AJediKnight Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I grabbed a name I wanted when my server first launched, went back 10 mins later to create the character, took all of 60 seconds to line up the sliders, hit 'create' and the name was already gone. I find this... almost inexplicable. I understand it's launch day, but the odds seem rather low, considering it isn't a name like Chris or Steve. Some other people on the server said their chosen names had been locked up upon recreating as well... is there some kind of a delay action in effect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morto Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I grabbed a name I wanted when my server first launched, went back 10 mins later to create the character, took all of 60 seconds to line up the sliders, hit 'create' and the name was already gone. I find this... almost inexplicable. I understand it's launch day, but the odds seem rather low, considering it isn't a name like Chris or Steve. Some other people on the server said their chosen names had been locked up upon recreating as well... is there some kind of a delay action in effect? Can't you use a different version of your name or a new one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korrigan Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 If its a name coming from any book or other media, you can expect that someone else thought about it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awesomnus_Prime Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 It was me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xontier Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 If others are reporting the same thing that I'd assume the servers haven't released the name to be usable yet. That is, the naming server still has that name registered as in-use, but not by who. I'm surprised BioWare didn't give the grace period that most games give. That is, if you delete a name, its yours for X amount of time before its released back into the wild. The only thing is, there's no way to tell how long it'll be until your name is released; unless it's a strange bug and the names are never released, but BioWare would have to fix that pretty quickly or it'll cause a lot of issues with peeople. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrNybble Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I hear ya. RP folks need/want a specific name and it really causes problems if they can't create it. There seem to only be 5 or 6 RP servers. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that my name is still available when I get in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannyone Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 The only real solution is to make the character you want, then name it. I've seen this before where it doesn't release names when you delete a character. All you can do in that case is keep trying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsinineTangent Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I grabbed a name I wanted when my server first launched, went back 10 mins later to create the character, took all of 60 seconds to line up the sliders, hit 'create' and the name was already gone. I find this... almost inexplicable. I understand it's launch day, but the odds seem rather low, considering it isn't a name like Chris or Steve. Some other people on the server said their chosen names had been locked up upon recreating as well... is there some kind of a delay action in effect? There is a delay before the name is freed up. Keep trying. I reused a name during the beta and this happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilpatric Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Of course, this problem would be greatly diminished if EA had simply allowed the use of a second name, but, no, that's too easy. Instead there is the lame Legacy system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellbrass Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 If you created the character with the name, then deleted it, its possible there is a delay between the deletion and the name being freed up rather than someone taking it. I know World of Warcraft used to suffer this issue quite often. I would keep trying occasionally to make the new character with that name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruug Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Wait wait wait....you say you "locked up your name"....what? You have to be in the character creator to create your name and if you don't create your character then...the name is still "open" for use. You can not "lock" your name and NOT create a character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Githmogwai Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Who cares it is just a bloody name, no one will care when they gank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigabix Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 If the name in question was Jaffacakejedi, it was me, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yomat Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I deleted and re-created the same character 3 times in 5min without any delay after picking the same name again. 1st time - reserve name 2nd time - created character... voice/body shape didn't fit my mental image of him. 3rd time - created character with more fitting appearance. Each time I spent less than 2min between deleting the character and re-creating him. This doesn't mean the above posters aren't correct, but the delay may not be very long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigoldbear Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I hear ya. RP folks need/want a specific name and it really causes problems if they can't create it. There seem to only be 5 or 6 RP servers. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that my name is still available when I get in. Gosh, otherwise you'll just have to use your imagination... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsinineTangent Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I deleted and re-created the same character 3 times in 5min without any delay after picking the same name again. 1st time - reserve name 2nd time - created character... voice/body shape didn't fit my mental image of him. 3rd time - created character with more fitting appearance. Each time I spent less than 2min between deleting the character and re-creating him. This doesn't mean the above posters aren't correct, but the delay may not be very long. If the delay is not by design it will probably never be consistent. In my case, it wasn't particularly long. Maybe 5-10 minutes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xneoxxx Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 HAHAH check out this guy, he made a video abotu swtor EGA hahaha hes angry!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIDZ0kTI2Uw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisftw Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 are you demanding that your name be made available i don't get it. usually name unavailable simply means what it means. somebody is using the name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsinineTangent Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 are you demanding that your name be made available i don't get it. usually name unavailable simply means what it means. somebody is using the name. It's a very short post. You should have read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosper Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I was afraid of this. That's why I wrote down the creation to my character in beta. Hopefully the create character options havent been switched around like they were from beta to beta. If everything goes well I can create my character very quickly the right way the first time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pherdnut Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 If you went with LukeSkywalker, I suspect they're either blocking that one or somebody else just might have thought of that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morto Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Who cares it is just a bloody name, no one will care when they gank you. hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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