Getting rid of surnames

[Overkill9000]

okay, read the first page, anyways. nope, still sounds retarded. you are of the opinion that you will find some way to accommodate others into your little world of ppl without surnames. i.e. optional surnames, i'm sure this name isn't that common, etc. etc. i'm sorry but ummm.... no ty.

btw *whispers* it's a forum and an open discussion, i'll jump into convo whenever the hell i want

[Falcus]

all those x's in the name would defiantly mean you'd have to run to me for a party invite as i would not be typing it.

If they sent you a tell they would turn up in your auto translate so you just need to start typing out the first few characters of their name.
But I just wouldn't invite them because they have such a stupid name.

[Meleena]

Keep surnames.

[Krausus]

We already have a pop-up window on our chat box now, i don't see why when someone sends us a /tell we can't just click then box and have a /reply option that would automatically set you to sending a /tell to the last person that sent one to you.

Maybe if you could customise that option to store a certain amount of /tell [insert name] in it so you could select one of them quickly and easily without having to type /tell [insert name] everytime you log on. That'd be more conveniant.

ctrl+r you can also cycle through folks that sent you a tell

[ZachCero]

I'd like to hear peoples opinions on this. I've had a few discussions in game with friends and some are for, some are against.

Personally I'm not much of a fan. "/tell Charles whatthehellstupidlongname" is wearing thin.

There really shouldn't be a problem, once you have talked to that person, all you have to to is type the first 3 letters of their name and hit tab. Itll be there... unless you dont talk to them enough.

[AlexNiculaie]

I like surnames. No desire to get rid of them, nor any need to.

[zaviermhigo]

If a person is in your friends list they will show up in the auto translate or you can /tell them through the list, therefore you only have to remember the last name once, if the person is front of you you can "/t <t>" if you don't want to talk.

If you don't know the person and they /tell you, you can ctrl+r

IMO there is only one situation that sucks, you saw a person try to /t them, they aren't near you anymore and you forgot there last name. That sucks, and it's understandable if you hate it.

But for the most part I think FFXIV did a pretty good job of having little shortcuts in targeting and auto translate to make communicating with people less hard. Some people chose dick move last names anyway and weren't thinking about people actually communicating with them, its so obvious. But I'd like more mmos to adopt a last name system, I'd love to use Zavier in a game but its usually taken up by some dude (me being a chick, the dude's name is pronounce ZAY VEE ER while mine is Zah vee air [so mine is kinda a american weirdo name that copied the french girl pronounciation kinda of xavière (iks sa vi air), i'd put it in proper phonetics if someone cared or needed it lol but that should do it justice.) So I like the last name system and would love to see it expanded. I tend to use Molotovzav a lot in other games with only one name, and its kinda a joke nickname, I'd rather kinda rp with my name in some games.

[Rinoa]

I agree with Alex and Meleena about keeping surnames.

[Renshi]

No need on taking them down, and it's a good way to have an unique name if you want.
Keep the Surnames.

[Molly_Millions]

+1 for keeping surnames. I don't want to be Mollymillions, it's Molly Millions, damn it!