BioWare Mythic says "Never!" to Real ID

to be clear, Bioware Mythic ≠ Bioware. They are two different entities.

"Bioware Mythic ≠ Bioware. " spiflication

That is NOT true at all!

Bioware IS part of Bioware Mythic which IS owned by EA.

The concept of Real ID is fine, the implementation of Real ID is not.

The current implementation blurs the line further between what is virtual and what is reality. I want to talk to my in-game friends cross-server, cross-faction and cross-game, these features are -good- features. I do not feel the need to show them my name or the real names of my friends, however.

This is -not- Facebook.

If BioWare Mythic or any other company wish to utilize such a feature, at least have some privacy options. I want to be able to mark myself as invisible, I don't want to talk to people every day of the week. I want to be able to -not- show the names of my friends friends, showing my name is fine (it -is- designed for those who you know in real-life or -offline-) but if one of my mates knows another one of my mates then they would already have Real ID set up for each other.

That, and Battle.net is glitchy as hell. Some days it works, most of the time it doesn't.

Why is everyone simply assuming she didn't clear it with EA first?

Absolutely nothing surprising about someone, "so close to their community," in finally assuming a hug opens the way for a grope.

Bioware's 'never' means nothing. An acquisition, an executive board change, or a shift in Conventional Wisdom about privacy; anything's possible. Turbine said never to LOTRO F2P, once. And here we are.

Gratz guys, let's hope every game company comes out saying that real life information will remain fully private.

But the blizz debacle isn't fully over, they still will not let you talk to people cross-realm unless you disclose your account real name. I still wonder how people who will find out my "real" name is Fluffy Bunnykins will know that this is that toon they hve have played with for so long.