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    Pricing for Additional Services

    Lately I've grown to hate my main characters last name. (looking back i honestly don't know what I was thinking)
    Anyway, I looked at the character renaming service and 10$ seems a bit excessive to me. I understand that server transfer would take a bit of work, but 18$ still seems like a lot.

    Long story short, I just want to know if there was any rhyme or reason to how these prices were calculated. and should i pay the money or just put up with a name i hate *sigh*
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    Start a new character with a good name. It's free.
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    $10 for a name change is pretty much standard across all MMOs.

    $18 for a World Transfer is actually cheap by comparison. Most other games it's $20-25.
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    Considering it is a near instant query for a simple database change it is kind of ridiculous that it costs more than 10 cents. Should be like a dollar just to prevent people from doing it every day.

    They would probably even make more money from it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaedan View Post
    $10 for a name change is pretty much standard across all MMOs.

    $18 for a World Transfer is actually cheap by comparison. Most other games it's $20-25.
    this helps a bit. ff14 is my first mmo, so i wouldnt know that others charge for stuff like that.
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    Part of cost calculation is dissuasion. It isn't something that should be done repeatedly.

    Part of cost calculation is simply determining a premium for a service people are willing to pay for. Businesses exist to make money, much of which goes into upkeep for other, genuinely resource-intensive services.

    Actual database-querying "effort" is a non-factor.
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    Quote Originally Posted by IzzyData View Post
    Considering it is a near instant query for a simple database change it is kind of ridiculous that it costs more than 10 cents. Should be like a dollar just to prevent people from doing it every day.

    They would probably even make more money from it.
    If it was a dollar people probably would do it every day.... Its to prevent people from being jerks all the time and using a cheap name change to get around the repercussions.
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    Quote Originally Posted by nexas506 View Post
    I understand that server transfer would take a bit of work,
    Heh, its all mostly automated, no work at all. They probably get full profit out of every one of those transactions. The price(s) are not only standard across most MMOs but they are set to prevent market abuse, as well as demand. Mostly demand though

    That said they should include a name change along with race changes. Anyone who race changes with a lore friendly name either has to pay double or remain an Au Ra with an Elezen friendly french name.... *cries*
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    Last edited by Kayote; 07-15-2015 at 01:19 AM.

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    too bad there wasn't an application for a 1st time only free name change.
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    Quote Originally Posted by nexas506 View Post
    too bad there wasn't an application for a 1st time only free name change.
    Think about it this way, how much do you wish to change your name?
    Do you have another name that you really want and feel comfortable with from now on?
    If so, bite the bullet and go for it, you might feel better, and 10$ is less than one pays for a night out at the cinema anyway, sacrifices can be made .

    I for one haven't changed my name even once, I've loved my name since day 1 back in 2015.
    Luckily it's not common and if I happen to collide with other people, I have a horde of names I'm comfortable with, especially here where we have the luxury of full names.

    Good luck.
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