Shorten Names Poll

[Dargoth_Draconia]

Doesn't bother me. I still see it on this game and the fact that there is a surname available only means you can have a lot of Sephiroth clones with slight changes into the last name. Sephiroth Cloud, Sephiroth Xiv, Cloud Sephiroth.

There's no stopping these nerds.

Surprisingly enough I have yet to see someone with a Sephiroth name. But I see alot of Gainsboro, Highwind, etc names from other FF titles and that really chaps my arse. It just bothers me that people cannot come up with a name for themselves without stealing one from something else. Pet peeves really suck XD.

[wish12oz]

Changing it will just create problems like when people got server merged/world transferred in FF11 and had to end up changing their name.

This is true, but last names are still dumb!

[Mairuzu]

Surprisingly enough I have yet to see someone with a Sephiroth name. But I see alot of Gainsboro, Highwind, etc names from other FF titles and that really chaps my arse. It just bothers me that people cannot come up with a name for themselves without stealing one from something else. Pet peeves really suck XD.

My bias towards it is solely based on the fact that I can't think up one nice original name to begin with. Two is just too much for me. I feel sorry for my future children.

But when Yoshi was talking about shortening names, I think he meant just the characters of the name, not taking surnames out completely. I may be wrong.

[Dreamer]

This is true, but last names are still dumb!

......Why?

[Daenerys_Sedai]

I don't know how many characters we're allotted but whatever it is now is fine.
Keep the surnames too.

[syntaxlies]

i wouldn't mind if they put a limit on new players names but current players should be able to keep their name(even if i hate /pcmd them)

[Ganvire]

I think a system using surnames as an optional thing makes more sense than just completely abolishing it all-together. Guild Wars 2 is going to have it, why not XIV 2.0? It just allows more customization. What if my character doesn't even HAVE a last name? What if I just want to use a nickname? Things like that.

[Jinrya-Geki]

Shorten names!?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgI2Z...eature=related

[Dragon]

My bias towards it is solely based on the fact that I can't think up one nice original name to begin with. Two is just too much for me. I feel sorry for my future children.

There are more than enough name generators and name-related websites out there where this shouldn't even be a problem for anyone.

[Mairuzu]

There are more than enough name generators and name-related websites out there where this shouldn't even be a problem for anyone.

Screw those. I went the alcoholic route.