I know, another one of these threads..

But, honestly, names are important to me, and I'm not the kind of person to just throw in an apostrophe (or one of those ill-conceived alt characters that makes contacting the character unnecessarily complicated). I just attempted to reserve names on my destination server. Several of them worked, but one of those that didn't was that of the character I've had since day one (well, technically, negative seven, but who's counting?)

Not saying that I'm more important or anything like that, but I won't be thrilled if I can't get Kalysta's name (or literally any of the alternates I was considering). BioWare's FAQ doesn't really elaborate much on the "number of factors" that will be taken into consideration.

I'm just hoping that this consolidation doesn't turn into an unmanageable clusterfluff of players who are upset about losing their names. Keep calm and carry on, I suppose.

I know how you feel. I lost my day -5 name when I had to move to Harbinger

But I got all my names when Dalborra opened, so I play there now thankfully.

The thing that gets me is that I'm sure someone has just placecarded the name because you never see them running around in game.

Mind you we were having a roaring time with 2 variations of Boonie on Gav in General

My question is why the destination server wasn't made an empty server and names were assigned by a level and a "the person who got it first" method. (meaning hey this person made this toon on -6 but they aren't lvl 50 so we're gonna give it to the person who made there toon on -3 who is lvl 50) Had my name sence -6 and I just barely squeeked by keeping it with the first server transfer, now 6 of my 7 names have alrdy been taken.

This wouldn't be fair for people who reserve their names during early access and who are still subscribed. Your server had as much chance to be a destination server than any of current destination servers. As for unsubscribed players who haven't played for months, then I'm sure no has any problems with releasing their character names.

Heres a simple idea.

Make obscure names.

Never taken.

I know, another one of these threads..

 

But, honestly, names are important to me, and I'm not the kind of person to just throw in an apostrophe (or one of those ill-conceived alt characters that makes contacting the character unnecessarily complicated). I just attempted to reserve names on my destination server. Several of them worked, but one of those that didn't was that of the character I've had since day one (well, technically, negative seven, but who's counting?)

 

Not saying that I'm more important or anything like that, but I won't be thrilled if I can't get Kalysta's name (or literally any of the alternates I was considering). BioWare's FAQ doesn't really elaborate much on the "number of factors" that will be taken into consideration.

 

I'm just hoping that this consolidation doesn't turn into an unmanageable clusterfluff of players who are upset about losing their names. Keep calm and carry on, I suppose.

Most players already transferred. There are only two people left on a origin server. People who refused to transfer due the loss of their character names and those that couldn't transfer due to the 8 server limit. The first group will get what's coming to them in few hours.

This wouldn't be fair for people who reserve their names during early access and who are still subscribed. Your server had as much chance to be a destination server than any of current destination servers. As for unsubscribed players who haven't played for months, then I'm sure no has any problems with releasing their character names.

How exactly is it not fair for people who reserve their names during early access? This is exactly who it is fair to. People who made there toons and actually played the game. And it would be really easy to make long term unsubed people low priority aswell.

How exactly is it not fair for people who reserve their names during early access? This is exactly who it is fair to. People who made there toons and actually played the game. And it would be really easy to make long term unsubed people low priority aswell.

Each server had an equal chance to be a destination server. There is no reason for people who happen to pick a winning server to have to draw again because your server lost. That was the whole point of early access. It didn't guarantee that your server would survive the usual depopulation that happens in mmorpg. It only guarantee that you would get early access to the server and if your server happen to survive, then you get to keep your name if not well too bad.

This happens in every mmorpg even in wow. That's why I say that picking a server that is left standing is purely luck. If your lucky enough to have chosen a server that is left standing you get to keep your names otherwise your force to rename during transfer or reroll. Any mmorpg vet knows this. For BW to go against this unwritten rule, would not go so lightly with most of the mmorpg players. It's always first come and first serve. If your server sinks well too bad.

Most players already transferred. There are only two people left on a origin server. People who refused to transfer due the loss of their character names and those that couldn't transfer due to the 8 server limit. The first group will get what's coming to them in few hours.

Each server had an equal chance to be a destination server. There is no reason for people who happen to pick a winning server to have to draw again because your server lost. That was the whole point of early access. It didn't guarantee that your server would survive the usual depopulation that happens in mmorpg. It only guarantee that you would get early access to the server and if your server happen to survive, then you get to keep your name if not well too bad.

 

This happens in every mmorpg even in wow. That's why I say that picking a server that is left standing is purely luck. If your lucky enough to have chosen a server that is left standing you get to keep your names otherwise your force to rename during transfer or reroll. Any mmorpg vet knows this. For BW to go against this unwritten rule, would not go so lightly with most of the mmorpg players. It's always first come and first server. If your server sinks well too bad.

Just figured they'd want to retain their most loyal customers. Not alienate them with your "name lottery" system and a "oh well too bad for you" attitude.

Most players already transferred. There are only two people left on a origin server. People who refused to transfer due the loss of their character names and those that couldn't transfer due to the 8 server limit. The first group will get what's coming to them in few hours.

I've been on Canderous Ordo since launch. The move to Jedi Covenant came as a bit of a surprise to me.

Heres a simple idea.

 

Make obscure names.

 

Never taken.

Untrue. My BH is named after an obscure Japanese poem (song) and it's taken now. Although I'm on a destination server.