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Sundiata Cole
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2013-01-16 18:04:40 UTC
I signed up about a year ago, but I felt overwhelmed and didn't finish more than the first tutorial. I'd like to restart, and I though I might be able to terminate my character and start over. If I do that can I reuse the character name?

I don't like his bio saying he's been active a year, when he has the training of a noob (and my experience is definitely still rookie). I want to start with the first tutorial because I don't remember the Aura training on the interface.
Capt Starfox
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#2 - 2013-01-16 18:17:30 UTC  |  Edited by: Capt Starfox
You can reuse the name. Have to wait.. 12 or 24 hours (not sure but it's about a day) to be able to terminate but you will be able to reuse the name. Everyone will be able to use the name, so as soon as you turn your character into biomass, recreate :)

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Sin Pew
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#3 - 2013-01-16 18:19:49 UTC
Capt Starfox wrote:
You can reuse the name. Have to wait.. 12 or 24 hours (not sure but it's about a day) to be able to terminate but you will be able to reuse the name. Everyone will be able to use the name, so as soon as you turn your character into biomass, recreate :)
That, and it's 10h to biomass a character.

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Syaran
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2013-01-16 18:20:19 UTC  |  Edited by: Syaran
I'm not sure about the current situation, but if you delete the character then shoukd indeed be able to re-use the name as soon as the character is actually deleted (there was a 10 hour waiting period last time I checked). There is a longer time delay before you would be able to use the name on a different account however.

Having said that, if the tutorial is your main issue, you can re-enable it inside the game and start it all over again. The training shouldn't give you much trouble, I've had long periods of inactivity myself and I've yet to meet anyone who makes an issue out of it. If you don't mind taking a new name, accepting one of the offers in the buddy invite thread at the top of this very forum might be a nice way to get a fresh start with a nice amount of ISK as a starting fund.
Sundiata Cole
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#5 - 2013-01-16 18:35:50 UTC
Thanks for the quick response! I think I'll restart with tutorial #1. I'd rather build my own character. If I need extra isk or items I can buy the from CCP or the market, right?
Sundiata Cole
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#6 - 2013-01-16 19:45:25 UTC
Restarting the tutorials doesn't seem to be working. I can restart, but I still have the ship you get at the end of the first tutorial. Also, Aura is telling me to warp to the mission location via the Agent Missions listing, but it isn't on the screen. I may have to muddle through to get the basic interface instruction I was looking for.
Forest Archer
State War Academy
Caldari State
#7 - 2013-01-16 22:50:26 UTC
A lot of the tutorial has changed in the past year and you can use any ships or mod you got prior. Also much of the ui was redone by ccp.

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Xercodo
Cruor Angelicus
#8 - 2013-01-17 00:07:02 UTC
Sundiata Cole wrote:
Thanks for the quick response! I think I'll restart with tutorial #1. I'd rather build my own character. If I need extra isk or items I can buy the from CCP or the market, right?


Everything is on the market. The only things you can buy from CCP are PLEXes for real money. These can then be sold in-game for real money.

It could be said that skills and blueprints are sold by CCP though via NPCs on the market.

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Jane Schereau
#9 - 2013-01-17 01:37:53 UTC
Sorry, but I don't think you can reuse the name. Toons that are terminated still keep a character sheet, and appear as part of an NPC corp (with a death-themed name, can't remember).
RubyPorto
RubysRhymes
#10 - 2013-01-17 01:54:09 UTC
Xercodo wrote:
Sundiata Cole wrote:
Thanks for the quick response! I think I'll restart with tutorial #1. I'd rather build my own character. If I need extra isk or items I can buy the from CCP or the market, right?


Everything is on the market. The only things you can buy from CCP are PLEXes for real money. These can then be sold in-game for real money ISK.

It could be said that skills and blueprints are sold by CCP though via NPCs on the market.


FYP.

@OP, TBH, I would just use the SP you have and keep training. Most long term players have taken breaks or took several tries to get started, so your story won't be at all out of place.

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Seven Noctis
#11 - 2013-01-17 13:53:02 UTC  |  Edited by: Seven Noctis
Jane Schereau wrote:
Sorry, but I don't think you can reuse the name. Toons that are terminated still keep a character sheet, and appear as part of an NPC corp (with a death-themed name, can't remember).

I was previously able to recycle a character and reuse the name right away (on the same account). This was a couple of months ago and they might have changed the way the system works, but I doubt that.

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Aura is telling me to warp to the mission location via the Agent Missions listing, but it isn't on the screen.

That's because you did not actually accept the mission. A common rookie mistake. Talk to Aura at the station (right side of screen, under "agents") and manually accept the mission.
Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises
Otherworld Empire
#12 - 2013-01-18 13:39:39 UTC
You are indeed able to reuse the name, the character will not really be deleted that is true, it will go into stasis in the Doomheim corporation but the name gets released for use.

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Usagi Toshiro
Null Tax Crew
#13 - 2013-01-18 14:35:39 UTC
Chribba wrote:
You are indeed able to reuse the name, the character will not really be deleted that is true, it will go into stasis in the Doomheim corporation but the name gets released for use.

/c


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Katran Luftschreck
Royal Ammatar Engineering Corps
#14 - 2013-01-18 14:46:20 UTC
On the other hand, if your bio shows you as being around for over a year, people will think that you have more SP than you really do and might fool themselves into thinking that L1 frigate you're flying through low-sec is some kind of trap & leave you alone.

Maybe. Don't sue me if it doesn't work, though.

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