So, How Many Names Did You Lose?

One my alt names was taking on my new server, no biggie.

Since none of the transfer destinations were posted ahead of time the only way you could have "planned ahead" was to reserved your name on every server...

My server isn't eligible for transfers yet, but if it follows the trend (all EU PvE servers go to Red Eclipse), I ll lose all 4 of my lvl 50 names and 2/3 of my lower alts. Can't test yet about my Legacy but if the name loss is to give me a hint, I ll probably lose it as well. I was shocked that I lost my main's name because I used it in WoW and according to armory there was only 1 more person with the same name and he was in US.

When I create a char, the most difficult thing to choose is the name. I found myself being logged out due to inactivity in character creation quite a few times (before they fix it in one recent patch), because I couldn't decide what name a char should have. Name for me defies everything : the looks, the class, the spec, the play style, the light or dark side... Now that (probably) my chars are to lose their original name, they feel alien to me. My trooper is justice incarnated to my eyes - he has a fitting name & he leveled accordingly. My IA is Agent Smith (smith is taken in all variations in red eclipse) - I m sure you can see why it's impossible to transfer him.

A char that loses its name is without purpose. It's far more easier for me to roll a new char, than to rename an existing one. But in rolling a new one, I ll lose a 33 lvl Legacy, 6 max level crafting skills and a million RE'd recipes on them - not going to happen. So, I ll stay in my server. And if the day comes that they ll force move me in a server that requires me to rename, I ll /quit instead.

It feels to me that while trying to get the MMO element back, we lost the RolePlayingGame part...
"What's in a name, Shakespeare? - EVERYTHING"

PS: I don't mind using special characters for my least favorite toons, but I won't do it for my mains - making difficult for others to /inv, /w or mail you, is like shooting yourself on the foot.

3 out of 5 names lost. But no big deal for me!

i lost all of mine and it was well worth the better server

looks like i lost 3, my main is the only one i cared about. Oh well, its just a name

I transferred 4 and lost 1 name and, of course, it was my main.

Ziva D'Vid is now Ziv'a D'Vid. Close enough I guess.

None! I am scewed my server is a destination server.

I had 2 main servers....one for repub, and one for sith.

The Repub just got moved. Of the 8 chars, 1 for each class type, and 4 male/female split, I lost half my names.

Lost 3 female names, and 1 male name. My main char names remained intact, so really wasnt upset.

5....boohoo. If transfers for my other server come and I have to change my mains name....Im going to rage quit. Or at least make a thread about how I will rage quit.

out of 12 characters and 3 legacy names i haven't had to rename a single one