Timed Name Release

[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.

[kyuven]

Games already uses this system, for example in DC Universe Online

DCUO has so far only done this a handful of times, I think once MAYBE twice, in the 5+ years its been around. They do it in a large sweep, not after X amount of time has passed. And they announce it.
FFXIV has the following factors working against it in this regard:
1) DCUO rewards altoholism. Different powers, costumes, and even story options. FFXIV does not. There are different story options for the first 20 levels based on where you start, but other than that each playthrough of the game is exactly the same. Other than wanting to try out different races or needing extra storage space, there's no practical reason to have more than 3 characters on a given server. Meanwhile in DCUO, there's an incentive to have as many as you want to try different power combinations or mentors or the like.
2) DCUO has simply been around longer than FFXIV.

So combine those factors and I wouldn't count on seeing anything remotely like what you want for SEVERAL years.

[Kyuuen]

What about the people who's suspended and will never get the account back? There are tons of name in limbo like that.

That I wouldn't mind, but only if disciplinary action has been taken against the account, and only if the account hasn't been fought for for an 'x' amount of time. But giving up names 'just' because the account has been inactive isn't enough to me.

[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.

[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.

[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.