This might just be a personal preference, but I think ID numbers look much tidier on offspring lists than a series of names. Especially considering "names" can be a lot of things on Lorwolf. An example:

So I wanted to float the suggestion to remove names completely from the lists, and only display them as ID numbers. I think this also solves a few other issues. No worrying about No Name pups, no worrying about names you don't like, no worrying about names cutting off weird, etc. It just removes a lot of the risk of people harassing each other over names in general. If the list only showed ID numbers, then people could name their wolves any silly thing they want without concern they're making someone mad for 'ruining' their offspring list.

(and I really just think the alignment of slowly increasing numbers looks so much better than names lol)

Future updates could potentially add things like nicknaming offspring for your view only, or hiding released wolves, or other tweaks, but I think ID only might be a good default that can be applied right now with minimal effort.

I think a hide/unhide feature could def be useful and something each user can toggle off and on

Simple, but elegant. I support this.

Ehh personally a long list of numbers will be really hard for me to read. I'd rather us have only names and not ID numbers, but in an ideal world, all these are options in settings that can be changed for personal viewing.

I'd definitely support it as an option. It'd be nice to have maybe... four options? Or three if four is too much.

1. #1234
2. Name #1234
3. #1234 Name
4. Name

Those should be pretty self-explanatory and show what I was thinking. The number first then name one is the one I'd personally exclude if they don't want to do all four, but having options for just numbers or just names would help a lot of people, I think. Numbers for tidy organization and so you don't see nicknames, just names for people who's eyes glaze over at the numbers (or who just don't enjoy the look of it). And then of course the default.

I actually prefer being able to see the name of the offspring, that's why I name them. I think removing the ID number would be the way to go, or making it into a vertical list instead of a grid. ID first would also be cleaner.

I’d much prefer to see the names only and no #s.

Just to clarify, while I understand that some people prefer the look of names, my reasoning for specifically suggesting this as a default and not as an optional toggle is to solve the name harassment issue. Even excluding active harassment, I've seen people who want to sell or stud, but are afraid to because they don't want to take the risk of a bad name showing up on their list.

If you're a person who likes the look of names, and showing names is a toggle, then the problem still exists. You still have bad names on the version of the list you want to see.

If ID is the default and there is no toggle, then the bad name issue is moot. I would personally much rather see this, and then pair it with the option to nickname pups on your list. That way people who like the look of names instead of numbers can have them, but what someone else names the pups doesn't matter at all.

That's all! Just wanted to clarify. Please carry on discussion and sharing of opinions <3

To be honest I would really really really hate if my wolves offspring showed up as id numbers instead. I would also dislike nicknaming on my end as I like to see what people name my wolves pups! I love to see the names of the puppies and I love seeing released wolves in the list as well, to me its like they're out exploring, maybe joining wild packs or something!!! It makes breeding fun and exciting in my opinion!

I do dislike the way the list shows up in 2 columns though it gets really cluttered with longer names and will only get more cluttered as id numbers get bigger I wish they showed up as a vertical list instead and displayed in a way that accounted for character limit, so even if a wolf has the longest name allowed it shows up with the id on one line without cutting off. Would be easier to read and look nicer I think.

I personally like seeing the id with the name, but wouldn't be that bothered to only see the name either. I would prefer the name to show up in front of id number if both are displayed as I think it much easier to read. Seeing only id numbers would be very very difficult for me I have a hard time looking at large lists of numbers its just not readable and would make it extremely hard to look for a specific wolf in the offspring list, which is something I do pretty often on here. Some of my wolves have a few pages of offspring already and it would honestly be a nightmare to look through those if it was all numbers. It's also important to me to be able to look through my wolves lineage and ancestors and whatever, so I wouldn't want a change that makes it hard or impossible for me to see offspring lists on other people's wolves either. Readable offspring lists is important to actual gameplay, aesthetically pleasing ones is just cosmetic and should take second place to usability.

I don't think people should feel concerned about naming their wolves silly things. It's THEIR wolf, they can name it what they want. It's absolutely not "ruining" the offspring list! If people are harassing others over what they name their own wolves the harassing player should either have to stop treating other players badly or have their account banned and that should be the end of it imo. If people want to be picky about their wolves offspring lists then they should reconsider breeding/studding their wolf instead of trying to control other people's gameplay.

Support for options on display, no support for ID only. I have a breeding project I started from day 1 on the site that's contingent on names showing -- and I want other people to be able to see it. Personal nicknames for my numbered wolves does not address this use-case.