Free Up Names (Suggestion)

[Cherrycubus]

I'm not against this coming to the game, but I am wondering how you got into the situation in which a name you want is taken. Due to being able to use first names and surnames it is incredibly unlikely that someone would have both parts of the full name you want...unless the name you want is from a famous character in media, example: Cloud Strife. Or if you're trying to be as generic as possible with a John Smith sort of name.

I’ve tried using my real life name and some variants of it but unfortunately they are all taken on my server, mostly by level 1 characters. It seems inevitable as FFXIV has been out for 10+ years, so all the inactive low level characters made over that decade (or less depending on server) have accumulated. I genuinely hope something will be done about it, but if not - oh well. It’s certainly not a priority issue but it would free up so many names: both popular, generic names but also others.

[Jijifli]

I’ve tried using my real life name and some variants of it

I highly recommend not doing that, for potentially obvious information reasons.

[Cherrycubus]

I highly recommend not doing that, for potentially obvious information reasons.

Thank you for your concern! However, I have 8 names and I simply use my more dormant, unknown names, so no safety issues there as I’m publicly only traceable/known for 2 of them (which I won’t use as my character name).

[SturmChurro]

I highly recommend not doing that, for potentially obvious information reasons.

I will often use my real first and last name (shortened) for usernames. I wish I was creative.. For me, my first, last, and even middle name are common anglo names it probably doesn't even matter...

Maybe they also have a common name?

[Penthea]

I’ve tried using my real life name and some variants of it

Be very careful with this. Even the most cautious people can fall prey to a creep who knows how to dig for information you think is safe. It is particularly unsafe if you have ever used your real name in any social media. I would stick with variants if you really want a tie in with your real name. Perhaps consider using a version of your name in a different language? For example if your name is Flora you could use Florette. Maybe for the surname look up the origins behind your own surname and use a word relating to that. My own real life surname means "vigilant" which is an entirely different word to my actual surname so something like that would be safe to use.

Also your current name is pretty cute

[Cherrycubus]

Also your current name is pretty cute

I’ll definitely stick with variants and aww thank you so much! ♥️