Name change

[Ronald]

Name changes are a must in order for people to maximize the enjoyment factor of a fantasia potion gender change.

[DerpyCubone]

Name changes are a must in order for people to maximize the enjoyment factor of a fantasia potion gender change.

Exactly! Your characters name is a great example too. If you wanted to change to say, a hyur female... it becomes a bit odd to say the least.

[Ronald]

Exactly! Your characters name is a great example too. If you wanted to change to say, a hyur female... it becomes a bit odd to say the least.

Yeah I changed to Miqo female because I love how cute their mannerisms are but have to keep the name Ronald for now.

[Cherie]

Aww, yea I thought I'd tweak a few things, but so far I'm just holding it in my bank. Those of you 1.0 players that might have two, you can put one on each retainer since they are unique. I wish someone had told me that sooner... :P

Does anyone have the source about it not changing names and why they decided to do that?

[Alhanelem]

maybe the lack of a name change feature will get some of you to put a little more thought into your names. Those two word phrases that seem so clever when you first make them are usually regretted not long after, particularly when NPCs call you by only your first or last name.

[Ronald]

maybe the lack of a name change feature will get some of you to put a little more thought into your names. Those two word phrases that seem so clever when you first make them are usually regretted not long after, particularly when NPCs call you by only your first or last name.

That is not the case for everyone. My name is fine but when I made my toon I had never really played FF14 before. After a few weeks I realized I liked the cutesy things the female Miqo did and I ended up wanting to change. Why does it bother you so much that some people may have legit reasons to want a change? You can claim you don't care but you obviously do if you felt the need to post that.

[Alhanelem]

That is not the case for everyone. My name is fine but when I made my toon I had never really played FF14 before. After a few weeks I realized I liked the cutesy things the female Miqo did and I ended up wanting to change. Why does it bother you so much that some people may have legit reasons to want a change? You can claim you don't care but you obviously do if you felt the need to post that.

Pardon me, where did I claim not to care?

I don't like people being able to change their name for many reasons. It makes it easier to escape a bad past and/or escape with the money/loot after screwing your LS or company over (e.g. take the loot and run). Yes, with name changes reflecting on people's black and friend lists it's not as easy, but it's certainly still possible.

Being able to easily change your name results in people putting less thought into their names, knowing that they can change it on a whim later. Yes, names like Magic Toaster and Barbeque Chicken may be funny at first, but then when your character is stuck with it, you learn to create names that you can live with in the long term.

Since the 1.0 name change was a 1 time thing it didn't bother me as much. But paid name changes will, unless they're expensive and heavily restricted (e.g. can't change again for a long time) so people will only do it if they're really serious about it.

I have a lore based name for the race that I was before I got my potion. There was no attempt by me to be "clever", just me trying to follow the lore when I made my character.

You should have considered that your existing name might not make sense if you chose to change your race/clan with your potion before making the change.

Are you against server changes as well then? Because all that is also possible with a server transfer.

Generally, yes. But I accept that they can sometimes be absolutely necessary, e.g. if a world is too full, or friends not knowing the other was playing, made their characters on separate servers. But a name change is never absolutely necessary.

[DerpyCubone]

maybe the lack of a name change feature will get some of you to put a little more thought into your names. Those two word phrases that seem so clever when you first make them are usually regretted not long after, particularly when NPCs call you by only your first or last name.

I have a lore based name for the race that I was before I got my potion. There was no attempt by me to be "clever", just me trying to follow the lore when I made my character.

[DerpyCubone]

Pardon me, where did I claim not to care?

I don't like people being able to change their name for many reasons. It makes it easier to escape a bad past and/or escape with the money/loot after screwing your LS or company over (e.g. take the loot and run). Yes, with name changes reflecting on people's black and friend lists it's not as easy, but it's certainly still possible.

Are you against server changes as well then? Because all that is also possible with a server transfer.

[Decrith]

I want to change my character to a guy with the fantasia bottle, but I wanted to change the name too because Ruby isn't exactly a manly name.

And to add, I've been wanting to change it because I've been flirted with a lot (lol) and I keep getting the "you're too girly to be a guy" line so maybe just maybe, changing my character and name might help put a stop to it. Haha