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.