Name-Change Caveats and How to Avoid Them

[Sieg_Talz]

Hey all,

If I would like a name change, and to clear any name associations, is there a way to do it so that anyone who has me added (but is not on my actual friends list), will not have the updated name on their end?

[Sayori]

I don't think that's possible. Your name will change on everyone's friendlist (and blacklist). The game saves the character ID rather than the actual name of your character.

[Teslo]

There is only one way to do this. Transfer server. :P If you want your name changed for free in the process, make an alt with your name on the server you wish to transfer to.

[Alysanne]

Also, say someone searches your old name on google and follows the link to the lodestone, it will just have your new character on there, since the website links to your character ID.

Basically, if anyone has a reason to want to know your new name, they will be able to find it.

[Kasathar]

You sound suspicious, what did you do, huhhhhhhhh?

[Sieg_Talz]

Hahaha I did nothing. Just have a few friends on the server I enjoy playing with, but there are some people I would prefer to avoid entirely/not have anyone bug me after the fact. Clean slate! Blacklist only goes so far before people start harassing you through alts :P

[Kasathar]

You can always report those annoying people for harassment, you know? I mean, if they are willing to go as far as to use an Alt just to just say "hello" or "Let's ERP again like the last few weekends, big boy" even after you nicely asked them to leave you alone, then they have some kind of issue and are ripe for reporting.

[Sieg_Talz]

"Let's ERP again like the last few weekends, big boy" even after you nicely asked them to leave you alone

I didn't even have to check your server to tell you were also from Balmung :P Oh god it's nothing like that. It's an odd situation On one hand there are some where disappearing might offend them and I don't really want to deal with the dramatics afterwards, and then some people who will try to bug me afterwards and I'd prefer to just play solo.

Dear MMOs. Looks like I'll transfer then and come back once the Balmung cap drops off. Cheers for the heads up, appreciate the advice

[Kasathar]

That's one of the problems this game has, your character is "everything", in other games you just have a "toon" for every job but here, uh-uh, you have to carry the entire baggage wherever you go. And LOL at the ERP reaction, I was just joking! XD

[Shioban]

you just have a "toon"