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Idea: Purchasables (Attribute Remap, Character Rename)
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Kinga Artrald
Radioactive Industry Division
#1 - 2017-05-15 16:36:52 UTC
In a world where CCP loves micro transactions, why is there no purchasable item for character "attribute" remap? I want CHR today and MEM tomorrow!

Why in the world can't we "pay" to change our name? There have been a few drunk nights...

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Old Pervert
Perkone
Caldari State
#2 - 2017-05-15 16:41:03 UTC  |  Edited by: Old Pervert
Suggested many hundreds of times.

Eve microtransactions are for skins, and for things like multi-pilot training certs.

Attribute remaps affect your individual character's fitness, which is far removed from the above. Name changes are actively refused because consequences are a real thing in this game.

If you want "chr" today, get a skill injector.
Daichi Yamato
Jabbersnarks and Wonderglass
#3 - 2017-05-15 19:04:27 UTC
You get to change your attributes already. Attributes probs won't last much longer though.

Name wise, no. Your identity is defined by name. Eve is about consequences.

EVE FAQ "7.2 CAN I AVOID PVP COMPLETELY? No; there are no systems or locations in New Eden where PvP may be completely avoided"

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Jadek Kin
Incorruptibles
#4 - 2017-05-15 21:44:36 UTC
Daichi Yamato wrote:
You get to change your attributes already. Attributes probs won't last much longer though.

Name wise, no. Your identity is defined by name. Eve is about consequences.

It's an option open to players on the China server. I believe it comes with a log in the character bio of player's past aliases.

For TQ's community needs we could implement both an alias log and an SP sink. Name changes would not impact character attributes (such as security status).

SP Sinks Possibilities:
-Spend 20% of character's lifetime earned SP. Injections and Extractions do not factor into this figure. Older the character, the more expensive it is to change the name.
-Pay lump sum of skill injectors in inventory to activate name change.

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Daichi Yamato
Jabbersnarks and Wonderglass
#5 - 2017-05-15 22:48:31 UTC
It is. And it shouldn't be.

Aliases are worthless when it comes to local, killboards, eve who and pretty much anything where you're looking at more than one character at once.

Look up previous threads on this subject. The alias bs is an unpopular idea.

EVE FAQ "7.2 CAN I AVOID PVP COMPLETELY? No; there are no systems or locations in New Eden where PvP may be completely avoided"

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Nevyn Auscent
Broke Sauce
#6 - 2017-05-15 23:09:26 UTC
If you want to change name, extract skills, biomass, Inject skills.
Oh look, there is your SP sink idea part of it.
You just have to put up with starting a totally new character as part of that, and losing all that age and history.

So, given it can be done, why does it need to be made easier & cheaper?
Personally characters should be locked to players, not sellable even, so you can't buy history either.

That sort of stuff needs to be more important than it is, not less.
Lugh Crow-Slave
#7 - 2017-05-15 23:49:48 UTC
Just wait it'll happen. Like it or not

BLOPS Hauler
The 16.8km Bubble
mkint
#8 - 2017-05-16 01:19:17 UTC
Once everyone good has quit playing, they'll throw crap like this into the hands of the dregs. It won't happen until the game is in its apocalypse, but it'll surely happen eventually.

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Trespasser
S0utherN Comfort
#9 - 2017-05-16 05:25:05 UTC
i would be ok with remaps being buyable but it should be limited to 2 a year max

And each one should cost 20$


That way sure you can get a bit of an advantage but you can't just spam remaps all year long and its cost prohibitive
Evaldia
Comrades in Construction
TOG - The Older Gamers Alliance
#10 - 2017-05-24 10:08:40 UTC
Trespasser wrote:
i would be ok with remaps being buyable but it should be limited to 2 a year max

And each one should cost 20$


That way sure you can get a bit of an advantage but you can't just spam remaps all year long and its cost prohibitive


Character Name Change, Character Remap is and should never be buyable via micro-transactions, Character build up a story/history and that has an impact on the New Eden world and as such CCP has decided that "Name Change" is not suitable for EVE. Character Remap is not going to be micro-transactions because you are already being given 1 Remap per year, and you start the game with 2 Remaps.

If you want to change Remaps, then it should be removing the "max limit restriction: 1 remap", and instead just be able to collect the free remaps as your Character is getting older. Maybe even make the remaps account-wide and maybe then change it to 2 free remaps per year.