should SE delete characters that were never used

[Imoen]

Like I said earlier... If anything I think a "release name" system would be better. Just flag inactive characters for a rename and release the one they had.. because from what I have read ... that is the real issue people are upset about here. (The inventory issue is speculative. You have no idea if deleting other characters would equate to more space for other users, some how, I personally doubt that.)

There is just no reason to delete characters, outside of them being gil sellers. If Square starts running out of storage space on servers, maybe it will be an issue, but until then, a flag inactive for rename system would be better.

[Zigabar]

I recently made another character on Gilgamesh, one of the most populated servers, and had no issues with the first name I chose. Get creative.

[Jatoi]

Come up with a better name. It's really not that hard.

Your idea sucks and doesn't take into consideration extenuating circumstances of other players, and they shouldn't have to justify themselves to you over something so trivial as a name.

[Lithe]

I dont like the thought of this at all.. So I couldn't unsubscribe for a couple years and come back to this someday without my character being deleted? you want to save your name, you have to resubscribe like the housing thing?

I mean its too bad if you can't get a name you want, there are lots of names I've tried to get and can't either.. but thats just mmo basics 101, names get nabbed.. But deleting characters due to inactivity is just crossing the line..

I agree 100% with this. That's life. Think of something else. You might like the new name you think of a lot better than the one you wanted anyways.

[Kosmos992k]

If someone is under level 10 and hasn't played in over a year, yes I feel they should be deleted to free up that name.

Or even better, just force them to change their name upon attempting to log in (which they likely won't, if they never got to level 10 and haven't played in a year, their more than likely to start a new character)

I think this would be perfectly fair.

Why? If you create alts with a name that you really like but rarely play them, why should that result in the removal of the character by default. The number of character names that this will cover is really quite small. We really are looking at common Anime and other fictional character names, anything else is unlikely to have two completely unrelated players choosing the exact spelling, except perhaps for John Smith, or something like that.

Deleting characters is a very severe sanction to take against a player for not playing a character in a long time, just so someone can name their character Kirito, Asuna, Cloud, Link, or whatever. Find another way to incorporate the name you want, and accept that someone else already used the name.

Like I said earlier... If anything I think a "release name" system would be better. Just flag inactive characters for a rename and release the one they had.. because from what I have read ... that is the real issue people are upset about here. (The inventory issue is speculative. You have no idea if deleting other characters would equate to more space for other users, some how, I personally doubt that.)

There is just no reason to delete characters, outside of them being gil sellers. If Square starts running out of storage space on servers, maybe it will be an issue, but until then, a flag inactive for rename system would be better.

Deleting characters would not free up space on servers at all. dormant characters are not stored in active memory, only ones actually logged into the game. Deleting a player's seldom used characters has zero impact except punishing that player for no reason.

I would say if a character under level 30 and has not logged in and been a year or more it pretty safe to say that person not coming back.

I have several alts that I play infrequently that are under level 30, Why do you think that my characters should be deleted? What did I do wrong? What rule did I break? Oh, that's right, none. It's because someone else wants to take a name I selected. Sounds like a pretty damned severe form of player harassment if you ask me.

The fact that we can have a first and last name, should clear up most of the naming issues people have. Choose a different name...
It really is too bad so sad that you didnt get to that name first, but that does not mean that SE should kill off anyone's character no matter how little or long or it has been played.

Besides, I've never heard of any MMO relinquishing names.

Indeed, break a name at each syllable with an apostrophe, or change the spelling. There should be no character deletion or forced name changes unless the TOS has been broken, and even then, only where a name is against the TOS.

[Imoen]

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Which is exactly why I was against it. Not sure why I'm getting quoted here. Unless you are just agreeing with me, or clarifying for others.

[Kosmos992k]

Which is exactly why I was against it. Not sure why I'm getting quoted here. Unless you are just agreeing with me, or clarifying for others.

I was agreeing with you, about not deleting characters, and clarifying the impact, or rather the lack of impact, that an inactive character has on the server(s). There is a lot of misunderstanding among players regarding the impact of deleting characters, it usually comes up in RMT topics, but I wanted to clarify because inactive characters have essentially zero impact on servers.

[Imoen]

I was agreeing with you, about not deleting characters, and clarifying the impact, or rather the lack of impact, that an inactive character has on the server(s).

Understood. Was confused :P

[Lexia]

I have several alts that I play infrequently that are under level 30, Why do you think that my characters should be deleted? What did I do wrong? What rule did I break? Oh, that's right, none. It's because someone else wants to take a name I selected. Sounds like a pretty damned severe form of player harassment if you ask me.

I didn't say your alts should be deleted, I just say for most people if they under that level and have not played in a year they probably not coming back. I also have a alt under 30 that I rarely play but if they did decide to delete it, it wouldn't really bother me.

[Kosmos992k]

I didn't say your alts should be deleted, I just say for most people if they under that level and have not played in a year they probably not coming back. I also have a alt under 30 that I rarely play but if they did decide to delete it, it wouldn't really bother me.

My point is/was, deleting a player's alt characters, even if they've been inactive since 2013 is a punishing that player for having an infrequently used Alt. You might not have a problem with it, but others would. The entire discussion is talking about something that is a punishment to those it affects, a punishment for no wrong doing purely for the convenience of others. That's ridiculous.