Offer a name change feature for FFXI SE.

[Jackstin]

I would support a name change feature for sure. I chose the name JinaJaina which I'm still relatively happy with. Except for some reason everyone in my LS assumes I'm a girl. Not a big deal, but a little off-putting.

Would it be that difficult to implement a feature where you can look at a character's previous alias'?

[Soranika]

You're missing the point anyway. I don't think it's necessary, I'm just countering the "but people will change names to clear their bad reputations" arguments. If that was a problem, this would be a way to solve it.

=\ Well then that still doesn't seem like a proper solution to the hypothetical dilemma. There are people who suffer from a bad reputation that would love to get away from it because, believe it or not, those people do change over time and realize what they did wrong. Rather unfair to be punished by both the community and the game.

[Mirage]

The idea was that it would only be for a limited time. People would probably still forget who changed to what if you stayed low for a while after changing.

[Juri_Licious]

Too many grudges these days.

[Greatguardian]

Too many grudges these days.

Not necessarily grudge-worthy, but if you don't want people to know your name and associate it with derp, don't do crap like this:

[Juri_Licious]

Not necessarily grudge-worthy, but if you don't want people to know your name and associate it with derp, don't do crap like this:

Hahaha, I still remember that good times.

Wait..you do realize I didn't make this thread to change my own name right? My name is sticking this way forever.
I don't see anything wrong with what I did, I play jokes on people(friends) all the time. Not that I need to explain myself or anything.

[Greatguardian]

Hahaha, I still remember that good times.

Wait..you do realize I didn't make this thread to change my own name right? My name is sticking this way forever.
I don't see anything wrong with what I did, I play jokes on people(friends) all the time. Not that I need to explain myself or anything.

I hope you still remember, what, a couple months ago at most! Not that you and the person in the SS are friends or anything. As far as they knew, that was the first in-game contact you'd ever had D:

I really don't care about name changes. Mine's dorky, but I can deal with it. No matter how cool/stupid someone's name is, all people are going to take from it is the association with the player themselves. Even if they did give me an option to change my name, I wouldn't do it. Believe it or not, I actually appreciate what little infamy I have. The majority of older Cerberus natives know me, and for the most part I'd like to think that's a good thing.

If there's something wrong with a name, it's far more likely that there's something wrong with the player behind it. Changing names won't solve anything. It'll just make everyone else have to try harder to remember the names of the server's resident retards.

[Juri_Licious]

I hope you still remember, what, a couple months ago at most! Not that you and the person in the SS are friends or anything. As far as they knew, that was the first in-game contact you'd ever had D:

Usually when I see people from the forum i'll wave or sometime crack a joke if we had discussion before. I'm rarely serious about anything. and lol

I really don't care about name changes. Mine's dorky, but I can deal with it. No matter how cool/stupid someone's name is, all people are going to take from it is the association with the player themselves. Even if they did give me an option to change my name, I wouldn't do it. Believe it or not, I actually appreciate what little infamy I have. The majority of older Cerberus natives know me, and for the most part I'd like to think that's a good thing.
If there's something wrong with a name, it's far more likely that there's something wrong with the player behind it. Changing names won't solve anything. It'll just make everyone else have to try harder to remember the names of the server's resident retards.

Well, that's your opinion though. I remember awhile back in like 04 I had a name on this game than 2 years later I just couldn't even deal with how dumb I thought the name to be.

However, what i'm really saying is, it's very possible to change your name already. But the current methods require you to mess with the system. They might as well make it more convenient and less expensive than server transfer.

[MishaRamuh]

Throwing my voice in that I want name change feature! I lost my name on the Ramuh -> Bahamut merge to an AH bot that I believe has been deleted. However the name is still reserved and like OP says theres no easy way to change your name. Please SE I'd pay RL money for this!

[Vaness]

I would like to be able to change my name personally.Came up with Vaness 4 years ago because I just had no idea how to name my character(Hell my RL name is Vanessa -_-) and I didn't expect playing for so long.