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Shadow RimRunner
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#1 - 2014-05-26 17:17:15 UTC  |  Edited by: Shadow RimRunner
First off no one wants the ability to buy skill upgrades for real money as that would cause imbalance to the game but what we do have is the character bazaar and this is where my idea comes in.

How about we had the ability for a price to change the name of characters that we got from the bazaar not with completely new names we would have to have the character with the name we want on the same account as the one we want to swap it with.

This would not do anything other than allowing us to move the skills that we all ready have not including the ones on the old toon (your new toon has heavy missile 3 and your old toon has heavy V you would lose the skill as it is just a name swap.)

This does 2 things it stops people from getting mistaken for the old owner and allows you to keep a name that you really like.

As I have tried to point out there would be no real benefit from this other than keeping your name we can already change what they look like so why not this.
Brooks Puuntai
Solar Nexus.
#2 - 2014-05-26 17:19:01 UTC
Waiting on furybot...

But this idea has been talked about to death. The main consensus I've seen in the past is yes, so long as there is a indicator on what the previous name was and when it was changed.

CCP's Motto: If it isn't broken, break it. If it is broken, ignore it. Improving NPE / Dynamic New Eden
Shadow RimRunner
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#3 - 2014-05-26 17:22:13 UTC
Brooks Puuntai wrote:
Waiting on furybot...
The main consensus I've seen in the past is yes, so long as there is a indicator on what the previous name was and when it was changed.


Make it like employment history but call it name or some such thing?.
Marsha Mallow
#4 - 2014-05-26 17:27:56 UTC
Have a look here, this proposal is a bit more fleshed out than yours

Ripard Teg > For the morons in the room:

Sweets > U can dd my face any day
Shadow RimRunner
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#5 - 2014-05-26 17:42:49 UTC  |  Edited by: Shadow RimRunner
Marsha Mallow wrote:
Have a look here, this proposal is a bit more fleshed out than yours


Yes but that means a complete name change what I am saying is a name swap if you buy from the bazaar first off it must have no kill rights and at least 0.0 sec secondly the name you are changing it too if it's got a bad rep then it's your bad rep anyway and you keep it as you have to have both toon's in the first place.

Maybe limit to bazaar characters only and give the buyer a time limit to exchange names say 3 days.

If this person is wanted or has a bounty then the bounty goes with them and inform the people that placed the bounty that there name as changed if both have a bounty on them then the name change would be disallowed.

you could make it really simple by making it so that you have to swap the name at the same time as you buy the toon so you have no chance of making trouble on the old one and swapping names.
Shadow RimRunner
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#6 - 2014-05-26 17:47:45 UTC
meant to hit edit but this will do.

limit the name change to once per account or IP
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#7 - 2014-05-26 17:53:37 UTC
If only there was a forum for, like, ideas… and maybe features too!
Shadow RimRunner
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#8 - 2014-05-26 19:34:13 UTC  |  Edited by: Shadow RimRunner
I be will to pay a plex for this maybe 2 as it is going to take some doing and tweaking of the data base but nothing over all game changing
Captain Stupid
State War Academy
Caldari State
#9 - 2014-05-26 19:54:40 UTC
Tippia wrote:
If only there was a forum for, like, ideas… and maybe features too!



We need Doc Fury, and fast!
Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#10 - 2014-05-26 21:06:43 UTC
Captain Stupid wrote:
Tippia wrote:
If only there was a forum for, like, ideas… and maybe features too!



We need Doc Fury, and fast!

Occasionaly there's a fault with the fury bot, something between the chair and the keyboard gives every now and again, Just be patient.
Should be sorted shortly

Murderers of Negotiable Motivations

=]|[=
Felicity Love
Doomheim
#11 - 2014-05-26 22:02:58 UTC
Is there some sort of planetary alignment today that GD is filling up with all this crap, again ?

"EVE is dying." -- The Four Forum Trolls of the Apocalypse.   ( Pick four, any four. They all smell.  )
Shadow RimRunner
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#12 - 2014-05-27 21:40:16 UTC
Felicity Love wrote:
Is there some sort of planetary alignment today that GD is filling up with all this crap, again ?


not sure but when i looked out my window i did see a crap load of trolls with keyboards heading to star bucks
Brooks Puuntai
Solar Nexus.
#13 - 2014-05-27 21:46:17 UTC
Trolls don't go to starbucks, they usually don't even go outside.

CCP's Motto: If it isn't broken, break it. If it is broken, ignore it. Improving NPE / Dynamic New Eden
Kyle Tawate
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#14 - 2014-05-30 15:41:11 UTC
This idea has to happen! My second name is shown on way too many Indian dating sites.

Name changes are a fundemental feature for any sucessful MMO.
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#15 - 2014-05-30 16:19:49 UTC
[Booming echoey voice] NAMES HAVE CONSEQUENCES [/Booming echoey voice]

Ill say this once again:

If you want to buy a toon from the Bazaar and not start from scratch, You are giving up the rights to name that toon what you want.

If you want naming rights, you must roll a new toon and start from scratch.

Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
War Kitten
Panda McLegion
#16 - 2014-05-30 16:20:56 UTC  |  Edited by: War Kitten
Shadow RimRunner wrote:
(an idea)

As I have tried to point out there would be no real benefit from this...


OP success.

/thread

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Elmonky
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#17 - 2014-05-30 16:27:59 UTC
Shadow RimRunner wrote:
First off no one wants the ability to buy skill upgrades for real money as that would cause imbalance to the game but what we do have is the character bazaar and this is where my idea comes in.

How about we had the ability for a price to change the name of characters that we got from the bazaar not with completely new names we would have to have the character with the name we want on the same account as the one we want to swap it with.
This would not do anything other than allowing us to move the skills that we all ready have not including the ones on the old toon (your new toon has heavy missile 3 and your old toon has heavy V you would lose the skill as it is just a name swap.)

This does 2 things it stops people from getting mistaken for the old owner and allows you to keep a name that you really like.

As I have tried to point out there would be no real benefit from this other than keeping your name we can already change what they look like so why not this.



Had to re-read that sentence about four times before it made sense. Learn to comma or breathe or something.
Marsha Mallow
#18 - 2014-05-30 19:46:21 UTC
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
[Booming echoey voice] NAMES HAVE CONSEQUENCES [/Booming echoey voice]

Ill say this once again:

If you want to buy a toon from the Bazaar and not start from scratch, You are giving up the rights to name that toon what you want.

If you want naming rights, you must roll a new toon and start from scratch.

[Shrieky voice] Fine, but we can still complain about it [/Shrieky voice]

For the next decade.

Which sort of makes up for the terrible name actually, moaning minigame #1.

Ripard Teg > For the morons in the room:

Sweets > U can dd my face any day
Gully Alex Foyle
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#19 - 2014-05-30 19:49:50 UTC
Marsha Mallow wrote:
[Shrieky voice] Fine, but we can still complain about it [/Shrieky voice]

I like your name very much, it's one of my favorites.

Make space glamorous! Is EVE dying or not? Ask the EVE-O Death-o-meter!
Gully Alex Foyle
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#20 - 2014-05-30 19:58:25 UTC  |  Edited by: Gully Alex Foyle
OP, just a tip.

Any idea you have involving PLEX, ask yourself if there's actually a very good reason to include PLEX.

I'm personally neutral to the whole name changing thing, but IF it were implemented I see no need to require PLEX.

Include any other limit (once a year, once an 'EVE lifetime', only after a bazaar sale, etc.) to avoid people changing their name every day.

PLEX just complicates the discussion and derails it towards 'pay-to-win' or 'CCP-wanting-easy-money' arguments.


If it's a good idea, PLEX will probably not be necessary.

If it's a crap idea, PLEX won't make it better.

Make space glamorous! Is EVE dying or not? Ask the EVE-O Death-o-meter!
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