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

Changing an IGN which is the only thing people know you by, it would be so confusing, especially on the friends list. IGN is the only key to who you are, and also makes you somewhat responsible for your actions because you can be reported for lots of stupid things.

As to the game itself it tracks characters via another key then IGN, I know this because I used the same IGN for duplicate monks and when monk two left pre-sear it could not use monk ones customised armor or weapons left in storage, they both had the same IGN.

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It's really not that confusing. I joined a Guild with a Character I later deleted. Everybody still knows who I am, even though I have 4 Characters!

Like the friends list, and Guild members list, your new IGN would be present, along with your old name.

I also suggest a feature where if anyone mouses over your name in the game, it will say "Formerly _______", so that if you were a victim of a scam or other altercation, you would hopefully recongnize the name.

Ignore list would still work on the person, no matter what the IGN happens to be at the time.

(I also think a limit to how many times a name could be changed would be a good idea).

I like it

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i would like it.........


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When Finishing the last mission, you should have the option of being "Reborn" where it allows you to change any option you would like to change about your character. No spam, just like a one time offer. Doing /charactername would be extremely stupid, Imagine CA D1 but 10x more spam.. at all towns.

Most definately ^. /sIgNeD

One of my characters has a really dumb name

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I would also suggest that characters can have sex changes as well. All of my pve chars are male, but I would like to change one to female. Maybe some kinda npc surgeon where you pay 500 gold and he does the operation.

yall choose names/apperence when you make your characters.

Take some responsibility for making a character the way you want in the first place...

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i c/n believe this topic is still here at the top for so many days...

Pvp character names are made up on the spot and are generally unimaginative and spammy as they get, and often they are small sentences 'I am better than u' or something like that, definately something I wouldn't want to see in the rest of the game.

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A simple message in the name input screen for rpg characters stating that you'll be stuck with this name would suffice. People that don't bother to read that one lousy sentence in some way even deserve to be stuck with a crappy name, and if they complain about it, well that's your own fault, you should have read it, and known you can't change.

On the other hand, appearance, that should be done, maybe not how tall or what face you have, but changing the skin color one degree, or the hairstyle or haircolor would be a nice addition, and a good money sink.

I like the idea of changing names. When I was midway through pre-searing with my male Ele, I bumped into another male Ele. Not only did we look the same in appearance, we had a very similar name. The only difference between our names was the first letter of our first name, last name was identical. After bumping into him afew more times in different places, it freaked me out so much that I deleted my Ele and recreate it. It would have been nice to change my name rather than go through the process of creating a new character.

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well, its a great idea, but your name is your main identification, so i think they should also put a cap on how many times you can change it, but otherwise
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I like the change of apperence but not so much the name. Although I wouldn't mind if you could change your anem. I also put alot of thought into my names so I would have no reason to change mine. I also think that there should be a fee. I would say a large fee though. Maybe like 5,000 for a name change. Lees then that for a change of apperence though, maybe like 1,000 or less for that.

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I strongly agree.

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I also support the idea of a name change, but with a LIMITED AMOUNT of changes (not 1 or 2, maybe up to 3) like Gem said, "to prevent abuse and confusion." Also, I support the name change through an NPC, so people aren't just changing their names left and right, and it should have a small fee...maybe 1-2k, the same as the price of altering a guild cape, or to be fair and in the middle, a 1.5k fee. In that way, its easy for experienced players to obtain, and also fair for new players.

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If you were allowed a sex change, the biggest holiday news would be about free vasectimy coupons in Lion's Arch.

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i personally dont care too much about name changing. as for myself, i always put some thought into my characters names so i dont regret it later. only time i would make up a screwed up name would be pvp characters only since its no problem at all to create.

changing appearances is a little far'fetched. i wouldnt mind the idea of dying your hair or making a Barber NPC, but changing faces, height, etc is over doing it.

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If you didn't even bother to put in an appropriate name, especially after it says you shouldn't in the rules and you do so anyway, you should be lucky you get to keep the skills and items you unlocked on the character while you made it.

But if you're just bored of your name and character, then sure, I mean people go on PVP and friend lists still remember them and all that, so I think it's fine in some aspects.

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you should only be able to change it once, and that's it. having the ability to change it countless times over and over will end up with many players having immature and plain silly names.