Timed Name Release

[Sakuraluna]

Maybe after a period of a year or more, but definitely not 6 months. A lot of people go through times when they have to take months off of the game for one reason or another. I doubt I'd be playing a game where if my rl life got busy and I took a break, I ended up having to change my name because someone had been allowed to snatch it up from me while I was gone. If you want to be able to use the name you came up with without dealing with it being taken, then be more original.

[Keydah]

I think you should be coming up with a unique name for your character anyways. The only people who would have a problem with it is people who try to come up with silly names (Strawberry Shortcake, etc) that aren't actually names, or people who want a character named Daenerys Targaryen because they're completely uncreative. Though the latter doesn't get stopped anyways...Apparently there's a million ways you can misspell those so that you can use them...

If someone's account has been cancelled or permanenently banned though, I think the names should be released. They'll never come back to that account, because they're either permanently banned or they can't get their account back because they cancelled the service account, so there's no reason for their character's name (or the character itself, honestly) to be sitting there taking up space.

Being inactive or temporarily suspended shouldn't be a reason to lose your character's name. That'd be rude. I take breaks from the game, some long, some short - I'm sure there'll be a break in the future that's longer than 6 months and if I were to lose my miqo'te's name (or my Au Ra's in a few months) I'd be very, very sad.

[thunderbreak]

Ok, now we are getting somewhere. At least start with removing characters SE knows won't be making a comeback. I mean I'll do a name sweep in Lodes Stone for a popular like James Bond, I can guarantee you some of the server will not display a character with that name, but you can't create a character with that name on that server anyways.

[TouchandFeel]

I think you should be coming up with a unique name for your character anyways. The only people who would have a problem with it is people who try to come up with silly names (Strawberry Shortcake, etc) that aren't actually names, or people who want a character named Daenerys Targaryen because they're completely uncreative.

This is how I personally feel about it.
Make a unique name for your character, chances are it won't be taken.

Unlocking names of deleted or permabanned characters makes perfect sense though.

[Orbiaus]

Nope. I can stop playing for long periods and I spend a decent amount of time on names. To lose it would put me off.

[UltimateAoe2]

Why are you concerned about this anyways? Did you not get the name you wanted?

[Ametrine]

Considering how restrictive cannon Female Lalafell names are, I would not be surprised that this might be a legitimate issue for her, as I had some of the same issues renaming myself.

It can be tricky on certain heavily populated servers, but I still aggree with everyone here that the only names and characters going should belong to perma-banned players, not someone who is taking a break!

[abzoluut]

Perma banned accounts should be released. They aren't coming back anyways.

Did you get banned, bought the game again and want that name back? :P

[thunderbreak]

Perma banned accounts should be released. They aren't coming back anyways.

Did you get banned, bought the game again and want that name back? :P

No, originally I suggest that all the inactive account after a period of time should have the name released so people who wants those names and have an active account will have a chance to get it, especially a new player who never had a chance to pick that name earlier. And if the person come back give them a free name change. Then everyone told me to go to hell lol.