Perfect, thanks! Quoted for others: So what's changed? Apparently no more rules against celebrities so I suppose I shouldn't have reported that Imperial named "Bjork" today. I think that "Generally Inappropriate" line is a mistake. Basically an open invitation for ANYONE to report ANYONE for a name they dislike. On RP servers, this is trouble. Also, I'm very surprised there's no stipulation about Star Wars names anymore. Again, probably shouldn't have reported a character named "Fett" then. It seems like the new naming rules seem more focused on harassment and profanity over immersion, yet it throws the "generally inappropriate" in there to cover all that stuff.

Anyone else notice that the RULES OF CONDUCT document has been updated and all naming policies apparently dropped? http://www.swtor.com/legalnotices/roc

I didn't even know about that.

Might as well quote that section as well:

In addition to AlyxDinas's comments, it should again be pointed out that callsigns, nicknames, and aliases are NOT incongruous with the Star Wars setting. For example, in this very game the Imperial Agent is called "Cipher 9" past a certain point. And this after posing as a bounty hunter named "Red Blade" or some such.

While I've seen some very positive responses from CSRs when reporting gold spammers, I've seen the following when reporting names: Never heard back -- name not changed Never heard back -- name changed Terse, cryptic responses (e.g., "closeing [sic] for mass effect," "closeing [sic] for mass change") Responses that completely miss the point (e.g., "[we currently do not have a name change service]") Full text of that last, which I got twice: My response the first time: My response the second time: My conclusion is that the CSRs are kind of learning as they go and we're currently in the wild west of enforcement of their own policies as far as naming. I mean, when I link to their Rules of Conduct and provide the exact line of the rule the player is in transgression of and still I get a form response like that for a totally different issue, it tells me they're either skimming, using automated processes, or don't speak English very well. EDIT: By comparison, here's the full text of the proper response to a report that I just got today when logging in to grab the text for this post. Note, this is for an obscene name. Are these the ones that get good responses? Edit 2: I got a response to the "are we not supposed to report naming infractions?" question. It was this: And they closed the ticket. That's it. Just "."

I'd agree with you on a normal server, but this is an RP server. I don't want to see stupid names on an RP server.

I plan to start doing this myself.

/agree

I would never NEED for a companion but I haven't argued with people who rolled NEED for a companion even when I lost. It's ambiguous. I think there should be a COMPANION NEED option.

No, and that's not necessarily a bad thing.

Does it matter how popular "skywalker" is or does it matter that it's a primary character's name? I wouldn't report someone named "Luke," I would report someone named "Joe Skywalker." Or "Chad Vader." Or "George Starkiller." Etc. That's why it's in SWTOR's policy to just ban all in-lore names. Not because it's impossible to explain a name away in IU terms, but because at a glance it breaks immersion by reminding you "hey, this is all based off of a movie and this character was in it."

Excellent, excellent method. I'll be doing this from now on.

My apologies, it wasn't my intention to imply you shouldn't request features, I was simply lamenting the state of things.

I would want one extra line for RP servers banning "silly names" (e.g., Mistycrazymonkey).