The last update added in https://www.warzone.com/ChangeExperimentalSettings:

Combined player strings
When the client displays players, this new experimental setting causes it to combine all of the parts of that player into one dynamic string (name, clan, level, member icon, etc), rather than dividing each part into separate objects.

I've turned it on to see what it is about, but I don't really see a difference.

With the option OFF:


With the option ON:


The only difference I can see is that the level - icon - name are even closer to each other than they already were, and that its no longer possible to hover over and click the clan icon. So click clan icon is treated as clicking on name, rather than opening the clan page.

Can Fizzer or someone else maybe elaborate on what the idea behind this setting is?
Does it maybe have a performance benefit?

i think he said in the AMA that it makes a difference in some areas where the display area is small and causes it to wrap in visually unpleasing manners

i personally prefer the non-combined method, as it provides (A) hover-over info for clan name, (B) different clickable behaviour for when you click on the clan icon vs elsewhere (player colour, level or name). combining it loses the hover info and the clan icon click function

There might be a clearer difference if you find players with a longer name

That's what the setting is for. Basically really big names


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Ah yeah, that was the reason Fizzer mentions for it in the stream. Thanks for the answers everyone ♥

Based on your screenshots, I think it still needs some work tho (which is fine, cause its still experimental after all).

( Post moved to https://www.warzone.com/Forum/767604-update-5270-feature-request-forum)

EDIT:
The post was:

For example: to get to someone's clan now needs 3 times as many clicks. You used to be able to just click the clan icon, now you need to click the name to get a popup, click View Profile, and from there you can finally go to the clan.

It's just a hassle, and a regression in terms of navigation. And I'm sad to see that I can not disable this anymore.

EDIT 2:
There is now a suggestion to change undo this change, please vote for it!
https://www.warzone.com/Forum/768803-remove-single-string-player-names

Edited 7/27/2024 23:42:34