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You’re pretty shameless to post all high-and -mighty when you couldn’t provide a rebuttal for that in the last thread. Then again, I’d hate to suffer another of your soliloquy-quits in this thread…

actually, drama following the character is what has to be preserved. name change is simply convenience for the player and should not have (or have least possible) influence on character identity. trained character don't come out of nowhere, but they should not be set in stone, either.

fail. name is a word. it's a handle. it's just a part (a social pointer if you will) of what character is. changing name does not change who character is. changing name does not suddenly point to some other character.

but if suddenly someone else possess character, they become someone else, and all the reputation will mean nothing because they start acting differently. so, name stays same, but everything else is not same. it's exactly what already exists in game: character transfers.

bashing down proposal (name change) on basis that it goes against game's principle (reputation matters), while said proposal does everything to uphold the principle (akka, searchable history, standings permanence) AND having functional game mechanic (character transfers) that breaks said principle is poor form.

how do you know character wasn't transferred? or even, how would you know character was transferred (as any available record can be faked)? so, instead of depending on name recognition, that doesn't work (as you can't be sure that character is played by the same player), why not depending on game mechanics (standings) and/or improved awareness and tactics on your part to make yourself safer?

OP proposal includes fee (cost) and frequency (cooldown between name changes). so, you could still depend on name recognition, just with a twist now and then, which can be reduced in effect through standings.

"stupid" forum ate my post.

character transfers are reality. if CCP could stop them, they would. they can't.

only stupid thieves would go for name change (as proposed) instead of blank char transfer.

checking bio/history was, is and will be intel gathering of choice, with or without name change.

stop talking about some ideal EVE. talk about EVE as it is.

please, elaborate. i don't see how doing background checks based on name is bad.



do you know everyone in EVE? not likely, but if you do, name changes won't affect you, as you know everyone anyway. if you don't, you ARE already checking on people you don't know. old players stop playing, new players start playing. EVE's not frozen in time. also, it's not like suddenly everyone YOU know will change their name simultaneously, and keep changing just in spite.



cyno alts are cheap. they can be trained much faster than proposed name change frequency period.

Ones name is just a name -- proof being how characters are transfered

Corp theives can still be identified, as can reputation, as a whole

So you're saying you know every single pirate in EVE by name? If you have them set to red, they'll still be set to red -- and that's enough to know that they don't want to cuddle. That covers it.

So, yes...

PS: Post a link? ...because if this is the quality of arguement against it, then there's no problem

There was a thread recently about someone cyber-stalking a woman(?) and her teenage son. It was suggested that they sell their characters and get new ones. That harassment would follow those characters. Giving someone the option to simply rename the character at the time of purchase would allow them to break that sort of behavior.

If reputation is such a big deal in Eve, should you really be able to transfer a character's reputation when the rules clearly state you can't pretend to be the same person?

Cyno scouts and Rokh bombers are relatively easy to train and can be bought on the bazaar for reasonable prices. It would be nothing for those guys to jump characters NOW and have new names, new sec status, new everything, and you'd have to learn a whole new set of names.

I don't know if others are proposing the ability to change names just whenever you want, but I think it should ONLY be during character transfer.

I think that the pro's of allowing 'Name Changing' far outweigh the con's and I am yet to see an argument in this thread that suggests otherwise. The minor inconvenience that would be caused by checking a character's AKA tab, as you would with employment history for instance should not act as a barrier to add this highly sought-after feature.

I feel that the OP has accounted for all avenues where this feature could be exploited by indicating that name changing would bear a real cost - whether ISK or real money (not ***** aurum plz); time-limiting the number of name changes (much like re-mapping) and incorporating an easily accessed tab in character's profile that will provide anyone in the EVE Community with an easy overview of the player's previous names.

Unless I am missing a key mechanic of the game that would be broken by this action, I simply cannot see the logic that would prevent the implementation of this feature.