./signed Should be a cost for this though. // 15k
too bad I salvaged my fow and everything because of an ugly name, I bet this thing will be implemented!
Unhappy with your character name, but don't want to lose your time and energy?
elektra_lucia
Solas
old thread:P
/signed but at a cost of 10 skill points + somthing
(if you dont even have 10 skill points then you many aswell re-roll)
i spent 10 hours on a char and tricket it out with ruins and armour, then next day remade the charactetr because it ha "An" before it, translates as "The" lost 10 hours + 30k on that
/signed but at a cost of 10 skill points + somthing
(if you dont even have 10 skill points then you many aswell re-roll)
i spent 10 hours on a char and tricket it out with ruins and armour, then next day remade the charactetr because it ha "An" before it, translates as "The" lost 10 hours + 30k on that
Burning Blade
I deleted a legendary survivor sin because of his ugly name and looks.
so /signed!
so /signed!
Phoenix of War
I think it's a good idea. I also think you should be able to change face/hair/skin etc of appearance.
However, as mentioned previously this could be abused. Solution? Simple: make it so that you can edit your character name and appearance but you can only do it every 6 months (or some other time span) since the character's creation. And to avoid losing unlocks or flags by GMs on an account, put a hash string or value on a character that stays assigned no matter what they change as far as name or appearance.
/signed
However, as mentioned previously this could be abused. Solution? Simple: make it so that you can edit your character name and appearance but you can only do it every 6 months (or some other time span) since the character's creation. And to avoid losing unlocks or flags by GMs on an account, put a hash string or value on a character that stays assigned no matter what they change as far as name or appearance.
/signed
Snorph
I agree, also would be nice if you could add a feature to allow us to change the looks of our char as well.
Lens
Agree with Phoenix. Once in 6 months is good enough for me.
Also, I think hair style and color should be changeable at an NPC (for a certain cost, like 2,5k or something) but skin color, size and faces should be locked.
Also, I think hair style and color should be changeable at an NPC (for a certain cost, like 2,5k or something) but skin color, size and faces should be locked.
Rich_Izy
/signed
I've decided that "advocater" isnt a word
I've decided that "advocater" isnt a word
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Aramaki [LUX]
/signed
i found that armor makes me rethink my character's identity, so changing the name kind of goes along with that. So, when new armor comes out... a new name is a nice option.
i didn't read all the pages, but i know others have mentioned changing other features (like skin colour, hair, etc) and i was thinking if u could change the face models to a different campaign (ie... changing a prophecies character to have a NF face)?
i found that armor makes me rethink my character's identity, so changing the name kind of goes along with that. So, when new armor comes out... a new name is a nice option.
i didn't read all the pages, but i know others have mentioned changing other features (like skin colour, hair, etc) and i was thinking if u could change the face models to a different campaign (ie... changing a prophecies character to have a NF face)?
Ominous Force
I would LOVE to be able to change my character names/height/hair style. Im all about looks!
/signed
/signed
Tonis
/signed
Absolutely amazing idea.
Absolutely amazing idea.
RazorEdge
/signed. pwetty pleaaaase..
=HT=Ingram
there are a couple of things that worries me on this.
1: character name hyjacking... Or worse spoofing to insult someone..
(not really much diffrent then now expect if the penalty for steep for doing it people will not abuse it. If its free it will change all the time, and that could be a problem...)
2: Scammers changing names so their transactions on the scam are harder to trace. Again, with the current system the name stays reserved for a certain period of time and kinda locked in your account even after you delete that character, at least for a while. So scammers are more easily tracked.
3: Gold Resellers. We almost got this problem licked, it would be really bad to give them a new avenue to allow them to randomize their character names after every transaction so as to remove log tracks back to their accounts. I suppose if you only allowed a name change once or maybe twice a year at the MOST it would not be a problem, But if allowed freely, I can see this being an issue that would make the Admin staff at anets job a lot harder.
4: Losing the original name to someone that will abuse it and you may get the blame for it... That could be a bad one... I know there are many that would love to get me in trouble just to be rid of me in fan forums and in games cause they object to getting reported when they sell or buy gold in the open, or they find some nasty exploit. The point is I have basically stopped doing that as most people just want to cheat and be left alone. so be it... But I have my fair share of enemies I know for a fact would be trying to spoof my names so that they could possibly try to get my account banned. I'm sure I am not alone. Some of these really get off on causing trouble in any way possible, and they would do it any time so as to get their jollies from it.
I think as long as there is a reasonable limit on this that it would be ok. I would much prefer just allowing us to use the gladiator name for all characters on the account like we do for torunements, and that would be great. 1 name for all 12 characters would be fantastic. But I know others will not like that idea.
As to the reroll on the cosmetics, Sure why not... Make it like 10k or something... would be fine by me, and most others... but the name change issue is the only thing I would worry about at this time that would keep that from happening.
1: character name hyjacking... Or worse spoofing to insult someone..
(not really much diffrent then now expect if the penalty for steep for doing it people will not abuse it. If its free it will change all the time, and that could be a problem...)
2: Scammers changing names so their transactions on the scam are harder to trace. Again, with the current system the name stays reserved for a certain period of time and kinda locked in your account even after you delete that character, at least for a while. So scammers are more easily tracked.
3: Gold Resellers. We almost got this problem licked, it would be really bad to give them a new avenue to allow them to randomize their character names after every transaction so as to remove log tracks back to their accounts. I suppose if you only allowed a name change once or maybe twice a year at the MOST it would not be a problem, But if allowed freely, I can see this being an issue that would make the Admin staff at anets job a lot harder.
4: Losing the original name to someone that will abuse it and you may get the blame for it... That could be a bad one... I know there are many that would love to get me in trouble just to be rid of me in fan forums and in games cause they object to getting reported when they sell or buy gold in the open, or they find some nasty exploit. The point is I have basically stopped doing that as most people just want to cheat and be left alone. so be it... But I have my fair share of enemies I know for a fact would be trying to spoof my names so that they could possibly try to get my account banned. I'm sure I am not alone. Some of these really get off on causing trouble in any way possible, and they would do it any time so as to get their jollies from it.
I think as long as there is a reasonable limit on this that it would be ok. I would much prefer just allowing us to use the gladiator name for all characters on the account like we do for torunements, and that would be great. 1 name for all 12 characters would be fantastic. But I know others will not like that idea.
As to the reroll on the cosmetics, Sure why not... Make it like 10k or something... would be fine by me, and most others... but the name change issue is the only thing I would worry about at this time that would keep that from happening.
schaapie
/Signed
But i prefer a hairdresser and so first of all i am pretty fond on my char name :P
But i prefer a hairdresser and so first of all i am pretty fond on my char name :P
Ivan Aidrann
/not signed
Everyone got WAAAAY too used to the fact that you can change anything and everything. I was excited when i heard that you can change your attr points in outposts, then I found out you can change your 2ndary prof aswell, which i could get on board with... then all of a sudden you can change profession with a click of a button in any town, and load builds from a template within a second... and so cookie-cutting came in place.
No more strategizing before a mission or a difficult quest. Now you go with a specific build or you dont go.
AND NOW you want players to be able to change their names and appearance whenever they feel like aswell... seriously
It's an Role-playing-game... You don't get to do these things
Everyone got WAAAAY too used to the fact that you can change anything and everything. I was excited when i heard that you can change your attr points in outposts, then I found out you can change your 2ndary prof aswell, which i could get on board with... then all of a sudden you can change profession with a click of a button in any town, and load builds from a template within a second... and so cookie-cutting came in place.
No more strategizing before a mission or a difficult quest. Now you go with a specific build or you dont go.
AND NOW you want players to be able to change their names and appearance whenever they feel like aswell... seriously
It's an Role-playing-game... You don't get to do these things
T1Cybernetic
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Fallen Hunter
This thread is now the first thread to be featured in Sardelac, as part of a trial which is explained in the new sticky.
Bazompora
/notsigned
unless severly restricted, as in: 1 rename on annual term.
Because not assuming your choice breaks with playing a role. And also because we'll only see people endlessly switching between the most ridiculous names.
Imagine all the "<other player's name> is gay" type of names you'll see coming and going.
unless severly restricted, as in: 1 rename on annual term.
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Ok mr "my glass is half empty" Why not?.......
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Imagine all the "<other player's name> is gay" type of names you'll see coming and going.
Tyla
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I think it's a good idea. I also think you should be able to change face/hair/skin etc of appearance.
However, as mentioned previously this could be abused. Solution? Simple: make it so that you can edit your character name and appearance but you can only do it every 6 months (or some other time span) since the character's creation. And to avoid losing unlocks or flags by GMs on an account, put a hash string or value on a character that stays assigned no matter what they change as far as name or appearance. /signed |
wut he said:P
/signed
/signed and /signed
Mineria
sorry but..
/notsigned
- Security issues
- Because Anet will give us the option to take our character names with us to GW2, won't like to see that getting broken.
/notsigned
- Security issues
- Because Anet will give us the option to take our character names with us to GW2, won't like to see that getting broken.
Phoenix of War
Ladies and Gentlemen, though I am not a Dev for Guild Wars I have helped with some free online games of lesser caliber in the past and let me say this:
Changing the name of the character will not cause a loss of data for that character. Your character would still retain what quests/missions/titles it had accomplished..... AND it would retain it's history including logs, scammers, accounts being flagged would still be flagged if they changed their name. Any intelligent programmer won't make the "name" the ID in the database for your character. Most likely there is a md5 or "hash string" that is assigned to your character upon creation. If not they could simply add one so that no matter what you changed the name to they could still pull you up for violations. And it should store your previous name for that purpose as well in the database. Obviously they already store old names since your character names stay reserved for you after you delete them (at least for a time). What's one more column in the table that stores your account and characters in their server database?
As Shakespeare wrote:
"What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet"
Yes, it would. And your character would still be flagged as a scammer and chat logs would still be accessed even if you changed your name.and/or appearance Granted, it would take a little work on the Dev team to set it up, but don't think for a second that they would incorporate this new ability to change name and appearance without first making sure they would still be able to see flags and logs on that character regardless of the name change. They are better programmers than that. I don't always like their decisions with game changes, but I DO know they aren't stupid enough to let that big of a loophole into adding this feature.
And as I said earlier, make it so that you can only do it every 6 months after character creation or even only after your yearly birthdays. Then there wouldn't be so much logs to store of name changes for tracking purposes since it would be limited in when it could be done to a reasonable frequency.
Changing the name of the character will not cause a loss of data for that character. Your character would still retain what quests/missions/titles it had accomplished..... AND it would retain it's history including logs, scammers, accounts being flagged would still be flagged if they changed their name. Any intelligent programmer won't make the "name" the ID in the database for your character. Most likely there is a md5 or "hash string" that is assigned to your character upon creation. If not they could simply add one so that no matter what you changed the name to they could still pull you up for violations. And it should store your previous name for that purpose as well in the database. Obviously they already store old names since your character names stay reserved for you after you delete them (at least for a time). What's one more column in the table that stores your account and characters in their server database?
As Shakespeare wrote:
"What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet"
Yes, it would. And your character would still be flagged as a scammer and chat logs would still be accessed even if you changed your name.and/or appearance Granted, it would take a little work on the Dev team to set it up, but don't think for a second that they would incorporate this new ability to change name and appearance without first making sure they would still be able to see flags and logs on that character regardless of the name change. They are better programmers than that. I don't always like their decisions with game changes, but I DO know they aren't stupid enough to let that big of a loophole into adding this feature.
And as I said earlier, make it so that you can only do it every 6 months after character creation or even only after your yearly birthdays. Then there wouldn't be so much logs to store of name changes for tracking purposes since it would be limited in when it could be done to a reasonable frequency.
Aramaki [LUX]
what about when u want to change ur character names it has to pass a check to see if ur previous (current) name has been flagged or reported?
KyaFeathrbow
Extremely /signed
I recently just got married IG, but because of the limitations, I can't change my character's last name to my husbands. From an RPer's standpoint - yes, we do exist - something like this could be extremely useful.
Something like this would be very appreciated at the cost of something large. 50-100 skill points, for instance, could be a foreseeable cost in my eyes. By the time you have ~100 skill points, its pretty evident you're dedicated to the character.
Phoenix of War also brings up extremely valid points. Perhaps the original character name would remain in databases, just that a recognizable character name overlap could be programmed?
I recently just got married IG, but because of the limitations, I can't change my character's last name to my husbands. From an RPer's standpoint - yes, we do exist - something like this could be extremely useful.
Something like this would be very appreciated at the cost of something large. 50-100 skill points, for instance, could be a foreseeable cost in my eyes. By the time you have ~100 skill points, its pretty evident you're dedicated to the character.
Phoenix of War also brings up extremely valid points. Perhaps the original character name would remain in databases, just that a recognizable character name overlap could be programmed?
chowmein69
/signed .
??aron
/signed
This is a great idea but limited to a few changes or it would get out of hand maybe an npc that changes your name the first 2 or 3 times would be free but after that it would be like 25k
This is a great idea but limited to a few changes or it would get out of hand maybe an npc that changes your name the first 2 or 3 times would be free but after that it would be like 25k
Masamune Saiyan
/signed
I made a typo with my monk's name, but didn't realize it until later on. If one more noob points my mistake out, I'm going to rip their arms off and use them to bludgeon them.
I made a typo with my monk's name, but didn't realize it until later on. If one more noob points my mistake out, I'm going to rip their arms off and use them to bludgeon them.
MithranArkanere
One of my characters it's caled 'Asura'.
Imagine it now... I NEED it changed.
Imagine it now... I NEED it changed.
KyaFeathrbow
I honestly can't think that there's much of any argument against this, to be honest. If given the correct limitations to prevent gold sellers/bots/scammers from switching names after every transaction, then there shouldn't be any problems.
I can't imagine it would detract the dev team all that much from GW2, either.
I can't imagine it would detract the dev team all that much from GW2, either.
Calaval
/signed
Although to deter character name hijacking I’d prefer that you can only change name of a character with another character already on your account. So for example, if you have a necro you hardly ever play but prefer that name over the character of your main you could change it.
Although to deter character name hijacking I’d prefer that you can only change name of a character with another character already on your account. So for example, if you have a necro you hardly ever play but prefer that name over the character of your main you could change it.
Witchblade
the limitations should be a number of use per account
ie: 1x per cdkey added or something
or for those always asking for hair/face change/survivor for older chars
->1 time fullreroll, recreating the char and keeping its stuff but at quite an expensive price
anyway, about namechange it can be done, since you have to rename it in case its flagged as "inappropriate"
ANet cant say "sry, cant be done, complicated coding, blahblahblah" (as said in their faq)
ie: 1x per cdkey added or something
or for those always asking for hair/face change/survivor for older chars
->1 time fullreroll, recreating the char and keeping its stuff but at quite an expensive price
anyway, about namechange it can be done, since you have to rename it in case its flagged as "inappropriate"
ANet cant say "sry, cant be done, complicated coding, blahblahblah"
(as said in their faq)
Red Sonya
No I am against this idea as it would allow black listed or otherwise bad players or griefers to hide themselves in the shadows by changing their names. SO, this is a BIG NO here on this. You should have thought more about your name before making it thus you should have to live with your mistakes.
T1Cybernetic
I just read through the guild wars support site while looking for something unrelated to this but i found this interesting, Highlighted the important part.
Basicaly we know it's possible to change names just by reading that, I wonder what is really stopping this feature being added. Here is the [Link].
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Once a character has been created, you will not be able to change that character's name. If you wish to reuse a specific character name that is associated with your account, you can do so by deleting the original character with that name and then creating a new character using the preferred name. Please be aware that you will need to complete the new-character creation within 60 minutes in order to keep the name associated with your Guild Wars account. If more than 60 minutes pass, the name will no longer be associated with your Guild Wars account and may be used by another player. The only exception to this rule would involve a character that was blocked by the Guild Wars Support Team for having an inappropriate name. In such a case, if you wish to regain access to the character after the related account suspension is complete, you must change its name in order to regain access to it. This can be accomplished with an option window that will be offered once the account suspension is over. |
KyaFeathrbow
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No I am against this idea as it would allow black listed or otherwise bad players or griefers to hide themselves in the shadows by changing their names. SO, this is a BIG NO here on this. You should have thought more about your name before making it thus you should have to live with your mistakes.
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You, good sir, have the best logic ever.
PureEvilYak
Didn't Anet unofficially announce that they had plans for something like this ages ago?
Seeing as Guild Wars' community is massive, you never really run into the same person twice, so I can't see why not. Though it may be sensible to make sure people can't change their names more than once a week/month, to avoid abuse.
Seeing as Guild Wars' community is massive, you never really run into the same person twice, so I can't see why not. Though it may be sensible to make sure people can't change their names more than once a week/month, to avoid abuse.
Red Sonya
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Witchblade
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You, good sir, have the best logic ever.
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he's just spitting nonsense on some threads
sounds like he's paid to post "this" ^^
Red Sonya
More like your tripe is nonsense, other people like things to be different than some people. I'm giving my input on the way I like the game to be played if you don't like it tough there's no laws about having an opinion whether you don't like them or not..Seems to me you just want to start some flame war like a troll would.
You can't see me
/Signed, I want to change my Nuker's Name very badly, since my idiot friend named her after some slack dumb(Bad Word) Anime Series Character.
Red Sonya
You can always delete it and start over and why didn't you when your friend named it that in the first place instead of playing however long you have?
Sujoy
/notsigned 12
Rohan
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You can always delete it and start over
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