter on screen.
Finally, you have to be in extremely close proximity to read the names anyway!! If you come across a well oiled crew & are close enough to read the names of the pirates, it's too late, you're already dead!!

Ok, so from what I can see MOST people generally want to make new pirate names to fit into the world of Sea of Thieves.

I guess this is really because the game has a constant "comedy feel" when you are playing it and people want to be able to give funny names to their characters that would be relevant to the game they are playing (Got one in mind for myself).

Some people argue about the fact that having your gamertag hidden is going to stop people from being able to report others, and I have in the past, reported somebody for outrageous trolling in Sea of Thieves so I can see where you are coming from.

Others also argue about Ark's system of revealing peoples gamertags as well as their in-game name on the same screen which can be visually unpleasing and I agree.

Both of these can be worked around.
If the players gamertags and in-game names were shown in the options menu where you can vote players to the brig etc then neither of these problems would exist.

Some people aren't going to be playing the game for the comedy aspect and that's fine, you can name your character after a famous adventurer if you like exploring or just make up any name yourself.

Some people want to be able to have unique names that, when they are taken, will not be able to be used by any other player in all of Sea of Thieves and to be honest I was one of those people up until today.

I think that being able to have the same name as somebody else makes the game realistic and doesn't deny them of calling themselves whatever they want after all it is Rares goal to have everyone create the pirate of their dreams.

This all really depends on what the majority of players want but I really want the game to turn out like the way I described above.

@montesi I personally thin it would be better to have the chosen name on display and then have their gamertag in the settings.
It would stop the game from looking messy.
It's whatever floats your boat I guess

@jagyth Read my last message it explains a way.

Well if you any of you salty sea dogs had played Pirates of the Caribbean Online, you'll remember their system. It consisted of three wheels of names, you could scroll them separately to find a name suitable to you, you could even leave two of them blank if you wanted just one part to your name, or you had the option to type in your own name, but it had to be approved, so they would give you a temporary name until they could check it and approve/deny the name you typed, I think that system could prove useful here, and with it the naming options could be endless, also reporting griefing players on your crew should be easy, just open the my crew tab in the menu and It would show their gamertag, well that's just my two doubloons, savy?

Yeah I was fortunate that my name is already Professor Hook lol. I didn't even know that was my name when I first logged into SoT so I got lucky

@merlynjc said in Why we should be able to choose our own pirate names.:

@Professor-Hook the real question is, did you have a hook in game??

Lol the first thing I bought was the Admirals Hook 👍🏾😎