should SE delete characters that were never used

[Bixillarla]

Well the house thing SE already kicks people out if they don't use the house for set period of time and the others are glam, mount? Are a moot point cause nothing stopping person from getting the same glam/mount.

Wrong some glamours/mounts are from events and you can no longer get.

[Lexia]

Wrong some glamours/mounts are from events and you can no longer get.

It was available to everyone that play the game at the time of the event.

[Morningstar1337]

It was available to everyone that play the game at the time of the event.

An what happens if those that did play during the event get deleted because they happened to have names like "River Song", "Twilight Sparkle", "Jonah Hex", "Widow Maker" or "Arnold Schwarzenegger"? they lose those items forever.

[Alien_Gamer]

And there's nothing stopping someone from putting that extra space or apostrophe or letter in the name to have their own version of a name either. The logic is absurd no matter what you apply it to. There is no reason to delete characters or remove names from characters just so someone can have that exact one.

[Lexia]

True but all this thread seems to be well they said something absurd so I'm going to say something even more absurd to make others see how absurd it really is.

[Oatmealraisin]

The original suggestion of deleting inactive characters definitely isn't going to happen as there's no real reason to do that.

A name purge, on the other hand, would be pretty much in line with other MMOs and I wouldn't be surprised if it happens sooner or later. Sure, technically there are almost infinite name combinations that people can use, and nobody is entitled to any particular name. But it's a negative experience when a new player tries to create a character and every name they come up with is taken, even those from the in-game generator.

I'd expect that players would be notified well ahead of time so they would have the chance to log into their accounts/characters before inactive characters' names would be put up for grabs. After that, if you're not using the name and you don't care enough to log in and show you still want it, it seems reasonable for SE to let someone else have it.

[Evangela]

How about creating your original name instead of using the name of some other fictional characters from other series?

[Titor]

I gave up, seems that the verdict is that level 10 and under chars are loaded up with event items, rare mounts and other exclusivities. There is no compromise here, every character more valuable than diamonds

[Titor]

To clarify, my main reason for wanting this is to prune data usage and increase server look up time, reducing server load and freeing up resources. Honestly, I do not care much about the name either way. We take away houses, which are hard-earned with millions of gil, months of preparation, and a minimum level character. Why not prune some never-to-be-played-again level 2 character to help our limited server space. Seems like a great way to recycle the resources we have.

[Kosmos992k]

To clarify, my main reason for wanting this is to prune data usage and increase server look up time, reducing server load and freeing up resources.

LOLOLOL! The impact of pruning names from the character list would be minor at very most. Seriously, that's a really big stretch to justify deleting characters to recycle names for you.