Hey, one of my female characters is surnamed 'Asura'.
So you bet I agree with the suggestion.
Unhappy with your character name, but don't want to lose your time and energy?
MithranArkanere
ChrisM
Great idea.
If they rly realise this, I want also some hairs for my nearly bald prophecies warr^^ I really don´t know what I thought 3 years ago when I created him..)
If they rly realise this, I want also some hairs for my nearly bald prophecies warr^^ I really don´t know what I thought 3 years ago when I created him..)
phiredragon
Ive remade so may charecters because i got sick of the hair or the name or the hight or the skin colour or theres just one little thing i wanted to change. Ive been playing for almost three years and will never get a three year present because of this (or even a two year one). I still cant stand most of my charecter names and it would make my life so much better if i could click a button and poof changed name 
sooooo please please please....... /on knees beging
/signed in blood
sooooo please please please....... /on knees beging/signed in blood
Mykaal Avalon
/signed
Name change is already in place for "abusive" names so thats easy implemented. Just a matter of how to restrict it so people arnt changing all the time.
The only cosmetic change I agree with would be the ability to change hairstyles. Must only be a few lines of code to change for style and colour. I understand making a new npc is a big job so how about using the hat guy for hair too.
Name change is already in place for "abusive" names so thats easy implemented. Just a matter of how to restrict it so people arnt changing all the time.
The only cosmetic change I agree with would be the ability to change hairstyles. Must only be a few lines of code to change for style and colour. I understand making a new npc is a big job so how about using the hat guy for hair too.
Mykaal Avalon
/signed
Name change is already in place for "abusive" names so thats easy implemented. Just a matter of how to restrict it so people arnt changing all the time.
The only cosmetic change I agree with would be the ability to change hairstyles. Must only be a few lines of code to change for style and colour. I understand making a new npc is a big job so how about using the hat guy for hair too.
Name change is already in place for "abusive" names so thats easy implemented. Just a matter of how to restrict it so people arnt changing all the time.
The only cosmetic change I agree with would be the ability to change hairstyles. Must only be a few lines of code to change for style and colour. I understand making a new npc is a big job so how about using the hat guy for hair too.
Don Doggy
/signed
I have deleted a lot of characters just because of their name or how they look.
I have deleted a lot of characters just because of their name or how they look.
jeppe986
/signed, hope this will be added soon
darkangel921
/signed I wanted to name my warrior "Justice is Coming" the name was taken when I rolled her up,, then much later when I rolled my dervish up the name was not taken, so now my Dervish is named what I wanted on my warrior. 
I also wanted my Ele named "Fire Marshall Bill" ,,, no luck
I also wanted my Ele named "Fire Marshall Bill" ,,, no luck
sportacus
/signed
I'm sick of having a character named 'Vicky Vodka'. I was drunk on a few screwdrivers at the time, and I saw a Tila Tequila ad... worst naming process ever.
I'm sick of having a character named 'Vicky Vodka'. I was drunk on a few screwdrivers at the time, and I saw a Tila Tequila ad... worst naming process ever.
Shayne Hawke
Maybe someone should create a name reporting system and charge people to get their name reported a bunch so that it has a chance of being changed.
har har.
har har.
Koestu
/Signed
Revival of thread.
Revival of thread.
Stupid Shizno
/signed
just create a restriction the same as pvp, one name change per month.
just create a restriction the same as pvp, one name change per month.
Evil Neato
Just make an "Edit Character" button on the character selection and let us go back into the character appearance menus. Obviously not allowing for class change.
Height, hair, hair color, skin color, face, name --- yes. Sex? That's up to them.
And as I said before, I'd even be willing to pay $5-10 each time I wanted to change a character, if it's come down to that.
Height, hair, hair color, skin color, face, name --- yes. Sex? That's up to them.
And as I said before, I'd even be willing to pay $5-10 each time I wanted to change a character, if it's come down to that.
Owik Gall
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Originally Posted by Evil Neato
Just make an "Edit Character" button on the character selection and let us go back into the character appearance menus. Obviously not allowing for class change.
Height, hair, hair color, skin color, face, name --- yes. Sex? That's up to them. And as I said before, I'd even be willing to pay $5-10 each time I wanted to change a character, if it's come down to that. |
A11Eur0
If it comes down to paying real-world money to keep your in-game stats while making your character look just a little bit different, or have a more grown-up or appropriate name for what the character is about, I'll pass.
If it requires in-game gold...sure. people make quick characters to get into the game faster, and come to regret it later. They come across an armor set that would look better with a different skin tone, hair style/color, etc. They get armor that clips with their current hair style, why should they have to deal with a graphical screwup? Why should they be required to salvage that hard-earned armor just because it clips with their hairstyle they chose months, maybe years before?
EDIT: WoW did it...you can do. Admit it...WoW is the only real competition and they're beating you in the character customization options.
If it requires in-game gold...sure. people make quick characters to get into the game faster, and come to regret it later. They come across an armor set that would look better with a different skin tone, hair style/color, etc. They get armor that clips with their current hair style, why should they have to deal with a graphical screwup? Why should they be required to salvage that hard-earned armor just because it clips with their hairstyle they chose months, maybe years before?
EDIT: WoW did it...you can do. Admit it...WoW is the only real competition and they're beating you in the character customization options.
Konig Des Todes
Although I'm sure I /signed this before. I shall /sign again.
/sign for Name Changer, Hair Changer, and Hair Color Changer.
Height, Face, and Gender... questionable, especially Gender.
/sign for Name Changer, Hair Changer, and Hair Color Changer.
Height, Face, and Gender... questionable, especially Gender.
Windf0rce
/signed
*has deleted multiple characters over bad names, hairdos, faces, and the like*
Funniest thing is the thought "WTF was I smoking when I chose this hair? lol".
*has deleted multiple characters over bad names, hairdos, faces, and the like*
Funniest thing is the thought "WTF was I smoking when I chose this hair? lol".
White Lies
/signed.
Now pleaaaaaaase pleaaaaaase do it
~Lies
Now pleaaaaaaase pleaaaaaase do it
~Lies
PsyK.09
/signed
I agreed that it does have to have a restriction on the ease of its use, either limiting the times you can change it or having a fee for doing so. Or better yet, have it as part of quest or a hard to reach npc(much like the seers in prophecies), so that people have to at least make an effort to change it.
A time restriction between changes and a remote npc would be ideal imo.
I agreed that it does have to have a restriction on the ease of its use, either limiting the times you can change it or having a fee for doing so. Or better yet, have it as part of quest or a hard to reach npc(much like the seers in prophecies), so that people have to at least make an effort to change it.
A time restriction between changes and a remote npc would be ideal imo.
stretchs
I would love to see this, but as a gold sink, make it 100k and an out of way npc so that it is a pain in the backside to get to. Also have a restriction to one name change per 2mos or 6 mos or something
faraaz
Yes, yes a thousand times yes.
/Signed
/Signed
romeus petrus
/signed
^Mara has a real ugly sin, we desperately need to change her name to Mara Uglystrike.
^Mara has a real ugly sin, we desperately need to change her name to Mara Uglystrike.
BenjZee
as long as it doesnt confused guild/alliance/friends lists. i do see someone changing their name though and then you stealing it off them so they cant change back.
or problems with reporting and scamming as people could change their name to something else. or someone getting wrongly accused by making their name what a scammers used to be
Either that or we could keep the name and let us change other features of the character. Mkaing it reasonable though hieght/skin colour is questionable. Hair on the other hand and dye (i know its been mentioned many times) would be acceptable.
or problems with reporting and scamming as people could change their name to something else. or someone getting wrongly accused by making their name what a scammers used to be
Either that or we could keep the name and let us change other features of the character. Mkaing it reasonable though hieght/skin colour is questionable. Hair on the other hand and dye (i know its been mentioned many times) would be acceptable.
Karate Jesus
I think being able to change your name with a command or quest might be too riddled with problems. In GW, so much of our gameplay depends on your name (guilds, friends lists, XTH, etc.).
I think if they're going to do it, they should make it like an alias/nickname system. Make everyone keep their name the same, but have the option of typing /nickname or something and activating a name like a title. You could just type /nickname [name] then check a box under titles to show your new name, but under your guild and friends list, your name would be the same with your nickname in parentheses. Ex: Grenths Sidekick (Crazy Killa) or something.
The best part is, we already have this same system in place, so it probably wouldn't take much work. Also, nicknames fit into the GW story and theme.
I think if they're going to do it, they should make it like an alias/nickname system. Make everyone keep their name the same, but have the option of typing /nickname or something and activating a name like a title. You could just type /nickname [name] then check a box under titles to show your new name, but under your guild and friends list, your name would be the same with your nickname in parentheses. Ex: Grenths Sidekick (Crazy Killa) or something.
The best part is, we already have this same system in place, so it probably wouldn't take much work. Also, nicknames fit into the GW story and theme.
Eragon Zarroc
should of thought about the long term when u made ur character. everyone changing names all the time would be havoc /notsigned
Ima_Poundyou
/SIGN, because I really want to do this. I've got one character that's become my "main," and I want to name all my characters around him. People have to check and see who it is when I get on another character because they only know me as one name.
I say it should be something like:
- Every 1 (2, 3) year(s) the account ages, every character on that account gets ONE renaming card (item, maybe?) that they can use to change their name.
OR
- Every 1 (2, 3) year(s) the character ages, that character gets ONE renaming card.
To prevent everyone being confused by constant name changes they only get 1 chance per year, and if necessary there could even be a note beside/underneath their name on friend/guild lists saying (formerly John Doe) for a week or some period of time, though I doubt that would be necessary and might be confusing when they're on another character than their main.
Of course, I don't know how the programming/development works so that might be a ton of work. No idea. Just my take on it.
Really hope to see some sort of name-changing system somewhere in the future.
I say it should be something like:
- Every 1 (2, 3) year(s) the account ages, every character on that account gets ONE renaming card (item, maybe?) that they can use to change their name.
OR
- Every 1 (2, 3) year(s) the character ages, that character gets ONE renaming card.
To prevent everyone being confused by constant name changes they only get 1 chance per year, and if necessary there could even be a note beside/underneath their name on friend/guild lists saying (formerly John Doe) for a week or some period of time, though I doubt that would be necessary and might be confusing when they're on another character than their main.
Of course, I don't know how the programming/development works so that might be a ton of work. No idea. Just my take on it.
Really hope to see some sort of name-changing system somewhere in the future.
Siniminister
Absolutely /signed. I have a few characters whose names I really regret, but after 2+ years I can't bring myself to delete them.
Arcain
This would be great, aways disliked my assassin's name, but could not bring myself to delete him after all the time spent on him.
Ultra Ranger
dont make it chargable, and if you don't want people to abuse it, allow 4 or 5 re-names for each account.
m_marie_d
Wow old thread why not post :P
Personally I think all my chars names through so I'm happy with them for the most part.... I do agree that this is a feature that should be implemented and there should be an account based time limit or some sort of fee or whatever......As far as scammers go all they would have to do is make this feature unavailable for any banned account for a certain amount of 'actual' play time as in say 50hrs/30 days or whatever so scammers don't abuse the feature(and u can always put them on ur ignore list as i'm pretty sure the lists are account based so as to not get rescammed
fool me once shame on u fool me twice shame on me :P ). As far as it messing with ur friends list if u added a friend on ur list their alias comes up in parentheses so assuming this is account based any char name linked to that account would do the same.........
I also like the idea of changing hair style and maybe color/face some styles look off with some armors/clipping ect or u just get tired of the same style u change in real life right? :P The other attributes should remain permanent changing height/skintone......if you want to change ur character to that extent u need to rethink then remake.
Just my nickel's worth /signed
Personally I think all my chars names through so I'm happy with them for the most part.... I do agree that this is a feature that should be implemented and there should be an account based time limit or some sort of fee or whatever......As far as scammers go all they would have to do is make this feature unavailable for any banned account for a certain amount of 'actual' play time as in say 50hrs/30 days or whatever so scammers don't abuse the feature(and u can always put them on ur ignore list as i'm pretty sure the lists are account based so as to not get rescammed
fool me once shame on u fool me twice shame on me :P ). As far as it messing with ur friends list if u added a friend on ur list their alias comes up in parentheses so assuming this is account based any char name linked to that account would do the same.........I also like the idea of changing hair style and maybe color/face some styles look off with some armors/clipping ect or u just get tired of the same style u change in real life right? :P The other attributes should remain permanent changing height/skintone......if you want to change ur character to that extent u need to rethink then remake.
Just my nickel's worth /signed
snaek
wow this thread is old
and so many ppl have /signed it o__o
imo if u cant think carefully of a name before makin ur chara thats ur own fault
if it were to be implemented
do wut other mmo's do and charge money for it
(yesh i mean in-real-life money @ the in-game store)
and so many ppl have /signed it o__o
imo if u cant think carefully of a name before makin ur chara thats ur own fault
if it were to be implemented
do wut other mmo's do and charge money for it
(yesh i mean in-real-life money @ the in-game store)
tmakinen
Just find a random player to report the character whose name you want to change, telling ANet that <Character Name> spells <some obscene thing> in <a language that none of the administrators can speak>. After a short ban, change <Character Name> as requested. Problem solved
Tuesday
/signed to change our in game names.
xabarasilmatto
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Your character name is probably a unique key type of field in the databases, and what you see externally as a simple change probably needs to be spammed across databases... providing they even allow a key field to be changed.
/NOT Signed, out of respect for the devs. |
Maybe they can make a "tool change name" but it must be on GW market for a simbolic price like 3.99 EUR.
??Evan??
Maybe 1x per character but more than once will just be abused.
/semi signed
/semi signed
Phantom Flux
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I dont liek it. The ability to change your name whenever you please? It would get annoying because you wouldnt know who anyone of your friends are. I think a change look would be more realistic.
i mean the overall idea would be nice, but it would be abused |
/signed ONLY if we can change the appearance too. Such as hair and skin tone.
lorazcyk
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/SIGN, because I really want to do this. I've got one character that's become my "main," and I want to name all my characters around him. People have to check and see who it is when I get on another character because they only know me as one name.
I say it should be something like: - Every 1 (2, 3) year(s) the account ages, every character on that account gets ONE renaming card (item, maybe?) that they can use to change their name. OR - Every 1 (2, 3) year(s) the character ages, that character gets ONE renaming card. To prevent everyone being confused by constant name changes they only get 1 chance per year, and if necessary there could even be a note beside/underneath their name on friend/guild lists saying (formerly John Doe) for a week or some period of time, though I doubt that would be necessary and might be confusing when they're on another character than their main. Of course, I don't know how the programming/development works so that might be a ton of work. No idea. Just my take on it. Really hope to see some sort of name-changing system somewhere in the future. |
Anyway, the card should be customized to the character, so you can't share it across characters, or sell it to other people.
For those that say "think about your name before you make a character"... I did.
I spent a month remaking my Rit (because of looks, not sure on gender, not sure on name, etc etc) that I eventually stopped doing it. but that was too late. I decided to stick with my 11th Rit who had beaten all the campaigns, but all the Elites, 2 sets of Elite armor. His name sucks. I made his name out of spite because I figured "well, since I'm probably going to delete him soon anyway, I might as well use a silly name this time". And well... now his name is Chains Excite Me (because when you make spirits, you've got those binding chains on them, so I thought it was apropriate to a ritualist, but sheesh, if you see me in town, I'll pay you 10k to report my name LOL *sob*) .... Uggggggggggggggggghhhh..... I don't think I can dedicate a few more months on a new Rit... so I kept him >_< ... Specially since my friends often ask I bring him for missions and stuff. They'd miss him!
I bought 2 character slots for the 2 names I want to keep, in case ANET allows us to rename our chars in the feature.
Pleaaaaaaaseee *begs* :P
/signed
Phantom Flux
/signed.This is only if we can change appearance too. However, the name change feature would get abused as a free feature. There are a few names I'd like to change.
When would we get this feature?
When would we get this feature?
Burning Freebies
/signed
Because of the economic crisis and the character limit, i want to be able to change my characters names for my events, without deleting them after all the money ive invested into them, the time ive spent on them and the stuff i can still get from them.
Because of the economic crisis and the character limit, i want to be able to change my characters names for my events, without deleting them after all the money ive invested into them, the time ive spent on them and the stuff i can still get from them.
Lord Of Blame
/signed
Would love to see this! I just hope that Anet has seen the 60+ pages of this post that most all people have agreed too. If that is not enough for them to implement this change then I don't know what it will take.
Would love to see this! I just hope that Anet has seen the 60+ pages of this post that most all people have agreed too. If that is not enough for them to implement this change then I don't know what it will take.