Change character(s) name(s)

[Dazusu]

1. This is not simply for bragging rights, but also for accountability.

No one is accountable to other players. SE have tools to allow them to track these things by account ID. Doing it by character name would be slow and tedious.

By not changing history, mules can essentially tamper with the economy, and "vanish" under the guise of a witness-protection-program for the in-game Mob.

Delete and Create new character?

2. For signed items, my philosophy is this: although some people say "who cares, people can just recraft it" the point is that there WILL be players who will want their signed gear to carry over a name change.

There's a line.

like me, who say "who cares, just create a new character if you want a different name/race."

Your credibility for a serious debate just took a hike.

3. Player reputation--or lack thereof. If a name has been associated with labels of "terrible LS leader" or "total asshat noob" you want to be able to avoid those players in the future.

Such features normally have a 90 day limit. If someone if that bad of an asshat, they might find keeping up a ruse for 90 days pretty though. If they turn over a new leaf, what's your problem with it?