I understand that you want unique names, but do you realize how much of a pain it is to come up with a name that is satisfying to the player? Usually when we choice a name it is meant to have meaning and value to our story, not some random name picked from a generator that lacks any characteristics.

Before I first joined SWTOR back in 2011, I used to play a MMORPG called "Pirates of the Burning Sea" while it lacks the story that TOR has, it still to this day has the best character naming policy in any MMO, take note, you can basically pick any name as you want as long as there isn't two players with the same identical name/surname for example:

There can be a player named Ted Cruz, while another player goes by the name of Ted Bishop.

Or there can be a player that goes by Billy Bones and another by the name of William Bones

Why doesn't SWTOR have a naming policy like this? This would resolve all our naming troubles, who cares about uniqueness, we want names that have meaning to us, this would also eliminate the alt code names in the game itself.

Since you can now put spaces in names, you can basically do this, yes.

It's been a while since I made another character so this helps a lot thanks lol

It's been a while since I made another character so this helps a lot thanks lol

Yeah. It basically means you can have any name you want now. It's pretty sweet. The only bug is that in chat, the game only capitalizes the first name, instead of preserving the capitalization of whatever name you entered at char select, which is kind of annoying, but you learn to live with it.

That's actually a bug that's been around since launch anyway. If you played a character with the name Dros'Tal, the game would print it as Dros'tal in chat, which is pretty annoying, but whatever.

If you can live with John Smith being John smith in chat, then you can basically name yourself whatever you want, as your possible combinations just got exponentially increased! Go nuts!

Yeah. It basically means you can have any name you want now. It's pretty sweet. The only bug is that in chat, the game only capitalizes the first name, instead of preserving the capitalization of whatever name you entered at char select, which is kind of annoying, but you learn to live with it.

 

That's actually a bug that's been around since launch anyway. If you played a character with the name Dros'Tal, the game would print it as Dros'tal in chat, which is pretty annoying, but whatever.

 

If you can live with John Smith being John smith in chat, then you can basically name yourself whatever you want, as your possible combinations just got exponentially increased! Go nuts!

Sounds like an easy fix to me, just as long as Bioware has intentions on fixing it.

What kills me is if you use the random name generator and it says that it is an invalid or unavailable name.

I hear ya. It mean, it can't be that hard to write

name = generate_name();

while (found_name(name)) {

name = generate_name();

}

Lucasfilm doesn't want Star Wars proper names to be used for character names.

In terms of political figures, variations of Obama appear to be banned while variations of Trump are not. (Ostensibly due to Obama themed names are more likely to be offensive than Trump derivative names).

I also notice names which can be used as titles are not permitted. For example "Soldier" is not permitted without using a special character. As is the case with using the term "The" in a firstname lastname format.

While this isn't a perfect solution, if you find a name you want has been taken, you can use Alt codes to create special characters.

Here's a link for Alt codes

http://www.alt-codes.net

Lucasfilm doesn't want Star Wars proper names to be used for character names. In terms of political figures, variations of Obama appear to be banned while variations of Trump are not. (Ostensibly due to Obama themed names are more likely to be offensive than Trump derivative names).

 

I also notice names which can be used as titles are not permitted. For example "Soldier" is not permitted without using a special character. As is the case with using the term "The" in the firstname lastname format.

Someone -must- have made a Jedi with the name Bater by now, no?

Someone -must- have made a Jedi with the name Bater by now, no?

There was an apprentice bater in one of the comics who did eventually make it to the rank of Master before the editors noticed and summarily killed him off.

Here's a link for Alt codes

The poster was trying to pick a name without using alt codes.

Someone -must- have made a Jedi with the name Bater by now, no?

There was an apprentice bater in one of the comics who did eventually make it to the rank of Master before the editors noticed and summarily killed him off.

Yes there are players who possess a grade-school level wit, who use ALT codes just so their Guardian or Inquisitor can be one of the numerous Master Bat* in game. (Where * is a wildcard for -er, -es, -ing, -ation, ...).

That is why under the Report Player menu there is a "inappropriate name" option.

While this isn't a perfect solution, if you find a name you want has been taken, you can use Alt codes to create special characters.

 

Here's a link for Alt codes

 

http://www.alt-codes.net

 

too bad Bioware won't let us use old english symbols such as ð

I never understood why Legacy names weren't unique but first names were.

They were originally, but then they removed that restriction, which a lot of people still don't understand. Removing that restriction just makes it too easy to abuse other players, especially if involves a guild.

Lowercase lastname in the chatbox has been an issue ever since the Firstname Lastname option was given to us.

Hopefully Bioware/EA fixes it sooner rather than later

Hopefully Bioware/EA fixes it sooner rather than later

Considering it;s not game breaking and/or affects the bottom line, don't hold your breath.

Lucasfilm doesn't want Star Wars proper names to be used for character names.

I guess EA and Bioware don't care about this, based on all the Lùkè Skÿwallker and Òbí-wän Kënòßî characters I see running around the Fleet.

Yes there are players who possess a grade-school level wit, who use ALT codes just so their Guardian or Inquisitor can be one of the numerous Master Bat* in game. (Where * is a wildcard for -er, -es, -ing, -ation, ...).

 

That is why under the Report Player menu there is a "inappropriate name" option.

I remember a Paladin on Xev in EQ who was named Loin Steak, so when he hit 60 and got his class title, he was Sir Loin Steak. That, I thought, was actually kind of amusing.

I agree that the master bat* names are juvenile.

Considering it;s not game breaking and/or affects the bottom line, don't hold your breath.

While it's not ground breaking, it still an easy fix regardless, it would just be a nice gesture to actually do something about it, rather than leaving leaving it in the dust.