@Yoshida> Please remove inactive lvl1-49 characters that take popular names!

[Seig345]

How would you handle this on friend and blacklists? You'd create identity crisis issues and potential trolling. "Oh, he hasn't been on in awhile, I'll take his name and start causing grief"

This would affect unique names just as much as the unimaginative popular ones, and regardless of my views on the unimaginative ones, I believe there is something to be said for the value of a name that had some thought and possibly heart put into it.

I don't see a need for a system that potentially messes with that just to keep Skwall Tigerheart in circulation.

[Serilda]

It's difficult to imagine a situation where a server would have 'run out' of decent names when we have first names and surnames available, without the actual issue being 'I want to use the exact name of a famous character or celebrity and someone beat me to it'. Which is already against TOS, so it seems silly to waste time building an entire system around defending it.

In WoW you only had one name and it was quite common for people to clash on the bigger servers; I had a character whose name was reclaimed when I was on a break since it was a rather pretty word. It's confusing for others when someone swipes the name of one of their friends, though.

[ManuelBravo]

First come first serve? add AKA?

[Antonio_Xul]

I don't think SE should block famous names or character names as in real life, people may be actual named like that and would like to use their name. My doctor has the exact name of a well known baseball player and my friend's friend was foolish enough to name his kid after an anime character. This stuff happens.

[MuseTraveller]

Okay I will chip in and say, for RPers and non RPers who like to lurk around and cosplay as NPCs it's really frustrating to find the NPC name has been taken by some doink who hasn't logged, nor done anything for years and likely never will but the name will sit there and you end up having to do variation. It's not end of the world but it's frustrating. I think people who ask for inactive names to be freed are those who want to pick NPCs rather than run around as Natsu Twinsword or whatever is popular nowadays.

[Kanitezz]

That being said, when you mean popular names, I can only guess that you're referring to completely unoriginal people that lack any sort of creativity and name their character after some popular character from a video game or a book or an anime or a tv show despite it specifically stated as being against the ToS. I'd rather names like that be locked out entirely (looking at all you Kirito/Asuna/Sephiroth/Cloud/Squall wannabes) and I certainly report them when I see them because it's against the ToS.

Are you serious?

[Mimilu]

I want to know what the name the OP wants so I can ridicule them for their bad taste... >w>

[Serilda]

NPC roleplay via naming is also technically against TOS. I see no problem with it at all when it's just a fan having fun rather than impersonating actual staff, but at the same time I can see why bringing in a whole system to protect rule breakers isn't topmost on their list of tasks.

(I have nothing against people with copied names, whether they're a Kirito or the popular Japanese equivalent of someone named after food rather than sticking to lore. I know a ton of players with silly names along the lines of Strawberry Candyfloss or Happy Banana. But I'm struggling to come up with a reason for this request in context that isn't a clear violation of the naming rule. The random name suggestion button exists. Choosing a different server is another option if you're new anyway.)

[Khemorex]

question to the OP , what if u stoped play for a year and someone took your name?

and what if u come back after 1 year? would you be ok with someone else taking ur name? :P

[ErikMynhier]

Oh my gods... just be somewhat original. Problem solved.