Thank you very much for that Ed!
Marketing team? You really don't pay attention.
I am amazed at how quickly this community have been jumping on things recently. Throughout the entire process it has always been said that others could see your ship name (unless it was deemed obscene), then last night during answering over 120 questions Sandro said something that conflicted with previous information.
So what happens? Do people wait for things to be discussed the next working day? No, they fly off the handle as though the sky was falling in and the world was about to explode. All the people in this thread saying that this "change" was the right decision have completely missed the point it wasn't a change. They weren't caving to the community, it was a slip on a livestream by a developer who had taken his own time to engage with us.
You all seriously need to take a long hard look at yourselves, because the attitude over the last few months is getting ridiculous!
Factually not true. This is not just a change from what Sandro said, but also a change on what the patch notes explicitly said. They literally and unambiguously said that you NEED a plate to have others see your name, weeks ago. They confirmed it yesterday, exactly as they said earlier. A slip my foot.
Anyway, the way it will now be is good, and I'll be grabbing me some plates.