EVE General Discussion

Perhaps all characters should show a history of trades, as well?

6 of one, half a dozen of the other.

I can say that if I could export this characters name and give her a new one, she would be on the Bazaar tomorrow.

The name means something to me but the way she is skilled doesn't really help me in EVE and the days when they might have are gone I think. Capital construction 5, Sovereignty Skill, Fleet command. She is a Null passive gold mine and worth nothing to me aside from the name.

Im all for name change.

My name is stupid I hate the damn name and a few of my in game friends hate there names also for the simple reason we didn't know it was set in stone when we joined this game.

What would entail a name change though? would it require huge database changes?

O.o

really? pretty much every time you pick a name for anything, it's permanent. it's kinda the point of having names.

I like the idea if you could have a name history list. Standings would need to carry over and maybe a notication if someone with standings changes there name. I dont think scammers can exploit it any more then they do now they just sell there character and buying a new one.

It should be possible to change your identity in EvE. It is possible to do it in real life but it is probably a very painstaking process and there will always be ways to trace your real identity. I think there should be a system in EvE which reflects this. Maybe a system where it will take several weeks of effort and lying low to change the name. This way people can't abuse it and only those who really want to change the name will bother with it. There should still be ways to trace a person to their old identity too, but that should also require some effort.

Thinking about it, one possible idea is to make the name change immediate but temporary. It only becomes permanent once the player completes a number of tasks in various parts of the galaxy. However there is a catch... When completing the tasks, the player must avoid all criminal activity, all combat and can't engage in any activity that might arouse suspicion. This includes paying taxes for any reason, starting corporations and other things which might require some kind of official intervention. That's only the first catch.

The second catch determines the quality of the chosen identity. While completing these tasks (which take several days and involve delivering paperwork to various stations in various systems), the player must avoid any player that might recognise them in their true identity. This means avoiding anyone who may have shared a corp history with them at any point (including NPC corps) and anyone who is registered on their kill/loss mails. Avoiding these people isn't necessary to make the name permanent, but for every person who 'recognises' you in local, the quality of your new identity will decrease. This makes it easier for other players to reveal your true identity, which can be done with the Hacking skill.

Why not start selling those SP right away, because this is essentially what it means - with the drawback of you can't allocate them yourself.

In a world where even CCP states that what a pilot do and the actions they take is what can make a difference (the butterfly effect) removing all that history that a pilot did seems pretty much completely against that idea.

I would vote against any such feature for sure, you shouldn't be able to semi-erase that history like that, and potential buyers of a character should look into what they're buying if they're afraid of the history.

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Or combine two ideas. Allow change of name on trade but have the old name and the character trade both show up on the employment history.

The entry could be put down as 'DED intervention - Mindwipe' or some such to show why the character no longer has a clue about what happened in the past.

It would stop a newly bought character being targeted so much by previous victims but keeps the character's history intact.

I have thought long and hard about name changes. i have also thought about the name of a toon i might buy and wonder if the person selling it was a pirate or scammer, or maybe even a corp thief. It really doesnt matter as there is a forum post and a mail to the corp you are leaving that you are selling the toon.

If someone doesnt like the reputation that the toon has then just post the forum thread as a link in your bio.

Also if you alloud name changes then ppl with multiple accounts would just be able to "sell" thier scam alt or corp thief to thier other account and change the name. No accountability.

I think one of the issues is tho that new players unintetionally join a bunch of dead beat corps and have a long corp history that is full of "False positives" He might look like a corp jumper but in reality he just joined a bunch of dead beats. the "Hey my corp is awesome join it" and its only 3 or 4 characters and acouple of alts.