Surname change

[Teharahma]

Epiphanies rarely alter bloodlines.

Like WF give birth..

I'd like to change my Surname aswell, it's 'the Furnace', but that was a Sorc pastlife, as a FvS, I would like 'the Soulless', but that's just me.

/Signed

[unionyes]

Why not? Surnames aren't unique, they don't show up in the LFM or other social panels anyhow, and I'm probably not alone in that I don't even look at them most times because they are usually a title of some sort.

A lot of people give or want to give all of their toons a common surname, which would help in identifying that good (or bad) player you ran with last weekend, but for me I don't bother giving my toons a last name. It would raise all sorts of issues for me. Do I go with daddy or mommy's last name? Or a hyphenated name? What if both my parents had hyphenated names? Do I now have a four part name? What if I'm trying to dodge an aunt or uncle that always embarrassed me when I was a kid? Having a common last name would make it so easy for them to find me on Facebook.

[Flavilandile]

In the European Servers the surname changing was open to all characters with a simple tell to GMs.
So tecnally is possible to change surname. I did it many times when I was on Devourer.

Are you sure you're not getting it wrong. the Name ( first name ) change was free in Europe, just opening a ticket,
then the GM would generate the rename token so that the /changename command could be used.

It's funny that /help still lists /changename and /changesurname as viable commands.

/changename is viable... I used it less than three month ago on at least 3 characters.

You just need to have a token to be able to use it.

the /changesurname command is, as far as I know, useless, like the several of the /guild command arguments.

[ormsbygore]

I was under the impression you could already ask a GM to change your surname at any time. It is the first name that is a bother.

I believe this is how it is, I haven't personally tried it. I already have a naming scheme for all of my toons(if you can't tell by my sig).

I have a friend in game who "fooled" the naming filter when he created his character. Recently he was reported for having the name that he had, and was renamed by a GM to "renamed..." with no surname, without warning I might add(later he was told why, either by a tell from a GM or an ingame mail, I don't remember). Then a day or two later submitted a ticket to get his name changed, both first name and surname. So it can be done, by GMs even.

~Nim

[KOSGaia]

GMs have no problems changing the lastname of your character.

G.

[Noctus]

TP for character name changes is a bad idea. It is easy to get TP, you can either buy 600 or earn 600 pretty easily. What this means is, a lot of people changing their names. Your name is not just your name, but it is your in game reputation. If anyone could change their char name as easy as clicking 1 button in the DDO store then the infamous players would.. well.. no longer be infamous (until people found out, and then again they change their name and keep repeating). This is why the current name change system states that they have the right to reject your name request if you have any infractions on your account. This is a good idea and I think it should stay that way (regardless if they add the ability to change surnames or not).

Surename, dude. SUREname.

[Memnir]

I still find a bitter irony in the fact that, all this time later, we still cannot change our surnames. It seems to be a coding limitation that the Devs are either unable or unwilling to change. Or, if they can - the won't let us make that decision for ourselves. So when I think about other, larger, lingering issues with the game - I just think about the surname thing, and think that if they can't fix that... well no wonder this is still broke.

Granted, I'm no Dev. But really.

[cdbd3rd]

/signed

If Turbine allowed this, anyone want to bet it would have to be paid for?

As it should be.

/Signed.

But I don't think it will happen. Apparently, Turbine does not have the technological capabilities of doing this without messing up their system somehow. And I doubt they will take the time/effort to change this seeing as it wouldn't make them any extra money. Business is Business.

I'll throw my support to the idea again, as I have every time we do this. (Search back for lots of threads trying to get this over the years.)

Agree with that part.
Disagree with that part.

[cdbd3rd]

I still find a bitter irony in the fact that, all this time later, we still cannot change our surnames. It seems to be a coding limitation that the Devs are either unable or unwilling to change. Or, if they can - the won't let us make that decision for ourselves. So when I think about other, larger, lingering issues with the game - I just think about the surname thing, and think that if they can't fix that... well no wonder this is still broke.

Granted, I'm no Dev. But really.

Exactly. The pipe dreamer in me imagines seeing a dev some day take a few minutes to explain what the stopper is, though I've made a few guesses in the past.

As always -- hoping for it, willing to pay for it...