Name In Game Above My Character

[Bo#1]

Is there a way to see what it is displaying, short of asking someone in game that has a microphone?

[BizarreMan]

The name above your character is the same name that shows on the Team section of the HUD.

Nobody sees the specific name you gave your character except in extremely specific instances.

So no matter what character I am playing, all anyone sees above my head is Bizarreman.

[Bo#1]

Thanks.

[midas0070]

It is a little bit more complicated. In the past, there were Steam and Bethesda launcher users. Those, who registered through Steam had (don't know about the present) bizarre nicknames e.g. 1010101010abcqwerty. And those, who registered through Bethesda directly, they used to have the same nickname, which they put into their account name, with an opportunity to change display_name once a 3 months. I do not have such knowledge on this topic in the present. If i want to change my nickname, I do it in my profile on Bethesda website. Simply join or create casual public team, and you will see the name displayed for everyone. If you wish to change your displayed name in the future, this information may clarify some hidden spots of it. Not sure if this is actual today though.
p.s. you had to link your steam to bethesda in order to change the displayed name.
p.s.s. once created, account name on bethesda website cannot be changed in the account settings, manually, at least.

[Phantom]

Red with Wanted and a V below it is a good name

[Bo#1]

The reason I asked in the first place was because I believe it is my account name, which is what shows when I open the social tab when I join or start a casual team. That shows my RL last name and initials, which although I'm not paranoid about it, would rather it show something else.

[BizarreMan]

Originally posted by Bo#1:

The reason I asked in the first place was because I believe it is my account name, which is what shows when I open the social tab when I join or start a casual team. That shows my RL last name and initials, which although I'm not paranoid about it, would rather it show something else.

Every 90 days you can log in to bethesda.net using your email address linked to Steam, go in to account details and change the display name.

People will see that. It can be almost anything that isn’t objectionable.