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Cerion
02.20.2012 , 09:16 PM | #61
I agree with the OP. If I had known my surname would be attached to ALL my characters, I would never have given myself one.

It doesn't make ANY sense, in a story-based game, that my Cyborg Marauder, my Sith Sorcerer, my Sith Assassin, and my Jedi Guardian all share the same last name.

If BW wants to be obstinate and say that's the way it will be, then at least give me an option to turn off Surnames because I will be doing so if given the option.

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Cerion
02.20.2012 , 09:18 PM | #62
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Stoj
02.20.2012 , 11:44 PM | #63
Perhaps your Twi'lek is an adopted member of the family? A slave girl who has earned autonomy and the family name as a reward for her unique set of skills?

You just have to get creative. If you don't want them to be related then roll on another server.
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Jedoba
02.21.2012 , 12:16 AM | #64
I wanted to think more about my surname, maybe even read some SW books...

But it pestered me so much I finally made a quick decision..

I like my name, I guess.. but it means nothing.

I don't like having it on all my toons.

And I don't feel like it's a "legacy" its more like ... something the pestered me into.

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02.21.2012 , 12:44 AM | #65
My only concern about legacy names is the limit of 15 characters. So I have a legacy name of Hamstersaurus, instead of the so much more epic Tyrannohamstersaurus. I knew that Minsc and Boo would find a way out of Baldur's Gate and find their way to the Star Wars galaxy. Heck, on Corellia, there are giant space hamsters.
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Mrs_Murder
02.21.2012 , 02:12 AM | #66
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2) There's no reason for the Legacy surname to be a unique name. The only reason to have unique names is to be able to identify player characters on the server. We already have that with the characters' first names. Creating a unique identifying first name, and then 30 levels later creating a unique identifying second name is redundant. There's no logical reason why surnames have to be unique when first names are already unique.
And what about alts?
I was playing on my newly created alt, killing things in Hutta, when all of the sudden I see someone from my guild -- his newly created alt wasn't in the guild but I recognised his legacy name. If we didn't have unique legacy names, we would never have recognised each other.
His reaction: "The frack?"
My reaction: "The frack?"

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Tairak
02.21.2012 , 05:00 AM | #67
Quote: Originally Posted by Stoj View Post
Perhaps your Twi'lek is an adopted member of the family? A slave girl who has earned autonomy and the family name as a reward for her unique set of skills?

You just have to get creative. If you don't want them to be related then roll on another server.
They said that in a blog but that only would work if you have just human characters and one twi´lek but if falls down if you don´t have a race that the majority of your characters play.
I have a Twi´lek Jedi, a Chiss Agent, a trueborn Sith Sorceror, a Human Soldier and a Mirialan Smuggler. So... did they all flee from the Orphanage together ?

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AJediKnight
02.21.2012 , 05:04 AM | #68
Quote: Originally Posted by Mrs_Murder View Post
And what about alts?
I was playing on my newly created alt, killing things in Hutta, when all of the sudden I see someone from my guild -- his newly created alt wasn't in the guild but I recognised his legacy name. If we didn't have unique legacy names, we would never have recognised each other.
His reaction: "The frack?"
My reaction: "The frack?"
He could have turned it off. You're not entitled to see anyone's legacy name if they choose to turn it off. Thus, you don't have any right to demand the system remain unchanged. If you want to show a name, and have the same name for every character you've got, bully for you. But some of us live in a world where last names are pretty diverse things, and we like that.
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themacr
02.21.2012 , 05:07 AM | #69
u can actualy turn it off.. so whats the biggy?
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Kirameki
02.21.2012 , 05:12 AM | #70
Legacy surname would make sense if it would count as unique name (but then it would have to start at lvl 1) so in case of server merge we will have less people making a stampede that their name is being taken by a random guy after merge.
Now it's a pretty feature for RP-ers mostly.
Too bad BW did not come up with that so I predict in the future when a merge does show up a stampede of qq-ers will rise and want to play huttball with the devteam their heads.
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