Character limit across all servers

Really? You claim to have imagination when you can't be bothered to think of a different name to use? Now yes I saw your thoughts about someone using the same name as you on a different person and being a jerk and thus giving you a bad name. But just because you took the name Blackavaar on every server doesn't mean that the harassing player couldn't take BIackavaar, B1ackavaar, 8lackavaar, etc etc, and still besmirch your name. Small differences, yes, but that doesn't mean it won't still affect you.

I have imagination because I come up with different characters with different names.

As I mentioned earlier, I actually still have a current subscription with CoH.

As for your character deletion idea, if this were only characters for which no progression had been made, sure. Otherwise, no. Players want the freedom to be able to come back to the game and still have their characters intact. Developers know this.

CoH has a similar limitation whereas characters on inactive accounts below level 6 are deleted from time to time. If TOR adopted a similar policy then I would not have a problem with it, though I would go to the trouble of playing every single one of my saved name characters to the minimum level in order to assure the name continued to be saved.

Note: My name save is not just to keep a popular name that many people want. My name save is to keep my name. It's not popular by any account and most likely no one else would ever want it.

[COLOR="Wheat"]I can't see why anyone would be stupid enough not to save a name that identifies them personally on every server.

What if I were to make a character with the same name as yours (assuming it is a specific identifying name and not some faux name copied from the movies) on another server and then went around being a ninja and griefing people ...

This is ridiculous. Most people understand that "name/server" are different characters. Only the people who go to stupid lengths to reserve names appear to NOT understand this. Reserving names only serves the narcissism that appears to run rampant here, and denying other people the right to use a name that does not belong to you is selfish egoism.

I wish multiple instances of names were allowed in conjunction with different surnames, but the surname has become an obligatory "reward" in MMOs for some reason. I also wish there was a fair way to prohibit reserving names.

This is ridiculous. Most people understand that "name/server" are different characters. Only the people who go to stupid lengths to reserve names appear to NOT understand this. Reserving names only serves the narcissism that appears to run rampant here, and denying other people the right to use a name that does not belong to you is selfish egoism.

I wish multiple instances of names were allowed in conjunction with different surnames, but the surname has become an obligatory "reward" in MMOs for some reason. I also wish there was a fair way to prohibit reserving names.

Have you considered that the names you reserve, but never get around to using, are preventing other people who wish to use that name, and who will use that character, from doing so?

Delete your characters.

No. First come first serve. Pick another name.

No need - the names you listed above do not appeal to me. And you will delete your characters over the cap because Bioware are making you.

Have a nice day

Seriously, if you use those characters fine. If you just reserve them and block others you are just an arse.