Petition For Name Changes

Hello community.

We have been asking for quite some time (probably since we got Fantasia potions) for this. Name Changes. I believe i don't need to explain in details why we want this feature to come to the game, but, since i was little i heard people saying one picture is worth a thousand words... right? Then i'll allow you to see what i did... some of you will laugh, some will see the desperation and others might even feel like i had the balls to do what they didn't yet.

http://i.imgur.com/PUs3UWz.png
Look at me... a sexy female with... a guy's name... pure awsomeness hitting the roof.

http://i.imgur.com/lOLiraC.png
Female in a reduced swimsuit with a confy bed behind... but... wait a minute... it have a guy's name... weirdo.

http://i.imgur.com/vnSf3lj.png
Once again...

And why am i here, creating a new thread speaking of one subject that had already other open threads? Look to the next photo:

http://i.imgur.com/FgC5FQe.png

Apparently they have MISSED ALL the previous ones. So i want people to please come to this thread and make us to be heard. WE WANT CHARACTER RENAMES NOW. Thanks.

Dev posted not too long ago they are looking into Name Changes.

Well I'm an avid supporter of SE offering more Fantasia and asap, so guess I can get behind this. I'm just on the fence with name changes.

I get where players swap sexes and still have a masculine/feminine name. I even misspelled my surname because I forgot about an extra letter when I had been trying to change it up rather than the typical name I used. However, with name changes I also worry about people being able to troll with it so would hope there is some control on that. Pretty easy for someone to get a bad nasty reputation then just wipe it clean.

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Originally Posted by Arasiel

Dev posted not too long ago they are looking into Name Changes.

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They're looking into it for what... Over 1 month? How hard is it to make this change? How did they not though of this problem once they sent out Fantasia Potion? Also, if you noticed the last picture (because i had to replace it again due to bad IRL stuff) they said to me to go to the forums and give the feedback. That's what i'm doing, but the diference between my thread and the others, is that i'm trying to make somehow a petition for them to bring this ASAP. That's why i need players to support this idea.

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@Anayrie - it's all a matter of making it a long cooldown like 3 months. Or make Blacklist work with player ID and not ingame character. The player ID never changes unlike the character name. Example: You blacklist me. It would appear at your blacklist Master Kyro, but on SE records it would appear my log in ID. This would make that when a player would change name, that wouldnt disturb the blacklists, because what was really blocked was the player ID. TBH im not sure if this idea can be used, but it would still avoid the mass amount of trolling and the players would be happy with their new names.

P.S: The funniest thing, is that they made my FC leader to change his name... and now they say they don't have the service avaiable... so they have the ability to change names or not? And i know he was blacklisted by some people...

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Originally Posted by Kimzark

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@Anayrie - it's all a matter of making it a long cooldown like 3 months. Or make Blacklist work with player ID and not ingame character. The player ID never changes unlike the character name. Example: You blacklist me. It would appear at your blacklist Master Kyro, but on SE records it would appear my log in ID. This would make that when a player would change name, that wouldnt disturb the blacklists, because what was really blocked was the player ID. TBH im not sure if this idea can be used, but it would still avoid the mass amount of trolling and the players would be happy with their new names.

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Yeah, I get wanting a name change, just I hope it will be something that is more controlled so that it wouldn't be abused.

I'm with you making this (and fantasia) made ASAP. That post indicating they where "still in talks" was made on Oct 22nd I believe. So that has been 17 working days since, and the "still in talks" part implies that they have been looking into it earlier. I don't see where it would be a difficult issue (at least in the fantasia) to put it on the mog station or offer more via the in world events ect..

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Yeah, they should be able to make name changes. In past games I had known a few people to have names reported as offensive in some way and needing a change.

We only need to keep this thread alive so people can show that they really want it, and hopefully put some pressure on this matter, otherwise it will continue to be only talk and talk and talk, and no name changes...

But girls with guy names are fun :P Anyway, there should be a way to change names that costs money or comes with fantasia potion which should cost money :)

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Originally Posted by Kimzark

They're looking into it for what... Over 1 month? How hard is it to make this change?

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About as hard as it is to wait patiently for them to add it, apparently.

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Originally Posted by Kimzark

They're looking into it for what... Over 1 month? How hard is it to make this change? How did they not though of this problem once they sent out Fantasia Potion? Also, if you noticed the last picture (because i had to replace it again due to bad IRL stuff) they said to me to go to the forums and give the feedback. That's what i'm doing, but the diference between my thread and the others, is that i'm trying to make somehow a petition for them to bring this ASAP. That's why i need players to support this idea.

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They already said they're looking into adding this feature. Demanding it now isn't going to speed things up. Since there isn't anything available at the moment, that means they need time to create the service. Just because people can change their offensive names, doesn't mean an actual service is available. Names could probably only be changed if a gamemaster flags it to be. Doing that for every player that requests one would be extremely time consuming and would best be handled by an automated service through the Mogstation.

Yes please, I know myself and many others who would throw money at a name change (just not 50$ to transfer and transfer back)

Yes, please do work on this Square. I would really like to change my character's last name to something smaller...I had no clue how it would look on screen, its too big and I'm a Lala. Count me in!

What would be sweet to see:
COMING SOON TO A GRAND COMPANY NEAR YOU:
*Fantasia
*Namingway Card

For those who don't remember, Namingway (IV) let you rename your character. He made a return appearance in IX.

i appreciate to those who are supporting the thread and please continue doing so. This is something that should have been implemented along with fantasia potion some time ago.

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Originally Posted by Kimzark

i appreciate to those who are supporting the thread and please continue doing so. This is something that should have been implemented along with fantasia potion some time ago.

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I utterly support this... Controls can be crafted to address concerns.

I fully support this as I made the horrible mistake of giving my character the last name Highwind. Nothing but spam coming my way.

Please look forward to it.

I'm still waiting for a name change..

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Originally Posted by vpc

Yes please, I know myself and many others who would throw money at a name change (just not 50$ to transfer and transfer back)

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Your sig is very silly.

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All for name changes. Very easy ways to prevent people abusing it:

Give it a cool down.
Show a list of all previous names in a person's profile.
Tie blacklist to player ID.

Make it a paid service if they have to, but do make it.

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Originally Posted by Kimzark

i appreciate to those who are supporting the thread and please continue doing so. This is something that should have been implemented along with fantasia potion some time ago.

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I support this thread 110% to give fantasia potions and not be able to change your name is just bizarre!.

I support and need this so bad. I keep thinking about using my fantasia to change a char from female -> male, but the name is just inappropriate for a male character. I obviously didn't think it through hard enough when I made the char, and now that it's level 50 and doing coil... I would appreciate it if I can have this option.

I saw the post that they were working on a way to name change.. thus why I even used the vial to switch genders in the first place. >-< To admit I mainly want to change my name on a RP character standpoint but still.

I think there was another thread like this but the talk was to release like a name tag so to speak in a item form similar to the vial?

we need a namechange service.

its good they don't implement name change, because if someone snatches something all the community will know who to avoid :P

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Originally Posted by PwinkLogical

its good they don't implement name change, because if someone snatches something all the community will know who to avoid :P

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You already can change your name.. I won't go into detail but you can; it's possible!

Adding name change over all has more PROS than CONS. The money made from name changes will support the game--which is great.

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Originally Posted by Gextiv

You already can change your name.. I won't go into detail but you can; it's possible!

Adding name change over all has more PROS than CONS. The money made from name changes will support the game--which is great.

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Make a character with the same name on a different server. Transfer there and get prompted to change your name.

Not rocket science.

They already said they have plans to add name changes in the fantasia thead.

I agree.

Anyone who gets a sex change also gets a name change. Unless they're named Alex or Jamie or Pat of course.

I shall be known as Tara Thon!

Well see in the upcoming patch they may surprise us.

Still it'll be great to change your name via GC points.