Quote Originally Posted by Konachibi View Post
The sole purpose of surnames in MMO's anyways is to allow people to have the first name they want without worrying about someone taking it, as they simply just need to use a different surname, which I feel is less important, since people tend to relate to your character using it's first name.

At the same time perhaps they could just allow you to have a choice whether to give your character a surname or not.
Yeah I would have preferred an option. My character names are always just whatever is near me. My FFXIV character - I had car oil next to my shoes. Mobil 1 Synthetic. Pumas. Synthetic Puma was born. Do i see the benefits of surnames, of course! I think they are quite cool for games to have. Just would rather it be an option.