Removing unaccessed lvl1 characters

[Niwashi]

I have a couple level 1 characters I log into occasionally, but all I've ever really done with them so far is try out outfits and occasional roleplay. You don't need to level up for that. Would you include those as well? If you truly mean the "never logged in again" part, then it wouldn't apply to them, but if you extend it to any character that stays level 1 for a long time, then it does. I wouldn't want those characters deleted, nor their names taken away.

Though I haven't actually gotten involved in a roleplaying community here in this game so don't know how much it applies here, I know in some other games there are roleplayers who deliberately keep their roleplay characters at level 1 because it suits their image of them best. If there are people who are doing that here, they shouldn't have their characters taken away.

[Welsper59]

I have a couple level 1 characters I log into occasionally, but all I've ever really done with them so far is try out outfits and occasional roleplay. You don't need to level up for that. Would you include those as well? If you truly mean the "never logged in again" part, then it wouldn't apply to them, but if you extend it to any character that stays level 1 for a long time, then it does. I wouldn't want those characters deleted, nor their names taken away.

I'm pretty sure that's what the OP meant. I doubt anyone could logically argue for deleting characters that are used for whatever reason even if they are lvl 1.

If SE has no issue with it, then that's that. First come, first serve is the rule of thumb in those cases. If they feel that at some point in the future, names have become limited, they may elect to have a deletion protocol of inactive characters. Some games have done this in the past, although with XIV, because of the 2-name system, the chances of running out of meaningful names is exponentially slimmer.