Taken character names

[DemascusW]

Not sure if this is in the right place, but, here it goes. Can you all look into implementing a system like the housing demolish for characters and character names. So many times i have tried name changes to something cute to no avail it was taken by a level 1 character. Implementing a loss of character function if the character is not above lvl 30 and active within the last 45 days. The only people this could possibly get angry are the jerks who lock namea and NEVER USE THEM thankies much love fro sargatanis.

[QT_Melon]

The only people this could possibly get angry are the jerks who lock namea and NEVER USE THEM thankies much love fro sargatanis.

Or those "jerks" that are in the service and have the unfortunate timing of being dispatched and won't be able to save their character.
(Let's not be so knee jerk to call people jerks.)

[Sakuraluna]

I have to agree with QTMelon on this. I agree names should be freed up, but players already have to worry about being continually active if they have a house in game. How would you feel if you were forced by circumstance to step away from the game for an extended period of time, and when you got back, not only was your house gone but so is the awesome character name you've used for years? I don't think that would be a good feeling.

On the other hand, I do agree that a level 5 lala that hasn't been logged into since 2013 shouldn't be holding onto a name that an active player might really want for their character. Maybe un-used characters could be forced into a name change once every year or two.

[DemascusW]

Or those "jerks" that are in the service and have the unfortunate timing of being dispatched and won't be able to save their character.
(Let's not be so knee jerk to call people jerks.)

Im strictly talking about clearly unplayed characters, are less than 30 dont advance story mostly level 1 characters. Characters with no playtime. I know the deployed struggle i have friends still in, i was in too at one point. But all thats not relevant cause i clearly said "a level 1 character" now i can see how how someone might be less than 30 and not active for 45 days and service members could fall in this category, but a safe guard could be implemented to protect those more invested characters. the targeted demographic of level 1-10 characters locking names that havent been played in year or more should reclaimed

[QT_Melon]

You are contradicting yourself. Because your first post is not "strict" in the requirements.

[Alien_Gamer]

Sorry, no. There is no good reason for a game to remove names from a character regardless of how long they have or haven't been played. Simply put, the only time there's a shortage of names is when you're trying to use something from a popular book/movie/anime/etc. There's plenty of cute names still available, put some creativity into it and come up with something unique; and if you're struggling, there are several name generators out there that will do all the work for you.

[Coratanni]

Star Wars: TOR did a name cleansing a few years ago. I dont know why this game can't either. If a character hasnt been active in a couple of years their names should be returned to the system. The character would still remain, but the name would be free.

[Amenian]

Honestly, SW:tOR's name cleansing is a big reason I won't go back. I'm still salty over losing some great names to it.

[Hestzhyen]

While I think the player population is better off with less variants of popular anime and TV charater names running around, it's not a bad thing to free up names. Play it safe and mark the name as being "available" if the character it's currently associated with is less than lvl 30 and hasn't logged in for over two years. The name is freed up for other players to take but if no one tries to claim it and the original owner comes back, the original player can keep the name. If a player comes back and their freed-up name was taken by another player, they can get a complimentary name change.

This of course assumes that SE's system can handle such a process. Seeing the strain they're under thanks to a ton of technical debt from the failure of 1.x and hasty relaunch of 2.x, I wouldn't be surprised if they never implemented it. Look at how much they struggle with features players have been asking for for years.

[Miste]

The only people this could possibly get angry are the jerks who lock namea and NEVER USE THEM thankies much love fro sargatanis.

Much love? You immediately in your first opening post started calling people jerks if they don't agree with you.

You aren't going to get much sympathy like that and honestly since this game has first AND last name...if the names you are trying to pick are all taken then they are way too common at that point and you are just causing your own problems by not making something actually creative and original.

I use level 1 alts as storage I don't want to have to worry about them being deleted just because I forget to login on one of them for a bit or I take a break from the game. When it comes to characters 45 days is way too short to start deleting them and I'm betting a lot of people would get annoyed.