i feel like deleting character should take more than just entering character name

[Seig345]

I think that's a non-issue. I believe FFXIV doesn't allow for account sharing outside a minor child who's parent pays for the account.

We're talking a bannable offense here if you let someone else play on your account.

That's what I was referring to; there's technically no need for a secondary password check after login because we are prohibited from sharing our accounts. As someone else already suggested; if you happen to have a mischievous co-inhabitant, it would be best to lock the computer (assuming password protected windows/ios login) or logging out entirely if you need to step away.

[Berethos]

That's what I was referring to; there's technically no need for a secondary password check after login because we are prohibited from sharing our accounts. As someone else already suggested; if you happen to have a mischievous co-inhabitant, it would be best to lock the computer (assuming password protected windows/ios login) or logging out entirely if you need to step away.

That's definitely a best practice on the side of the consumer...

But it wouldn't hurt for SE to implement a password layer. I doubt it would be a high priority addition, and the number of players it would impact isn't likely to be all that high, but there's no compelling reason to say SE shouldn't consider doing it.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

That's definitely a best practice on the side of the consumer...

But it wouldn't hurt for SE to implement a password layer. I doubt it would be a high priority addition, and the number of players it would impact isn't likely to be all that high, but there's no compelling reason to say SE shouldn't consider doing it.

There is a password layer. Account login. There's also a secondary layer in the token. I mean, if you step away and they need a password to delete the character, but not use it, they can just throw away everything you have. would amount to close to the same thing.

[kikix12]

That's definitely a best practice on the side of the consumer...

But it wouldn't hurt for SE to implement a password layer. I doubt it would be a high priority addition, and the number of players it would impact isn't likely to be all that high, but there's no compelling reason to say SE shouldn't consider doing it.

It would hurt some of the players. I have enough passwords to remember, needing another just cause some people are too lazy to protect their own hard work through a simple mean would be a pain. And if you say that it could be the same as the login one, then there's a technical reason why it COULD hurt Square Enix AND players. They use different physical servers for login and characters. By making a password requirement that is the same for login and character deletion, you basically say that you want your password to be shared between their servers. And I'd say that the login servers have much stricter security having more sensitive data than the normal datacenters. They would need to up their data centers security unnecessarily, and the risk of password leaking out is still higher.

So yeah, stick to doing the simple thing. If someone can get to your computer while you are away, don't leave without making sure they can't use it to delete the character. Or deal with the possible consequences, of course.