Name Change

[squidbunny]

I'm all for allowing name change with the 2.0 recustomizations but I recognize there's difficulty involved.

My husband is a female Elezen, with a really Elezen (and really girly) sounding name currently -- he wants to switch to a Male Mi'qote in 2.0 but probably won't if he's stuck with his present name.

[Dargoth_Draconia]

Serious question, why would you change your name?
Your name is your identity pre-2.0, why would you change it?
Why not create a totally new character if you like a new name

Even Yoshi-P questioned this in one of his letter

Obvious answer incoming. Why make a new character and lose all my level 50's when all I simply want is a name-change (only useable if you did the gender/race change). No offense but I wouldn't want a Female Miqote named Dargoth. Or if I change to a Male Miqote I may not wish to change my name but would like to have that option. How I see it is that your Surname is your identity not your first name. So it is pretty obvious upon itself why some want a name change, though I am sure some of the a-holes want one so they can wreak havoc with a new name but whatever.

I'm all for allowing name change with the 2.0 recustomizations but I recognize there's difficulty involved.

My husband is a female Elezen, with a really Elezen (and really girly) sounding name currently -- he wants to switch to a Male Mi'qote in 2.0 but probably won't if he's stuck with his present name.

There really isn't much difficulty involved overall it comes down simply to the devs decision on it. Some don't think you should be able to and as I was saying you should only be allowed to change your character first name and be forced to keep your surname.

[Eliseus]

lol.. every update? maybe for all we know ;p

It hasnt been confirmed that Achievements will be cross account.. but we do know that some.. if not most of the achievements will not exist in 2.0.

My first character in Beta was Demitrix Loinguard.. after realizing my humorous mistake.. I deleted Demitrix LOINguard and re-rolled (losing ranks and time).. People who aren't happy with their name should have deleted their character before getting R50 in every class.. This seems to me like a "I Deleted my Paragons Crown.. SE FIX IT!" type of situation :/

Ya that sounds reasonable. I should also KILL myself in real life because I don't like my name.

[Dragon]

Let me conjure some examples

Player A: "OMG, those peoples are annoying! How dare they use the same name like me, Lina. I'm not hip anymore!"
Player B: "OMG, that male miqote looks cute. ME WANNA!!!'"
Player C: "Crap. This is bad. I accidentally kill my friend. I need to lay down. Oh, what to do, what to do. I know! I'll change my appearance and name. Now no one will catch me!"

All: "But I don't want to replay it all again!!!"

Yea, I guess thats called selfish


ps: I'm not against change. I'm against ridicoulous idea that will/potentially bring imbalance to either game mechanics, game experience and game lore. For those who said that I'm not role play enough, actually I role play enough. And right now, I'm role play as some adventurer in medievel setting, and to no friggin way access to some gender or even race change. Sure, I could dye my hair blond or black, but that? Totally not gonna happen in medieval setting

Every time you post, a kitten dies.

Let me conjure another example

You are a famous adventurer. Bards sing songs of your heroic deed. Statues are erect in Cities, Hamlets, all corner of the world to respect you. You are XXX, adventurer extraordinary!

But then you got bored with your name, which is, like I said before, what you are pre-2.0, your keepsake, your Legacy! Could you imagine that all the bards have to rename yourself in their songs, crafter scratch their head thinking so hard how to change the statues that they made into a new you (physic and identity) without have to start from scratch?

Likely not, actually. Most legendary heroes have had multiple variations of their names.

ps: that's just some lazy analogy for the all pain that DEV/DB team have to endure to re-name player ID into their database. Yes, I'm lazy like that

Do you even know what the hell 2.0 is? If you "care" so much, let the devs decide.

ok, let me try again
we are role playing
what does we role play as?
we role play as an adventurer in a medieval setting
do we have a suitable environment for that?
we have castle, busy business city, lively port city, and god-forsaken town in a middle of a jungle. we have knight, mage, mystical creature with a bit of magi-tek blend on it
does changing your name, your gender, heck even your race is logical while role playing in this kind of setting?
I don't know, but I don't think it's possible. Currently this setting doesn't have the proper technology to do so. what do you think?

False.

Throughout many European and middle-eastern medieval cultures and pre-medieval cultures, cross-dressing was generally treated as a stigma, and people thought it possible to be able to actually change their 'gender'/'sex' (what was their understanding of male/female) through what we know as witchcraft. In some religious institutions, you could even go to hell for changing genders. Then there's the fact that throughout the world from ancient cultures to modern-day cultures, there were and still are rumors of humans changing forms.

That's not even considering that Final Fantasy XIV is based in a high-fantasy setting with a possibly-technocratic dictatorship known as Garlemaid, the Garlean Empire, and where magic is infused. Truth is, SE could easily make gender/race changes true to lore since there is no information whatsoever on that.

Also, people do quite often change their common name, or some people like me use a different name depending on the group. For instance, in any professional/business setting I go by the name Vincent, but informally up until recently I went by the name Kyle.

If SE allows the majority of achievements earned to be account wide then I don't see the problem with re-rolling a new character, especially if your maxed out character is sending mats, gil, and gear through the mailing system.. Will SE allow us to change race/gender/name every version update? I hope not :/

/eyeroll

2.0 isn't just a mere 'version update'.

[Katamari]

I am all for name changing. If it REALLY causes such a problem for ANYONE, then just get rid of the surname or hide it.
I know for sure my character surname is pretty long and annoying. God, do I regret linking my character name from XI.

But is it really a burden to add the option? This reminds me of that Goobue thread.

[Dargoth_Draconia]

o______________________________________________________________O Goobbue

[MyKotoShi]

Any and all arguments against a name change option is insanely unorthodox and simply retarded; it serves as nothing more than a fine display of the individual's sociological dysfunction adherent to their cultural habitat and common practices, also being a selfish twit.

[abby]

I think they should at least allow people to change their first names at 2.0 if they decide to change their gender/race. That way they'll have a new name that they feel is fit for their character, and can still be identified who they are by their last name. But if SE will allow for full name change go for it!

[Doho]

oh this thread again

[rina_inverse]

you guys funny, getting flip off something like this

ok, let me get this straight
1. I'm not against change
2. I'm in no way can change SE plans to implement something, to change something
3. I'm just wondering, why would you like to change your appearance? your name? It's your identity pre 2.0, an accumulated experience for almost 2 years (since beta)! Don't you all have pride or something? Of what you are? Of what choice you choose? Of regrets that made?
4. Learn to make choice, and what most important, learn to accept that choice, for whatever regret you will have