Unhappy with your character name, but don't want to lose your time and energy?

/signed

It's absolutely become handy if there's a npc to service or just type some command !

/sign. Going off topic, but I also want a character makeover.

/signed
I asked support to change my character's gender, they say they cant do that . But it would be nice too.

/signed

A visit to a hairdresser is long overdue too....pretty please!

/signed


=D

/sign!
would also love a one time character appearance change option too if possible. I would love to update my ranger whom has had the same appearance since beta days LOL

I have REALLY wanted to change the name on one of my characters!! I don't know what I was thinking when I picked that damned name! It seemed like a good name at the time! I musta been drunk. hehe PLEASE LET ME CHANGE IT!! Or maybe have a ticketed procedure for change requests through support... ANYTHING!!!

/signed
Wan Hong Lo

I'm more for the option to change a character's hair style and color, but I don't have any problem with allowing players to change their names, either.

/signed

make it cost 100k or something.

/signed

100k is alot, make it 25k so also non solo farmers can do it =P

Yeah, I've had to delete a couple characters (luckily before I had wasted too much time playing them) before because of moronic names that at the time seemed great.

Someone probably already mentioned this, but what about scammers, stalkers, leeches, or all those nasties on my "ignore" list? If they can change names, we no longer can ignore them or warn each other about them.

Or what about good ppl you want to get/stay in touch with, like former guildies, someone who was in a PUG with you recently that you want to whisper once in a while, someone you traded with that you might want to trade with again...

Sounds like a good idea, if there were rules.

/sign

If you haven't noticed, your buddy and ignore lists track players by their account, not their name. This shouldn't be a problem, as your buddy list and ignore list should update with their new name.

/Signed

To avoid the "/namechange Bob sukzroz kockzorzzzLol" trick, make it you can only change name once. And for those who made a typo with their new name : ou can change back until one hour after you changed. (though that would actually allow the "/namechange Bob sukzroz kockzorzzzLol" trick.

/signed

I would love to be able to change names without having to create a new char and lose the nearly 300 hours spent on ONE of my chars.

topic was created on 11-22-2005 and still nothing changed... /signed anyway

Also /signed anyway.

It must be a one-time event, however.. I would hate to see it abused.

As for the make-over requests, perhaps everyone could be allowed a one time make-over with GW:EN (additional face, hair, etc.. options included with GW:EN in this "make-over" would be extraordinary for those of us who aren't extremely pleased with the current available skins).

I wouldn't mind, it'd be cool to change my name if I didn't like it

/Unsigned... if you would like to make a new name because you don't like your current name, why did you make the current name. Also, people would confuse you, if your main character name is (Exterminate all - My name) and people remember you by that name, and they take you off friends list by an accident and try and add you and the name is not there, then they would be confused and maybe never talk to you again...Im against this..

Because when I made the name I thought it was funny. And now its not.
Because when I made the name I was in an uncreative mood.
Because when I made the name I was using a base name for all my characters but the base name didnt work for all my ideas and now they seem out of place.


Lots of reasons. If that person was really your friend and they accidentally took you off friends list, then you would be messaging them anyway so they would know what your current name is.

So you want ArenaNet to fix the problem you created as opposed to ArenaNet fixing a bug in the game.

Sorry to point a finger at you but It has to be said that it was your own fault for injecting humor in a screenname, its generally common sense that all jokes get old after awhile. I think the fact that ArenaNet doesn't allow name changing stresses the importance and uniqueness to creating your character name. Depending how many campaigns you have up to 8 slots to get it right. I think thats more than enough.

I've spent days and days contemplating character design and name before I commit to it. The character name is the hardest thing to agree on, I've had a list of names I like and had friends help me narrow down my list. Ultimately it's your decision and you have to learn to live with it.

There are plenty of "fantasy name generator" tools online just google 'em and that should help you. I used them and modified a letter here and there. It takes alot effort to come up with a satisfying character name.

/signed

If A-Net released an expansion that only consisted of an auction house, hairdresser, full hero party option, and name changing... they'd be so rich.

I would rather kill myself than use a fantasy name generator. Or any kind of name generator really. I dont like my characters having "real" names.




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K from reading almost all of the posts here, it seems to me, many people regret the names they chose for their characters. Most of you guys regret it either because you didn't pay too much attention to it when you first made it or half way through, the name of the character no longer represents what you had hoped for. So, there is a lot of demand for the change and it seems that its only fair for Anet to listen to their players and give them what they want.

Now, having said that, there should be some restrictions as to when and how they can change their names. I think the idea to have the person only change their name in a limited amount is the right way to go and it will prevent people from abusing it. Much like Anet's policy in changing servers only 5 times, they should do the same for name changing.

Now if they were to take it further, and allow for full customization of your characters (Salon, beauty shop, or what ever you guys want to call it), and allow for changing of face,hair, and etc. Anet will have thousands of happy players. Also, if they chose to, they can make it so that they have to pay for these cosmetic changes.

Back to the name changing portion of this post. Nobody in their right mind would ever name their character "pepsi killer xxx" and keep it. But there are those who did name their characters with silly names and had the guts to keep them, without understanding the full scope of things. Not understanding the consequences of their actions, they are forced to play with their "Pepsi killer xxx" character because "...I invested too much time in to it" or "...I bought the obsidian armor for this character and I"m not gonna change it." After 38 pages of people requesting for the change, I think it is quite evident that there is a large group of people that want this.

Apparently the technology to change the name exists, so hopefully it won't be difficult to incorporate it as a game feature. Even if it is some what difficult, I believe the satisfaction of thousands of people will be worth it in the end.

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On a side note, perhaps Anet hasn't made any changes because they don't think there is a demand for it. If possible, I am requesting for those hardcore or lucky players that get to be in the server when Gaile Grey appears and perhaps mention it to her whenever possible. The more we advertise our concerns and needs for this game, the better chance of change. Thank you.

id like that

Or let them know the direct way, if, in all likelyhood, they don't already know.

my opinion is that it would destroy the economy

it would just simply be abused and hundreds of people would probably get banned


/NOTSIGNED

I would be all for it. Also wouldn't mind if you could change features (lets say Iv made a character and figured out I don't want that hair/face/w.e and prefer a different one)

I think it would even be reasonable for a price. Maybe set it at 10k or so

/signed but an update like this should also include the option to be able to go back to the char creation screen

simple solution to that issue, have a set amount of times you can change your name. The limitation will prevent people from abusing the system. Simple.

I think one name change per character or it would really annoy me, I dunno why but my gut feeling tells me this would be a terrible idea.

Why not make it the way your hero account name is changed - every 30 days?

Meaning: at least 30 days must pass before you can change your character
name again....


/signed

Ok its a good idea but:

You need to make it ONLY every week/month and it will cost 5k or so.
So it wont be abused

Or you could've just chosen a name you liked in the beginning instead of picking something moronic?

5k is a drop in the bucket, that just ensures that only people with 5k will abuse it.

Make it a ONE time change. There should be no need to constantly change the name. That's reserved for the pvp chars.

Simply put, if you're not satisfied with your name, you get one chance to change it. That way, you would NEED to put some serious thought into it.

Anything else would just be abused.

/signed

Seems like a good idea.

It should be simple, at our 2nd birthday we should be allowed to edit our character in any way that we see fit. Name, gender, and appearance.

Minipets is just clutter, give us something useful. I guarantee after two long years everyone would be more interested in altering their characters than getting some minipet.

But since this will probably never happen... I think that we should be able to request a name change, among other character alterations, through the online store. I would certainly pay 5 bucks to do something like that. Paying ingame gold is worthless to Anet, wasn't it stated before that an actual individual has to initiate the name change? Now Anet could pay a guy to do that if they just put a price tag on character alterations.

With a possible one month restriction on changes as well as the fee, there shouldn't be that much abuse of the system.

i agree

but if it is ever implemented. how about all the money adds up into a raffle of some sort like say for every rank of the lucky title you get a chance to do this raffle

/signed

I think that being able to change your character name would be a great idea to implement. I think that if there is a price to use the feature, it should be low, especially after the farming nerf (perhaps 1k). I don't need yet another money sink, I'm low enough on funds as it is.

I always put A LOT of thought into character's names and I'm still happy with them. This wouldn't do anything for me personally, but I would love to see players realize that their "Xx Sephiroth Xx" name was rediculous and have the chance to rename it.

/signed for a non-abusive name change system.

I'd love to be able to change some of my character's appearances. With hair styles, it would be cool for characters to have access to hair styles from other campaigns. With this, female tyrian monks now all won't have the chun-li from street fighter look (two buns and the ribbon), because we all know how bad the choices were for them. For characters who travel through each continent, it would be normal for them to adopt a new look, since they already do that with armor. I would also love to be able to turn my canthan warrior into a tyrian, but I know that would be pushing it.

/signed for stylist NPC.