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MeowCats
06.14.2012 , 01:57 PM | #211
I lost one to myself, if that counts for anything? My Sage from Soresu was named the same thing as my Marauder on The Harbringer and I decided to keep both, so I renamed my sage the name of the low level sage I deleted to transfer her.

Overall not a big loss. And I didn't even lose my legacy, but then again, I don't know who else would have the same name. (I like Metroid.)
The Harbringer, Brinstar (29 Assassin), Sistrilai (24 Marauder); Soresu Transfers: Keskalia (50 Sent.), Sistrilai(Now Zirvaris) (42 Sage), Kaskalia (36 Shadow).
Drooga's Pleasure Barge: Zirvaris (1x Marauder), Maridia (1x B.H.), and more.
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Erasimus
06.14.2012 , 02:06 PM | #212
Quote: Originally Posted by RaithHarth View Post
This is the fatal flaw for most MMO's is that their username database are very limited, they keep repeating the same mistakes by having a unique name only policy. I honestly think this will cause a major rift with swtor especially after transfers, they need to come up with another solution rather than forcing us to change our names completely, this is unacceptable.

They should link the legacy system and chosen usernames to our accounts, that why we can pick any name we want.
There would probably be just as many complaints eventually if they didn't have unique names. There are solutions like making the Name-Legacy what has to be unique, but then what about characters that don't have a legacy name yet, maybe a random number?

But then you'd need to "force" display of the legacy so people could uniquely identify friends/enemies.

Currently your choice is to insert a special character on one letter: For example: John, Jòhn, Jóhn, Jôhn, Jõhn, etc. Most people would simply see all of these as John, but each satisfies the uniqueness requirement. Inserting special characters is simple, just google typing special characters. In the example above the ò is typed by holding down the ALT key and typing: 0210

If you don't like special characters try alternate spellings. For now that is about all we have.
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Quraswren
06.14.2012 , 02:07 PM | #213
I lost 2 names and my legacy. One of them being my mains name.

However, it took like 5 mins to get new names I liked and maybe another 5 for a new legacy name.

Now I'm on a server that has triple to quadruple the population and it's looking like a good start.

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SteveConnors
06.14.2012 , 02:08 PM | #214
I wonder if this merger, er i mean transfers Will cost them more subs then gain.
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havok_bloodcraft
06.14.2012 , 02:20 PM | #215
Quote: Originally Posted by SteveConnors View Post
I wonder if this merger, er i mean transfers Will cost them more subs then gain.
Seems like it.

And to the "you have a choice" crowd, So do people with a gun to their heads but we cut them slack don't we. And that is exactly what is happening here they are forcing people to transfer or quit the game or to pay monthly for a single player experience for a week or 2 before they actually force merge and shutdown the servers.

Shame on you bioware. Shame on you.

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TirGavin
06.14.2012 , 02:23 PM | #216
only one that I was attached to, and I was able to use an alternate spelling.

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DesAnvos
06.14.2012 , 02:24 PM | #217
Techniqually 1 out of 2 but I'm not that mad about it as it happens that my main dark female mage's name ended up being close to the comp Zenith's name, but all I had to do was add an "a" to the end of it.

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RaithHarth
06.14.2012 , 02:30 PM | #218
Quote: Originally Posted by Erasimus View Post
There would probably be just as many complaints eventually if they didn't have unique names. There are solutions like making the Name-Legacy what has to be unique, but then what about characters that don't have a legacy name yet, maybe a random number?

But then you'd need to "force" display of the legacy so people could uniquely identify friends/enemies.

Currently your choice is to insert a special character on one letter: For example: John, Jòhn, Jóhn, Jôhn, Jõhn, etc. Most people would simply see all of these as John, but each satisfies the uniqueness requirement. Inserting special characters is simple, just google typing special characters. In the example above the ò is typed by holding down the ALT key and typing: 0210

If you don't like special characters try alternate spellings. For now that is about all we have.
I hate the coding in some names, I don't believe in using them, when I played Pirates of the burning sea, you could have any name or surname you wanted...there was just one catch, your name and surname were always connected to one another, there would be players with the same name, but if you were a John Smith, that other player could be a John Doe, or a Joe Smith, and really that's the approach bioware should of taken before introducing transfers.
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Aehgo
06.14.2012 , 02:44 PM | #219
I got my legacy name changedI'm quite happy actually,I hated my old legacy name

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Mossesman
06.14.2012 , 03:04 PM | #220
Transfered 7 characters...no names changed
Eathos - Commando | Norzrik - Guardian
Kezron - Scoundrel | Ashinelle - Shadow
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