Someone on Cormyr has my name... and it kinda sucks
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erethizon1
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PersonMan
Well-known member
I believe you meant ransom, but yes.
Anurakh
Little Nixie
Yes, thank you. I'm not a native speaker, so I'm sure there are better ways to say it. I basically reject the idea of people taking other people's names and then selling them back to their original owners.
CherryBomb
Well-known member
The name that I wanted was taken. For years now (at least 13), I have been checking name on the Who tab. I have never seen that name logged in. I have sent messages and received no response. The first day that Cormyr opened, I logged in to try to get that name. It was already taken.
Oh well, I have an alternate spelling that I can use. First come, first serve name system and I lost.
Oh well, I have an alternate spelling that I can use. First come, first serve name system and I lost.
PersonMan
Well-known member
No problem, blackmail would be if I knew what name you wanted and told you to give me X or I'll tell everyone, which would increase the risk of someone else taking it from you.
Blackmail is demanding payment to keep a secret.
Anurakh
Little Nixie
Thanks for taking the time to write the explanation! It's always good to learn something new.
Chacka
Well-known member
The point is, even if someone else reserves my preferred name, Chacka, it wouldn’t bother me as much as you might think. For me, the most important aspect is simply having the ability to reserve a name—any name—and knowing that no one else can claim it afterward, regardless of what name it is.
My idea for a name reservation system in DDO is that each account should be allowed to reserve only one name. This would force players to make a decision: either reserve a name for personal use or, if someone intends to troll, they could only do so once per account.
An additional hurdle could be a moderate fee (e.g., $50 or the equivalent in DDO Points), which would help ensure that the name holds real value for the player.
Other possible restrictions might include requiring VIP status for a certain amount of time before being eligible to reserve a name. For instance, name reservation could be offered as a reward after maintaining a VIP subscription for three years. That way, even if money isn’t a limiting factor, a long-term commitment would still be required—making the system harder to abuse for trolling purposes.
A simpler alternative could be to automatically reserve your forum name as a character name on all servers. However, this approach isn’t perfect either, as it could be exploited by creating multiple accounts with the intent to block or troll others.
PersonMan
Well-known member
Cormyr's start was rough since for a number of people the server just said offline for hours, while the rest were able to log in and take w/e names they wanted.
AustrianDeathMachine
Cyberdyne Systems Model 101
If they are going to allow people to pay to reserve names it should be a subscription service and not a static amount. $50.00 per name per year. That way if someone leaves the game, the name can become public domain again if someone else wants to use it.
Their characters would just get the -1 added.
Their characters would just get the -1 added.
Anurakh
Little Nixie
I don't think a paid name reservation is a good idea, Chacka. This game already has enough predatory marketing practices.
For me, the ideal solution would be to make the surname count too. That way, multiple people could have the same first name. In most games that run this system, the game itself gives you a list of available characters in your email or in the tells when you start typing the name. I don't know if this would be feasible in DDO (our chat interface is probably a bit primitive for this), but I've liked it in other games.
But anyway, in the short time we have until the transfers, I doubt the devs will do anything about the names. Given the bugs they've had in LOTRO, believe me, the name issue is the least of the problems we could face. Let's cross our fingers that our toons don't lose tomes, past lives, or important items in the transfer, and that the guilds, mounts, shards, and other items arrive safely.
For me, the ideal solution would be to make the surname count too. That way, multiple people could have the same first name. In most games that run this system, the game itself gives you a list of available characters in your email or in the tells when you start typing the name. I don't know if this would be feasible in DDO (our chat interface is probably a bit primitive for this), but I've liked it in other games.
But anyway, in the short time we have until the transfers, I doubt the devs will do anything about the names. Given the bugs they've had in LOTRO, believe me, the name issue is the least of the problems we could face. Let's cross our fingers that our toons don't lose tomes, past lives, or important items in the transfer, and that the guilds, mounts, shards, and other items arrive safely.
rabidfox
The People's Champion
The would be bad, so bad, painfully bad to me. The idea that only those who can afford to throw away money get the ability to hold names would drive me away so fast. SSG gets my money to play and have fun with the game, period, end of statement.
Not a bad system. 200 days is not much though. I remember having a good deal more in EQ 20 years ago after playing waaay too much for some years.
axel15810
Well-known member
Still very worth trying. Particularly on Cormyr where the chance of the person being active is much higher since it's a new server.
Anurakh
Little Nixie
Anyway, there are some weird things about names. I once tried to create a character with my main character's name on a secondary server (to play casually with people I met in hardcore), and found I couldn't. So after that, I entered the name into my friends list and saw that it corresponded to a toon who had neither level nor class.
Maybe it was that that toon had never entered the world (they'd been created and had never made it past the creation screen), or maybe there was some halo effect on my character on my main server. Who knows. But it was really weird to see that the toon blocking the name didn't even have a class.
Maybe it was that that toon had never entered the world (they'd been created and had never made it past the creation screen), or maybe there was some halo effect on my character on my main server. Who knows. But it was really weird to see that the toon blocking the name didn't even have a class.
Zavina
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which just by magic appears here..
It is possible as soon as they logged in they went anonymous and now you cant see their class.
Chacka
Well-known member
First of all, I’d like to point out that the $50 fee could also be paid in DDO Points, so even free-to-play players could afford it. Secondly, I’ve already suggested other possible prerequisites for name reservation.
The main goal for me is simply to allow players to reserve a name while minimizing the risk of people reserving names just to troll others or hoard them.
If you have better ideas to prevent that, I’m all ears!