Wraiven Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Every single name I try and pick for any new character is "Taken by another player...blah blah blah!" I am absolutely SICK OF IT!!! I finally chose this hgjklrzdnjklz for a name and even that is taken!!! Finally, I log on to one of my old characters and log in game and it's not hard to see why all the good names are taken, the damn gold farmers/spammers have all the good names!!! I demand the Devs take some accountability here and take all those good names away from the spammers and give them back to the PLAYERS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNahash Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 What "good" names? All I ever see them using are variations of fnsdghevodnv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuriDogshin Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 I created toons C'rene and C'deuced recently. So I don't think all the good names are taken. YMMV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Wicked Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Not sure if OP is serious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wraiven Posted June 13, 2014 Author Share Posted June 13, 2014 Not sure if OP is serious. Hahahaha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidichIorian Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 (edited) Hahaha, I feel ya, brother. I spent an hour googling names for an alt this morning........just to, in the end, go with an alt character. I even went out of my way and tried really random names just to get "name not available". One thing that really would help would be if we could use capital letters more than for the first characters, I had some ideas but it simply doesnt look good when it turns out as "Xxxx-xxxx" or "Xxxx'xxx". Edited June 13, 2014 by MidichIorian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vradic Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Get creative. Example I wanted the name Ocelot, and of course it was takn. However, Au'celot was free and clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scratcha Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 And they don't even know they've been punk'd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daekarus Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Since I took a long break until recently, I had several characters from launch who had lost their original names. I got back Hughson (Imperial Agent), Pekra (Trooper), and Malvontus (Sith Inquisitor), no problem. Maybe the OP just needs to try unusual names instead of the same old same old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistols Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 10/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wraiven Posted June 13, 2014 Author Share Posted June 13, 2014 And they don't even know they've been punk'd. Shhhh....you ruins it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Wicked Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 10/10 He gets it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reno_Tarshil Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Just as I thought... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidichIorian Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 (edited) The OP aside, it's still a legitimate topic. Is BW continously purging after X days or was the last purge a one time thing? Edited June 14, 2014 by MidichIorian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sangrar Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Ther OP aside, it's still a legitimate topic. Is BW continously purging after X days or was the last purge a one time thing? I don't know they probably will do it again in my opinion but probably not for a long while or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wraiven Posted June 13, 2014 Author Share Posted June 13, 2014 (edited) Ther OP aside, it's still a legitimate topic. Is BW continously purging after X days or was the last purge a one time thing? I was under the impression that it was a one time thing, done simply due to the server mergers. I could be wrong though. Edited June 13, 2014 by Wraiven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rankyn Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 If by "good" you mean "unoriginal" or "common" then, yes. As for the random characters, it probably wasn't actually taken but ran afoul of the filter in some other way, possibly length. The error messages aren't exactly precise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andryah Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 (edited) Shhhh....you ruins it! You played it extremely well though Wraiven. The tell however was that you used a credit spammer style name in your example (hgjklrzdnjklz) I bet this thread becomes popular necro-food in the forum in coming months...so you have that going for your efforts. Edited June 14, 2014 by Andryah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lekkarion Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Everyone knows the OP is just trying to get Skywalker, he wants to be Luke's great, great,great,great,great....um there's probably some more greats in there, Grand-daddy. Be Free OP Skywalker, may the Force be with you....or at least the Farce. Cheap imitation Farce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaithHarth Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 (edited) It's pretty obvious the naming policy sucks in this game, Bioware/EA should take notes fro Pirates of the Burning Sea online, where you can pick anyone name and surname you want just as long as it isn't an identical match, meaning there can't be two Jack Blacks or John Doe, but there can be a Jack Doe and a John Black, sure POTBS isn't the greatest MMO out there but it has one heck of a naming policy which I would rate a 10/10 while SWTOR gets a sloppy 2/10. Edited June 14, 2014 by RaithHarth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scratcha Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 (edited) It's pretty obvious the naming policy sucks in this game, Bioware/EA should take notes fro Pirates of the Burning Sea online, where you can pick anyone name and surname you want just as long as it isn't an identical match, meaning there can't be two Jack Blacks or John Doe, but there can be a Jack Doe and a John Black, sure POTBS isn't the greatest MMO out there but it has one heck of a naming policy which I would rate a 10/10 while SWTOR gets a sloppy 2/10. Besides naming, PotBS also has the deepest crafting mechanism of any current MMO. Alas, it's another of SOE's orphans that was picked up by a private, uber undercapitalized studio. Pretty good ship-based PvE and PvP, but really horrible AVCOM (land-based combat). Edited June 14, 2014 by scratcha grammar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theSCARAYone Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Be more creative with your character names. I've never had this happen to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidichIorian Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Be more creative with your character names. I've never had this happen to me.Pretty sure you share your first name with someone on this planet . BAZINGA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrSecond Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 My newest Alt's is named Dewayne (created about 2 weeks ago) Nothing fancy there.... Other that the surprise that it wasn't taken, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NobleSpec Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 What "good" names? All I ever see them using are variations of fnsdghevodnv I have seen....Deucheasarus....as a name All of my names are a lie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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