Poll for the character "Change Name" service (Let's make this clear)

We need more visibility for this topic. If you guys have friends to tell them about this or website/forum where to share the poll please do it. After two months we're still on some pretty small amounts of votes and feedbacks.

Update #6: On a sample of more than 250 players the 89% said "Yes", while the remaining 11% said "No".

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My character name i'snt that bad. Molyneux Highwind. Although Highwind is the most generic FF name ever xD I saw, just today, 5 different Highwinds.

But I had a Hyur to start out with and she looked very... Butchy xD So the name no longer fits my kitty. lol So I want to change my name, and I reeeally don't want to do a server transfer- not because of the fee, but because I'd have to drop the best FC I've been in so far (obviously opinion), and I'd lose my friends and also have to restart my blacklist lol

Hey guys sign up on my thread at this forum section too, maybe they do something with that, last time SE did changed character's names (and only one time they did), they did with a thread on forums in that fashion, maybe they can do it again if we do it that way again.

Hello,

There have been many a players that have wronged others coughs Trolls.

Now giving them the ability to change there name would give them the ability to do it all over again. Something that I or anyone else needs. I say no to Name Changes for its entirety.

However a compromise for those that want it I would suggest First or Last name Change only so I can have some sanity with who i'm dealing with.

Thanks for listening - Have a great day!

I think its an awesome idea. I would love to give my character a simple change in name to help pronunciation; from "Iraa" to "I'Rah" (e-rah).

and for those who think this is a bad idea because the baddies can change face and keep trolling, what they can do is have a "formerly known as:" in the character info so you guys can sleep better at night.

http://i.imgur.com/ZRc7P9q.jpg

Since you guys still complain about that black list thing, there is your proof that black-listed individuals name changing will NOT affect your gameplay. There you go guys, now y'all can can sleep better at night. I still think you ppl are so annoying, grow up...once you add someone to your Blacklist you should forget about them. Just because a few ppl made you feel sad about yourself, doesnt mean every living thing of Eorzea should pay the price and you have to move on, cuz y'all annoying and youre making ME want to add you to my blacklist.

I can’t believe how shocked I was this morning to find out their is no name change function in this game is.
I stupidly named my character after my girlfriend of 3 years and we recently broke up :(. So i would have loved to just change her name and appearance so i am not reminded of her every time i log in to play the game. Please developers!!!!! Help me change my characters name!!!!!!

i think a Name Change wouldn't be so bad , seriously if their Account is blacklisted by said player once and is perma. added even with a name change there should be no issue just like how players once wanted to change appearances at the time. i really think this is just 1 of those waiting issues or it just needs lot more attention for the devs to see this , just make it a fantasia bottle 2.0 which includes name changes thats all when re-working the programming in coding the fantasia bottle since it goes into the account management when it comes to appearances. Thats all ^^

Update #7: On a sample of more than 280 players the 89% said "Yes", while the remaining 11% said "No".

We Need Change NAME!!! Its unfair if you can change your looks but your name ? you cant change it ? :/ Please SE add change name / Optional Service T_T

Update #8: On a sample of more than 300 players the 89% said "Yes", while the remaining 11% said "No".

So, given the pros (RP'ers might wanna change their name to suit their characters) and the cons (bad apples may be able to turn up unannounced), then surely the best way would be to allow you to change your name once in.. say.. every three months or so? Make it possible but limit it somehow? :P

Not being able to change my name is what is keeping me from using my fantasia. I wanted to swap from lalafell to miqote or hyur but my name wouldn't fit them well.

My cousin and I thought it would be fun to have our characters share a last name, but since then we have been harassed about being a couple. This has been happening since the ARR came out, and we are both quite sick of it. I would love to change my name, and I have sent in a ticket asking for a name change to stop the harassment but to no avail.
I would be willing to pay for this feature. Please, please, PLEASE bring it into the game.

You won't really be able to escape disagreeable people. I don't think we should exclude a good feature simply because someone might abuse it. I'm happy with my setup right now, but I want the option to be there, especially since we can change our appearance, and I think most people would use it for what it's meant to be used for.

Although I do agree about how people can wipe their slates clean, it also would be cool that a "priorusername" be implemented so that a character IS NOT entirely clean of their bad rep.. meaning when you go look into their profile it shows what their username was before.. maybe that'd work?

I vote yes, because I believe majority of players out there are legit, and they'd like to change name to compliment their new looks via phantasia, or thought of a better name, or just simply sick of their old name.

There will be people abusing this feature, but not giving it to the players for this reason is like saying there are suspects (criminals) who gets a technicality and is set free, so now EVERYONE is guilty until proven innocent.

Update #9: On a sample of 330 players the 90% said "Yes", while the remaining 10% said "No".

I'm glad to announce that as per today Square Enix officialy implemented the additional service for the "Character Name" change. Finally, our demands became reality. Thanks to everyone for the support.

Link: http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...23a4111057cf29