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

See? I knew you had some great things to contribute! This is very insightful, thanks. So how do we implement such a plan?

I'll be honest and say i was expecting something with dark, light, star or killer in it
Those are some pretty decent, normal names. So many people have names where i think to myself; your parents named you that?!

Tough, if you cannot come up with something original and unique too bad. And having to come to the forums to rage quit about not being able to come up with a name that different and unique, lol.

We don`t, because there is already a simpler one already implemented.

They would need to add at least a new database to keep/hold and a system to assign identification numbers to EACH character made = past, present and future.

All this, because the remaining of the players that were due to transfer MIGHT leave because they MIGHT lose a name.

I really don`t think a request for this is reasonable or that it will ever be considered. Because, at the end of the day, you will have lists full or Fleets full of "John Doe"`s and "Jane Roe`s". And one or more number won`t change that fact. Add that you`ll need a new drop down menu, because seeing a "John Doe (1234567890123)" running around would look like a cheap Beta, so you`d need a whole plethora of things introduced. Aesthetically it would be a nightmare. At least, under the current system you see "Jo'hn D'oe", or "J'ane Ro'e"

[EDIT]There are also players that choose not to show their Legacy name, as pointed earlier in this Thread, so you might end up further with 10 players all named John in the same room. And that would really look hilarious.
[EDIT #2] Example: 3 John`s /w me for Guild invite. Under present system, they would each have unique names, so it`s a mater of me type /ginvite Johnthekillah. Under this new one, I need to right click on name in chat window, see the unique ID and note it down, because it`s likely to look like this : 189447029982 .. then go /ginvite 189447029982.. kinda complicates things. Especially for more dynamic commands, like /i and /w

Okay that is too well put for me to deny the logic in. lol
Damn it Styxx you could have said that in such a way over an hour ago and saved me the time and energy. lol

Sometimes venting and being corrected is necessary to acceptance even if you fight change kicking and screaming. lol

its been fun and insightful though.

Thanks all.

one nil to the interwebs!

You are one of us again Mr John Doe

Your proposition is terrible.

Its bad enough i have to try to figure out the keyboard commands for all the random characters people use in their names. Add the fact that i would have to do this for 2 distinct names and the potential complication's involved....

Name your character, play the game, call yourself IRL whatever makes you sleep better at night, and stop crying because you cant name your dress up doll (because anyone who would complain this much instead of actually accomplishing goals or playing the game cant actually do much more with their characters) on your computer something because someone transfered first and beat you to it.

They don't. They write off people that would ragequit over losing a name in a video game as not worth keeping, because if it's not this, it's some other trivial item they ragequit over.

Maybe they should have gone with a naming system like Cryptic uses to begin with, but they're not going to redo their database now for the few people that will quit over this. If they were going to, they'd have done it before transfers, so everyone could have kept their old names.