Why is it making me change my name, when the name is apparently not in use?

[Milla_Maxwell]

I just transferred to the Leviathan server and it's forcing me to change my name, but I checked for other users with that name and I'm the only one that was listed there:

http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest..._tribe=&order=

So after giving up, I decided to try and change it to my backup name, (which isn't taken by anyone in this server:

http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest..._lang=&order=1

and then apparently, it's taken too...

So... What's up?

[ZohnoReecho]

Maybe an old character that doesn't exist anymore. If that's the case the name is probably locked to avoid issues.

[Inquisitor]

From the EULA:

3.5 Naming Right. You may not use any name or other intellectual property belonging to Square Enix or any other third party in your use of the Game (for example, naming a character after a celebrity, company, product, or superhero).

So it's possible that someone had been using those names on Leviathan and was reported, making the names invalid for that server.

The game doesn't appear to have a particularly large database of names that are automatically prohibited (http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest..._tribe=&order= as an example), but once a copyright violation has been reported they do have to take action in order to protect themselves from possible legal action by the copyright holder.

[Furlamseere]

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