Getting rid of surnames

[Rinoa]

NOOOOOOOOOO(GASP)OOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

[Wisdom]

I say leave the surnames. It provides more opportunity to creat the name you want. A /sea all <insert first name> would fix the problem when trying to find the right Richard or Aya or Shade... FFXI had a /sea that was decent. They should implement that function

[nasomi]

A lot of names(including mine...) would not be as good without surnames. Don't blame SE for adding surnames, blame idiots for making retarded names. Then just don't talk to them.

[SilvertearRen]

The reason why I like surnames: It lets me choose a name like "Feral Ren". It's so short and simple.

[User201109011315]

Most people's names would suck if they were just the first name.

There are people out there called "The Situation" for example.

They shall hereby be known as "The".

"Oh hey there, The, how's it going?"

Lame.

[Caliburn]

I had a character on FFXI called Renshi. A mithra too.

The weird thing is I hadn't read it anywhere, I made it up myself. :S

I personally hated having to have a surname when I was creating my character... but after spending hours figuring out a surname I actually liked, I've grown quite attached to Caliburn Lucent.

I think though, if I wasn't attached to my surname, I'd want the game to just have single names. I've always liked them. They're simple, in my head I just see everyone as their one-word alias, rather than reading their full name in my head when I think of them. I don't know, I would prefer that XIV had never had surnames, but given that they're already here it would piss far too many people off if they were gotten rid of.

And I don't mind in MMOs when people use names which aren't really names, like "The...(something or other)". You can't do that with surnames or it looks kinda lame imo. Now XIV is full of these Lord of the Rings sounding names and I find it slightly... wrong. At least with single-names you know peoples names aren't meant to fit in with the game world.

[Konachibi]

I had a character on FFXI called Renshi. A mithra too.

The weird thing is I hadn't read it anywhere, I made it up myself. :S

I personally hated having to have a surname when I was creating my character... but after spending hours figuring out a surname I actually liked, I've grown quite attached to Caliburn Lucent.

I think though, if I wasn't attached to my surname, I'd want the game to just have single names. I've always liked them. They're simple, in my head I just see everyone as their one-word alias, rather than reading their full name in my head when I think of them. I don't know, I would prefer that XIV had never had surnames, but given that they're already here it would piss far too many people off if they were gotten rid of.

Isn't Lucent more common to use as a first name though? :3

Just wondering.

[Caliburn]

Isn't Lucent more common to use as a first name though? :3

Just wondering.

I don't know, I've never really heard it used before. I was just looking through a list of FFXI weapons for inspiration, saw "Lucent Sword" and thought: "Hmm..."

I admit it doesn't sound like a surname. I was just getting sick of sitting there for hours not being able to play my new game because I couldn't think of a bloody surname. =|

[Konachibi]

I don't know, I've never really heard it used before. I was just looking through a list of FFXI weapons for inspiration, saw "Lucent Sword" and thought: "Hmm..."

Maybe it's been used a lot, I don't know. I was just getting sick of sitting there for hours not being able to play my new game because I couldn't think of a bloody surname. =|

It reminds me of the names Lucian and Lucient, that's probably why I thought that.

Your last name also means that you glow or are slightly transparent btw (b'.')b

Definition of Lucent

[Dargoth_Draconia]

Actually it used to really piss me off when I seen someones name when they copied it from something else, sorry Rinoa. It doesn't bother me as much now I got over it for the most part, some people just lack any creativity. Darrgoth Draconia is a name I came up years ago and it wasn't inspired by anything I just thought it sounded good. (Actually it would be 2 R's now but I used a different beta account and was on Wutai in beta and that name got saved so I couldn't use it >.<)

I wish everyone was capable of coming up with a realistic fantasy name but I know it just isn't going to happen. Even if it derived from something else add to it and make it your own. That is just asking too much though.