Jeweledleah Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 so... how many character names did you all lose? I lost 2 of my older ones, ironically. characters that existed for years one of whom I actualy did ops on somewhat extensively so he has a fair amount of play time as well :/ while a few of my more recent lower level characters are doing just fine O_O at least my main and Chiss family got to keep all their original names. how did you all come out of this merge? better? worse? well.. technically I lost 3 characters, but third one is a mostly abandoned experimental alt, so.. /shrug. the other 2 hurt though :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xomnow Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 Lost nothing of importance, and due to foresight many years ago, I reclaimed some of my originals. The very first me is... me again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayshadow Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 so... how many character names did you all lose? I lost 2 of my older ones, ironically. characters that existed for years one of whom I actualy did ops on somewhat extensively so he has a fair amount of play time as well :/ while a few of my more recent lower level characters are doing just fine O_O at least my main and Chiss family got to keep all their original names. how did you all come out of this merge? better? worse? well.. technically I lost 3 characters, but third one is a mostly abandoned experimental alt, so.. /shrug. the other 2 hurt though :/ Had to change one I'd rather not have. Two others, but I didn't care too much about them anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eshvara Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 I think about 3, didn't lose any names as they were my own names that I made sure to reserve on another server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediKnightJax Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 I lost the only two I had left.. I quit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jagaimee Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 Amazingly, none. Save for the placeholder 'toons I made - but I *wanted* them to lose their names, as they were all the same name across different servers so my main could keep his name. It worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Usakoneko Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 None, surprisingly enough. I thoroughly expected to, but. I guess I was original enough in my names? Or played enough/subbed enough? XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeweledleah Posted November 9, 2017 Author Share Posted November 9, 2017 now I'd be curiously how badly it turned out for people are are preferred at the moment (and also makes me glad I used referral link before the merges not after) also kinda amused almost at the fact that i did NOT lose Ororo, my sentinel who has like.. half the played time maybe even less than the character whose name i did have to change. luckily a single apostrophe did the trick. whew. also... my sincere sympathies for those of you that lost treasured names Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzsi Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 4 out of 84 all minor nothing im concerned with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exocor Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 (edited) Lost nothing, got some really nice names. Got even some names back I lost on our guilds server transfer in decembre 2016. However, I am "just" playing on Tulak Hord, German server. The active and subbing population is probably a bit smaller then on the US-servers or Darth Malgus. Edited November 9, 2017 by Exocor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveTheCynic Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 I lost one, but it was my fault. Before the merges were announced I created (for no particularly good reason) a character on a different server, and then created her again *with the same name* on my main server. Those servers were merged together, so one of the characters had to change her name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Spc Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 I lost no names. I am happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliraen Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 (edited) Out of 49 characters, and aside from 6 of my own duplicates from playing on 2 different servers, I only actually lost 1 name. And its a character that I don't care about and only use for muling/crafting lately, so I'm pretty happy. Edited November 9, 2017 by Elliraen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tashia Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 ALL five names are still mine -- Can't believe it --- thought I'd lose two .... IF I move over to Star Forge, I will lose one -- but its approved replacement is already on there saving the spot ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi_Ron Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 I'm pretty disgusted. I've been playing since launch, and most of my character names date back to then. I lost 6 out of 24 of the character names on my primary (subscriber) account, and 28 out of 32 of the character names on my two Premium accounts. And this is like the third time I've lost character names due to forced server consolidations. I put a lot of time and thought into those names. I'm pretty fed up with BioWare at this point. None of this would have been necessary had they used a modern, intelligent naming system instead of just copying the way WoW did it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennCrono Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 I'm at work for 3 more hours, but I'm hoping certain ones don't have to be renamed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFDebris Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 I'm shocked, I didn't lose anything. Being on Satele I knew I was only facing two other people for each name, but I was worried about a few getting some sneaky trick to take them away. Nice to not have to worry about it any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tahana Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 so... how many character names did you all lose? Not one.. I was scared as I attempted to make my character list of names on the other servers and my mains were taken.. My crafting alts I wasn't concerned about, but the characters I play the most seemed destined for a rename.. Fortunately those people either didn't purchase game time, or were f2p and my subscriber status over ruled them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dscount Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 Was surprised to keep most of mine. Lost two random generated ALT names I had, but gained two names I was not expecting to keep (Level 70's against my lowbie toons) - apparently other person was not subbed. Now to clean up extra names I don't need anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm-Cutter Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 just 2 - one clashed with my own character and the second was always a risky choice - but my daughter chose that name for me- so she'll have to find another. All in all, if you select an unusual name, chances are you'll keep it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrusramsey Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 I was a little concerned, but out of 130 names I only lost two, and those had been gag names that were only funny combined with a specific legacy name. Oh, and a third needs to be renamed because I used the same name on two servers that got merged. Mostly I feel relief today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuinlanSaathis Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 None I kept 32 out of 32. Now I have 12 new slots to play with also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadagyt Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 None, all my toons kept their names Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kodiak Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 (edited) I lost 3 names out of my 8 characters. That didn't bother me...but it was odd because they all had ASCII characters in them. I really wish BioWare would go through all the inactive accounts and purge names so they can be freed up. I'd gladly spend CCs on name change tokens to go back to a name that has now been freed. For example...my main toon...he has been through 3 server merges now. His original name now belongs to a Sith Juggernaut. I added that name to my Sith alt's friends list. I have never seen that character online in the last 2 years. I have sent mail to that character and it always bounces back after a set time. That character is still stuck at the level cap from a couple expansions ago. After this latest merger...that same Sith Juggernaut has the name. That name should be released to the public and then it would be first come first serve if someone wanted to use a name change token. I say purge all names that are on accounts that aren't subscribed and haven't been logged into in say...2 years. I think that's fair. If they haven't logged in by now...they won't be. Edited November 9, 2017 by Kodiak Correction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savej Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 I lost one name I cared about that was originally stuck on Jung Ma. But I kept the rest of the ones I wanted to from JM and POT5: I'm an extremely happy camper as far as names go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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