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I like it.

I can see why people want this. I also think that a bit of thought was put into this thread. It may need tweaking, but Thumbs up from me.

EDIT: Such a change may need a bit of effort from the devs to bring about, and they have some pretty full plates, as I understand it. Though I like the idea, on second thought, I see alot of bigger issues that I would like fixed before they work on stuff like this.

This MUST be done. My very first EVE character is really in need of a name change. I really don't wanna delete him, because he's of significance to me, for reasons i've just said.

Too old, too significant to delete. He was the first i created, and a reminder of my early days in the game.

CCP must go through with this.

I wholeheartedly agree with this.

I've also read that CCP offered a free name change service for players in the early days of the game, apparently.

It MUST not. Causes more issues than it solves.

Use the search function..... they have been laid out many times before.

You're typical, arrogant, EVE dork, that has nothing to bring to the table but negativity. Man, gamers make me laugh sometimes. Kind of like when you talk about how a game console should have backwards compatibility, and how some moronic fanboy will come up with just about anything to say "no, no... there should be no backwards compatibility".



Omega, that's forward thinking. Anyone who disagrees just got logically pimp-slapped.

I deleted one of my characters that was in a corp, and...and the corp got a NOTIFICATION afterwards?! *GASP*

+1'd

Sure.... the game may have an unchangeable string of numbers to identify each player, but as a player, I recognize other players only by their name.

Not everyone in the game is on my watchlist.... not even the regulars in my local system are. However I recognize these people by their name and I know what some of them are likely to do.

With a name change function, any name i don't recognize could potentially be someone I do know with a name change.
So now I have to check the name change history of everyone around me in case they used to be someone I knew.


Anyhoo, I would rather not get into an argument about this, the only people who seem to want changes are:

1. I chose a stupid name and now I'm fed up with it. [Tough, your choice, live with it]

and

2. I bought a character so I didn't have to train one up, but I don't like the name. [Tough, you knew what you were buying when you bought it]


Good Luck with your proposed huge game changes to address your specific wants.

The things mentioned above that disapprove of name changes are valid problems but in my eyes easy solves. Things like kill mails for example. I really don't know how they work on a coding level but kill mails are attached to API's no? So if you changed the name wouldn't that be reflected in the kill mail?

I can also relate to identifying people by name, I live out in null sec with my other characters and you do get to know people by their names as potential hot droppers or FC's, etc... At the same time though that is why I proposed a one time name change per account. More than likely if they are well known for their name they won't change it and may choose to change another character on their account. Others have also mentioned a tab with their past name.

To me its a no brainier, their employment will be the same, there kill mails will be the same, you will be able to quickly identify that person again even if there is no tab and such. You learned once rather quickly who they were and I am sure you can again. Besides whats to stop said character to going to the character bazaar and selling that character and buying a new one. I don't hear any tears about that... "cough cough".

Lastly all I ever see in any of theses posts are the deeds you won't be able to see their deeds! give me a break. People ask for API keys for a reason when joining a corp, not character names, API !!! they look to see past communications and forum posts. They look at isk transactions. Even then people don't identify problems. I know someone who stole 6 dreads from a corp he was in then sold them and he still has no problem joining major alliance corps as they never notice the transactions as devious. He tells people he use to build them with an alt. So when people talk about deeds get over it. If you want to cry over a high sec freighter gank well that will be in their kill mails cause that's attached to the API, that deed will still be there.

If there are more visible "deeds" attached to accounts that would be erased by a name change lets talk about them and address them rather than say "the deeds".

Actions have consequences... Then say character bazaar.

The only consequence in is eve is you do something stupid and you lose isk. Everything else is an illusion that is alive in peoples heads.

1.) There needs to be an Alias tab on your character sheet that shows your complete NAME history.
2.) Your corp history should absolutely NEVER be erased.
3.) Your corp history tab should also include the name you were known as at that time.
4.) I see absolutely no reason for the sec status requirement. Who gives a **** about people aggressing in lowsec!! The whole point is to keep track of scammers, AWOXers, thieves, spies, and similar delinquents, which have nothing to do with sec status!
5.) Limited use is necessary, but not required. 1 per year would probably be sufficient.

Finally, I'm not sure it's worth the effort. What happens to the "old names" that keep getting taken? How do you handle Joe changing his name to Sam, and John changing his name to Joe? That could be incredibly confusing and best not permitted. Also, you do realize this will create tons of "name scams"; think about the new "chribba" scams, where peopel pose as chribba over and over and over to steal with his reputation (then again, this probably already happens).

In the end, this could be implemented with the above caveats, I'm just not sure it is worth the troubles.