Curse

milan · Oct 18, 2007, 04:15 PM // 16:15

On the European Plaync site I noticed a news article ref City of heroes/villians.

European Plaync site

Seems that they have just got character renames, at a cost but the option is there. (rather steep at £5.99 a pop).

Could we see this coming our way sometime soon?

Jongo River · Oct 18, 2007, 04:20 PM // 16:20

Ouch. A price like that only makes sense if there's some need to have an actual human employee administer the change.

Mordakai · Oct 18, 2007, 04:24 PM // 16:24

Would I pay $12 to rename a character? No.

Would somebody do it? Yes.

EDITED for pricing mistake

ForgeWhelp · Oct 18, 2007, 04:29 PM // 16:29

Not $6, it's $12 after the conversion...

Painbringer · Oct 18, 2007, 04:46 PM // 16:46

And after doing it finding out the name you want is already taken?

nebuchanezzar · Oct 18, 2007, 04:51 PM // 16:51

Thats 6 pounds(British monetary system) which is closer to $12+.

*edit*
bah beaten to the punch while typing....thats what I get for opening multiple pages then going thru them...

Star Gazer · Oct 18, 2007, 05:02 PM // 17:02

screw that...id rather use my 12 bucks to buy gold

makosi · Oct 18, 2007, 05:06 PM // 17:06

Lol money-sinks are extending outwith PlayNC's games now.

Gaile said that there's some tampering involved with changing character names (such as altering custom weaponry and so on) but I can't imagine that taking long to do. Not £6 worth of time.

onerabbit · Oct 18, 2007, 05:10 PM // 17:10

man, i would like to rename a few of my chars.. at that price, i prob wont ..

i hope u can test your name before paying.

leprekan · Oct 18, 2007, 05:40 PM // 17:40

We can already change our names .. just get enough friends to report you for an offensive name

But no I wouldn't pay to change a character name in any game.

Onarik Amrak · Oct 18, 2007, 05:43 PM // 17:43

Meh, I'll get new names for GW2 anyway...

Faer · Oct 18, 2007, 05:58 PM // 17:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by makosi

I can't imagine that taking long to do

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Bryant Again · Oct 18, 2007, 06:08 PM // 18:08

Not too bad of an idea, I guess. I know that my friend wants to take the "Iol" out of his name real badly, so good news for him.

Mordakai · Oct 18, 2007, 06:11 PM // 18:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Onarik Amrak

Meh, I'll get new names for GW2 anyway...

Unless you have to use the name of your old character to use the Hall of Monuments...

unienaule · Oct 18, 2007, 06:17 PM // 18:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mordakai

Unless you have to use the name of your old character to use the Hall of Monuments...

I'm pretty sure they said you don't HAVE to, but that the name will be reserved if you want it.

HawkofStorms · Oct 18, 2007, 06:21 PM // 18:21

Lol. For that 12 bucks, you could buy a new character slot and create a whole new character with the name you wanted.

WinterSnowblind · Oct 18, 2007, 06:23 PM // 18:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by HawkofStorms

Lol. For that 12 bucks, you could buy a new character slot and create a whole new character with the name you wanted.

But lose all of their equipment, titles, pets, etc.

Mordakai · Oct 18, 2007, 07:07 PM // 19:07

For people who hate their names (Leet Haxor FTL) this makes sense.

If you're like me, and can spend 20 minutes thinking of a name alone (not counting starting campaign, skin tone, face, hair, size... ) by the time I've created my character, it's already been too much of an investment to change!

Molock · Oct 18, 2007, 07:31 PM // 19:31

I actually took the time to pick a name I would like when I make my characters.. unlike some of the players that have names similar to "Omg Noob Eater" (when in fact they are n00b

).

I guess some poeople would be willing to pay for a name change..

GloryFox · Oct 18, 2007, 07:32 PM // 19:32

Id rename a few characters myself for a more streamlined cult of Characters. I'd even pay $9.99 for it. Heck Id even rename my Paragon to "Worthless Spear Guy", "Wasted for One Year" or even "I Am Dead People".

BUT in all seriousness if they can do this it would be great. After a few years of playing I'd love to have a simple name conversion for all of my characters. With 10 characters that would be $100.00 total for ANet. Makes you wonder how much profit ANet would make just by doing this.