inactive names

[Uska]

No just be original and make name I do new ones all time with zero trouble

[cdbd3rd]

... any thought to freeing up names of inactive accounts of over two years? ...

No.
Not 2 years.
Not 5 years. (tho I'll admit 5 years did make me stop and ponder before staying with my 'no'.)


Thankfully, that also the last official stand from the Powers on the topic as well.

[FranOhmsford]

Why not, if 7 years ago I tried to get Drizz't and it wasn't available so I created Drizzzz't.. why should you who came along 5 years ago be able to get it before me.
It wasn't available when I tried to get it and now it is.. why shoud you as a newer player be able to bump in front of me in the lineup for names.

I could then give up my stupid variation that I ended up with and someone else could get that one.
Why should I be stuck with a alternative derivative that I didn't want either. and some newbie picks up a name that I wanted to get from Day 1.

Whether I use it on my main or one of my 40 alts is irrelevant.

1) https://www.ddo.com/en/dungeons-drag...ode-conduct-gb pretty clearly states that Drizz't and ALL misspellings of said name would be not allowed in the first place

Proper names and places or close facsimiles thereof, from the story characters or non-player characters (NPCs) introduced in the fiction of Dungeons&Dragons Online.
Fantasy or non-fantasy names from popular culture or media

and

Misspelled variations or homonyms of any of the above rules.

2) Who's to say whether you really wanted that name 5 years ago or whether it becoming available now is what motivates you to want it?

Possibly you could say that VIPs should gain 1st choice to any names that become available {a 3 day window}
Premiums could then get their chance {1 week after the first 3 days have passed}
Finally anyone incl. F2Ps could take one of the reclaimed names.

The Devs might even get a few more 1 Month VIPs and a few more F2Ps buying TP out of this.


P.S. This means that you can actually report all those Drizzzzzzt's and Drizszszt's you see ingame!

[JOTMON]

1) https://www.ddo.com/en/dungeons-drag...ode-conduct-gb pretty clearly states that Drizz't and ALL misspellings of said name would be not allowed in the first place


and


2) Who's to say whether you really wanted that name 5 years ago or whether it becoming available now is what motivates you to want it?

Possibly you could say that VIPs should gain 1st choice to any names that become available {a 3 day window}
Premiums could then get their chance {1 week after the first 3 days have passed}
Finally anyone incl. F2Ps could take one of the reclaimed names.

The Devs might even get a few more 1 Month VIPs and a few more F2Ps buying TP out of this.


P.S. This means that you can actually report all those Drizzzzzzt's and Drizszszt's you see ingame!

really... my imaginary example of a name is what you focussed in on and not the point of my post..
What a waste of a thread.

[Faltout]

How creative can you get when there's 10 years worth of already taken names?

10 years of already taken names doesn't seem too much. Imagine all the combinations of letters that could produce a nicely sounding name. And now imagine the amount of people that are not creative at all in those 10 years so they never took away any serious names.

I find it extremely easy to produce a name. I can even get it to sound the way I want it to (soft, harsh, elegant, etc.)

[Braegan]

I support a revisit to the official policy of never purging names.

Mostly because I hear it (and understand it as a reasonable complaint) when server merges are brought up as a topic.

I also support servers being merged.

But because I created Braegan on Xoriat and what is now Thelanis gets merged with another server and some other guy named his character Braegan 5 minutes before I did but hasn't played in 9 years and has no desire to...it's somehow fair for him to keep the spelling and force me with a rename? I don't think so.

For every one old time player that comes back many, many more do not. I started this game 9 years ago with 4 RL friends. They all quit. Three of the four when the cap was still level 10. The last quit shortly after. I stay in contact with them I know for a fact they are never coming back and their names are just locked up.

Edit to add: I support this, not because I find it difficult for me to come up with names. But because my characters already have the names, have been known by those names for YEARS now. The thought of losing my characters name to some lock up from someone who isn't even playing the game anymore is a tough pill to take.

[dontmater]

i do think if they ever do anything about this they should be preparing for server merges. at least then they can kill 2 birds (**** name takken) 2 byrds with one stone.

taking away someones name is lame, but if they do it with class i think people would be ok with it

[Kwyjibo]

really... my imaginary example of a name is what you focused in on and not the point of my post..
What a waste of a thread.

Honestly, I was surprised you even tried.

[JOTMON]

Honestly, I was surprised you even tried.

Touche

[FranOhmsford]

really... my imaginary example of a name is what you focussed in on and not the point of my post..

No - I gave 2 points not 1!

First - The name you chose was not imaginary, was not original {which is one of the main points brought up in these threads by people against any sort of name purging.} AND would by rights be disallowed anyway - Which brings me back to my point about the GMs not always enforcing those rules!

Second - Your insistence that you wanted that name 5 years ago and couldn't get it so you should have first choice now is completely subjective and not provable!

Finally I stated that I was willing to compromise and gave possibilities for said compromise!

[MisterCanoeHead]

I definitely think there should be a cut-off time for name use on inactive accounts.

I just don't think it's in the cards anymore as far as resource allocation.

Hopefully all the new players to the game enjoy having to name their Character Hyssiticliouslyisis.

[SirValentine]

Would DizarthVadyrz be original enough?

It's already taken.

[Mirilan]

P.S. This means that you can actually report all those Drizzzzzzt's and Drizszszt's you see ingame!

Seriously though I support the taking of inactive names, this is because I create characters in DDO based on characters I rolled up in D&D P&P. So, obviously it's a bit of a disappointment that my once thought of as originally sounding name isn't that original, but more importantly it's been taken by someone hasn't hasn't played DDO in five years. Having said that though of course it would have to be a reasonable length of time before a name should be considered inactive, in terms of years.

[Faltout]

Ok, let's test this:

Let's say they did this and wiped the names of old players. What name would you take that is now taken? I'm sure that in every answer I can find an equally nice name. It's Drizzt? I'll find you Drizzzt (because Drizzt is not nice). Is it Velnoran? (me) Take Valloren. Is it Hertsung? (dunno if it's even taken) Take Tarshang.

Why implement a grief mechanism (for someone that may return from 2006) to accommodate a small population that wants this exact name because it is his/her P&P original named character?

And saying that the only names available right now are like gihtyofiteanlyghis is just hilarious. I was even amazed that so simple names like Bownard (ranger) or Tukslam (rogue) were not taken.

[Uska]

I definitely think there should be a cut-off time for name use on inactive accounts.

I just don't think it's in the cards anymore as far as resource allocation.

Hopefully all the new players to the game enjoy having to name their Character Hyssiticliouslyisis.

You don't have to make such inane names it's still almost as easy as breathing to come up with decent names

[Qhualor]

I have to use a fantasy character name generator to find names not taken. you would be surprised how many already are. since DDO is around 10 years old, they could start with all names from back then and every year that goes by do the same thing. I think 10 years is plenty long enough. if someone does happen to log back on after a 10 year break, they get their name back and offer a free name change to the player that took it.

[Faltout]

I have to use a fantasy character name generator to find names not taken.

And where's the problem in that? I don't have to. And neither do many other players.

[Uska]

I have to use a fantasy character name generator to find names not taken. you would be surprised how many already are. since DDO is around 10 years old, they could start with all names from back then and every year that goes by do the same thing. I think 10 years is plenty long enough. if someone does happen to log back on after a 10 year break, they get their name back and offer a free name change to the player that took it.

If someone has to use a generator to get a name they are still getting a name they shouldnt be able to steal another name just because someone else thought it up first. I still make new characters all the time and have no trouble getting a new name.

[Qhualor]

And where's the problem in that? I don't have to. And neither do many other players.

Its not a problem to go to use a character name generator, but all the names I pick that I think are unique are always taken but I never see these names anywhere in the game. The problem is for some players is that they try to pick names that no one else might have and just give up by spitting out a name with zzz's and xxx's out of frustration. I don't think its a big deal to clear inactive names from 10 years ago.

[Mirilan]

I don't think its a big deal to clear inactive names from 10 years ago.

Agreed, furthermore they would find their characters have been deleted, like I did. I think possibly due to something like a server merge I don't know why it happened. Does that bother me? No not at all, I'd rather someone take the name who is actively playing the game.