Pre-order, CE, early access, screwed over

It doesn't matter what his choice is. It's your choice that matters right now. It's your choice to either be a nice guy who shows a little respect and compassion for your fellow player or to be a total butt screw who just makes fun of him for having a problem with an aspect of the game that you could care less about. The choice to say, "I'm sorry for your loss and I hope you find a way to soldier on." or say, "Your just being a QQ crybaby. It's just a name. Get over it." I quote a Disney classic, "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all."

Do you see where I am coming from?

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 agree with you to a point. The situation sucks. There are many people here who have offered their condolences.

The problem is that this is posted on the general forums. By posting a thread on the subject, it is open to debate. Everybody will have a differing point of view. I'm not saying the OP is wrong. However, there are many people who have offered ways to get around the naming problem. Is their opinion, which they are fully entitled to, wrong simply because they did not agree with the OP? And while harsh, those that responded more strongly to the OP's comments are entitled to theirs as well. At the end of the day...it is their opinion.

I'm not taking sides, but the easiest way to avoid these kinds of responses is simply not to post at all. This is a topic that has been posted ... and reposted...over and over

It's a bit different for some people. Some players get really attached to their characters' names. As an RPer, I wrote over 150 pages for my Shadow and now her name is different. It just doesn't feel the same anymore. In accordance with that, I don't play with her anymore. Had I lost my Vanguard's name as well, I probably wouldn't be playing anymore. In addition, transfers are now becoming automatic. Better yet, these automatic transfers are going from your server to a server that you don't get to choose. Therefore, if your name is taken on that server, then you're SOL. You can't transfer somewhere else or deny the transfer. You're just boned.

However, did I throw a tantrum? No, I just moved on. I changed my Shadow's name and carried on with business as usual. I wasn't forced to transfer, though. It's much different when the power is taken out of your hands, especially with a service for which you pay. I wouldn't be surprised if this forced transfer thing cost BioWare a good deal of subscriptions and it honestly deserves it.

Yeah that's right. Screwed over. I eagerly pre-ordered the ridiculously overpriced Collector's Edition and dived with enthusiasm into the early access period, claiming the names I wanted for my characters. Now I'm being forced into server transfers and, ultimately, name changes as a reward.

Thanks, BioWare.

I just made a post about this. Not only lost two names I liked but lost my legacy name. I don't even feel like playing anymore now because of it.

So people have to change the names of their characters or have to play on servers with more people on them. Big Deal yeah I liked the names I had but did I whine or complain no. I chose a new name and continued on. Also I like low pop servers until it gets to the point where your the only person on every planet you go to and cant do any of the Heroics or Flashpoints no matter what. Everything that going on is not a game breaker for me in anyway all MMO's go through this in the first year after launch.

Anakin was a whiny beotch, and even he didn't complain about getting his name changed.

Point is people paid for the early access to reserve the name they wanted. Just because a name is not important to you does not make it less important to someone else.