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[Proposal] PLEX for Character Name Change
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BrundleMeth
State War Academy
Caldari State
#1 - 2012-09-29 14:26:10 UTC
If they are going to sell PLEX to resculpt the Avatar, how about a PLEX to change a Character name? They could leave the old name and date of change in your Employment History.

I've passed on good Characters in the Character Bazarr because they had some really stupid names. But I did buy one I'd really like to change.

I'm betting others woud be interested in this...

BrundleMeth...
Lykouleon
Noble Sentiments
Second Empire.
#2 - 2012-09-29 18:58:24 UTC
This has already been discussed...repeatedly.

Lykouleon > CYNO ME CLOSER so I can hit them with my sword
Sheynan
Lighting the blight
#3 - 2012-09-29 22:12:10 UTC
nope

you should recognize someone at FIRST sight, and not after digging through employment history.
Doc Severide
Doomheim
#4 - 2012-10-01 21:54:36 UTC  |  Edited by: Doc Severide
Sheynan wrote:
nope

you should recognize someone at FIRST sight, and not after digging through employment history.

And how would you recognize someone who bought a toon?

Actually that might be good. I could buy a toon from someone with a good reputation (Chribba for example) and proceed to **** and pilliage on his good name?
James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#5 - 2012-10-02 03:28:19 UTC
Lykouleon wrote:
This has already been discussed...repeatedly.

That doesn't make it a bad idea.

Enjoying the rain today? ;)
Zeravla Shardani
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#6 - 2012-10-02 13:04:41 UTC
So lets discuss it repeatedly again :-) I agree it would be nice to do a name change. Blizzard had all the normal objections to allowing it as well; but at the end of the day it all boiled down to their bank account and they now allow it for a fee. Oh and guess what, their game world didn't end!

If the real world allows for a name change with even more possible negative out comes how bad could it really be for a game?

CCP just think of your bank account and I know you will do the right thing :-)
Val'Dore
PlanetCorp InterStellar
#7 - 2012-10-22 23:33:02 UTC
I'd pay an obsene sum (10 PLEX?!) to change a name of a well established toon. Right now, I just tend to sell them and start over if the name gets old.

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Theangryhobo
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#8 - 2012-10-23 06:08:58 UTC
Doc Severide wrote:
Sheynan wrote:
nope

you should recognize someone at FIRST sight, and not after digging through employment history.

And how would you recognize someone who bought a toon?

Actually that might be good. I could buy a toon from someone with a good reputation (Chribba for example) and proceed to **** and pilliage on his good name?


How much do you think Chribba would take for his character? Billions upon billions, I'm sure.

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Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises
Otherworld Empire
#9 - 2012-10-23 08:37:06 UTC
I hope this never happens, who you are and what your reputation is is one of the key things in our sandbox, allowing that to easily be changed would not be good at all.

Not even if you include previous names in the char info.

/c

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TheGunslinger42
All Web Investigations
#10 - 2012-10-23 08:41:00 UTC
i sign this topic every time it's made because my character name is terrible
Gypsio III
State War Academy
Caldari State
#11 - 2012-10-23 10:23:25 UTC
TheGunslinger42 wrote:
i sign this topic every time it's made because my character name is terrible


Mine is worse. And as for my alt.. Shocked

But even so, I don't think that name changes are a good idea.
James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#12 - 2012-10-23 11:07:25 UTC
Chribba wrote:
I hope this never happens, who you are and what your reputation is is one of the key things in our sandbox, allowing that to easily be changed would not be good at all.

Not even if you include previous names in the char info.

/c

Very, very few people have any kind of reputation that would make this a problem. The rest of us are stuck with whatever names we chose or inherited and there's really not a good reason why we shouldn't be able to change them with limitations.

Enjoying the rain today? ;)
Jint Hikaru
OffWorld Exploration Inc
#13 - 2012-10-23 11:27:02 UTC
Ugh, not this again. Name changes would be bad for the Eve. The reputation you generate in game is tied to your name. Having the ability to whitewash that reputation should never be allowed.

(and claiming that putting it in the employment history is a fix is a crock of poop)
I dont what to have to check the employment history of every unknown in canse he has a different name in there.

Also please read this thread for Dev and GM responses (on first page)

Jint Hikaru - Miner / Salvager / Explorer / SpaceBum In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
Inquisitor Kitchner
The Executives
#14 - 2012-10-23 11:34:23 UTC


Nope. Being able to not change your toon name in EVE is one of the few things that make the difference between healthy paranoia about who you're hiring and crazy paranoia that means you shoot everyone in the face as soon as they ask to join.

"If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared." - Niccolo Machiavelli
James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#15 - 2012-10-23 13:03:12 UTC
Jint Hikaru wrote:
(and claiming that putting it in the employment history is a fix is a crock of poop)
I dont what to have to check the employment history of every unknown in canse he has a different name in there.

You should already be doing that when you hire someone. I don't see how this is a problem.

Enjoying the rain today? ;)
Jint Hikaru
OffWorld Exploration Inc
#16 - 2012-10-23 14:08:59 UTC  |  Edited by: Jint Hikaru
James Amril-Kesh wrote:
Jint Hikaru wrote:
(and claiming that putting it in the employment history is a fix is a crock of poop)
I dont what to have to check the employment history of every unknown in canse he has a different name in there.

You should already be doing that when you hire someone. I don't see how this is a problem.


Im not talking about when hireing someone..... I'm talking about when someone enters local, or warps into your grid, or is hanging around the jumpgates in your home system, or waiting outside a station you are using......

Hireing someone isnt the only time in Eve when its useful to recognise someone.

Im happy to pay for Spaceships Online..... I would be less happy to pay for 'Check Everyones EmpHistory Everyday Online'.

Jint Hikaru - Miner / Salvager / Explorer / SpaceBum In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#17 - 2012-10-23 15:24:23 UTC
Jint Hikaru wrote:
James Amril-Kesh wrote:
Jint Hikaru wrote:
(and claiming that putting it in the employment history is a fix is a crock of poop)
I dont what to have to check the employment history of every unknown in canse he has a different name in there.

You should already be doing that when you hire someone. I don't see how this is a problem.


Im not talking about when hireing someone..... I'm talking about when someone enters local, or warps into your grid, or is hanging around the jumpgates in your home system, or waiting outside a station you are using......

Hireing someone isnt the only time in Eve when its useful to recognise someone.

Im happy to pay for Spaceships Online..... I would be less happy to pay for 'Check Everyones EmpHistory Everyday Online'.

So you set standings on them. Standings will transfer with name changes. It's even easier than recognizing someone's name.

Enjoying the rain today? ;)
Mikaila Penshar
SISTAHs of EVE
#18 - 2012-10-25 00:58:40 UTC
NOOOOooooooooo!!!!!!
Obsidiana
Atrament Inc.
#19 - 2012-10-28 17:31:19 UTC
No.

That character could be getting a name change because of a transfer or change in preference. In the dystopia future of EVE, that is not likely the case. It would get abused; bad reputations would be too easy to avoid.

Portraits don’t really show anything. We (older players) all lost our original ones. Backgrounds, hair, and clothes can change without PLEX. Resculptures are far less noticeable than that. It is so minute a difference that is doesn’t matter.

How your character looks is not intel.
The name of your character is intel.