Would you change your name?

Sorry if this has already been discussed, but I thought to bring it up again.
If you could change your name, would you do it?

Q: With the launch of 2.0, will we be able to change our character’s gender? Can we change names?

A: Are you sure this is a good idea? Continue to give us feedback on the forums! As for the name, currently it may be too long… If we implement the ability to change names, we may want to reduce the length. We’re still thinking about it, so please give us feedback.

I personally would love to change my name to the original Leilani Wildfire... so I am very much for this change.
But what if you for example change from female Mi'gote to a mail cat character and your name is e.g. Minnie Mouse

I would love to change my name when the new 2.0 comes out i believe that if you change your char your alter ego changes as well, i made my char name based of what my char looks like. If it becomes a one word name that is fine as well. Please SE allow us to change our names as well!

I wouldn't change my name... though if I had to lose the surname I wouldn't be hurt.

Yes, please.

Sure I'd like the option to re-do character creation (race/gender/name/birth sign/etc) as long as I got to keep my levels and gear and other character data.

I'm agaist it, if nothing else then that would "allow" people to act like jerks without any kind of penalty from the comunity, namelly bad reputation and current /blist.

I don't think you should be able to change your name. The one reason why I don't think it should be allowed is because all the jack arses that ruined there reputation on the server they currently reside will have a free witness protection program.

Yes.. If I change gender I will kinda need to change my name.

the only thing i can change is genter if male miqo'te would be cool, but not the name

A One-time Character Selection Change ticket would be nice, and yes, I would like to change my name If I changed my looks, gender, and race. Jack arses are jack arses, eventually they will be a well-known Jack arses on their servers again. I also think The Name changes, and such could be someone's Second Chance.

I am fine with my name, but can see it would be needed if race/gender change ends up being allowed.

As I mentioned in a similar thread... I'm strongly against the idea of name changes.

The only way to tell "who is who" in-game is by their name. If people's names change at 2.0, everyone will be totally anonymous again. It'll be like a total game reboot rather than a large patch. People's reputations will be gone, and you'll likely lose contact with some friends or LS mates.

I just can't see an advantage to allowing name changes. Race, sure, knock yourself out. But your name is your identity, and it shouldn't change.

I thought about making a Roegadyn named Ieatlalafells Forbreakfast :D

I'd probably take advantage and change it up a bit. :) but i like my name as it is so no big issue for me. But i do support the name change

I'm unhappy with a name I once liked.. I would like to change my miqo'te's first name only. Would be willing to pay to do so if we don't get the option with our free remake at 2.0 launch.

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Originally Posted by Hugus

I'm agaist it, if nothing else then that would "allow" people to act like jerks without any kind of penalty from the comunity, namelly bad reputation and current /blist.

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Originally Posted by Technolust

I don't think you should be able to change your name. The one reason why I don't think it should be allowed is because all the jack arses that ruined there reputation on the server they currently reside will have a free witness protection program.

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Originally Posted by Llewelyn

As I mentioned in a similar thread... I'm strongly against the idea of name changes.

The only way to tell "who is who" in-game is by their name. If people's names change at 2.0, everyone will be totally anonymous again. It'll be like a total game reboot rather than a large patch. People's reputations will be gone, and you'll likely lose contact with some friends or LS mates.

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As for all this... Perhaps SE could put the character's old name in plain view, along with their new name for a month or two. To prevent such reputation loss. So we who just want a simple name change, to find something we're happy with, don't have to miss out because of jerks.

Also, we don't know yet if there will be a way to keep friend lists and LS lists. There may be.

Yeah, I would like to!

Not my first name, but my last name.

Do I wish I could be called Leon only, yep but it won't happen. :(

Yes, absolutely I want to change my name.

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Originally Posted by Technolust

I don't think you should be able to change your name. The one reason why I don't think it should be allowed is because all the jack arses that ruined there reputation on the server they currently reside will have a free witness protection program.

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and? They would then just ruin their reputation again. Depending on how big the jackass it would probably be in a matter of days.

I'm positive the name is purely aesthetic and has more to do with a unique character identifier associated with your account thus having no bearings on your friendslist/linkshell holding/ black list. Therefore those who have scorned you and made it to your blist would still be on your blist. Those with pristine reputation that made it to your friends list would still be on your list. Kitty Nekostrife, now Dark Shadowstrife will still be in your linkshell.

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Originally Posted by Baxter

and? They would then just ruin their reputation again. Depending on how big the jackass it would probably be in a matter of days.

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Yep, why I said Jack arses are just gonna be Jack Arses all over again, even with name change. On the other hand, If the Jack Arses wanted to not be Jack Arses anymore, this could be a Second Chance for them.

Why change the length of the names, WHY? I actually enjoy that most of the players put some thought into a first/last name combination. No need to limit it and have thousands of xXSephiroflxXx clones running around.

I don't care if they give us an option to change appearance or gender.

I would change my name if I had the option, rather I'd change my last name.

I would change it to "Renault Cathetel" like my brother's character, Remiel Cathetel. Then our characters could be siblings too.

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Originally Posted by Anima

A One-time Character Selection Change ticket would be nice, and yes, I would like to change my name If I changed my looks, gender, and race. Jack arses are jack arses, eventually they will be a well-known Jack arses on their servers again. I also think The Name changes, and such could be someone's Second Chance.

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This!

I don't think everyone should be punished for a few bad apples...
People would still stay in your friendlist and blacklist even if their name changed so the jack asses would be quite easy to track down anyway.
I do think character and it's name builds up on you but I feel that FFXIV is far from what it was at the launch and it will go even further - it will be almost a completely new game in the same wrapping ... and THAT IS WHY I think you should be able to re-do your character (including name and race) to more reflect on what you make of it all.
And yeah, one off thing plz, I don't think it would be a good idea to be able to keep changing your name, not even with a fee.

Oh and one more thing, bad apples are easy to find even after the name change. Even in 11 when people changed servers you would eventually find out who was who and where they went.

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Originally Posted by Baxter

I'm positive the name is purely aesthetic and has more to do with a unique character identifier associated with your account thus having no bearings on your friendslist/linkshell holding/ black list. Therefore those who have scorned you and made it to your blist would still be on your blist. Those with pristine reputation that made it to your friends list would still be on your list. Kitty Nekostrife, now Dark Shadowstrife will still be in your linkshell.

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While this may be true, it still would be extremely confusing and highly unlikely you'd ever completely get it straight in your head.

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Originally Posted by Mamba

Sorry if this has already been discussed, but I thought to bring it up again.
If you could change your name, would you do it?

Q: With the launch of 2.0, will we be able to change our character’s gender? Can we change names?

A: Are you sure this is a good idea? Continue to give us feedback on the forums! As for the name, currently it may be too long… If we implement the ability to change names, we may want to reduce the length. We’re still thinking about it, so please give us feedback.

I personally would love to change my name to the original Leilani Wildfire... so I am very much for this change.
But what if you for example change from female Mi'gote to a mail cat character and your name is e.g. Minnie Mouse

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You forgot to make separate posts for:

"Like this if you want name changes"

"Like this if you don't want name changes."

C'mon guys don't you want pretty gold medals next to your name?

On topic though, I think name changes wouldn't be too bad if you are allowed to change your character's gender. However, if the gender change isn't an option, the names should stay the same.

I wouldn't mind the name change, although personally I think I would keep Nariko Star,

I wouldn't mind the 1 name change... except for the fact that there are 5 other "Nariko"'s on my server. ;( I assume they would let whoever logs in first to 2.0 keep the name but still.... I kinda liked the surname for the fact it was sucha low % that someone else would have the exact name.

Thus:

-I would support name change
-I would support keeping surname
-I would support name shortening *only if surnames were still included just limit to first and last name