Name Change

KasenSorel

KasenSorel

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Sep 2008

Hedge Of Everlight

P/W

Is There anyway, I can change the name of one of my Character's. ASAP.

Any ideas? I dont want to have just make a new one.

Mars Dragonblade

Mars Dragonblade

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2006

Awesometon.

Ministry of Fate [MoF]

W/

Unfortunately there is no way to change a character's name without remaking them once it has been created. This is a feature that has been mentioned to death in the Sardelac section of the forum but one none the less we will probably never see.

trickfred

trickfred

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

Canadia

It's A Trick Get An [Axe]

Anet can most certainly change character names, they just don't, unless the character has an offensive name and it has been reported.

Daisuko

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2007

California

[Vr]

E/Me

I've got it! Have some friends report you for an offensive name, then ANET will force you to change it!

The Red Messenger

The Red Messenger

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2008

America

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Originally Posted by Daisuko View Post
I've got it! Have some friends report you for an offensive name, then ANET will force you to change it!
that works. or write support and make up a good story why your character's name needs to be changed (like a death in the family of the guy you named it after or whatever)

Issac

Issac

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2006

Earthrealm

W/A

You have to have a really good reason for a name change. And as someone else stated, it's mostly on for offensive names and such :S.

Xx Da Best Xx

Xx Da Best Xx

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2008

LA

Try and find some weird way to explain how your name can be considered perverted...then ask Anet to let you change it :P

realtalk916

realtalk916

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2008

California

Reign Of Judgment [RoJ]

W/E

lol all these ideas make me wanna try and message anet support. thought my names cool, named after my high school crush

Icy The Mage

Icy The Mage

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2008

Canada

E/

Just so you know, changing your character's name disables you from being able to wear any of your armor and use any of your customized weapons/shields.

Kook~NBK~

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2005

A little chalet outside Drok's

Natural Born Killaz

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Originally Posted by IcyFiftyFive View Post
Just so you know, changing your character's name disables you from being able to wear any of your armor and use any of your customized weapons/shields.
Is that right? I always thought that Armor & weapon customization are tied to the character, not the name. That's why you can't delete a character, create a new character with the same name, and them transfer the old character's armor (which you stuck in storage) to the new one.

Cherrie

Cherrie

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Echowald

Marked by [Fury]

Me/

As far as I know, this is not true.
They are still customised with your old name, but you can wear it... at least that's what I remember reading about here on this forum couple of years ago.

imnotyourmother

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2008

in a house

The Knitters Guild

W/R

right invent something. I love that idea. Like that was my x-husbands toon's name and I won it in a court settlement so you better do something about it. Or just bite the bullet and make a new toon.

Sadly the latter is your best hope - if the name that you want still exists.

Kyper Wolf

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2008

R/

Armor is NOT tied to a name. A friend of mine had to change his name...and he was able to use everything from weapons to dungeon books to armor.

Darcy

Darcy

Never Too Old

Join Date: Jul 2006

Rhode Island where there are no GW contests

Order of First

W/R

Armor and other character-customized items are tied to the character ID code (or whatever a programmer calls it). The name change is cosmetic only, it doesn't change that ID code, so items can still be used by the newly-named character.

Think of it as dying your armor a different color - instead of blue armor, you now have green armor, but it is still the same armor.

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

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Originally Posted by Darcy View Post
Armor and other character-customized items are tied to the character ID code (or whatever a programmer calls it). The name change is cosmetic only, it doesn't change that ID code, so items can still be used by the newly-named character.

Think of it as dying your armor a different color - instead of blue armor, you now have green armor, but it is still the same armor.
Exactly. Otherwise you could buy armor/whatever for a character, put those items into storage, delete that character, and then create a new character with the same name and use those items.