Personally I agree with the OP. Having a place to stick a surname alongside a legacy name would be nice. Or, just remove the Legacy Title from the Names List and allow a surname to be displayed instead(Just Another Idea) , leaving the Legacy Title, in the Legacy Title area. (You know where you can display such titles as <Dread War veteran> and the like ) That way, at level 10 for *all* your toons you can pick a surname. For instance, you have your first ever toon that you named Gavin Warnova (example only) who is a human Jedi Knight. You really think it appropriate to have your Zabraki Agent named Sassan also identifying themselves as having the surname of Warnova? So on first playthrough, allow the player to choose a surname, *And* A Legacy Name, then on each successive playthrough at level 10, allow them to pick a Surname. Reverse Implementation could be achieved via a title unlock mailed to everyone (like the Republic Ace and Imperial Ace outfits for Starfighter) so the above mentioned combination could be Gavin Warnova, Warnova Legacy, whereas the Zabraki mentioned above could be Sassan Grartrok, Warnova Legacy (Which could be hidden for RP Purposes) IMO RPers are continually getting shuffled aside for the greater PvP and PvE communities anyway. (Different Argument Altogether) The Outfit Designer was a nice touch, and already it is impossible to ban entire legacies from Guilds or stick entire legacies on Ignore (A fact that credit spammers use to their advantage) So what privacy concerns can even *be* raised from hiding Legacy Names while still allowing surnames to be implemented. For programming purposes, it would just be another Legacy Name unlock, just one that the Player can choose to display in addition to their main Title and Legacy Title. (But i'm no programmer so don't quote me on that) This is all just ideas, of course, but it would be nice, at least for the RP community, and for everyone else who just doesn't care, you can choose to display it or not at your discretion.
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