Forum Private-Message System

[Pike]

Bug Type: Increased PM Inaccessibility

Importance: Relevant
~~Reason: Effects ease of PM-ing certain players

Problem: If a user has their forum name set as one of their character's names, and their forum name does not match their account name, it is impossible to be able to Private-Message that player without knowing the user's account name.

Notes:
-I assume that I am not the only one who cannot see a possible "PM" button underneath other users' avatars.

-When trying to PM "Lilypad"(character name), "Pike"(character name), and "PaiKai" (account name). The message was sent to "PaiKai" while it failed to send to "Lilypad" and "Pike".

[Tobias]

Personally I'd try making the account name .. less visible, but I also want to limit the number of changes I make to the forum software (there are already plenty @.@). Not knowing someone's account name gives an added level of security, because to get in, not only do they need to guess your password, but your username as well.

So - it's a nice catch. However I'd be more inclined disabling the private message system, and integrating in-game mail in a separate feature.