Offer a name change feature for FFXI SE.

[Yamimarik44]

I support a name changing service definitely. Me using it though, I'm not sure. It sounds very tempting. My Original name was taken by someone's inactive mule(I know this because after my friend found out my account got hacked and character got deleted he made a mule to make sure no one would steal my name.) Then he forgot to tell me he didn't delete the mule and when I made my new character I ended up with an extra "k" at the end of my name. Nothing too horrible, but maybe I could just be "Marik" or idk, make up a new name, if SE offered such services.

[Mirage]

If people were worried about some players changing names to get rid of a troubled past, SE could implement some sort of function that kept track of name changes for like a month or so after a change occured.

Like a 4th line in search comments saying "Formerly known as Insertnamehere".

[bliz1643]

I rather like my name Bliz. but i must say i created my taru about 5 years ago, honestly i picked taru cause i loved black mage at the time, but now 5 years latter i mostly play dd jobs, so not so much the name i want to change i wish i could change races i think id rather be elvaan.

[Soranika]

If people were worried about some players changing names to get rid of a troubled past, SE could implement some sort of function that kept track of name changes for like a month or so after a change occured.

Like a 4th line in search comments saying "Formerly known as Insertnamehere".

Do not agree. That should totally be at the discretion of the player. Considering how tight nit FFXI's communities are, it would be hard for a person to completely mask their identity from everyone anyway unless their generally unknown and anti-social to begin with.

As stated before, there's a differences in character name and character id. I've honestly never used the /blist feature cause some people and shouts are just down right entertaining and I don't do anything for anyone to harass me, but I'm sure that even if that person name change, they'll still be on the be list due to character id. Much like befriending some one and they're on another account. The original name of the character you friend is there, but now you can pretty much stalk every one of their characters that they log on under that account.

Edit: Also, it's really hard to mask your identity through a name change if you still behave the same way before doing it.

[Mirage]

Do not agree. That should totally be at the discretion of the player. Considering how tight nit FFXI's communities are, it would be hard for a person to completely mask their identity from everyone anyway unless their generally unknown and anti-social to begin with.

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.

[Seriha]

No reason not to offer it, really, as it can basically be achieved via a temporary server hop, just at a higher cost.

Part of me finds humor in the fact that some arguing against it are hiding behind mule characters here.

[Psxpert2011]

I down for "Name Change" NPC. It should be a accessible process just like applying for a marriage ceremony. The freedom to change you name with a valid reason or desire shouldn't be restricted (unless you've broken the ToS).

Change a letter or the whole name completely should be just a simple as naming your newly created linkshell, I can be done! Buy it for gil... it shouldn't be RMT related, we pay for basic service anyways. Get it done. Come on, get down, lets be cool about it!

My name, fufufu (still wouldn't know what to change it to), I might just be "PSX". =P

[Alhanelem]

Oh my goodness. Are you guys really arguing that the only reason people want a name change is to hide from some sort of reputation they may have?

The only other reason (and the only really valid one) I can think of is- you didn't take naming your character seriously when you started playing and either named your character some kind of gibberish or gimmick, and now you want to give it a real name. But even to that I say, "too bad, should have put more thought into it the first time."

For me, in any game, naming is the longest part of character creation. It's hard for me to think of a good name, and I don't want to regret it later, so I take my time with it. In a few cases i've sat staring at the comptuer screen for a good 5-10 minutes or more trying to come up with a name.

[Krashport]

^ Word! Take your time thinking of a name that you like, Then you wouldn't have this problem, If you really want to change your name swap servers just remember to take the time to pick the right server! ^^

[Zumi]

They already have server changes, but they could add race changes, character re customization, name changes if they wanted extra money. WoW has this and it does make them a lot of money. I know a guy who spent $100 race changing his shaman 4 different times.