Name Change

[raelee]

Yes, I see people reply, some of them reasonable, some of the totally funny and even moronic
What I fail to see is people do not want/refuse to take consequences of the option they take

Take example, XI vet. As far as I know, SE offer, and not forcing, them to take their XI identity.
Another example is character creation. Again, SE offer them a variety of option, I even can put a tiny mole under my right eyes! Some people take this seriously, even spent hours after hours for options, but some doesnt take it seriously and ended regret it. Heck, even I regret why didnt I perform character creation on my PC, on my on monitor, instead of doing it from office PC. But what the hell, what happen is happen
Another funny example is character ID. I've seen many Rina (and all of its variant) in my server. Should I change my name just because of that? Truly funny

Like many people before me have mentioned - Not everyone is like you. You may not care that there are a lot of other Rinas on your server. But some people don't like to be one of many.

Personally, I doubt I'll change my name. I like my name, and I used this name for a specific reason. But, I still support it. If I were to change my character to a male (which won't happen, but lets just say it did), I wouldn't want my first name to be Lady. Eliniel is also very girly. Now, if you tell me I'm lazy for just not remaking another character in the way that I want: I've worked hard in game to get to nearly all 50s and work on my achievements. Why would I want to start all of that over when I've worked as such to make this my main? I would want my main to look how I would like it to look. Just because a male Miqo wasn't available at the time that I created my character isn't my fault.

Also, this is just a game. It's not as important as you're making it out to be. Legally, you can change your real name if you wanted to, so why not be able to do it in a game?

As for game identity, if the person is a bad person, even if their name were to be changed, they would still be bad. A name change isn't going to change their personality, and if they had a reputation for being a jerk, they'll just get a rep new for the same thing. Honestly, in the end, it will probably be easy to figure out who the changed person was in the past based on linkshell, personality, and friends. I really doubt it will be as hard as you're making it out to be. To me, personally, game identity doesn't really say much for you. You're playing with a bunch of people who you don't know and will probably never meet. Yeah, it doesn't really mean you should treat them like shit, but I don't really care if people think I'm a bitch because I'm trying to advise them on how to play their job better.