should SE delete characters that were never used

[Selenara]

i agreee with this but i got a diffrent reason. I had an NA account at the start of 2.0, but then i had to quit for awhile. My hubby who tried to be nice got me heavensward, only to realize steam gave me the EU version so he had to buy me the EU realm reborn and i had to start all over. so i cant use my na account so i wouldnt mind that char getting deleted cause then i can get my name back. altho i could delete her myself, it would be painful. Maybe one freebie weekend i can log back on and delete her

[Eifahlwyn]

Usually mmos will never delete a character and, instead, will open up that character's name after a certain amount of time. If the person then happens to log in they'll be prompted to name change.

As for character deletion... most mmo players don't like that idea and even if it were implemented there would be a very forgiving level cutoff. (ie only characters below lvl 15 after a year of inactivity would be deleted.)

[Tisharu]

Here's what I think:
- They should send out warning e-mails to accounts about characters' name(s) being released if they have not been used in a year.
- If the character isn't logged in at after the warning e-mail (say...30 days after it was sent), the character name is released.
- If character is logged into before deadline is hit, their character name is saved.
- If character isn't logged into before deadline, name gets released. They can get a pop-up notification to pick a new name, if they log into the character after said deadline.

Terrible ideas imo. They already force people to sub to upkeep the house, now we have to do that for Character too?

If this is a thing then you can never take a break from the game. Gotta log in to upkeep the house, then gotta log in too to keep my character. So no.

[OmegaStrongtan]

I already have a name so no 'baaaaw I want a certain name' from me but I like to point out one thing:
Once too many names are taken ( lot of them by inactive players) people are forced to use shitty names like XxX nofree nameXxX or random numbers just to finally get a free name.

But I would not say lets delete them. If some guy was away for like a year just 'unname him' so if he should ever return he just needs a new name but everything else on his character is intact.

[Cakekizyy]

I already have a name so no 'baaaaw I want a certain name' from me but I like to point out one thing:
Once too many names are taken ( lot of them by inactive players) people are forced to use shitty names like XxX nofree nameXxX or random numbers just to finally get a free name.

But I would not say lets delete them. If some guy was away for like a year just 'unname him' so if he should ever return he just needs a new name but everything else on his character is intact.

Or they could make something original.

[Alberel]

They shouldn't delete characters, but they should release those names if the created character was literally just used to 'squat' that name. Any character below level 10 that hasn't been accessed in a long time is just squatting a name. It's no different to greedy players buying second houses just because they can, with no intention of actually using them. Plenty of MMOs have a system in place to release names in such circumstances.

[16bitBounty]

Make a more original name.

[SaitoHikari]

I played a game that did this actually (although it wasn't a deletion, they changed names of inactive characters and offered a free name change to them should they ever return).

What it resulted in was a rush similar to the housing demolition. Not as much drama, but what it did ultimately result in was people grabbing like 100 desirable names and then turning around to try and sell them to other players.

[vp_cmc]

Just interested, are those people who suggest taking a break from game and who suggest deleting characters are the same people?

[Snugglebutt]

I have three characters on my current server and one of them I do want to delete (has nothing to do with name) but I cannot bring myself to do it unless was able to transfer all the MGP he has earned to one of my other ones. I do think SE could offer a new service option which merges characters, items/gear, gil, MGP, mounts/minions and achievements from two into one. In terms of mounts/minions and achievements it could ignore duplicates and it could also maybe merge classes too where the one with the highest takes precedence so if say primary character A had GSM of level 50 and secondary B had GSM 10 it would remain 50 but if primary A had 10 and secondary B had 50 it would turn A into 50. I think could make SE some decent money from it and it wouldn't be a cheap service to use but I would be willing to pay upwards of 50 GBP to do it myself.