Tricky-Ha Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 (edited) ...we have a first & last name so that there's a much better chance that each player has a unique name? Why can't you do this BioWare when so many other MMORPG Developers can? You allowed us to have LEGACY last names for a reason, so why won't you let us use them as our real player character last names so that we can keep our original character 1st names when we move for server transfers? There's obviously a reason why, can you just take the time & tell me what the reason is? /edit My player character name is Cassius Haran. If that was my whole character name, then I'd never have to worry about changing my name Cassius, when I move to another RP server since I've just checked out all the other RP servers & found out that the name Cassius is already taken on them all. Edited June 7, 2012 by Tricky-Ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarpeSangrea Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 For security reasons alone, why on earth would you want to have your real last name in an MMO plastered where every potentially creepy stalker can see it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laris_Rai Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Indeed. This isn't one of foreign message boards that require you to register your real name to post. Keep your real name private for your own good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-Ha Posted June 7, 2012 Author Share Posted June 7, 2012 (edited) I'm not using my "real" last name as my Legacy name, are you? I've edited the OP, I see the confusion I wrote out in my frustration & didn't mean to complicate things by insisting that we use our "real" last names, sorry about that guys. Legacy last names. Edited June 7, 2012 by Tricky-Ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casshern Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 because thats a pain, im not typing out 2 names to invte someone to a grp or whisper them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dastrum Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 because thats a pain, im not typing out 2 names to invte someone to a grp or whisper them. Yeah that would be a nightmare. Five characters with the same first name but different last/legacy names...uh, no thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelinCarnate Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 because thats a pain, im not typing out 2 names to invte someone to a grp or whisper them. If only there were some way to just click on their name in chat or from the guild window or target them and invite them from the target window. Maybe they could even put a little plus by their pic to make it even easier. Thats just crazy talk though. No way would anyone ever figure out how to use those complex features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sauska Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 For security reasons alone, why on earth would you want to have your real last name in an MMO plastered where every potentially creepy stalker can see it? I don't think the OP meant to suggest using our RL last names. He suggests that if we use our legacy names as last names for our chars, most if not all char names would be unique as they are. The chance that someone on the new server after transfer has the same char and legacy names combined, is much smaller than the chance that someone on the new server has the same char name, or the same legacy name (independently). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liammozz Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 its not that much of a security risk there are millions of people with any surname Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasgallant Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 my wife my brother and i all play thisgame.. we all have the same last name ( now that my wife married me..) who gets our last name in your legacy idea op??? dumb idea. but atleast you are trying to think of ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasgallant Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 I don't think the OP meant to suggest using our RL last names. He suggests that if we use our legacy names as last names for our chars, most if not all char names would be unique as they are. The chance that someone on the new server after transfer has the same char and legacy names combined, is much smaller than the chance that someone on the new server has the same char name, or the same legacy name (independently). the problem with using the legacy name as char lastnames is you can add enemies, friends, aqaintances. etc to your legacy... are you and the op suggesting that your enemies friends etc all have the same last name? because they all share a legacy name, i know personally i would not want to create a last name for every one of my characters, especially now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venirious Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 (edited) because thats a pain, im not typing out 2 names to invte someone to a grp or whisper them. Or, you could do what makes sense and just type out the one unique legacy name. I like this idea, but I see two issues. The first being new players that do not have a legacy name. You would have to move legacy creation up to the initial player creation. The other issue is the fact that we can currently hide our surnames, which could make things confusing in some situations. Both of these problems are completely workable, but it only fixes duplicate first names, not duplicate last names. Not to mention I really doubt character names are a concern to them, so they won't want to put the extra effort in, least not in the clustermess they're currently in. the problem with using the legacy name as char lastnames is you can add enemies, friends, aqaintances. etc to your legacy... are you and the op suggesting that your enemies friends etc all have the same last name?.... Doesn't the game currently already list your legacy as a last name? I don't think the current legacy tree system counts for much outside of people's RP bubbles. Edited June 7, 2012 by Venirious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_of_Mu Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Could always use an account name. Eg. Joe-Vader@tiefigtersareawesome. For whispers and what not. Keep the Legacy names bound to the account name. Means you can have several people with the same name / legacy name but they're all separated by their @ handle. Sorry to anyone with the character name Joe-Vader or the account name Tiefightersareawesome. You really should be more creative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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