SE,
First off. Especially Yosida-san thank you very much for all you do, especially with Ninja on the horizon.
On to my point though:
GIVE ME A NAME CHANGE ITEM SO I CAN BE READY FOR MY NEW REINVENTED NINJA SELF PLEASE!!!!
I'm literally begging you to give me something to give you more of my money for!
GIMME THAT NAMINGWAY CARD
Name Change or Riot Thread
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06-12-2014, 07:19 AMSionDurantName Change or Riot Thread
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06-12-2014, 07:21 AMNie
I hope this never happens; it is an easy out for people who've ruined their name in addition to people who buy/sell accounts.
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06-12-2014, 07:23 AMFayo
you can name change... server transfer.... create and new character with your name on your server and transfer back... you'll be able to name change that way.. Kinda expansive but hey!
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06-12-2014, 07:25 AMSionDurantActually an easy way to avoid this is to use the Lodestone Feature and just link all your names together via your ID. I understand/respect your opinion and in a way share it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nie
But I'm a roleplayer at heart since the age of 9. I want to change my entire character head to toe name included from time to time and I feel I should be allowed to do that. -
06-12-2014, 07:29 AMFoo01
How about NO.
There are already enough ways for people to game the system. People should not have to put up with trolls concealing themselves this way and coming back to troll and victimize the player base. Server transfer is already too much of get out of jail free card. -
06-12-2014, 07:29 AMA_Magical_Unicorn_Rider
Just make a new character and stop doing the cha cha like a sissy girl.
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06-12-2014, 07:33 AMSparkyAs a role player then, wouldn't the best solution be to simply roll a new character? Name changes in conjunction with using fantasia to change everything to do with your character doesn't particularly sit well with role playing. Surely it would kill any immersion you might get from role playing in the first place? I mean most people who role play will have entire back stories and lore worked out for their character...Quote:
Originally Posted by SionDurant
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06-12-2014, 07:35 AMSionDurantI really don't understand THIS level of anger, the previous user's post was reasonable but yours seems like you've got some kind of hatred.Quote:
Originally Posted by Foo01
It's just a game. I highly doubt people would go to the huge trouble to rename themselves only to harass you, and if they do chances are you know them outside of the game.
I've actually never encountered that level of trollery, and frankly if I did I'd give the man Kudos for being an expert weirdo. -
06-12-2014, 07:36 AMSionDurantQuote:
Originally Posted by Sparky
I have every class at 50 north of ilvl 75 (with exception to PGL which is level 40). I don't really want to level a new character up.
Also, I do too.
Short descriptions below without history.
Sion Durant is an Elezen Paladin from a destroyed House in Ishgard, who set out to strike his own.
Name Etymology: Holy Fortress
Rath'a Saran is a Miqo'te Keeper of the Moon whom was cast out from his tribe after having accidentally killed his mother with undisciplined thaumaturgy. -
06-12-2014, 07:42 AMMicahZerrshiaI see you have not spent much time playing mmos lolQuote:
Originally Posted by SionDurant
We had a player that was so hated on our server on xi that he literally rolled more chars so he could make a pt. The ENTIRE server hated this guy and he knew it very well, but it was nothing that he hadn't brought upon himself. Not only was he rude but he would completely rip off any ls he joined and would ninja loot everything he could then claim he didn't understand the loot rules, but ppl were onto him and just stopped inviting him.
Now think of how bad it would have been if he could change his name any time he wanted. Piss off and steal from one ls and then change his name/appearance and do it again, then again and again with other groups.
That is where that level of anger comes from.
And I agree about the rp thing, have you ever tried to change your name in rl, even taking on a nickname of your own choosing? Doesn't work too well so doubtful it fits into rp standards as much as rerolling would -
06-12-2014, 07:45 AMSionDurant
You can change your name legally IRL, it's surprisingly easier than you think. I'm sorry about the experience you had on XI, but honestly bad people are bad people, can't do anything about it.
I just can't see that being the norm and if it is, maybe the better option is to play a single player game if it matters so much that we need to track one another. -
06-12-2014, 07:46 AMFoo01You get trolls and you get stalkers. This isn't anger, this is just flatly stating that they don't need more cover. See:Quote:
Originally Posted by SionDurant
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...stop-a-stalker
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06-12-2014, 07:48 AMFoo01Despite all the cosmetic surgery technology that exists, it is like the movie, it is NOT easy to change how you look to others and if you do it to much you get to suffer like Michael Jackson.Quote:
Originally Posted by SionDurant
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06-12-2014, 07:48 AMSionDurantI mean I hear you I just don't understand why it's such a big deal. As a person who has been legitimately stalked in real life, I can't imagine a scenario where I will have jeopardized myself enough via FFXIV that this is seriously a huge issue enough to deny name changes to people who want to switch things up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Foo01
But again I say, they can just log your named and broadcast them on your Lodestone page, that's what Aion did if I'm not mistaken.
Also if you report a troll that's evil enough they needed a name change to a GM I would expect something would be done if GM's punish people for AFK'ing on purpose to get booted for not wanting to finish a run! -
06-12-2014, 07:52 AMSionDurantYou can't change your own lodestone loadout either if SE just adds 1 little line of HTML/Java to provide a list of char name per server you've had.Quote:
Originally Posted by Foo01
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06-12-2014, 07:57 AMFoo01It is not just that. You'd also need to make sure the blacklist in game automatically track, and you can look up the said lodestone loadout from inside the game too. How about just no name change. Keep it simple.Quote:
Originally Posted by SionDurant
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06-12-2014, 08:00 AMSparky
I'll be brutally honest and say there is already a solution right now, and that is to create a character on a different server with the same name and then transfer your main over to force the rename. If you want to go back to your old server the go ahead and perform another transfer after 3 days. I've done it myself, and the entire process cost me £24. In terms of cost, I can only hope that any future official service would cost the same to ensure that it is available only to those who would seriously benefit. Sure the 3 day wait is an inconvenience to get back to your old server, but it's a solution available to you, and you can do it right now rather than weeks or months down the line.
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06-12-2014, 08:01 AMRyelIf this were XI you would be halfway to a point, but servers in XIV don't even remotely emulate the same kind of close player attention that XI had.Quote:
Originally Posted by MicahZerrshia
The populations are for one much larger on XIV servers and with the introduction of the Duty Finder system it's very likely that there are plenty of people on your server you've never even partied or interacted with, in fact even if they were from your server you might not recognize them as such with the tons of repeat names out there, i mean seriously go lodestone the name Highwind.. go on, I'll wait.
This isn't to say that someone couldn't go out of their way to make themselves notorious via /shout or the like in Mor Dhona but the ability to kick / blacklist from party finder etc kind of solves that issue.
In this game there aren't HNMLS to try and hide in and ninja drops or dynamis currencies filling up LS banks to steal, there's 8 man coil and it really shouldn't take that long in a coil group to remove unwanted issues should they arise.
If people are willing to pay for name changes i see no reason why they shouldn't be able to -
06-12-2014, 08:02 AMSionDurantI dunno, that just sounds obtuse and ridiculous. I guess agree to disagree.Quote:
Originally Posted by Foo01
But I am honestly disgusted by the responses, specifically because I can imagine some of you want to track someone because they messed up on a fight so that you can tell everyone how bad they are so no one will play with them.
I've read stories about people committing suicide over this kind of treatment.
Seriously it's just a game, I can't believe people need to be this hyper aware of one another that they want to track them it honestly sounds really creepy but maybe I am just a different person. -
06-12-2014, 08:05 AMMassterchefPeople who did the following can already rename through other means.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nie
Its about spending a reasonable amount to rename i.e. not $36 for a trivial feature. -
06-12-2014, 08:07 AMAmandaHuggenkiss
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06-12-2014, 08:09 AMFoo01The reasonable amount should be like $1000 to discourage the behavior. The $36 is an exploit. You really should NOT be allowed go back to your previous server ever, or at least 6-months.Quote:
Originally Posted by Massterchef
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06-12-2014, 08:10 AMMoheeheeko
you see this Square? this crap right here is what happens when you give into people screaming. It doesn't stop, they just start screaming about something else.
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06-12-2014, 08:11 AMSionDurantXD there's seriously no way you've ever been trolled that hard, and if you have, there's something you did to bring it on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Foo01
I am sure of it now, this has to be about some sort of strange elitism or paranoia more than anything it can't be legitimately you're so horrified of the potential epic trolls out there. -
06-12-2014, 08:12 AMFoo01Fantasia is was nice thing SE did for people, but some people will take it for granted and demand more. Name change is just wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moheeheeko
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06-12-2014, 08:12 AMSionDurant
Wow, this community. Nevermind lol. Forget the thread. I really don't get where all this massive anger comes from it's crazy, something is seriously, seriously wrong.
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06-12-2014, 08:14 AMKirsiYou didn't have a cute emoticon to go along with your riot, therefore it failed miserably.Quote:
Originally Posted by SionDurant
i.e. つ ◕_◕ ༽つNAME CHANGE OR RIOT ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
Joking aside, the main difference between this effort and the fantasia effort is that a method to change your name exists if you want it badly enough. -
06-12-2014, 08:16 AMYamimarikhttp://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...72#post1467872Quote:
Originally Posted by Hvinire
Here you go, they already said they want to implement a name change, so it is going to happen. -
06-12-2014, 08:17 AMSionDurantI guess so. It's like I just started a debate about Politics and Religion. Sorry, didn't know that there were so many epic trolls out there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirsi
In my MMO gaming day you just ignore them, they can't control you, so why let them so deeply impact you that you're here to this day on this forum at this time fighting with a guy who wants to nerd out and change his char up every now and then.
Seems to me people let themselves be terrorized. Key word, let. -
06-12-2014, 08:18 AMMassterchefYou're taking things a little serious, if someone name changed and still behaves toxic, you will still know who they are. And they will possibly still be on your blacklist if you choose to take that route if implemented correctly. Its natural for people to want to change a name they chose months ago, and a troll or 2 shouldn't ruin it for everyone.Quote:
Originally Posted by Foo01