server transfer/forced name change is not fair to long-term players....

... so you create a forum account just to start 3 threads on the same exact subject, adding nothing that hasn't already been said in the umpteen million threads on the subject in the month since transfers went live. Well, except for the insults. That's pretty novel.

okay, good point, Styxx. I was thinking of that earlier which is why I also mentioned the idea of allowing more than a single word/name during the naming process at character creation.

I agree I should have been doing this sooner. lol

You are upset because you have to change your name because of the transfers and that is understandable. You state you been in here since beta and its also very possible that the ones that have your name has been in since beta as well.

Just because someone doesn't have the character at 50 or so doesn't mean that person is new to the game. It's possible they create the character for an alt later.

Unfortunely there is really no good solution to this problem since your character name needs to be unique . Adding your legacy name as a last name may or may not work depending on how the coding is set up. When I created my character I added my last name with no space in between it and because of that I didn't have to change my last name A few of my guild members did the same. That could be a solution as well.

Whether I agree with how bioware did the transfers or not is besides the point. (For the record I don't since my old server had no problems for groups, etc) They did what the majority of the community wants and what was best for people that could not find groups.

This is wishful thinking. I asked a very specific question and you haven`t answered yet...

1.When I use /w Doe, or /i Doe, or /ginvite Doe.. where does it go?
2. [EDIT]How do you separate Three, as an example, from Legacies Doe and Roe and for Legacy not unlocked?

since you seem so stuck on the legacy name being the only topic of discussion I will agree that the legacy name wouldn't work for new players/characters. So unless they set the creation of the legacy name to be created when the 1st character on an account is created then it wouldn't work. Which is why I made other suggestions such as multiple words/names at creation.

What if any original ideas could you provide here? You must have something good you can share.

Not forgetting that many people, guidmates included, don't even know my legacy name because I don't display it on my main.
So if my character was called "Ten" and there were 10 other Ten's how would they know what to /w me?
I doubt junk mail would even find its way to me

I've been using the same character name for my "main" since I was 15...that was 21 years ago.

if the name is/was ever taken I'd just add an extra letter or something so it's still pretty much the same.

yah it sucks, but you're being unreasonable if you'll actually quit over this.

again, been using the same name for 21 years and am VERY attached to it.......don't be childish.

true but it is also possible, under the circumstances, that I am losing a name to someone who just created a character last month on a 7 day trial and they may not chose to continue to play past their trial. At which point I lose my name and BW loses myself and other players for not addressing the issue or, for that matter, thinking of this sort of thing before a major change like the server merger.

The issue is this : the existing system is better than your solution. Using individual unique names is far better than anything else, because it provides only one variable.

I would go as far as saying that it is the best solution, since it provides the shortest path to goal = one variable only.

Furthermore, it is already done... it is already set in stone that Origin server names must change if they collide with Destination server names = for individual toons and for Legacy alike.

So, my new question is : WHY would you want to change something that has already happened and what purpose will it serve?