Legacies are no longer unique? Seriously?

Best case scenario: It ruins things for RPers, makes people less easy to identify, and generally takes away a layer of customization.

Worst case scenario: Lets say you and I are on the same server and you do something that pisses me off. Say I am a really vindictive person and a huge dick. Whats to stop me from making a new f2p account, taking your legacy name, and getting myself invited to your guild. Hey, we've got the same legacy, how would they know the difference? I then proceed to steal your guild bank and general do everything I can to destroy your reputation. For all your guild and server knows, its you. You are now an outcast and cannot ever get into a guild again.

And what happens to legacy mail now? And will we ever get legacy friends ala realid now?

yes, the patch notes say that you can change your legacy name 1 time for free in a future patch.

Don't get me wrong. I will, of course, suck this one up too. I'm just venting because I see this as.. well I've already explained how I see it.

For the rest, yes, obviously I am the one who makes my character unique from a RP perspective which is about all there is left for uniqueness. The ability to pull mods out of top tier armor (to keep your set it has to be top tier) for an extremely high price helps with a more unique appearance. However, character names are the personal identifier that sets you a part from everyone else at a glance. It is a matter of "Oh, I know that guy" because of my Legacy. It has nothing to do with how "cool" I think my Legacy is. The same issue goes for first names. As a poor example, there can be 10 "Anakin Skywalker"... how exactly do you tell them a part when you see them on a list? Furthermore, do you really want someone to associate your character with some ninja griefing moron because you share the same Legacy name? That is what I mean by personal identifier. I am not so shallow or elitist in my thinking that I am the only one deemed worthy or clever enough to have a name combination no one else can have ever.

I understand what you mean........... but to be honest the old system of unique names was a hang-over from the 1990's system of MMORPG account identification (in fact really 1980's MUD system).

These days both your first name and surname/legacy-name should NOT be unique, just the account code identification should be unique.

Best case scenario: It ruins things for RPers, makes people less easy to identify, and generally takes away a layer of customization.

Worst case scenario: Lets say you and I are on the same server and you do something that pisses me off. Say I am a really vindictive person and a huge dick. Whats to stop me from making a new f2p account, taking your legacy name, and getting myself invited to your guild. Hey, we've got the same legacy, how would they know the difference? I then proceed to steal your guild bank and general do everything I can to destroy your reputation. For all your guild and server knows, its you. You are now an outcast and cannot ever get into a guild again.

And what happens to legacy mail now? And will we ever get legacy friends ala realid now?

So you're worried someone is going to pay $15 for a new account and level a new character up through Chapter 1 to steal your legacy and ruin you're reputation? If someone has that much free time more power to them. I'll just make a new character and hide my Legacy name. Problem solved.

No, I most certainly got the point. You wanna be "unique"...just like everyone else. It's a name...be creative if you don't wanna share. My name is fairly common in real life and I don't whine every time I meet someone with it. YOU make yourself unique, not your stupid name.

I'm guessing it's due to the number of legacy names "locked" to unsubscribed people that no longer play.

I'm guessing it's due to the number of legacy names "locked" to unsubscribed people that no longer play.