Inactive Player Name Release

[Asemco]

Hello FFXIV Mod team & Community,

Is there any chance of Inactive Player Name Releases happening in the future? Something like characters under level 10 and without login in the past 5 years (and not a legacy player) lose their name or some other criteria?

I've grown to like my current name, even though it's not quite the Elezen accurate name I wish I landed on originally. Asking for a friend.

Thanks!

[Uhgpaysuhbaliet]

Thank you for posting in the Final Fantasy XIV Technical Support Forums.

Sadly it does not seem likely that there will be any Inactive Player Name Releases, but we suggest trying to recover the account that has that character with the name you prefer. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you would like to proceed with trying to recover the account

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[Asemco]

"Does not seem likely" is happily not a No! How could I shift the balance and get closer to likely?
If there are enough community members looking for an Inactive Player Name Release, could one take place? Would I need to get a picture with Yoshi P approving?

[Thampbayoyows]

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We apologize for any inconvenience that has occurred when playing Final Fantasy XIV. Unfortunately, the issue you are describing is not a technical issue. I will be moving this thread to "General Discussion".

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[Asemco]

Hey all, are people open to inactive character names getting purged? Has Sqenix mentioned name releases at any point?

There could be some Living Memory lore tie-in too, as unnecessary as it would be.

[Jeeqbit]

Hey all, are people open to inactive character names getting purged?

To be honest, I'm not open to it because returning players are a big part of the game. They return after long breaks very frequently. Sometimes from 1.0, sometimes from ARR, sometimes from HW or SB, sometimes from ShB, EW or DT release. I think a good deal of them would not be happy with having lost their name.

However, I do think they could make sure that names are released in specific circumstances:

• Banned accounts.
• Inactive level 1-35 characters (35 used to be the free trial cap).

Has Sqenix mentioned name releases at any point?

No, and I think they understand that returning players are a big part of the game as well.

[Enkidoh]

They've never done it with the nearly thirty years FFXI has been running, I doubt SE will release inactive names for FFXIV either..

And Jeeqbit has the right of it - a major reason is the need to accommodate players returning to the game, specifically version 1.0 players whose character data is saved and able to be transferred into ARR, so those names as well have to be forever locked in the likelihood those players who haven't returned may one day decide to come back. So thus it's just easier to keep all character names locked and not released if inactive.