Djake Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Renaming does not seem to be working for me. I've tried over 20 versions of Name<space><various2ndnames> and all have been "unavailable". I've tried adding several of the attempted names to friends list on both sides of server, all were "name does not exist", so I know they are not taken. Only the first name I want is taken and has been by L2 Warrior for years. As far as I can tell the renaming tool is not looking past the first name when checking for uniqueness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reno_Tarshil Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 What is the name in question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_mike Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 "unavailable" I;m trying to remember which error is which but I could have sworn "unavailable" meant running afoul of the naming policy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsetso Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 my guess is it's Darth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knockerz Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 (edited) What I notice is if you try to make a name with a pre-existing name that was blocked, then the system blocks any variation of that name. For example, suppose you were trying to make the name Duke Nukem. It doesn't matter if you change the name to some else like Duke Nut or whatever. Duke is block and can't be used regardless if duke is used as the first name or last name. Edited April 5, 2016 by Knockerz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djake Posted April 5, 2016 Author Share Posted April 5, 2016 my guess is it's Darth You'd be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djake Posted April 5, 2016 Author Share Posted April 5, 2016 No, it's just plain "Jake". I actually had the name in early access, but lost it when force server transferred. The name exists on my server, but is being squatted on by a L2 warrior and has been for years, unplayed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
branmakmuffin Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 No, it's just plain "Jake". I actually had the name in early access, but lost it when force server transferred. The name exists on my server, but is being squatted on by a L2 warrior and has been for years, unplayed. Just because the character is not being played does not mean the player does not play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djake Posted April 5, 2016 Author Share Posted April 5, 2016 Just because the character is not being played does not mean the player does not play. They're still squatting on the name, but that isn't the point. It wouldn't matter to me now IF I could use the first name<space>2nd name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudtech Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 It may very well be the common name thing. I am having the same issue, the name I want does not exist in full but someone with just the first name does. This could also be because I am splitting up a current name into two names that it's not working but hopefully that's not it because the common name thing is something that is fixable with a guaranty of getting the name without wasting money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaveBeast Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Have you tried using some special characters in the name, like the variations on the letters a, e? Think there is a googleable code map of all the Alt+codes... You might have better luck that way, although your vowels will have those umlat/tilde/etc on them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwena Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 If it helps any, I have a character with a pretty common name (example: Iris), and I was able to make a new character that has that name with a surname added on (example: Iris Meadows). So it sounds like it may be an issue with renaming specifically, if the first name the OP is trying to use has already successfully been used by itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cedia Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 (edited) I keep getting "invalid name". I want to make a character with [Name] Storm, yes, I know it's lame, but whatever I plug in for [Name] doesn't work. Any ideas why, other than BioWare has turned into the lame police? Oh, and before anyone starts blathering about "Johnny Storm, blah blah..." please consider that the surname of Storm is Old English and has been around since the Thirteenth Century. Edited April 5, 2016 by Cedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djake Posted April 5, 2016 Author Share Posted April 5, 2016 I keep getting "invalid name". I want to make a character with [Name] Storm, yes, I know it's lame, but whatever I plug in for [Name] doesn't work. Any ideas why, other than BioWare has turned into the lame police? Oh, and before anyone starts blathering about "Johnny Storm, blah blah..." please consider that the surname of Storm is Old English and has been around since the Thirteenth Century. Try spelling it old English style and add an E at the end. "Storme" Invalid Character means you are trying to use something that is blocked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cedia Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Try spelling it old English style and add an E at the end. "Storme" Invalid Character means you are trying to use something that is blocked. Thanks for the tip, but I ended up finding something just as good. And possibly a little less OMG comic book character. I still find it silly that it's blocked, though. I wonder if it's blocked for Legacy names, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
October Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 (edited) Why are there so many banned options that result in Invalid Names? Why are Steve and Wanda invalid? I mean, I know they're no Adam and Eve but come on. Edited April 6, 2016 by October Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmorrisson Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 (edited) "The" <space> <ValidSecondName> appears to be on the unusable list also. Edited April 6, 2016 by jimmorrisson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwena Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Steve is Captain America! And Wanda is, what's her name . . . the Scarlet Witch! And Jake, that is obviously from that one cartoon about the kid and his dog. Clearly, anyone using those names is trying to make a copy of those characters! Unless there are NPC's somewhere in the galaxy with those names, in which case we certainly can't have anyone copying an NPC. I mean, it would really diminish immersion if a player ran into another player with the same name as an NPC that they may have run into during a level 31 quest. I am just teasing, for the most part, but I think that Bioware's name filter may be a tad overzealous at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cedia Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 I am just teasing, for the most part, but I think that Bioware's name filter may be a tad overzealous at times. Apparently the first time "Tara" is blocked. :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RavenPrime Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 I am getting name unavailable as well. Trying to split my characters name with a space. Currently it is just one word but would like to split it into 2 with a space but it is not working and I know the name isn't taken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teclado Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 No, it's just plain "Jake". I actually had the name in early access, but lost it when force server transferred. The name exists on my server, but is being squatted on by a L2 warrior and has been for years, unplayed. How do you know that the warrior is still level 2? If they are offline, a /who search will return with no results. So, if they really are still level 2 and have been offline for years, then you would not be able to know that. All that you can possibly know is that the name is taken by a character that was a L2 warrior years ago. They may very well be active, but just log in at different times than you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCT Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 (edited) How do you know that the warrior is still level 2? If they are offline, a /who search will return with no results. So, if they really are still level 2 and have been offline for years, then you would not be able to know that. All that you can possibly know is that the name is taken by a character that was a L2 warrior years ago. They may very well be active, but just log in at different times than you. When you first add them as a friend it shows you their level and where they logged out Edited April 7, 2016 by CrazyCT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djake Posted April 8, 2016 Author Share Posted April 8, 2016 When you first add them as a friend it shows you their level and where they logged out I was wrong about the L2 part, going from a two-year old memory. I un-friended "Jake" and refriended, the character is a L5 Warrior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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