Name Change Item Request

[Mahri]

Just gonna head this off:

No, getting to change your character's name does not encourage irresponsible behavior. Jerks will be jerks. Name changes would have virtually no impact on the community. It never has, in the vast multitude of online games that allow this kind of thing (or are just more friendly to alt characters).


Anyway yeah. The prospect of a "Namingway Card" (to give it the FF-flavor) has come up here a few times. I'd kinda like to see it as well, even if it's just on behalf of the huge Roegadyn dudes and such I see with names that match like, the female lalafell naming conventions. On my main, here, I can only be a female seeker of the sun miqo'te, thanks to those. Not saying I actually want to change it, but to have the option would still be nice.

I'd also kinda like them to lift the purchasing limits on Phials of Fantasia, but that's only tangentially related to this.

[gamesmart]

snip, screw character limits

The Fantasia limits are only because this is an interim system while they figure out a way to deliver a purchase directly to one character, rather than the entire account.

And yes, as long as they can provide a means to see previously used names (not unlike Steam) there pretty much is no point in trying to hide behind a "new" screen name. Friend lists/blacklists already track by some hidden character ID, not name (someone could change to a different server, causing the name to show up as (Deleted), come back with a forced name change, and that same spot in your friends list will show that new name).

[Tsunenori]

On my main, here, I can only be a female seeker of the sun miqo'te, thanks to those.

I started out as a Seeker and had spent a good month coming up with a name I felt was appropriate to naming conventions and that would also be nicely mispronounced when people inevitably didn't follow the conventions. After much consideration I decided to switch to Moon Keeper back in September and I've grown so attached to her now that I don't think I could ever change her. This name still haunts me though. I just want to remove my apostrophe Square-Enix. Please think of the racial names!

[Mahri]

The Fantasia limits are only because this is an interim system while they figure out a way to deliver a purchase directly to one character, rather than the entire account.

This is awesome to hear. Is there a dev quote regarding it? It's kinda plain to see that a lot of systems in this game are jury-rigged to cover limitations on the structure that came with 1.0 (or otherwise, weird quirks thanks to PS3/4 functionality) and for the most part it's not too big a deal, but unlimited quantities to character service purchases would be a most appreciated luxury -- plus, y'know, money in SE's pocket.

I started out as a Seeker and had spent a good month coming up with a name I felt was appropriate to naming conventions and that would also be nicely mispronounced when people inevitably didn't follow the conventions. After much consideration I decided to switch to Moon Keeper back in September and I've grown so attached to her now that I don't think I could ever change her. This name still haunts me though. I just want to remove my apostrophe Square-Enix. Please think of the racial names!

I hear this. I like my character's name, really, but say I wanted to experience life as a lalafell for a few weeks! Which could very well end up being permanent, or not. They made up a pretty neat in-universe explanation for naming conventions, and it's fun to stick to it; less so to change your mind about looks but wind up with a glaringly unfitting name.