Character Name taken on this server, but..
By
BBhumeBB,
Posted on: 2009-08-30 07:59 in Suggestions and Ideas
Beats doing it manually, although I suspect it would cut down on finding that gem of a name left available on the 11th server you check.
Arc 55669 - Tales of the PPD: One Hell of a Deal (video trailer)
Arc 64511 - The Wrecking Ball
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Arc 302901 - HappyCorpse
There is pretty limited coupling across servers - usually seems to involve a separate server to handle the interfacing (markets, AE both come to mind). So this might involve a central names database (which in turn needs maintenance and synchronization) - assuming there isn't a means of querying all servers from any one server.
My scrapper doesn't need an AoE. She IS an AoE.
It comes up occassionally that I run into the "This name is already taken" situation. What I would propose is that the "Check for name availability" button be slightly revamped, offering instead "This name is taken on this server, but available on <List of servers>". Or, of course, "This name is available on this server and on <list of servers>"
For names that are on the unavailable list or in use on all servers, they would get "This name is not available on any server at this time."
This function would help people who want a certain name, but don't care which server, and people who want a particular name and do not know that character names are server-specific. Yes, there have sometimes been people, mostly new players, who did not know that.
Admittedly, it will not help (and probably not hinder) players who specificly want to play on a particular server.