Legacy names -- allow us to change them

Indeed, not to mention that, as far as I recall, Leia never went by Skywalker anyway. It was Leia Organa or Leia Organa Solo. Not to mention Anakin Skywalker was called Darth Vader for much of his life. With the legacy system the way it is we can't even properly emulate the family the example they used to describe what the legacy system was for.

I would completely and totally fine with the legacy system if it wasn't linked to surnames. A unique legacy name is fine. It could even be a character's surname if you wanted, but there's no reason all my characters should be forced to either share the same surname or have none.

Assuming they disconnect surnames with legacy names I'd also prefer if surnames didn't have to be unique. A unique first name and legacy name is enough. Leave surname open to any choice you feel like (Barring appropriate restrictions to offensive ones)

I'm not even sure my chosen legacy name will work either. I want Inz-Tyr, like my username, but I've heard it will lowercase all but the first letter. Which - if true - is pretty annoying, considering it's standard practice with hyphenated surnames to have capital letters for each part.

Dude, I said Leia and Jacen Solo, NOT Skywalker. You do know that Leia married Han Solo, right? Her name became Leia Organa SOLO. They had force-sensitive children, one of which was Jacen SOLO. Also, Darth Vader is a title given to Anakin SKYWALKER as a Sith. Vader is a title, not his surname. The surnames should remain unique and linked to the legacy, otherwise neither has any meaning, and for the people that do actually like their legacy name don't want some random anyone on the server representing them. If you don't like your legacy name, don't use it, but just because some individuals effed up their legacy name doesn't mean BW is gonna spoil it for everyone else that actually gets the whole purpose of having a legacy and being linked to a surname.

Dude, I said Leia and Jacen Solo, NOT Skywalker. You do know that Leia married Han Solo, right? Her name became Leia Organa SOLO. They had force-sensitive children, one of which was Jacen SOLO. Also, Darth Vader is a title given to Anakin SKYWALKER as a Sith. Vader is a title, not his surname. The surnames should remain unique and linked to the legacy, otherwise neither has any meaning, and for the people that do actually like their legacy name don't want some random anyone on the server representing them. If you don't like your legacy name, don't use it, but just because some individuals effed up their legacy name doesn't mean BW is gonna spoil it for everyone else that actually gets the whole purpose of having a legacy and being linked to a surname.

I know Leia married Han Solo. Thus why I said she called herself Leia Organa Solo. However, if Star Wars operated by Legacy System rules, the registrar would have told her "Sorry, ma'am, but your father was the first person to complete Chapter 1, so you can't have a last name unless it's Skywalker. Maybe you could go out and marry someone else named Skywalker if you want a last name." Also Vader may have been Anakin Skywalker, but he also didn't use that name for much of his life. Same with pretty much anyone who has the Darth title. Lore-wise, it's not the thing to do to have him use his family name. But with Legacy, that's your only choice.

It's pretty bad for RP, and that's not counting the fact that cross-species naming conventions are very different. Chiss, for example, have names like Mitth'raw'nuruodo. I suppose you could say your chiss was adopted by the family of your human chars, but then that's going to be the background for a significant number of chiss in the SWTOR universe - which would be a rare occurence, lore-wise.

I don't care if the Legacy name is unique, but there's no reason for surnames to be. Surnames aren't unique in real life, so why in game? Unique surnames are ofen less common in SW. For example - in chiss society, Nuruodo is the House responsible for military and foreign affairs within the Chiss ascendancy. A LOT of chiss have that name.

As for "Some random anyone" representing you, that is why I can deal with Legacy names being unique. If someone has the same surname as your legacy name in the system I propose, then there is little risk that reasonable people will consider your reputation sullied considering the perfectly reasonable explanation that surnames aren't necessarily legacy names. If you wish to hang around with unreasonable people, you have my condolences.

The purpose of a singular unique legacy/surname across all characters is to extend bonus attributes to those characters. If several players could use the same legacy name, it would completely negate those bonuses. By your logic, neither are first names, so I guess that means you won't mind if there's 10 "Graym_Inz-Tyr" on the server, right? Bull. If you think it's bad for RP, don't display it. Open up the character panel and disable it. I happen to think it's great for RP, but then again realistically I don't have a thousand hours to spare leveling 8 different characters from several different species and demand they all have different legacy names because I have no life.

Obviously someone doesn't understand.

You don't NEED a legacy name to extend those bonuses because those bonuses could already be linked through your unique account name.

No one is suggesting anyone be able to use someone's legacy name for the bonuses, just that surnames be separated from the legacy system entirely.

Congratulations for you if you play 1 out of 8 unique stories of a game. That's really a good use of it. But if you play the game long term, chances are, you're going to want some variety.

Why would they separate the legacy from the surnames? "HEY EVERYBODY, THIS IS THE NEW LEGACY SYSTEM. IT HAS NO REAL PURPOSE AND IS NOT TIED TO A LEGACY NAME BECAUSE WE FELT THE SURNAME WAS BETTER HAVING NO VALUE OR MEANING WHATSOEVER AND THEREFORE BEING WORTHLESS, AND POINTS WERE BETTER JUST BEING ARBITRARILY EARNED FOR EVERY CHARACTER ON YOUR ACCOUNT, WHILE NOT TIED TO A LEGACY WHICH CANNOT BE NAMED"

The surname IS the legacy. If you don't like "smith" being shown for your Twi'lek character, DISABLE IT. You are failing to realize that the whole legacy system is a BONUS, an extra given to us by the devs. YOU HAVE A CHOICE, and you are not entitled a last name for your characters AT ALL!

I was typing in chat, and brought my skill window up at the same time and ended up entering 3 random letters and then enter. No confirmation box for Legacy Window, along with no checking if the name is taken before you even hit confirm. On top of the fact that it opens every time you zone, open your skills, or log in. They really dropped the ball on this one.