So, How Many Names Did You Lose?

I lost one name which is actually good considering I have multiple names used. It was an alt anyhow so I don't really care too much although some level 1 took the name so its kind of annoying.

All seven of my characters on Lord Adraas needed new names. Didn't think BW would start the process of closing a server that had a fairly healthy population. I'll play occasionally until my time card runs out then I'll wait for the next latest and greatest mmo.

If you would quit because of a name then I can't imagine how much you whine in real life lol.

I lost one to myself, because I had chars on both a destination and one of its origin servers, and the name overlapped. Had I the choice I would have swapped who had the name though - the char who transferred should have had it instead of the one who didn't. The other char I transferred over also lost hers, and the third one that I didn't move would also have lost hers, since it was already unavailable a long time ago - but I don't have a slot to move her to anyway, so it doesn't matter.

Lost one but my main toons haven't been given transfer yet. The single name lost was on Axial Park--->Jedi Covenant, and it was denied not because it was taken but because it was somehow suddenly deemed inappropriate (funny, I've never created an intentionally nasty name in my life). I changed the name, decided eh I have a higher level agent on Ebon Hawk anyway now, then promptly deleted the character I didn't want any characters on Jedi Covenant anyway...

It's just a game City. In some peoples cases they just don't feel like playing with characters that have names that are now odd for them. It's neither whining nor a threat -- it's just a statement of that particular persons lack of enjoyment in the game. Server mergers are not a good thing and never have been. It's best, imo, for the gaming company (BW in this case) to accept the queues and work on increasing server caps rather than add servers at launch, populations always decrease dramatically after launch and the honeymoon wears off. Then this happens, then more people quit.

Personally I'll just let my time card expire and wait on the next latest and greatest mmo.

All 8. ALL EIGHT. Who wants my stuff?

Since ya'll are counting Legacy names, then yeah. I lost that. But then, I didn't because it allowed me to re-enter my original Legacy name. So I guess I didn't lose it.

The name & personal concept is the most important thing about the character to some. The power of the character is the most important thing to others. Just look at the stream of tears that pours out the moment a class gets an overpowered ability rebalanced.

Its something important to the person's enjoyment of the character being changed without the person being able to do anything about it. If something important to you is trashed, it's hardly surprising some people just say "meh, stuff this then". Personally I would normally rather re-create a character than re-name it, but I was able to keep all my names (AU/NZ xfer, so had them reserved on a fresh server)... if I character class gets over-nerfed tho, I'll just play another till it rebalances in another patch or so.

In the long run it's an unfortunate change that has to happen for the good of the game as a whole, but not everyone's gonna like it & it'll cost them subs as well as gaining/retaining them subs.

Just one out of my four 50s. Wasn't really a big deal, she was my least played anyway.