Character Bios

[Proteus]

The ubiquitous in-game character bio.

1) Right click a character, popping up a context menu.

2) Among the various options is "Profile" or "Bio". You choose it, and one of the game's familiar info screens appears; Except this time it has whatever that character's owner typed in for a bio.

This feature is common in MMORPGs both older and newer than Earth and Beyond. Trader types often use bios to list their prices and buy offers. Warriors often use them to proudly list their kills, not unlike fighter pilots painting kill numbers on their wings. Role-players use them as a means to describe their part in an online game's universe-spanning storyline and various arcs, both official and unofficial. And guild leaders and members use them as recruiting tools.

Unlike stuff you type in your "Captain's Log", bios could be public. Bios would add to the enjoyment for any play-style, so I would like to suggest to the devs that they consider finding a way to implement them at some point.

Thank you for reading!

[Lattimer]

Doing this would require changing the way the client functions, which would violate EA's copyright on the client, which would lead to them shutting us down. It will not happen.

Post it on the forum, if you need to express it so bad.

[irrelevant]

Not sure that would be the case isaac..

if all else fails, a simple /command (something like /bio to read targets bio or /bio [char name] and , /setbio to set your bio text) could be added that prints out the bio in your system messages, but it's probably possible in more UI friendly ways too.