Inactive character names?

[Tupsi]

Yoshi is all about being considerate to the people who don't play

[Chihaya]

I rarely see any MMO do a name wipe on inactive characters other than server merge.

You have to come up with an original name.

[samandiriel]

Yeah I support your wish to change your name and I know the feeling if you search a name and it is just used with a Level 1 char.

Keeping the fingers crossedfor everyone who wants to get an inactive name!

[Oce]

I know I personally reserve names for upcomming races and whatnot in MMO's, so...

[Noshpan]

I know that Blizzard could free up a character name for inactive characters if you contact a GM. Note that I said "could" because it may not always be possible.

[Gunspec]

I know that Blizzard could free up a character name for inactive characters if you contact a GM. Note that I said "could" because it may not always be possible.

Yeah, but on the other hand, character names in WoW were restricted to just a single name. If you wanted to be named "David", and the only other "David" was a lv 1 character on an account that hadn't been touched in 2 years, they would give you the name and flag the other character for a free rename. In FFXIV you could be "David Bowman", "David Axeman", etc. Naming is much more flexible with surnames available.

I was considering this the other day when I was thinking of starting an Au Ra dude named "Trogdor". "Trogdor Burninator" is taken, but "Trogdor Theburninator" and "Trogdor Dragonman" are both available on my server. Ooh, for ultimate lame names stolen from other media, how about "Trogdor Targaryen"?

[Dererk]

:P you can just say no don't you think

the answer is still ugh heck no come up with your own that's evil man you want some ones name.

[Mugiawara]

I already had a topic like this and this is what I got in reponse: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...haracter-names.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

I had to use an alternate version for my char, as the name has been taken since early access 1.0, but they are still lvl one. doubt they are ever coming back at this point :P

[kyuven]

This is something they won't consider doing until the game is several expansions old, especially given the nature of the game and its naming system. It's only been a year and a half.