Quote Originally Posted by Arkhan View Post
Mr. Meow is male, at least.

Have they confirmed 100% that it's not coming? If so, did they even give a reason why?

EDIT:

Oh, I missed that last post.

I don't see how a database would limit being able to change name fields. Updating databases isn't exactly a modern, ground breaking technology. Even Ultima Online lets you do it, and it's older than half the players on FFXIV...

I don't see the reputation thing as a problem.

An idiot is an idiot. Let them keep paying 20$ a pop to change their name when they make a total ass of themselves.. More $$ for FFXIV development!
Just to give some programming level insight.
If the game's databases are built as badly as I fully believe they are, it could be that instead of each character having a unique ID, they utilize the character's name as it's ID, so changing the character name in one place would require a manual change of all the references everywhere. Which, when doing such a gigantic batch job as this WILL invariably generate a pile of errors and lead to things like missing achievements, loosing quest progression, GC rank, gil, inventory... Whatever sorts of things that the '[X] is no longer linked to [character]' error can issue.

Of course, here's hoping they manage to find a way around that.