While I liked to see my char's name in a game event, the way it works is a little too much and arbitrary.
When I returned to the game and saw Sirion/Nivemus using scrolls like crazy against Garas, I was shocked. I'm getting old, but of all the things that changed in BM, this use of scrolls is the one of the reasons I want my beloved old BM back (PvP). EC was used to see big battles, north against south, etc... even with people being silly about Sirionite elves (I'm among them), this magic stuff is out of hand.