Please allow us to change the name of our characters

[Mekhana]

So after contacting the GMs a second time, couple months after the first request there still isn't some kind of name change service in sight. Though I won't get into much details why I wish for mine, I'll just drop the word 'ex' and let you guess the rest. There are other people in similar situations to mine and people may want to change their name like they may wish to change the appearance/cosmetics of their character.

I don't really care if I have to spend a few extra bucks for it, or if it's some kind of subscription reward may give out in the future but I'd appreciate if you would take this into consideration.

[MieyCyruuuus]

let me guess. online ex?

[Norack]

let me guess. online ex?

is it this? cause if it is wouldn't it be easier to just /blist him? or did u already do that and it isn't working?

[Jeykama]

is it this? cause if it is wouldn't it be easier to just /blist him? or did u already do that and it isn't working?

Either that or the OP named their character after the ex like some people do with bad tattoos.
Changing names is a serious thing online though, it's not something that should be changed as easily as a haircut.

[Wobi]

First, that is nothing a GM would be able to help with. Secondly I do believe they mentioned this would be added later on but I can see as to why they are reluctant to do so. Your name is your reputation. If they handed them out willy-nilly an Officer/Master could empty the Free Company bank and name change and stay on the same server and none would be the wiser.

If the population on your server got tired of someone trolling and being a general ass to everyone, bam name change and they can go incognito. So if they do add it I think it should cost money and have a year long cooldown at best.

[Naunet]

Wobi, you're being ridiculous. Abuse like that would not happen anywhere near as frequently as it would have to in order to justify absurd restrictions like "year long cooldown". The vast majority of folk who make use of name change would do it because they race changed using a vial of fantasia and their name no longer matches their character. It's that simple.

[Wobi]

Wobi, you're being ridiculous. Abuse like that would not happen anywhere near as frequently as it would have to in order to justify absurd restrictions like "year long cooldown". The vast majority of folk who make use of name change would do it because they race changed using a vial of fantasia and their name no longer matches their character. It's that simple.

I pray that it doesn't happen to you then, I've seen this happen across several MMO's in my gaming history. Don't be naive, not everyone out there is nice :/
It only takes one bad egg to ruin quite a few peoples day, also several FC are stockpiling gil for upcoming housing update to there would be a lot to lose right now.

[Teeko]

Don't be naive, not everyone out there is nice

I could use the same logic here and say not everyone has bad intentions. Just make it so your new name replaces the old on people's blacklists and friends lists. People can already currently server transfer as a method of changing their names, so not allowing the service due to this reason is silly.

I personally want to race change and would love to change my name to match my new race. Nothing malicious about that, and the feature is pretty standard for MMOs nowadays.

[Mags]

My personal opinion is they should not allow name changes without first having a way to pin a player to the account for others to see. We need to have identity as a way to assist other players and the community to weed out those that behave poorly.

[KrazyKupo]

OP comsetic changes are coming with the new patch coming up mid month.