May we please have a name change option?

[LineageRazor]

I would like the option as well. If time has proven anything about the FF community, it's that it's impossible to escape a bad reputation. I don't think there is an XI player alive who doesn't know who Feiwong is and that guy was all over the place. Somehow, the community always tracked him down.

It isn't hard to avoid gaining a bad reputation. Simple human decency will usually suffice. If someone can't manage that then yes, they are not welcome in the game, they will never be welcome in the game, and they SHOULD be trackable and hounded until they leave the game for good. People can change for the better, it is true - so, these people should accept that they made a mistake, take their changed self to a new game and start fresh with new friends and companions.

There are good reasons to allow name changing and appearance changing. Granting folks the ability to escape a bad reputation is not one of those good reasons. Self-policing through ostricization is pretty much the only recourse left when it comes to bad eggs that don't technically break any rules (and therefore have no grounds for banning).

[TeganLaron]

Presumably, since they char would still be the same and not a deleted and recreated character, they would remain in your blacklist with their new name and not [Deleted] so the trolling would be potentially minimal. The confusion however? That's another story.

Yeah because my blacklist is used for trolls with a bad rep...I couldn't fit a single one on there if I tried. 200 RMT and still get spammed non stop.

[Purrfectstorm]

May we please not have a name change option. The trolling that would occur, the bad players skipping past their bad rep...just no.

I think you're placing too high a relevance to "rep." But besides that, some bad players (not sure if you mean bad attitudes, bad at playing, or both) might actually evolve. It would be pretty harsh to saddle someone with the bad player reputation who has reformed their attitude and/or play. Not to mention there are already work arounds (switching servers, then switching back, etc.) It seems pointless to deny people nice things just because some people will take advantage. This was, is, and will be true of any nice thing ever.

[Mahri]

I think you're placing too high a relevance to "rep." But besides that, some bad players (not sure if you mean bad attitudes, bad at playing, or both) might actually evolve. It would be pretty harsh to saddle someone with the bad player reputation who has reformed their attitude and/or play. Not to mention there are already work arounds (switching servers, then switching back, etc.) It seems pointless to deny people nice things just because some people will take advantage. This was, is, and will be true of any nice thing ever.

An exceedingly good point, and I'm not remotely convinced that "reputation" is a driving force behind player interactions to begin with. Players with poor attitudes who are unable to do well with others are a self-regulating phenomenon (they aren't having fun and so they don't keep playing, at least never for long stretches) -- and as bad a rap as internet anonymity gets, trolls and griefers are actually rather few and far between in this game. The same cannot be said of every MMO, but so far, this one has done alright in that respect.

There are enough ways to make social connections through FCs, alliances, and various linkshells that good communities will form up and maintain themselves as they continue playing together, and also form a regulating force against the occasional bad egg. The ability to change one's name makes ultimately little difference here.

[Heavy01Mk2]

you only have to pay for 2 server transfers xD

ONLY 2 SERVER TRANSFERS?! Gee whiz I sure am glad I have all this extra money laying around! Thanks for the convenience squeenix. /thumbsup

[CassandraJean]

I would love to see a name change option, with fantasia becoming available on the mog station now people who attempt to use lore appropriate names end up a little punished there.

They could always limit name changes so that people aren't constantly switching around (the way that they are limiting how many fantasia you can buy). As for me, I only want to change my name -once-. And I'm sure a lot of people feel that way. It's not like everyone wants a new name every week. But it's frustrating that the only way open to us at the moment is the expensive server transfer option.

And the point was made earlier that with name changes, people will still remain on your blacklist so that shouldn't be an issue. And it would be a shame to let a few bad eggs ruin things for all the players who don't cause problems.

It would be nice to hear some official response if name changes will become available or will never happen. So that we know if its something we can look forward to or not.