Character Name Change Options

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Originally Posted by Dias

If I use a free trial account to make a character with my primary character's name on a different server, and then transfer my primary character to that server, will I be able to change his name? I am worried the fact that it's just a free trial character will somehow impact this tactic.

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Yes, though you don't even need another account to do it. You can simply make a mule on another server with the same name, jump your main to it, and you'll be prompted with the message saying that the name is already taken and that you must pick a new one. It's how people have done it for years, especially around the times of server merges.

So really, people already change their names. It just requires a server jump and a 3 month wait to get back to your original server.

That's why when making names in FFXI I pick short and simple names. Remember the easter egg event? The one where you have to collect alphabet eggs to spell your name? At least I only have to worry about the letters P I S. :) It won't be embarrassment that people with names like deathdefyingdemonslayerx has to worry about, but that they'll have to find 24 eggs comprising of half the letters of the alphabet every day during the easter event, hehe. :D

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Originally Posted by Reiterpallasch

Yes, though you don't even need another account to do it. You can simply make a mule on another server with the same name, jump your main to it, and you'll be prompted with the message saying that the name is already taken and that you must pick a new one. It's how people have done it for years, especially around the times of server merges.

So really, people already change their names. It just requires a server jump and a 3 month wait to get back to your original server.

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Well, it may sound cheap but I'd rather just make a free trial account than pay the extra buck for a second character since I'll already being paying $25 for the server transfer. A free trial account should be fine, I hope.

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Originally Posted by Dias

Well, it may sound cheap but I'd rather just make a free trial account than pay the extra buck for a second character since I'll already being paying $25 for the server transfer. A free trial account should be fine, I hope.

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That will work just fine too.