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Arien_The_Maya · Jul 02, 2006, 08:27 PM // 20:27

Hi there!

Well 1st of all I think, as someone said it should be allowed Once and not more, but to really avoid scammers the fee should be higher, like 100k so if no one gets a benefit from changing his/her name, but 100k is worth it to change his/her name if he wants to.

so .. /signed

Greetings

ReaverGTX · Jul 03, 2006, 11:25 PM // 23:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alias_X

Tough luck.

At one point you chose that name, and you should have been thinking of the future as well as the present.

How could u know what u will see/experience in the next chapter? How could u know if u will like that character or not after trying most of the skills/builds with that profession?

Here's my case for example:

I created a warrior/monk (cuz my fav class is paladin). Made up a name and gave him that one. Liked the name but created a ranger later on that I named after a game (only the last name). I simply wanted to try the ranger (I thought I would delete it later on) but after I got my first elites and more serious skills, I realised I actually like it. I created an Assassin, and also like it a lot. My ranger and my assassin have the same last name, and all I'm asking for is to be able to rename my warrior so all of these 3 chars would have the same last name.

I've already deleted my monk once, cuz the name was silly (but not offensive) and I liked the profession a lot. Plus I didn't put too much effort and time in my monk, and managed to change my mind in time.

With my warrior the case is different: I have all the missions + bonuses (tyria), all the quests (except the very last one in Sorrow's Furnace AKA "The Final Assault"), got all the skills for both warrior and monk professions along with all the elites, got 15k platemail armor set and a req8 max dmg gold longsword 15^50% with AP 20/20 and +30 health upgrades. I'm also over 1.5 mil xp and my char is 13 months old that I wouldn't really like to lose since he's my main char.

So all I can say again... is...

/signed

Winstar · Jul 04, 2006, 12:33 AM // 00:33

/signed

X of Thulcandra · Jul 10, 2006, 02:12 AM // 02:12

/signed x100

TsunamiZ · Jul 10, 2006, 10:35 AM // 10:35

i good way to make the name change may be to charge 10k at an npc

Gizmo Loco · Jul 10, 2006, 11:39 AM // 11:39

Perhaps make it so you can only change once every day/week to avoid people putting violations into there name...5k each for name change I would say. Then Plastic Surgeon/Hair Stylist 1k each, and Sex Change 5k? I think your character should be fully customizable, for the fee of course.

Gli · Jul 10, 2006, 12:32 PM // 12:32

I don't like the idea of changing names, because a name is really the only real way of identifying a character, but I can see how people might have second thoughts about a name they picked.

I can get behind the idea of allowing each character's name to be changed once and only once. That would help people who really hate their names while minimizing abuse by scammers. If you can't get it right in 2 tries, you deserve a sucky name.

majoho · Jul 10, 2006, 02:53 PM // 14:53

No way, shouldn't be possible.

People should take a moment and think before they make their char instead, but I assume a lot of the kiddies in the game suffer from ADD!

TsunamiZ · Jul 10, 2006, 02:56 PM // 14:56

no matter how well you think you have thought of a name...sometimes you get a better idea afterwards and wish to change it...and it should be possible...

/signed

majoho · Jul 10, 2006, 02:57 PM // 14:57

*lol*

ReaverGTX · Jul 10, 2006, 09:07 PM // 21:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by majoho

No way, shouldn't be possible.

People should take a moment and think before they make their char instead, but I assume a lot of the kiddies in the game suffer from ADD!

That's not much of a reason why it shouldn't or couldn't be implemented... You are saying no cause you simply wanna argue... Don't say anything or if u do, give a normal reason. I sat about an hour making up my name still I want to rename it. What about ppl who named their warriors "assassin" or ppl who named their necros "ritualist"? How could they know what Faction brought. How could you know what Nightfall will bring?

This feature wouldn't change your game experience a bit nor it would change gameplay by unbalancing or anything.

/signed (again)

death_hawk · Jul 10, 2006, 09:55 PM // 21:55

(Haven't waded through 24 pages....)

Talk about gold sink opportunity.

Charge 10k per name change and only allow 1 change per month or something.

I still don't see how this would be advantageous (SP?) to scammers. I can get to anywhere on the map (In Tyria anyway) in 8 hours. (And most places in Cantha. Cavalon/HzH is easy in 8 hours too) What's stopping me from scamming someone, then deleting my character and starting a new one? Oh right... if they add me to their friends list they can STILL see if I'm online, since it's ACCOUNT based, not CHARACTER based.
If you do get scammed and report someone, ANET can just look at the logs around what time you got scammed (+/- 1 hour) and check the account for name changes. Ban them and you're done for the day.

Bottom line is:

/signed x10

xis10al · Jul 11, 2006, 03:51 AM // 03:51

/unsigned

Markaedw · Jul 11, 2006, 05:05 AM // 05:05

If it were about scammers how about this: a scammer list, you open a trade a message pops up "This account is on you scammer list. Do you wish to continue trade?" A lot of problems solved

/signed

inscribed · Jul 11, 2006, 05:13 AM // 05:13

/signed

Have it cost some gold, and no reason not to have it implemented. Can't be abused, not going to have any affect on scammers (or lack thereof, really), and people are identified in the game by an account name, not by each individual characters name. Not a single downside really. Alot of people just like to say 'unsigned' for the sake of arguing.

curtman · Jul 11, 2006, 05:24 PM // 17:24

24 pages now.

Using a chat command, like the pet one, say /characterName newname and limiting to 1 change every 2-4 months per character would work well.

This would prevent spamming and encourage a definite name selection.

Sable Phoenix · Jul 11, 2006, 06:52 PM // 18:52

Yes, /signed for sure. And there shouldn't be a charge to do it, especially something utterly ridiculous like 100k. MOST people don't have that much gold. I've had the game for over a year and only just got past 100k in my storage since I bought Factions.

Sagenth · Jul 11, 2006, 08:35 PM // 20:35

/signed

Incar · Jul 11, 2006, 09:40 PM // 21:40

/signed

Mournblade · Jul 11, 2006, 09:55 PM // 21:55

They would have to implement a safety measure along with /namechange to prevent scamming. Otherwise my necro would absolutely love her name changed. :P

/signed as long as they do something to prevent abuse/scamming