Shadojakk Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 I started to play when launched, but was very disappointed with the massive amount of WoW-like things in the game and some stupid design issues(dying from jumping 2 feet forward...as a Jedi???) made me decide to quit. I have heard a lot of improvements have occurred, so I tried to re-join the game. I found out that servers were consolidated, and all my character names have been taken. Long story short: Every SINGLE name I have tried to rename is unavailable. I literally can NOT play the game because even STUPID names like Couch or Spottedfern or Mississippi were TAKEN. It just won't let me launch without renaming my characters. Do I just give up now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psandak Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 I started to play when launched, but was very disappointed with the massive amount of WoW-like things in the game and some stupid design issues(dying from jumping 2 feet forward...as a Jedi???) made me decide to quit. I have heard a lot of improvements have occurred, so I tried to re-join the game. I found out that servers were consolidated, and all my character names have been taken. Long story short: Every SINGLE name I have tried to rename is unavailable. I literally can NOT play the game because even STUPID names like Couch or Spottedfern or Mississippi were TAKEN. It just won't let me launch without renaming my characters. Do I just give up now? What's in a name....? If you REALLY want those names try inserting ASCII code characters like Côuch or Spôttêdfèrn or Míssíssíppí. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindxsecrets Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 (edited) Do what I've done for a few of mine when I couldn't get a name; use the alt characters. I just bring up the character map program my computer has, pick a letter like õ and run with it. Lol. Edited: psandak beat me. Edited March 6, 2015 by blindxsecrets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adric_the_Red Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Have you tried renaming them back to their original names? If you quit before server consolidation, it's possible some of your characters had their names "released", which they did a bit after the consolidations. They took all the characters on "inactive" accounts and renamed them, so folks with "active" accounts would have more naming options. So it's possible that your characters could actually use their original names. I only had one or two characters renamed due to consolidations, myself. Otherwise, you may need to try the RNG (Random Name Generator) and hope it comes up with something to your liking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSchuyler Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Long story short: Every SINGLE name I have tried to rename is unavailable. I literally can NOT play the game because even STUPID names like Couch or Spottedfern or Mississippi were TAKEN. It just won't let me launch without renaming my characters. Do I just give up now? Yes. If it upsets you this much that you can't use the names you want to, including STUPID ones, then you likely won't last long this time either. If you have this many issues, it will just spoil the game for you. Best to find a 'better' one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MigSebes Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 I started to play when launched, but was very disappointed with the massive amount of WoW-like things in the game and some stupid design issues(dying from jumping 2 feet forward...as a Jedi???) made me decide to quit. I have heard a lot of improvements have occurred, so I tried to re-join the game. I found out that servers were consolidated, and all my character names have been taken. Long story short: Every SINGLE name I have tried to rename is unavailable. I literally can NOT play the game because even STUPID names like Couch or Spottedfern or Mississippi were TAKEN. It just won't let me launch without renaming my characters. Do I just give up now? I know it's frustrating, but keep in mind this was made to free up names because a ton of people who quit the game had lots of place holder toons, so only priority toons kept their names(level capped and recently active). If you don't want to try to come up with some new names by yourself you can use the random name generator in character creation until something you like comes up. You can also come up with new names by using the "Star Wars way" to make a name. 1. Take the first 3 letters of your last name. 2. Add the first 2 letters of your first name. 3. Take the first 3 letters of your mother's maiden name. 4. Add the first 3 letters of the town where you were born. I hope I was helpful. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlrikFassbauer Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Pro Tip : Use Anagrams. Sound great, and are still proper words. When I do a new Character, I often play with the built-in name generator you can find in the character creation screen ( lower right side ), ading and substracting parts, accents sometimes as well ... All you need is some wild creativity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fidelicatessen Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 All you need is some wild creativity. Or just regular creativity. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO PICK A NAME. Hyperbole much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldefail Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 (edited) It's hard naming a character these days, and we're probably long overdue for another name purge, or a few extra CSRs who can free up inactive names on "dead" accounts on request or something. And while I know coming up with original names--"RPish" and silly alike--is difficult, don't let this ruin the game for you. Anyway, if you want a simple name throw an H in there somewhere. The silent H is an easy way to cheat your way to a simple name. For example I have Vimh and Senh. I also had Vihm. Use an apostrophe. Vihm taken? Make it Vi'm. Apostrophes work well in names where silent letters are omitted. Play with the in-game name generator. Usually it's a jumble of "Prefixes from list A" and "suffixes form list B", and once you figure out some of the patterns you can come up with your own names that sound good. SWTOR Name Generator. Pick your race at the bottom. Think Baby Names. I particularly like the Random Name Generator if you scroll down a bit. You can get some unique names this way. Exonoma. Mara's Name Generator. You can find some Elder Scrolls names suitable for Star Wars characters as well. UESP.net. Elder Scrolls Name Generator. ESODB. Tamriel.org. The following are names I currently use or have used on Ebon Hawk, hopefully they'll give you some inspiration. Alrun Anezha Araval Azulai Dresc Eamon Eliyn Ereld Feylis Jodrin Lerras Lonaa Lyrellis Miroluna Nel're Ni'ali Orrinsus Renthor Seem'aalure Senh Tabbs Taurias Vaunn Vimh Vihm Volnessa Zerreth And Barbara. Edited March 9, 2015 by eldefail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norsalith Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 (edited) I started to play when launched, but was very disappointed with the massive amount of WoW-like things in the game and some stupid design issues(dying from jumping 2 feet forward...as a Jedi???) made me decide to quit. If bugs are enough to make you quit playing then you are not going to be any happier now. It is not as though the game is ever going to be bug free and they do take time to fix. (Meaning there may be times one would play an alt because their 'main' is unplayable to them.) Not really sure what you found 'world of warcraft-like' when the game launched. Long story short: Every SINGLE name I have tried to rename is unavailable. I literally can NOT play the game because even STUPID names like Couch or Spottedfern or Mississippi were TAKEN. It just won't let me launch without renaming my characters. Get more creative. Think outside of the box to create new names. Or as someone said before, make use of accented characters. (Google 'accented characters' to learn how to type them or copy/paste if you must.) Two of my characters use an accented character because I really did not want to part with the name and it was taken after a server merge. (First come first serve, sigh.) Some names off the top of my head: Ro'Tith San'Dira Dânger'Mouse Etc Do I just give up now? Do you have to ask? Edited March 9, 2015 by Norsalith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediQuaker Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 It is funny that I once tried to use a "random" name for a character and the first 3 random generated names were also taken. Lately, I've found that putting a ' in a name helps - for example Sha'ron (my sith assassin). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fidelicatessen Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 My legacy on Harbinger (Pants) has never had any shortage of name ideas that work. I couldn't use Smarty, so I used Smarti. I couldn't use Under, so I used Ünder. I couldn't use Capri, so I used Caprì. Seriously, it's not that hard. My wife wants to start a duo (her legacy name is Cake) of Urinal and Poopy. I'll bet I have to screw with the spelling to get it to work, but I'll bet it takes me less than 3 minutes to get a working name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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