Pre-order, CE, early access, screwed over

I too lost a couple of names. Thankfully, I was able to transfer to The Fatman where I already had a couple of characters. At least my main name was saved. But I would have to either delete the lv 21 smuggler I created with that name or wait for some kind of name change service. I guess a lv 21 toon is no big deal though. It sucks having to come up with new names now. Everything is taken. You have to be really creative or simply choose some random combination and hope you get attached to it.

I'm not that upset about losing some of my names, but It is an annoyance. I get really attached to my characters names. They have meaning and purpose. And sometimes a theme. Having to choose something random or really different from your original intention is not cool =/

The real moral of the story is to not pick obvious names, and choose names that are specifically made up and are not colloquial to other names that have significance in RL. For example leet, or pwnzor, or Death, etc; are obvious ones that are almost always going to be taken. Adding special characters like an apostrophe in the middle of a name can often times make the difference.

In the end, if you have a unique name it is almost always never taken.

I can "sympathize" with anyone who felt strongly about a name and lost it, but do not feel it is enough to stop playing a game you enjoy.

If a name change makes someone leave, realistically they were not going to be around for any length of time anyway.

Subtract or add a letter, add a special character, and its basically the same.

As for the title though, your pre-order, CE, and early access in meaningless. Makes you no more, and no less important than anyone else who has bought the game and is playing in regards to keeping a name.

For all you know, the person on the server you were moved to that had your name was also a pre-order, early access, CE player.

You were no more and no less "screwed over" than anyone else who was moved. Some were lucky to be on the destination server first, some of us were not.

Not a huge deal in the end.

Yep,they must lead really pampered lives if all it takes to get them stamping their feet in a tantrum is having to call some on-screen pixels a different name. Oh, THE TRAGEDY!
I had to rename two or three of my characters - big whoop, I couldn't have cared less. Man up for god's sake.

The problem is with the people tat stayed on their server to keep their name being forced onto a server in which they will lose their name.

Either way they shouldn't be so attached to something as a name. It's in the grand scheme of things, not that important. It's more ego than anything else.

Yuuuup. I pre-ordered as soon as it became available and logged in the minute early access started just to get my names. Unique ones too. Ones I have never run into anywhere in my 12+ years of MMO gaming.

Stupid of me to reserve them on only one server. Very, very stupid. A mistake I will not soon repeat.

But I'm not angry with BioWare over losing my names upon transfer. I'm angry with myself for not having the foresight to reserve my names on all the servers I should have at the time. I'm also just a bit irked at the joker who hijacked my names. Did I mention that until SWTOR I had never seen them used anywhere, ever, by anyone?

why isn't one allowed top have ego when talking about a role playing game?

what is the point in playuing a character if you have no pride in said character?

we can deconstruct all this into how much of a character is in a name, then get caught up in semiotics pertaining to identity etc.

but the point it, this is how people feel, and for whatever eason they feel that way, it would be in biowares best interest to try and appease them, since it is costing them subs.

Ok.

Your name is now turdburger.

good thing what others call you isnt important.

Wow... people on the forums make me laugh! Ok everyone, lets see where this goes:

(1) People cried out for server transfers / mergers because of low pop servers
(2) Bioware gave that option going from specific servers to specific servers
(3) The process of transfer, was simple and quick (Like 1 to 2 minutes)
(4) People get upset about character / legacy name loss

Ok, the issue is this: NO game company will ever make all of its players happy. I have played a TON of MMOs and this is true for ALL of them. This is the problem that happens when you demand something... be careful what you wish for remember?

I am a pre-order player too, I was there on day 1 of early access. I also had to change a few of my characters names. What did I get out of the deal? I got a huge server population so myself and my guildies can enjoy things like pvp with no wait times (well, very little wait times).

Any smart MMO company would not tie names to accounts across all servers.. I'm sorry, that is stupid. You would end up getting so many people playing that eventually the only thing you can name your character is omgthereisnonameicanthinkofunlessithasthismanylett ers! You guys also have to remember that you are not the ONLY people who had early access and lost their names. Threaten bioware with unsubbing all you want, that is just how life goes.. it is not fair. If you wish to leave the game, please do so... no one is stopping you!

But umm.... can I haz all your stuff!?