Dear Devs: Please make another pass at restricting offensive names

[Doki]

The amount of people lately with blatantly offensive names is too high. Every time I find one terrible enough to report, I notice that the same name and variants exist on pretty much every data center\server.

[Shibi]

Report and move on. The GMs are quite good at cleaning those up.

The Scunthorpe problem makes automated restriction too hard.

[Doki]

Just one example of a name I've reported and seen nothing happen:
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...lang=fr&order=

[DixieBellOCE]

Just one example of a name I've reported and seen nothing happen:
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...lang=fr&order=

So you are broadly searching the term 'fetus' and want them all banned.

I had the name Dixie Normous, which was just a pun from an old Austin Powers movie, all it takes is a few snowflakes and those names would disappear real fast.

[Shibi]

Just one example of a name I've reported and seen nothing happen

So, from the names you highlight, it looks like you are not seeing the name in world but searching through lodestone and reporting ones that offend you?

Did you notice how they are low level and level 80 names? That means they have most likely not yet logged in to see the forced change. So lodestone stays with the old name until that happens.



Report on ones you see in world, you will see results then.

[Reap00]

So you are broadly searching the term 'fetus' and want them all banned.

I had the name Dixie Normous, which was just a pun from an old Austin Powers movie, all it takes is a few snowflakes and those names would disappear real fast.

If people want to report and remove names created by those that are mentally deficient I am all for it. Would you rather the game turn into the rotting cesspool that WoW is? Keep reporting people. Do it all day every day if it keeps this type of scum out of the game.

[Frizze]

Yeah, i had a friend with an alt named "Bussy Magic". The character existed for months, seemingly no issue. Then one night he got drunk, and was annoyingly spamming emotes in a crowd. Next time he logged in, he was in gaol and when the GM showed up he was informed that he was reported and needed to change his name. Was it the name that offended someone, or did he just piss off the wrong person via emote and they got petty? Regardless, the way the interaction was handled gave me the impression that GMs cant actually change your name. They can just force you to do it. And if you dont log in, then they cant force you to do a thing.

[Doki]

When I first encountered the name it was actually a higher level name. Honestly, I fail to see how the level matters at all. If it's an offensive name running around, it's still offensive regardless of level. If anything, it's probably more visible and more of a problem at a lower level since it's likely to be in a starting town, where new players are.

[Stormpeaks]

"I'm so bored let me search for offensive names on purpose and report them"

[Doki]

Again... this is a name I first encountered IN GAME. Upon reporting it, I looked in Lodestone and noticed just how rampant offensive names are.