Yup, another Unnamed thread! :D
Instead of forcing exalters to name dragons before exalting, or sellers before selling, or to make collapsible lists, or... whatever, really, I propose the following: letting people change any name in their dragon's profile - both offsprings and parents - to a "nickname" of their choosing.
This nickname would be shown only on the profile page of the dragon and would provide a link to the dragon like the real name does now (the dragon itself would display the correct name, of course). Basically,
we have now on the profile pages would be changed to
where we would be able to put anything we want in those * *
I believe this will not only help with the infamous Unnamed issue (as everyone would be able to place any name they like instead, to keep their profiles neat) but also would get rid of spite exalting as a thing, as it would be literally impossible to ruin other person's dragon info anymore - the owner would just erase the undesirable name (not only Unnamed or something offensive, btw, but also any name they consider unfitting, like IAMIRONMAN in the offspring list of a non-Marvel-themed pair where all the other kids are non-capslocked or four Pebbles/Snowballs/Glitterbombs in a row).
Just imagine: no Unnamed in your list no matter what happens to the hatchling itself! You can name all the kids of your plague subspecies pair SNOTBLOB and see the glory of 30 snotblobs in a neat row while still selling them to people that can call them whatever they like. Always wanted to name some pair's kids after your favorite song's lyrics? Look no further! You can change it back if you don't like this song anymore, too!
And what about the parents? Ever wanted for your Harry Potter dragon to have parents named Lily and James? Shade and Void for a demonic creature? Blue and Yellow for your XXX Green dragon named, well, Green? Or name them None and None and pretend you have a G1 imp? You can do it now!
The default option would be the real name, like it is now, and if the dragon is exalted the info about nicknames is erased too to save up server space. I believe the solution I propose should be easy to code and implement, too.
Opinions? :3 I hope I managed to explain it well!
Edit: as many people suggested some way to differentiate nicknames from real names, maybe make a small window stating the real name appear when you hover over the name, without additional symbols/font changes/color differentiation. That way if you want to click it you'll see that it's a nickname, but otherwise the list would look 100% cohesive and neat :D
Some small symbol, or a different color, or italics (or whatever else) are also an option, to prevent scamming.
Edit 2 to avoid confusion: the changes in the list would be seen to anyone who looks at it, both the owner and the guests of the lair, otherwise there's not much point in it and the fully collapsible list would work better :) Though a toggle is totally fine with me, too - if someone doesn't want to see the nicknames, they might choose the default option. Personally, I'd prefer seeing both mine and other people's nicknames!
Now we have a mockup thanks to Lisegathe! :D
This icon could be visible only to owner if there were no changes made, and to everyone if there were - and work as a toggle (click the pencil to see the original list if it's not your own dragon, click to edit if it's yours). Then it would be obvious that the list was edited and it would be easy to see the original version but the list itself would look clean.
This pencil can be put next to "Lineage", too, to be more noticeable.
Instead of forcing exalters to name dragons before exalting, or sellers before selling, or to make collapsible lists, or... whatever, really, I propose the following: letting people change any name in their dragon's profile - both offsprings and parents - to a "nickname" of their choosing.
This nickname would be shown only on the profile page of the dragon and would provide a link to the dragon like the real name does now (the dragon itself would display the correct name, of course). Basically,
Code:
[url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=8122606]Heder[/url]
Code:
[url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=8122606]*SillyNoodle*[/url]
I believe this will not only help with the infamous Unnamed issue (as everyone would be able to place any name they like instead, to keep their profiles neat) but also would get rid of spite exalting as a thing, as it would be literally impossible to ruin other person's dragon info anymore - the owner would just erase the undesirable name (not only Unnamed or something offensive, btw, but also any name they consider unfitting, like IAMIRONMAN in the offspring list of a non-Marvel-themed pair where all the other kids are non-capslocked or four Pebbles/Snowballs/Glitterbombs in a row).
Just imagine: no Unnamed in your list no matter what happens to the hatchling itself! You can name all the kids of your plague subspecies pair SNOTBLOB and see the glory of 30 snotblobs in a neat row while still selling them to people that can call them whatever they like. Always wanted to name some pair's kids after your favorite song's lyrics? Look no further! You can change it back if you don't like this song anymore, too!
And what about the parents? Ever wanted for your Harry Potter dragon to have parents named Lily and James? Shade and Void for a demonic creature? Blue and Yellow for your XXX Green dragon named, well, Green? Or name them None and None and pretend you have a G1 imp? You can do it now!
The default option would be the real name, like it is now, and if the dragon is exalted the info about nicknames is erased too to save up server space. I believe the solution I propose should be easy to code and implement, too.
Opinions? :3 I hope I managed to explain it well!
Edit: as many people suggested some way to differentiate nicknames from real names, maybe make a small window stating the real name appear when you hover over the name, without additional symbols/font changes/color differentiation. That way if you want to click it you'll see that it's a nickname, but otherwise the list would look 100% cohesive and neat :D
Some small symbol, or a different color, or italics (or whatever else) are also an option, to prevent scamming.
Edit 2 to avoid confusion: the changes in the list would be seen to anyone who looks at it, both the owner and the guests of the lair, otherwise there's not much point in it and the fully collapsible list would work better :) Though a toggle is totally fine with me, too - if someone doesn't want to see the nicknames, they might choose the default option. Personally, I'd prefer seeing both mine and other people's nicknames!
Now we have a mockup thanks to Lisegathe! :D
This icon could be visible only to owner if there were no changes made, and to everyone if there were - and work as a toggle (click the pencil to see the original list if it's not your own dragon, click to edit if it's yours). Then it would be obvious that the list was edited and it would be easy to see the original version but the list itself would look clean.
This pencil can be put next to "Lineage", too, to be more noticeable.