Character Names

Saving names/characters to accounts also encourages vets to return, if they knew they had to grind to 50 again then they'd probably have second thoughts about returning.

• Give your valuables (i. e. Event Items, Collector Rewards, etc.) to your closest friends
• Sell the rest of your stuffs (down to the last Code Bit) on the market (dont dump your stuffs, use reasonable values!)
• If you have multiple chars on one server repeat the procedure above for all chars and merge the funds on your main char
  
• Place 10% of the resulting wealth in your crew's bank (if your crew disbands along with you skip this)
  
• Place the rest of the funds in your faction's bank
• Repeat this for all servers
• Delete the empty (naked *LOL*) chars one day before your subscription expires

Manua wrote:

CCD: How to Quit An MMO
(CCD: Clean Char Disband)

If you decide to quit an MMO for good you should do these things during the last subscription period:

• Give your valuables (i. e. Event Items, Collector Rewards, etc.) to your closest friends
• Sell the rest of your stuffs (down to the last Code Bit) on the market (dont dump your stuffs, use reasonable values!)
• If you have multiple chars on one server repeat the procedure above for all chars and merge the funds on your main char
  
• Place 10% of the resulting wealth in your crew's bank (if your crew disbands along with you skip this)
  
• Place the rest of the funds in your faction's bank
• Repeat this for all servers
• Delete the empty (naked *LOL*) chars one day before your subscription expires

This will free up your chars' names for future users. It's only fair and square to return your existence in that MMO to the pool if you decide to be gone for good. If someone decides to name themselves "Manua" and play off a pile of *CENSORED* they're free to do so. It bothers me nothing cuz it's a game I dont play anymore.

Speaking of this... here's the official disclaimer: If you find someone named Manua and she's doing some piece of *CENSORED* you cannot hold ME responsible for that, because that is NOT me LOL

They can only use your name if they play on your account though, it's kinda stuck to the account. Trust me, I've tried this before.

If a character is deleted and there is no existing RSI, then the name should be released and back into circulation for someone else to be able to choose it. But if there's an existing RSI for for the name, then the name should always be tied into that account/character no matter if the account is active or not.

No one should ever quit a game and then upon coming back find out someone else stole their name forcing them to rename their character.

The one thing that would be nice is now that our character names dont go under PlayerName @TheMatrixOnline.com anymore, if we could claim the same names on different servers. So for me, being able to have SOE.MxO.Syntax.AnXieTy762, SOE.MxO.Recursion.AnXieTy762, and SOE.MxO.Vector-Hostile.AnXieTy762. That would be something that would be nice to see.

AnXieTy wrote:   Then we will simply have to agree to disagree then, because I believe that if a persons character still exists and hasnt been deleted, their name should remain theirs so in the even they ever want to use it again, they still have the option to do so.

Ok, but you still can't use a name event if it's deleted. Free those names up.

Allright, I'm going to throw in my 2 cents.

First of all, in MXO our characters are more than just toons with names.  They are "characters" that play into the storyline of The Matrix...I think Anome's character has been inactive for a while, but I don't think that a new player should name his self Anome.  While this is an extreme case, the same can be said for other characters.  I'd cry a bit if I saw a new player named TasteeWheet or Skyscream.  To allow new players to take old player's names is to completely ignore the the canonic (word?) nature of MXO.

Of course, as we have seen, this creates clear problems; any created character is technically part of canon, including low level characters that were created and are now ignored.  Completely ignoring the technical issues of character names, my solution would be that in order for a character name to remain tied to a certain character, that character must reach X level, have X ammount of play time, and complete X objective.  Once these are done, unless that character is deleted, a character name should not be accessible to players.

Alternatively, if a wipe was neccessary (which maybe it is) an email could be sent to every account owner (of course, I don't trust that, but something of the sort could be done) informing them that unless their account is re-activated, all the characters will lose their names/be deleted.

Basically, I don't think names should be easilly reasigned.  Maybe I'm biased, being a returning vet and all.  However, if after 6 months my character's name was gone, I wouldn't have resubbed- while I've had friends who have had trouble creating names, but they always found a name in the end and played.

I want a name change system or the ability to trade translocation and boon/hardware/glimmer.