Keith! We need a option inside game settings for not show Legacy name to guild.

I will only do serious group stuff with two real life friends - unfortunately our little group is too small to even create a guild (and before it's suggested we're all too antisocial/lazy to make any chat requests). That's the trouble with getting older - you start seeing people for what they really are & less people can be considered a "friend". When you're younger, everyone is your friend (including every Tom, Dick and serial killer on social media)

I disagree. It's necessary for guild management to show Legacy names.

The only player who would want/benefit by this would be the ones who have given their Legacy a bad name on the server, and are looking to sneak back into a guild that probably booted them for bad behaviors... so NO.

I guess it could also benefit a player who is in a guild that restricts the number of characters from one account, and hence their Legacy name gives them away. But again.. this would be deceit toward the guild and so... NO.

Yeah, no to that. Legacy names in guilds is way too useful of a tool. Just kicked an entire Legacy yesterday because I realized the same Legacy had logged in on multiple toons, taking the same Cartel items multiple times from GB. I keep up with all staff members etc. by making sure all their Legacy toons are appropriately ranked and noted.

Quite frankly if this were an option and you had Legacy in "off" mode I and I'm willing to bet many others would simply not allow you into their guild. I wouldn't risk it as I would just assume you're a known problem player and move on.

^WHS

Also helps just to know if you're talking to the right guildie. lol

I can fully understand why it is necessary for guild leaders, officers and anyone doing administrative tasks to have the Legacy information. But I still don't understand why it would be a big deal to hide it from the guild members' roster so every guild member can see it.

If you're a manager or supervisor at work, you're going to have your employees' contact and personal information. You need that. But you're not going to share that with their colleagues to protect their privacy. I feel like this is the same concept.

Honest question, because I really don't understand (assuming this wasn't flamebait). If you are hiding your legacy name w/ your toons in the normal course, why do you care if your legacy name shows up in the guild view? And if you're not hiding your legacy name normally, then same question -- why does this matter?

Exactly!!! I have all people with LOTRO Legacy names on ignore by default

Sorry, but that's a false equivalence. Let's not act like made-up, non-unique Legacy names are anything on the level of "private/personal" information like IRL home addresses, SSN's, and bank account numbers. If you want to use the workplace analogy, it would be equivalent to your colleagues knowing your last name, because Legacy names are literally the surname of your characters. And every workplace I've ever worked at for the past few decades has had everyone's last names clearly printed on cubicle nameplates, access badges/nametags, and the company directory.

Absolutely terrible idea, and as others have suggested, it gives the impression you're trying to hide some inappropriate behavior you either did or are planning to do. Even if that's not your intention here, it creates a huge opportunity for abuse within guilds that doesn't currently exist.

Legacy names have become an important tool in guild management, for both promotions and guild removal. If you've ever been a guild leader or even a guild officer, you'd know this. If you need to remove a bad apple from a guild, you don't just remove one of their characters - you remove them all. This would be difficult to do without Legacy names, and would allow that bad apple to create more strife and potentially do more damage in a guild.

As for privacy concerns, that is a non-issue. If you have characters outside a guild, you can simply hide your Legacy name and no one will know it's you (unless you tell them).

No, I'm vehemently opposed to this idea, and have down-voted this thread accordingly.