Eric Haddock ([info]mysticalforest) wrote in [info]worldofwarcraft,
@ 2008-05-12 22:43:00
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Alt tracking?
How do you track who's an alt verses a main character in your guild? Have an addon? A nifty system featuring a bubbling cauldron?

Explain how...

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[info]devryguy
2008-05-13 11:59 am UTC (link)
In ours it's a simple matter of having their public note say who that alt's main is, and they are also in a special Alt rank.

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[info]druid_va
2008-05-13 12:01 pm UTC (link)
Ditto

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[info]baisuzhen
2008-05-13 12:08 pm UTC (link)
Same.

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[info]neuroxin
2008-05-13 12:10 pm UTC (link)
yep that's how we do it as well.

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[info]tokudama
2008-05-13 12:32 pm UTC (link)
Yup, this.

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[info]tridus
2008-05-13 12:42 pm UTC (link)
/metoo

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[info]catmoran
2008-05-13 01:46 pm UTC (link)
We don't use a special Alt rank --yet-- but ditto on the public note.

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[info]phoenix_singing
2008-05-13 01:46 pm UTC (link)
Us too. Guild notes are win. <3

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[info]abraham_sapien
2008-05-13 05:06 pm UTC (link)
Aye same here on both the guilds I'm in.

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[info]cr1stina
2008-05-13 06:46 pm UTC (link)
Same

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[info]autographedcat
2008-05-13 12:13 pm UTC (link)
We have a rank called "Alt", to which alts are assigned. The guild note tags who that person's main is.

I also use an addon called Chatter which makes a number of improvements to the chat window, including the ability to tag notes onto character's names for the express purpose of noting who the mains of alts are.

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[info]ghostspeak
2008-05-13 12:13 pm UTC (link)
Same

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[info]riotlounge
2008-05-13 12:40 pm UTC (link)
Hehehe, I use Chatter for that as well, which is hilarious, since I am pretty much the one in our guild that keeps track *by memory* of who is who. Since we don't really need alt-tracking magic. We just sort of memorize.

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[info]methedras
2008-05-13 12:48 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, we had Officer Alts, and Member alts.

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[info]heinous_bitca
2008-05-13 12:32 pm UTC (link)
We have a rank for alts, including a different rank for officer alts. It's also noted in the guild note who they are an alt of.

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[info]indigorosebud
2008-05-13 01:11 pm UTC (link)
Same here

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[info]hythloday
2008-05-13 12:40 pm UTC (link)
We have no alts in our guild, but we have a public channel for alts & mains to talk in.

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[info]kanmude
2008-05-13 01:09 pm UTC (link)
Moving from actual guild notes, I use guildfu to quickly determine who "billyjoebob" is. You can just mouseover it on fubar and it gives a nice list of the guildies currently online with their notes and other info.

Prat also allows you to assign alts to have their mains name in ( ) behind them when they talk. So it'd be Billyjoebob (Omgheals): Anyone want to do dailies?

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[info]tokudama
2008-05-13 03:45 pm UTC (link)
I use GuildFu, too. It is super-efficient to see who's online, their note, rank, etc.

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[info]esran
2008-05-13 04:07 pm UTC (link)
I use AuldLangSyne which shows guild and friends in the fubar tooltip. It also maintains its own notes which can be set for friends as well as guildies.

There is also Fubar_ChannelWatcher (or similar name, not at my wow pc atm) that can show any channel in the tooltip in the same way.

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[info]autographedcat
2008-05-13 09:30 pm UTC (link)
I actually use both Guildfu AND AuldLangSyne, because i find it useful to have one list sorted by name and one by zone. (To quickly see who is in a particular instance together.)

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[info]druid_va
2008-05-13 06:34 pm UTC (link)
I did not know that about Prat. I will have to play with it when I get home.

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[info]insaint
2008-05-13 01:13 pm UTC (link)
We just mark it in the guild notes.

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[info]star_momma
2008-05-13 01:24 pm UTC (link)
Rankings. Our "titles" or whatever are Guild Master, Officer, Officer Alt, Member, Member Alt :)

Edit since I forgot to add that we say whose alt it is specifically in the guild notes.

Edited at 2008-05-13 01:26 pm UTC

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[info]kyidyl
2008-05-13 01:29 pm UTC (link)
When someone joins our guild, they pick a name they want to be known by, usually this is the name of their main. Then, like everyone else it seems, we put it in the note on all their alts.

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[info]irda
2008-05-13 02:44 pm UTC (link)
Guild rank + notes.

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[info]amarafox
2008-05-13 02:53 pm UTC (link)
Alt rank with character note :)

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[info]pirogoeth
2008-05-13 03:59 pm UTC (link)
My alliance guild simply puts the name of the person's main in the note section. My horde guild does the same but also has a rank for alts.

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[info]tsgeisel
2008-05-13 06:06 pm UTC (link)
I'm in a family guild which has 5 people and 30 characters. Everyone's guild notes include not just who they're an alt of, but also what their professions are, in case you need a trustworthy tailor, or enchanter, or whatever.

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[info]leyenn
2008-05-13 06:37 pm UTC (link)
We tend to use the notes as most people have said above. Also us officers use the Identity addon, which allows you to add a second name whenever you talk in the chat window on a particular channel (e.g. guild chat). For example, mine most often reads:

Djaida: (Saphyre) blahblahmonkeypants

...since I'm playing Djaida lots but Saphyre is my main and the name everyone knows me by. It helps a lot when people need to find one of us.

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[info]entj
2008-05-14 04:01 am UTC (link)
We use the Identity add-on.

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