Pre-order, CE, early access, screwed over

but the point it, this is how people feel, and for whatever eason they feel that way, it would be in biowares best interest to try and appease them, since it is costing them subs.

How do you suggest they do that? Let the empty servers stay up? Force someone else to change name? I'm curious

Ok.

Your name is now turdburger.

good thing what others call you isnt important.

LoL at people QQing over such things as a name, stay on the dead server you started out on then.

Can't. BioWare is going to forcibly transfer them (aka "merge") later this summer and shut down all the now dead servers.

It's a bit different for some people. Some players get really attached to their characters' names. As an RPer, I wrote over 150 pages for my Shadow and now her name is different. It just doesn't feel the same anymore. In accordance with that, I don't play with her anymore. Had I lost my Vanguard's name as well, I probably wouldn't be playing anymore. In addition, transfers are now becoming automatic. Better yet, these automatic transfers are going from your server to a server that you don't get to choose. Therefore, if your name is taken on that server, then you're SOL. You can't transfer somewhere else or deny the transfer. You're just boned.

However, did I throw a tantrum? No, I just moved on. I changed my Shadow's name and carried on with business as usual. I wasn't forced to transfer, though. It's much different when the power is taken out of your hands, especially with a service for which you pay. I wouldn't be surprised if this forced transfer thing cost BioWare a good deal of subscriptions and it honestly deserves it.

Ok.

Your name is now turdburger.

good thing what others call you isnt important.

A suggestion at the time was to give name preference based first on account status. Regardless the origin or destination server, if a name conflicted, the first check should have been to see which account was active. If one was inactive, the active account wins the name.

This was suggested by many as BioWare was contemplating and coding the server transfer tool but they obviously didn't implement it.

It wouldn't have solved all the issues, but it's certainly a more fair way to assign names in a game that has more inactive accounts than active ones, possibly by a factor of 10:1. (Analysis: 240+ servers that were once mostly heavy merged into 24 that are now standard or higher... 10:1)

Yeah that's right. Screwed over. I eagerly pre-ordered the ridiculously overpriced Collector's Edition and dived with enthusiasm into the early access period, claiming the names I wanted for my characters. Now I'm being forced into server transfers and, ultimately, name changes as a reward.

Thanks, BioWare.