How do you reserve a name?

Make a character with that name and don't play it. Simple as that. When you need the name, then save the costume, save the custom powers, delete the name-squatting character and quick-load your new one, give him/her the same name and go from there.

Originally Posted by Arcanaville Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.

Great Caesar's Ghost, take a break!

Noooooo if I stop playing, the world will explode.

No, no, the only thing that matters is for the name to be held by a character YOU own.

As for how you quick-load:

Start making a character. Pick an Archetype, a primary powerset, a secondary powerset and make a complete costume. After this, save the costume to a costume file (and remember what you call it). Then, go to the next step and customize this character's powersets. When this is done, save the custom powers to a file.

When you're done, back ALL the way up to character selection, then find and delete your placeholder character. When this is done, create a new one in his place. Pick your alignment, AT, powersets and character model (Male, Female or Huge) and go on to the costume editor. There, simply load your costume file and move on to power customization. There, load your custom powers again and move on to the final page with your name, bio and battlecry. Enter JUST the name and create said character. Voila, you have used your reserved name without leaving a long window of time for someone to potentially claim it while you fiddle with costume and powers.

Originally Posted by Arcanaville Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.

Originally Posted by Arcanaville Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.