I don't agree, new planets give the opportunity to create new things. I rally didn't like the hoth and alderaan bonus series, if i have closed with a planet, let's remain so. I'm ok wiuth returning there to do a single class mission or a companion mission because i'm going there for that quest and only that quest, not with bonus series, neither for quests related to the increased level cap. Fully explorable planets would be good, but i don't think se'll see it ever, simply because the game, the engine, the instance system doesn't allow it and the effort required by it (let's think about the only graphic design) would be too much expensive.

Someone, some time ago proposed somithing like that, but many people starts complaining that teleport is not a SW thingy, it belong more to other films/stories (it's not hard to guess which one is the most important one). The idea received so many complains that noone followed the thread anymore...

What's the problem? they already said and repeated that xp from warzones are related to warzone duration. You can win an huttball match 6-0 in 2 minutes or lose a match 5-0 in 12 minutes. In the second case (the lost match) you'll receive 6 times the xp you'd receive in the first won match regardless of match result, earned medals, MVP and everything. Warzone XP comes only from the time spent in the warzone. THis is not true, it is possible without doing heroics, and doing only few wzs, with the perks activated, to reach lvl 50 in belsavis (personal experience) without touching voss, corellia and "hoth bonus series".... So i don't know how you play, but the community already complined about how easy anyone can overlevel the content by 4-5 levels (and more).

You doesn't break rules if your sister is ok with that... if she isn't you maybe are breaking a differnt set of rules!

This is what i call a constructive answer . You say that i'd like bioware read into peoples minds and by some means you are right, i was using that phrase with a different meaning because you were sure that i was complaining about names i want and are not available and this is not the case, simply that. Probably they will not do anything similar to what the OP proposed (i'd be glad to see more CS answers in general and suggestion forums as i requested here) to know what they think. But when you say that, at best, it is not a top priority i surely agree with you, there are more important things to implement/correct and lack of communication in some forums (probably all of them except customer service one) but this doesn't imply that it can be discussed. I saw games having not few problems about this type of vandalism, with people using probably automated computer macros to create huge amounts of characters. I can't say the game names because it would be a violation of the rules. BTW thanks for the effort you put in writing a long and constructive answer!

I agree. but if it is a storage mule it is simply used (no matter which level is he), and for brother/sister alts a simple support ticket during the 6 months period can avoid the cancellation. I'm not talking about a cencellation "no matter what" as you can see from my other posts.

I talked about vandalism 8 hours before this post so you are simply wrong... I don't like to repeat myself but it seems you are not reading the posts in thre thread: I can add my characters name as well: Almeekat, Diagoki, Nodiunul, Orbannins, Somdelon, Sundasei, Thoggom, Urebi (that became Ursin after the first merge). I'm on red eclipse servers, you can contact me on each one if you see them online to verify. As you can see they are not "cool" names, they are simply random generated names, i'm not looking for locked names. After this you can believe what you want but that's your problem as long as you show respect with other people ideas. Again? I can't know it, bioware can... BW never said also that names can be subjected to forced renames, but when it became a necessity they forced them. If BW will close this thread it will be simply because people like you thinks to be able to read other people minds, and doing this is generating a flame in an, otherwise correct, discussion thread.

An other thread about this exists already http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=533094 it would be good to contribute all to the same one... to bring it to CS attention.

A simple answer (among many others): Call it a preventive action to discourage/correct some mis-uses. And with f2p this problem can become big, as just happened in many games with people creating one account and then characters, then an other account with a different email (from free servers) and other characters, simply creating trash to have "fun" thinking that they vandalized a game.

This is simply not the case, or can you show me where he said that? Otherwise can you prove that you can read the mind? you can suppose wqhat you want but please be respectful reguarding other people and do not suppose thigs that you can't prove. I'm noone, but BW can judge that If the toon is used is out of this discussion. It is a long time placeholder reserved for fute use then the player will decide his name when he decides to use it. If the player care about the toon he uses it at least a bit in 6, 8, 10 months, after that he can park him indefinitely, but if the toon is been never used in 6/8 months that character IMHO ahs to be cancelled. As said before i'm not going to crate any other alt until a new class (with a new class story) comes out (so probably never) and i don't need any more names, and i totally agree with the op, so you can answer me instead of me...

It can't be hidden simply because i have to be able to communicate with that character (so i need all all the informations needed). Just an example: i see him, i like he's look, i'd like to know how did it obtained his gear, before i can ask him he logs out. I can't send a mail to him because i don't know his account name. An other one: i see a ninja and i'd like to let people know that there is a ninja and that his name is.... but i can't identify him because i miss a part... what if there are 2 characters with the same name. But this are examples nothing more, all informations needed to identify/contact an other player has to be clearly visible. For this reason i don't like your suggestion.

Absolutely not for 3 reasons: - The mail system is already enough slow - The account name in Swtor is the email... - But also if you are talking about the forum public name.... BW should show the account name together with the name on each char, so: name + account name + legacy name + guild, are they maybe too many informations?

I don't agree with you because i think that an used character has to mantain itsname, and because increasing the work of BW CS for things like these is a waste of resources.

So they were used, low level but used, not a problem, the thread is not about them, it is talking about lvl 1 never used placeholders.

Baqnk toon are not a problem, we are considering them as used as "to mantain alive". And level 1 characters are very very common, i know many many people that on day 1 crated 8 chars on pve servers, 8 on pvp english, 8 on rp-pve. They now have choosen where to play but if you suggest (not impose, simply talk about) them to free the servers that they do not intend to use they otfen answer: "too much effort, i don't care about others, i will not use them, if BW sants to cancel them they are free to do it but i simply ignore them".

A solution can be found, first because the OP talks simply about level 1 characters, so if it is not a level 1 placeholder you have no problems, in the other case you could send a ticket asking an extended afk period or something like that and telliung how much time do you need. Solutions can be found,

You are going really far from the thread argument, there are not proposed "next steps", it is not about renaming, it is not about names (in a certain way), it is about discouraging players to create placeholders to mantain indefinitely. Used characters are totally an other matter, and about them i agree with you, as i already posted: an used character should never be cancelled, and this simply because the character can return and do not see that his effort in playing that character is wasted, and this return can happen also after 1 year pause, maybe because he saw an expansion/improvement that he wants to try. But never used lvl 1 placeholders are an other thing.

Again? I just answered to that question. Btw if you think that it is not a problem to the players i have to suppose that you consider this thread useless, then (without offense) just ignore it, as i do with threads that i consider useless. I don't consider it useless, but is my opinion, nothing more. BTW i have 8 lvl 50, all crated with random names suggested by the game itself, and i suppose that i'll not create other alts until new classes will be available (so probably never), so it is not a direct concern to me, nevertheless i think that the OP post can help to prevent a problem with f2p.

I hope you read the posts before yours but i think you missed something: the thread is not about asking to delete used characters and now in "pause" state. It is about deleting never used characters created more then X (6, 8) months ago and never used since creation. And use can also mean simply" used as cargo alt.

I hope so but i also experienced in other MMO people creating 100-150 f2p accounts each one (con different free emails) just to create zombies, just for "vandalism". How do you prevent this if you don't develop rules to know which are zombies and which aren't?

The thread is not about giving to one the name he wants but about cleaning up the character database from zombies... It should not be a thing to request, but a simple routine operation on the server db.

But this is simply not the case, the thread is about characters never used or played 5 minutes, not about characters played few weeks... First we talked about at long and repeated warning before taking actions: like 6 mail in 6 months asking to use that character a minimum or to give any sign of life.... Read above. The thread is not about transfers either...

I never said that you gain a right baded on the number of hours you played. On the other hand noone guaranteed that names will be reserved forever on unused accounts. Charachter is one thing, placeholder is completely an other one... With f2p you'll can simply reserve 100 name in few minutes simply to cause mess.

Ok, one come and go, but when he "comes" does he play or not? Because if one use one character one time each 6 months it seems to me that is simply go, not that come and go. What is suggested here is to eliminate characters then i 6 (or 8) months do not reach a minimum level (like 10). do you think that these players can do this effort if they care about the game/their characters? If they can't i can suppose they don't care about their names too...

Sorry to disappoint you but you're probably playing the wrong game. Swtor has alot of crafting improvements compared to other games, you can also craft just before logging out and let your crew do the job... But in an MMO every action has to product a return, and crafting/GTN are an important (or essential) part of this game. People that spend time crafting and using GTN wants to have something for their effort, if everything is almost free there isn't any award for them. YOu say that you don't like crafting/GTN/doing dailies/earn credits, ok, it's your right to do the other things, but many legacy perks /the ones costing credits) are awards for players that spend time earning credits. I can't pretend to have pvp max gear without putting efforts in doing many many wzs, you simply can't pretend to have expensive items/perks without putting effort in earning credits... BTW you'll have an alternative in few months, you'll can buy perks via Cartel coins.