Factors for a fair forced transfer: Naming

You'd be wrong in that belief.



The point is, that I'm not the new guy by choice.

Let's say I was just sick of my server and decided to move to a new one. Say that I chose to go with the free character transfers. If I would have done that, I wouldn't have minded competing, because it was my own damn fault.

What's wrong now, is that we have the unequal sharing of misery. I and the two people above me, aren't that dissimilar. We both want to keep our names. The only difference is, that people on 90% of origin servers are robbed of theirs, while the 10% of destination servers get to keep theirs. Whatever happens will be unfair, but in my solution, at least the injustice will be shared by all, instead of born by a majority of those so inclined.

All of Bioware's players should be equal. It is Bioware's fault that the landscape is being tipped. Logically, Bioware should tip the landscape equally for players. Well, unless you have a VIP access code, but that's another story. I'd be willing to pay to keep my names, but that wouldn't be a prudent solution either.

You misinterpret the points. Those are the ones that I RETRACTED. I completely agree with your assesment. My layout has been fixed now.

NOOOO! WHY DOESN'T IT GET ANY EASIER!

Oh well, elegent cress sandwiches at the funeral it is then. Omnomnom!


The whole point of a pre-order was not having to be creative.

May as well make a post to the "creator" about penal-size. It would be just as productive. Randomness and fairness go hand in hand.

Why are some people born rich and beautiful...I want to be rich and beautiful...it is not fair...I want it to be fair...Why did my parents give me a stupid name...Why am I the nationality I am and not something "cooler"...do I slit my wrists now?...Why go on at all?....

Starting to get the point of how much growing up you really need to do? Or are you still willing to keep making posts that make you sound like an arse?

Oh, I took his criticism, what there was to be found in a "you're exaggerating and I know better" post. It's just that my merits for playing the game are different from his. He made a point. It's just one that I don't care enough about the game to see past a forced name change.

Perhaps I was a little curt. What I mean to say with "don't try to debate me" was: "S'allright, but don't bother putting in that much energy into debating, because even though I understand where you're coming from, my motivations are different if you're trying to approach it from that angle."
Last one is a bit of a mouthfull though.


And I in turn, think your attempt to read and disconstruct my intent, are rude. He had a point, you're just trying to inflame. But I don't intent to take it further than that. Let's stay civil.


You may be right. I'm not the most loyal customer when I'm willing to quit on such a small note. Like I said in one of my replies, if this is what is neccesary to keep the game enjoyable for all others out there, I hope it will do well. I'm just giving my customer's opinion to any and all community managers who stroll by.

And thank you, I won't let the door hit me on the way out. Is it one of those automatic models with a spring that's too tight? I never quit got that expression. I for one, intent to leave with no animosity whatsoever.

In real life, that's common knowledge. For a major business dealing with customers, that's a bad business desicion that will cost them. Institutions created by people, do tend to apply some manner of equality. There's a difference.

And are you quite done making personal attacks? I can't recall ever doing you harm and neither do I intent to.

Now that, I think, is genius. On a completely new server, this avoids doing a similar injustice to those origin players.

I'm going to put that up right now.

Could not agree more. Basically the entire point to my post. I'll just pack and not complain. I might hand over a solution, but I'm not that bothered.

Do note, that your rational to MMO's isn't that hardline. I've never been forced to change names on WoW or Guild Wars.

The first and third are not viable due to in-game communication concerns. The second still promotes the 'If I have more time to play the game I should get special treatment' that mothear noted on the first page.

Ultimately the idea you cited for your subscription to the game, specifically "the challenge to be a founder with dibs," is a faulty one that no game company in this industry can truly allow if they are to become and remain successful. What you describe is the creation of a caste system, the haves and the have-nots. When this is created it serves to prevent new players from subscribing to a game, and without those new players a game stagnates and dies. For this reason a game developer has to treat new players as equal to existing players as much as possible. In turn your arguments about preferential naming falls short.

The situation stinks, I know. I'm going to have to give my own names that I created on the first day of Head Start. That said it is the best way to handle transfers.

As an aside, it means that if you say or imply you intend to leave, follow through and don't hesitate. In other words, don't stand in the doorway after saying you intend to leave, giving the door time to close upon you, to hit you on your way out.

In this circumstance it essentially means that if your are forced to rename your characters that DenitharPurloin expects you to remain, despite your indications otherwise. You are being accused of making empty threats.