Transferring servers with a two-letter name

I have a character with a two-letter name that was created prior to naming restriction that required names be 3 letters or longer.

If I were to transfer this character to another server, would I be able to keep the name?

Yeah... "I don't know, I could loose my name" was the answer I came up with before I asked. Has anyone ever been in this situation that could say definitively what happens?

Sorry I don't know

Unless you get a specific and reliable answer from someone who has done it.... I would not do it.

Truth be told I never knew you couldn't have a 2 letter name...of course I never tried to make a toon with that short a name before hehe.

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

Still hoping for a definative answer.

I wonder if trying to transfer the character to the training room will give me an idea of what would happen on live?

Try the test transfer (ie: transfer to test) and see how it goes. I have to agree with the "senior rep", don't try it... Unknown territory.

Yeah, great idea on the Test Server transfer!
And do let us know!!

Also, I just have to say, while it certainly didn't give you the answer you were looking for, that is a pretty awesome reply from a GM.
A lot of people can just dish out rather unhelpful and unsympathetic responses... while he/she didn't get a solid answer back to you, he/she was understanding of your concerns and sympathetic to them and even included friendly advice.

Kudos to the unnamed GM!

It's worth mentioning that, even if the game doesn't auto-validate your name on transfer and forcibly change it, there are only a very finite number of possible two-character names, so there's a decent chance your name is simply already taken on the destination server. Unless you've already checked that.

As of approximately 8 months ago, you'll be able to transfer and keep the name, assuming it isn't taken. At least, I was able to transfer a character with a 2-letter name at that point and keep the name. Of course, that could have changed between then and now, but I would be surprised if that's the case. I would think all the 2-letter characters were grandfathered at the same time and probably keep their names now.

Thanks for all the input. I had not thought of testing by friending the name I hope to still have on the destination server, that's a great idea.

I will test the training room tonight and report the results.

Oh, and it seems I didn't notice rule #4 of the forum rules - even though I omitted the name of the GM, it seems you're not supposed to post any correspondence you have with them. Guess now I know.

Ok. Results:

I copied my character to the Beta Server (download was faster, also didn't realize there were two test servers, but I realize that now).

****The name was retained with all its two-letter glory.****

However, doing the "friend test" on both of the two servers I had wanted to transferred to, it seems the name is in use by someone else on those servers.

I would have to transfer to one where the name is not in use. Exalted, for example, wasn't around at the time where 2-letter names were possible. I already have countless characters spread out across 3 servers, I don't think I want to make it 4 or more.

Thanks again for all the advice.