Poll for the character "Change Name" service (Let's make this clear)

[Surian]

This is terribly biased however.

Only people with a distinct interest in name changes will view the topic, and even fewer of the opponents will bother to vote against it.

It will give nothing but a skewed perspective of what people truly want.

I too voted no. People that created their character with an insulting, hurtful or simply dumb name under the pretense that they wouldnt enjoy the game anyhow and were just here to be a pain-in-the-butt to actual players, yet who now suddenly want to play this game for real, arent deserving of a name change. There's too much griefing been done for people to simply escape their responsibilities and karma. It's sad the bad apples ruined it for the few people who legitimately want the name change, but there's no way to tell. The only real way to be sure is to simply not allow this.

[Tsukotaku]

There's too much griefing been done for people to simply escape their responsibilities and karma. It's sad the bad apples ruined it for the few people who legitimately want the name change, but there's no way to tell. The only real way to be sure is to simply not allow this.

You're talking about responsabilities and karma (Really?) when there're a lot of players that want a service like this just because they wanted to change the sex of their characters and now they're stuck with the old masculine name, for example. I personally don't mind this kind of issues but there're some who does. Actually, there're way more benefits that cons.

[Lukaris]

i Voted for yes because ppl always geting confused with the Family Name of my husbands character
and mine and think we are bots or dual clienting it's rather annoying to be yelled at because of that


and too many ppl are using our Family Name on our Server......

[Chaotic_Darkfae]

I totally support this, especially with the fact that we have fantasia potions available now, and there's a new race on the horizon. I play on the Balmung server, and I'm part of the RP community, and having my characters follow the naming conventions of their race is pretty important to me. Square Enix took the time to come up with some pretty awesome naming conventions for each race, and it would be nice to be able to use them if one switches a character's race with a fantasia.

They have the technology. When the game first launch, and there was a screw up with the 1.0 characters and saved customisations, they had a webpage form we could use to file for a name change. It's not like they can't finish that up for a full on name change service.

For those worried about reputation, they can have a track back feature like every other MMO, where it shows what the character's former name was - except in special cases that involve things like stalking, in which case a GM needs to be contacted anyway. It's not that hard to keep the reputation following the player via the Lodestone.

[Molyneux]

My character name i'snt that bad. Molyneux Highwind. Although Highwind is the most generic FF name ever xD I saw, just today, 5 different Highwinds.

But I had a Hyur to start out with and she looked very... Butchy xD So the name no longer fits my kitty. lol So I want to change my name, and I reeeally don't want to do a server transfer- not because of the fee, but because I'd have to drop the best FC I've been in so far (obviously opinion), and I'd lose my friends and also have to restart my blacklist lol

[Spirlia]

My cousin and I thought it would be fun to have our characters share a last name, but since then we have been harassed about being a couple. This has been happening since the ARR came out, and we are both quite sick of it. I would love to change my name, and I have sent in a ticket asking for a name change to stop the harassment but to no avail.
I would be willing to pay for this feature. Please, please, PLEASE bring it into the game.

[Alistaire]

This is terribly biased however.

Only people with a distinct interest in name changes will view the topic, and even fewer of the opponents will bother to vote against it.

It will give nothing but a skewed perspective of what people truly want.

I too voted no. People that created their character with an insulting, hurtful or simply dumb name under the pretense that they wouldnt enjoy the game anyhow and were just here to be a pain-in-the-butt to actual players, yet who now suddenly want to play this game for real, arent deserving of a name change. There's too much griefing been done for people to simply escape their responsibilities and karma. It's sad the bad apples ruined it for the few people who legitimately want the name change, but there's no way to tell. The only real way to be sure is to simply not allow this.

Also don't forget the fact you can't take any poll on this forum seriously because of the large number of players that avoid here like the plague because of the headaches you get just from reading half the ideas posted here.

[MoriarTea]

I also posted this comment on the poll site, but I might as well post this here as well... I forgot about people using fantasia to change race as well and that also being an issue; edited for that reason.



There are several reasons for name changes to be legitimately added to the game.

1. With Fantasia potions being able to change race and genders and not names, this causes quite a few people to not bother with the service, as it is aggravating for people who would otherwise want to change their race or gender, but can't because their name is too race or gender specific.

2. With the addition of weddings at this point in the game, where people have spent the last year leveling and gearing a character, simply creating a new character is not a good option. This is rather a personal issue for me, though I know I mustn't be the only one, but when I made my character over a year ago, I did not know that weddings would be added to the game, so I made a male character based on a movie character/actor that I like. Now that weddings are being added, I would much rather marry as a female, and unless I am able to change my name, I will never use the wedding services that are to be provided in the future.

3. Dresses - Another feature that was added later in the game.

4. It will be a huge money generator. Really, Square, there's no reason a modern MMO should not have this as a paid service.

I have been waiting for over 7 months now to hear anything new about a name change service. It seems, however, that this option is something Square is barely taking a serious look at, and I'm losing patience and my love for this game, as I know I won't fully be able to enjoy the features coming in the future.

[ButteredZombie]

I have been waiting for over 7 months now to hear anything new about a name change service. It seems, however, that this option is something Square is barely taking a serious look at, and I'm losing patience and my love for this game, as I know I won't fully be able to enjoy the features coming in the future.

You seriously wont enjoy the game because you can't change your character's name? You realize there is a way to change your name? I've done it before, and yes it may cost you $36 and you will be away from your friends for like 3 days, but if you really hate your name that much, why not just do that? SE has a lot of other crap to deal with so I understand why they haven't taken a serious look at adding a name change feature (though I hope they do), but it doesn't mean you're stuck with a crappy name right now. If you can suck it up and dish out the money and stick it out in an unfamiliar server for 3 days, then I strongly suggest you do that.

[MoriarTea]

You seriously wont enjoy the game because you can't change your character's name? You realize there is a way to change your name? I've done it before, and yes it may cost you $36 and you will be away from your friends for like 3 days, but if you really hate your name that much, why not just do that? SE has a lot of other crap to deal with so I understand why they haven't taken a serious look at adding a name change feature (though I hope they do), but it doesn't mean you're stuck with a crappy name right now. If you can suck it up and dish out the money and stick it out in an unfamiliar server for 3 days, then I strongly suggest you do that.

I cannot seriously enjoy the game the way I would like because I am not the gender I would like—a sad side effect of not being able to change my name. I will not fork over $36 because I shouldn't have to do this round about way of getting a name change. My name isn't crappy at all, I actually like it, it's not being able to fully enjoy all that is to come that is the real issue. And that they haven't said anything in this long a time IS a huge issue. If you support this sort of thing, then support it. Telling people who have a strong opinion about it to "suck it up" is not really giving good support to the issue. I'm just trying to draw some attention to this before another half a year (if not more) passes with no response.