Battle.net preview: Real ID

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2-09-2010 @ 8:05PM

Wild Colors said...

Sounds great as long as we still have the option to just invite people to be friends with a particular character. There are a couple of good real life friends I'd want to share my real ID with, but otherwise I want some privacy when I'm running around on alts (let alone when I'm playing other games!)

2-09-2010 @ 10:15PM

mel said...

I'm pretty sure this is going to be battle.net account-wide. Meaning that they will be able to see you no matter what you're doing. Its a bit much, but its no different than facebook or some other social networking application.

I agree with the privacy bit though. Including an "invisible" option would be very wise on Blizzard's part.

2-10-2010 @ 1:29AM

Heilig said...

Account-wide is great as long as I don't have to leave the game to see it. if I have to tab out to a battle.net window to chat, it's useless to me.

2-10-2010 @ 4:35AM

Crowqueen said...

I agree about the invisible option. I got rid of Xfire because I was getting bugged by people in-game. I do like the social aspect of WoW, but I also like to be able to control it.

2-10-2010 @ 9:55AM

FireStar said...

That definitely would be different than facebook, as you can group people up into special groups that you make and choose to be shown offline to them.

I personally hope it means you can invite people into groups cross-realm (in your same battlegroup).

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