Some sort of naming policy for the love of God!
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Aett_Thorn,
Posted on: 2011-06-29 09:02 in Suggestions and Ideas
I feel your pain. A name I want is held by an account that has been inactive since before they added global names waaaaaay back in the CoV launch.
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Global names were added in Issue 3, not CoV launch (Issue 6). Which adds insult to your injury.
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Originally Posted by DocArcus
I feel your pain. A name I want is held by an account that has been inactive since before they added global names waaaaaay back in the CoV launch.
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Originally Posted by Dispari
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Still, the chances that they're going to rerun the name-freeing script right now are low. They're about to implement a feature that allows people who have stopped playing to come back for free. If those people have lost their names, they probably won't stay.
Also, I'd love to know why a simple change of the name is completely out of the question.
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Trial accounts shouldn't be able to hold names. Stat.
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
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I do kinda agree with this. I think that names that were on trial accounts that didn't upgrade should be released before I21. I mean, those people didn't like it enough when it was free for them, so I don't think they're coming back.
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Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
Trial accounts shouldn't be able to hold names. Stat.
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Latest official word as of 6/16/2011
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
We are following this thread and taking your feedback into account all.However, to be perfectly clear: We are not currently planning another name purge in the near future. There are reasons for this, which I am not at liberty to discuss at the moment.
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Interesting. Very interesting. With as many free accounts opening up soon, it does seem like the time to introduce something similar to the competition, doesn't it?
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What, you mean the wretched name@globalname system, which defaults to showing the whole thing? No thank you. One of a number of things that irks me about that system is that most people just ignore the character name. After all, it'll change the moment you switch characters anyway. And for the handful of people that have switched the display of the @Globalname to "off," it just causes extra confusion all around: They'll respond to someone by character name, and other people will wonder who they're talking to, and vice versa. It's an ugly, clumsy system. And it's not really much of an improvement when you've got FireDude@Meerkat, FireDude@YoMamma, FireDude@TheBat...
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Originally Posted by ThePill
Interesting. Very interesting. With as many free accounts opening up soon, it does seem like the time to introduce something similar to the competition, doesn't it?
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Look on the bright side, at least your global name didn't get taken by an inactive account. |
Originally Posted by Aoleleb
Can we at least do something about that? I realize the whole name-sitting thing is a touchy subject, but me losing the name I really wanted to someone who doesn't even PLAY the game is freaking ludicrous.
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Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
Trial accounts shouldn't be able to hold names. Stat.
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All trial accounts, have them purged.
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All un-subbed for longer that a year accounts, have them purged. We are paying to play, they are not. Dont want to lose your names? Dont cancel your subscription.
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Originally Posted by BrandX
At least this.
All trial accounts, have them purged. |
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Definitely.
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Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
Trial accounts shouldn't be able to hold names. Stat.
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It's worth noting that the last time they did purge names, they found that so few of them were subsequently picked up and used by current players that they felt the whole exercise was not worth the trouble. And it wasn't much trouble.
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Originally Posted by Mr_Zek
All un-subbed for longer that a year accounts, have them purged. We are paying to play, they are not. Dont want to lose your names? Dont cancel your subscription.
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It's also worth noting that the last time they did that, the game was less than half the age it is now.
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Originally Posted by Sailboat
It's worth noting that the last time they did purge names, they found that so few of them were subsequently picked up and used by current players that they felt the whole exercise was not worth the trouble. And it wasn't much trouble.
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Before Issue 22 comes out they should run a purge one last time. Send out an eMail to all players who had trials when 21 comes out to get them to return and reclaim their toons. After the 3-4 month period between 21 and 22 if they don't log onto their account, their characters should be forefit. Full Trial Wipe when 22 lanches.
If you bought the game, even if it was when it first came out, your characters over level 10 will be saved as they are. Any character L9 and under on a paid account is safe. Again, if they log on before 22 is released, those toons are safe.
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The first time they ran the script they had the level set around 35 so if the program was working as intended any name on an inactive account under 35 was freed up at that time.|
Originally Posted by GageEndaI
Before Issue 22 comes out they should run a purge one last time. Send out an eMail to all players who had trials when 21 comes out to get them to return and reclaim their toons. After the 3-4 month period between 21 and 22 if they don't log onto their account, their characters should be forefit. Full Trial Wipe when 22 lanches.
If you bought the game, even if it was when it first came out, your characters over level 10 will be saved as they are. Any character L9 and under on a paid account is safe. Again, if they log on before 22 is released, those toons are safe. |
The second time they ran it they lowered the level to 6.
Well the way they did it then was any trial account was saved. This time it's a full wipe. Trials are all gone at the end. THe account isthere, but the toons aren't.
People who have paid or the accounts should be allowed to keep their toons though, that's just good policy.
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I don't know about that. Just the script as is, saying "This name is available," is (IMHO) fine. The trials don't take up global names any more, after all (unless you REALLY want 23g 8by [TRIAL] as a global.) |
Originally Posted by GageEndaI
Well the way they did it then was any trial account was saved. This time it's a full wipe. Trials are all gone at the end. THe account isthere, but the toons aren't.
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I *suspect* that actual character deletion might cause issues. But obviously can't say for sure.
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Originally Posted by Aett_Thorn
Also, I'd love to know why a simple change of the name is completely out of the question.
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Anyways, the character is part of an overarching story that has spanned several games and quite a few short stories so far, so a name change is completely out of the question.
"Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid." - John Wayne
I've always thought we need a way to clear up names that are being sat on, but it finally came to a head for me today with this ludicrous little event.
I was rolling a character for an upcoming storyline I'm doing with some friends only to find out the name I wanted, which *is* the name of the character and cannot be negotiated, is taken. On a whim, I do /getglobalname to see who has the name since I've never seen it on the server before and thought maybe I could convince the person to give up the name if they don't use it.
Only problem being that the name is being sat on by an expired trial account...
Can we at least do something about that? I realize the whole name-sitting thing is a touchy subject, but me losing the name I really wanted to someone who doesn't even PLAY the game is freaking ludicrous.
"Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid." - John Wayne