Offer a name change feature for FFXI SE.

[Soranika]

Seriously, haven't you read the thread? Name changing makes it easier for jerks/douches/etc to screw over other people after taking the drops/ls bank/gil/etc and running. It does and has happened with server transfers. If you're actively trying to figure out who's bad and who isn't, you can study the cross server boards on BG, but if you're not someone who lurks on community sites a lot, you're not going to be doing that.

Not being able to change things like this is also supposed to encourage people to put more thought into them. You see a lot more nonsense/silly names when you know you can just change it after it gets old. Not to mention the bandwagon namechanges when some new monster comes out or some character in some anime becomes popular. I see it all the time. After Odin came out, we got more than one server transfer resulting in a name change to one of Odin's TP moves etc.

Frivolous names and reputation escape attempts to me is something to be concerned about.

So you're worried about abuse of a few and stupidity of... well I guess a great mass? If that's the case, there's a lot of things that should have not happened through out the history of man that those could actually use as intended. For that stuff, I don't really care.

Trolls, thieves, and ect of the bunch will always exist. If you see it that way, nothing stops the people who would abuse said feature to just buy an account and go at it again.

[Alhanelem]

Buying an account generally costs a lot more than a name change does in most games that have them and effectively prohibits many who would otherwise do that.

[Juri_Licious]

If these guys have such tremendous horrible reputations and you guys are worried they will change their name.
Guess what, they can already do so. I mean you guys make it sound like a name change is some kind evil hidden plot device.

"It looks like my reputation has gone sour! Time for me to change my name and sneak my way back into this linkshell and screw my enemies ooooveeeeeerrr!!! Muahahahahaha!!" "Oh...wait...Name changes don't effect ID numbers! NOOOOOO!!!!"

[Alhanelem]

Guess what, they can already do so.

Yes, but since they have leave your server in order to do so, at least they're not your problem for at least 3 months. It still sucks for whomever they victimize on their next server, of course, so it's far from a perfect world. But most people don't switch servers very easily unless they have no friends at all in the first place.

"Oh...wait...Name changes don't effect ID numbers! NOOOOOO!!!!"

Who the hell even notices, much less pays attention to the handle ID numbers? You can't see them unless the person is on your friend list anyway.

[Juri_Licious]

Who the hell even notices, much less pays attention to the handle ID numbers? You can't see them unless the person is on your friend list anyway.

Because /blacklist will remain the same.

[svengalis]

Seriously, haven't you read the thread? Name changing makes it easier for jerks/douches/etc to screw over other people after taking the drops/ls bank/gil/etc and running. It does and has happened with server transfers. If you're actively trying to figure out who's bad and who isn't, you can study the cross server boards on BG, but if you're not someone who lurks on community sites a lot, you're not going to be doing that.

Not being able to change things like this is also supposed to encourage people to put more thought into them. You see a lot more nonsense/silly names when you know you can just change it after it gets old. Not to mention the bandwagon namechanges when some new monster comes out or some character in some anime becomes popular. I see it all the time. After Odin came out, we got more than one server transfer resulting in a name change to one of Odin's TP moves etc.

Frivolous names and reputation escape attempts to me is something to be concerned about.

People have already said how name changes can't take a person off your blacklist but of course you must have missed that.

[Savlyn]

Frivolous names and reputation escape attempts to me is something to be concerned about.

You're a paranoid schizophrenic who is afraid people will steal your in game items and then run away; we get it. The only way you seem to make your point in all these threads is by saying the same thing over and over again until people get so tired of hearing it that they stop posting.

If you're really so afraid of all of this, there are ways around it. I.E. only allowing a name chance every 30 days or longer. Only allowing one even. I'm sure SE could think of a ton of ways to prevent abuse if they implement it.

Fact is, a ton of people want this and have been screwed over by the forced merges. We get that you don't want it, but you're reasons why are moot.

[Alhanelem]

You're a paranoid schizophrenic who is afraid people will steal your in game items and then run away; we get it.

No, actually, I'm not, and I haven't had it happen to me in the game. That doesn't prevent me from being opposed to name changes on that basis. Though when people violate your trust a lot, yes, you do become a little suspicious of motives- but not to the point of paranoia.

I don't understand this bit about people "screwed over by server merges." If there's a name conflict, someone has to change their name. Which one should it be? the incoming user or the already existing user? Those people get to choose their new name, it's not like the server assigns them a random one.

Fact is, a "ton" of people don't want it too. Using exaggerated superlatives doesn't enhance your point.

[Greatguardian]

Personally I just like being able to walk down Port Jeuno and know who 90% of the people there are. Relearning names is confusing.

"What? Vigor? Who's Vigor? Oh, you mean Barbarossa? Wait, he was banned and bought a new character? Again? God dammit"

[Alhanelem]

Personally I just like being able to walk down Port Jeuno and know who 90% of the people there are. Relearning names is confusing.

"What? Vigor? Who's Vigor? Oh, you mean Barbarossa? Wait, he was banned and bought a new character? Again? God dammit"

It's amazing how many names you tend to recognize after a while, even if you're bad with names in real life. Especially common with Galka comradery- more than anyone else I can recognize most of the galka on the server, JP or NA alike.