I give my full support to this idea.

I'm very attached to my name, even having to change it slightly makes me cringe. (Leif to Leifs? Ew.)

It really bothers me to lose my name to someone who hasn't played in several years (there's no record that I can find of a Leif on Bahamut, so that says something), add to the fact I hopped from Bahamut to Ramuh in the first place, the name Leif wasn't taken, and that was the only server that had it available.

I got to have the glory of having the name for a few months, and then the server merge announcement hits. Not only am I being forced back onto the server I left, I'm losing a character name that I treasure.

It really is a kick in the face to some of your customers, SE. Something really needs to be done to remedy this.