A solution to the loss of names due to transfers

Except that it is exactly what bugjuice suggested.



Wee, we get to ride the merry-go-round yet again. I hope you pay better attention.
A) because you don't start with a Legacy Name
B) per A, The system identifies your character through the first name that it was created under. Without a Legacy, or other identifier, there's no way to "unlock" that.
C) If A were made untrue, that would weaken the value of having a Legacy and the rewards would need to be retooled.
D) Showing your Legacy name is an optional feature, and most players seem to take the option of hiding their Legacy.
E) Per D, there is no mechanic that makes this work without alienating those players, which is just as bad as forcing Wraith to "lose his identity"

Like I said countless of times a similar system worked in "Pirates of the Burning Sea" with no complaints, so I don't see why this can't work for SWTOR either, the account name won't be visible for anyone to see, it will be like it is now except names will be inter-linked with account names instead with a unlimited approach to naming characters instead of having a per server approach where names are limited.

Some even suggested having our legacy names added at the very beginning of gameplay so we can adjust to the mechanics easier.

For the players that prefer hiding their legacy names well why not introduce tag tables to preferences for players that like using the single username route without revealing there legacy, how this will work I haven't really thought it through yet but at least it's more than what you have came up with.

Instead of putting down ideas that could very well upgrade this community why not offer your own suggestions rather than dismissing the fact that this could actually work?

For the players that prefer hiding their legacy names well why not introduce tag tables to preferences for players that like using the single username route without revealing there legacy, how this will work I haven't really thought it through yet but at least it's more than what you have came up with.

only one John per server would be allowed to do so, having 2 or 5 johns hiding their legacy name would make things too complicated, unless you go by Jon instead of John then it would be accessable.

Or maybe it's just better off eliminating hiding legacy names altogether at least it wouldn't complicate things.

The problem was never with the naming policy. The problem was the need for server transfers.

Ideally you'd make your character and never have to change your name. BUT mistakes were made, populations were unbearable and servers had to 'merge'.

This meant that some people lost names that they developed a strong association with/put a lot of effort into obtaining.

As I've stated I do not like to display my legacy name.



For one I do not like the idea of forcing legacy names to be visible. Some people have really long legacy names, that would make their first name, legacy name, title, extremely long and unwieldy. Some people RP and not all first name/last name combos go together. Losing names hasn't hurt everybody. Implementing forced display of legacy names could hurt more people AND hurt people that lost their names even more. Not to mention the changes that would need to be made to implement this system, it also wouldn't solve the problem of confusing characters:

Imagine that you have these characters in your guild/warzone/party:

1. John Smith
2. John Fantastic
3. Jane Smith

If you want to speak to/ refer to one of them for whatever reason, can you imagine how much confusion that would cause?

Yes it's workable, you could type their whole name, you can delegate nicknames, etc. BUT at the expense of how much additional organizing.

OR what if you have an in-game friend/guild leader/officer by the name of John Smith. You wanted to speak to them and you see Jane Smith running around. Is it the same person?

At the very least, either first name or legacy name should be unique. I actually like the unique first name system. And there wouldn't be a problem with this system if not for character transfers. Character transfers created a whole range of problems for people. Though not as big though as the problem it fixed in my opinion.

There's nothing wrong with suggesting ideas. I just don't agree with this one.

As far as I'm concerned what's happened has already happened. And once again, at least you'll probably never have to change names again, which is a good enough solution for me.

Now there is a need for a naming policy fix, was the transfers really worth it? now it seems a good majority of players have gave up even trying to name their characters, because all the good names are taken, it's not easy naming a specific character, you don't just pick any name and go with it. I don't want to sound like a self absorbed individual that wants change, I don't speak for everyone but at least I gave one of the best ideas out there, if any of you can come up with anything better, please enlighten me, but don't say "accept what we got and move on" the system I offered is identical to the one used in "Pirates of the Burning Sea" at least it gave players a unlimited selection rather than what most MMO's provide.

I refuse to play until there is a change and I'm certain I'm not the only one who feels that way!