I'm trying to hire a new retainer on my server, and it seems like all the names I want to use for her are taken. I'd like to ask why retainer names have to be unique, given they aren't PC names and don't appear for anyone but the user that hired them. Requiring unique names for player characters makes perfect sense, to prevent users from impersonating one another, but it makes no sense why retainer names have to be unique.

Honestly, I'd like to see that requirement abolished. Even if it does have some nebulous benefit, somewhere in the aether, surely there are ways to make it work that don't limit players in something they're primarily experiencing on a one-on-one basis.