Name Reservation Changes

effort = resources.

They don't think to seem it's worth the resources and efforts for power pool customization and furth customization of primary/secondary powers.

Should we stop requesting it?

Power customization would benefit *all* players.
Stripping names from others would do one of two things:

• Benefit a small group of people who're too lazy to come up with their own name.
• Benefit nobody because the names taken aren't the ones desired.

Great comparison!

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Power customization would not benefit those who dont customize. Im sure there's a small population of them.

Name purge would benefit everyone who is currently playing!

Okay, now I KNOW you're not serious about this.

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Originally Posted by Paladiamors I love you, I Burnt the Toast!

Respectfully I refuse to equate running a program that's already developed, installed, and run twice in the system to be a drain in resources. In my opinion that's like saying turning on the computers every morning at their work stations is an effort which equals resources.

If you have a link where the devs said that please provide it because this is the first I've heard it worded that way.

There's a huge world of difference between them saying they'd like to do something but can't because of limits on their time and resources, (which is what I'm thinking they actually said unless you can prove otherwise) and they are not going to do something for reasons they won't discuss.

So they aren't going to do it, and they aren't going to tell us why.

See the conspiracy theorist in me takes that as they are looking into some new naming feature....which is why this is not being looked into. Hmmmm

Originally Posted by Paladiamors I love you, I Burnt the Toast!

Actually, I do.

• Acquiring a new customer can cost 6 to 7 times more than retaining an existing customer
• Over a 5 year period customer attrition rates could reach as high as 50% if databases are left dormant
• Businesses which boosted customer retention rates by as little as 5% saw increases in their profits ranging from 5% to a whopping 95%.

All based on research of this guy, who likely has more applicable marketing know-how than everyone in this thread combined.

Actually, they aren't. By trying to treat former customers better than currently active players they are devaluing the importance of active players. Active players buy stuff on the market. Active players subscribe. Active players provide other players with human interaction. Inactive players provide nothing if they aren't up to date subscribers.

As Forbin has pointed out the development resources have already been spent for the script.

I notice that you like demonizing those that disagree with you, just like you are accusing others of doing. Hypocritical much?

You also can't provide any proof that some names that will be freed up will not be desired. Will there be some junk names from spammers? Yes. Will some good names be freed up? Possibly. I know for a fact that after the first round of names being freed up that I got the name "Strobe" for my Peacebringer. I think anyone actively playing the game should get the same chance.

Hopefully that reason why will make this issue meaningless.

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I'm with you on this. Which is why I'm willing to wait and see what it is they "won't" tell us right now.

After some research, I don't think that they are fixing the name-space issue. More likely he was keeping silent because of Issue 21.
That post was from June 16, 2011 (closed beta for Issue 21 started 10 days earlier, 4 days before Issue 21 was openly announced). You do realize that most likely reason why Zwillinger wasn't talking about the reasons at that point was that Issue 21's features were to be announced, right? Including the Free to play aspect of the game and the fact that accounts will be playable even without subscriptions.

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I've been playing this game long enough to know that the phrase near future means longer than 6 months to a year developmentwise. Under a year they start using variations of "Soon".

So disagreement = demonizing?

Okaaaay!

I never said I had proof that some of the names freed up will not be desired.

I said that nobody here could prove that any of the names freed up WILL be desired. There's a big difference.

But you don't know. Yet you continue to argue as if it were certainty.

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Okay, I've tried not to get involved in this argument, but this just hit me the wrong way. "Possibly" does not equal "certainty", at least to me. The way I read that, they're saying full-well they don't know if any good names will be freed up or not.

Or maybe SG meant you calling people in favor of this idea : lazy.. as demonizing.. hmm I dunno....
I love it when people play obtuse and I love it even more when people play the martyr (not saying you are playing the martyr).

Originally Posted by Paladiamors I love you, I Burnt the Toast!

More options for everyone playing. How does that not benefit everyone still playing? o.O

You must love watching people keep making this suggestion after we've been flat out told by the devs that they aren't running the name purge anytime in the near future.

Edit: Let's see what are some other good topics where we get to see obtuseness and martyrs . . . Oh! Merging the servers, full power set/AT respecs, open world PvP, and level bumping.

Merging servers: I hope that never happens...
Super Respecs: Uhm No... Stupid Idea plain and simple.
Open World PvP: I would quit... (unless it was just one (new) server...so I didn't have to be bothered by it if I chose not to).
Level Bumping: I think the Incarnate system provides this in a way that works for this game.

The issue I have with these "requests" is they affect current players game play....where as an inactive name purge does not...as it only affects accounts which haven't been played (for this thread's purpose) for 3 years.

Like I said...numerous times... I am actually not FOR this as it does not have any affect on me...I just think the "logic" being used against this argument is weak and lacks any true consequences for the paying customer.

I do not use names like Megatronics or Burn Notice... my names are more short sentences than anything...like my forum name.

I Burnt The Toast
I Ride Stick
I Like To Rock
I Drunk Dialed My Ex
I'm Tricky Tricky
I Stole Your Mojo (deleted)
I Know Kung Fu (deleted)
I Forgot My Prozac (deleted)
Made In Thailand (deleted)
......
Just to name a few.

I used to use more "common" hero names years ago....but when I couldn't get the ones I wanted I switched to this format for my names. So no it does not bother me if they never run the name purge script again, but I have yet to see any compelling argument on why they shouldn't run it either.

Originally Posted by Paladiamors I love you, I Burnt the Toast!

The level bumping I was referring to are the occasional "The devs should give us the option to start at level "XX"." suggestions. But raising the level cap is another good one.

Memphis Bill made that in the first sentence of his first post. He also conceded certain types of accounts should have the names purged.

How is not jacking the names of inactive players being treated "better" than me? It seems we both enjoy the same protections, which is as it should be.


Why are you pretending an account being inactive is a permanent state?

It's not.

Inactive players provide the possibility of future revenue, which while not as arousing as current revenue is still several rungs up the ladder from "nothing".

They also provide the possibility of no future revenue.

So do current subscribers.
Unless you think nobody ever cancels an account?

But thanks for the brilliant insight.

And thanks for your brilliant insight

Again... still no compelling reason to NOT implement a name purge except for this elusive customer who is going to maybe return years later and maybe be upset he lost his "uber" name and maybe not just play as premium and not invest 1 cent in this game - that's a lot of maybes and guessing. Since a name purge does not affect CUSTOMERS....I fail to see how this ya know...affects the people who are currently playing the game.

Treating "not customers" and "non customers" the same as customers... goes against the very nature of customer satisfaction in terms of marketing and customer retention. For this discussion we are referring to "not customers" (not-customers are either past customers who are no longer customers or potential customers who choose to do business with the competition). To go further we are even dividing the not-customer segment further because this proposal would only involve those who were past customers.

So an addendum to this "proposal" has already been suggested...contact all users by email...give a fair warning that on such and such date a name purge will occur...advise the not-customer that CoH is now under the Freedom model and they can login completely free to ensure their names are not in jeopardy.

I know what you will say... well I registered with an email address I no longer use etc... Well... hey... at least Paragon tried to warn you. If you CHOOSE to be a not-customer for years...and then choose not to login for free.... you have made your choice. Paragon shouldn't have to worry about every single Joe Schmoe who played this game years ago...and instead should worry about...customer retention.

Hoping someone comes back...does not pay the bills.

Originally Posted by Paladiamors I love you, I Burnt the Toast!

That's not what I'm saying, but have fun making up stories.