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.

[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.

[Hyunckel]

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.

Also if someone has added you to their friendlist and you accepted, they can look you up on their Lodestone wall (http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/my/) and follow the link to your new name to have your Lodestone ID, making changing server useless if you wanted people not to be able to trace you

[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.

[Ayamia]

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.

False. Someone in my friend list transferred to another server to change name and came back... And I saw the new name on the friend list since I didn't delete the <Deleted>. He was less than pleased to find out it didn't work the way he wanted it to.

[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