EVE General Discussion

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It shouldn't be allowed - period.

My first character had a stupid name as I just wanted to have a quick look at the game and didn't anticipate to stick around for years, one of my higher SP characters begins with a rather early letter in the alphabet, so I'd have plenty of reason to want to change them, but I've grown to deal with it (sold my first main, used the fact the other one was primaried all the time for the fleets advantage).

Think, choose name, then no need to change it.

This.

The whole character transfer thing comes to mind as well.

It's actually easy to change your name in RL (might depend on the country of course) all you do is sign one legal document and then notify companies you deal with and government agencies that need to be informed. Plus of course you have to send the document as proof although sometimes companies will except a photocopy.



I don't see any real problem in EvE although it might make some more paranoid. Maybe some customers for the resident space therapist.

The only thing I would find acceptable would be adjusting uppercase/lowercase.

Your character name is an alias under which you can find players easily if you remember their name. As far as I know, there is no other way to find a character and it's too late to assign ID's or whatnot to characters.

stop the useless posting, this will never be allowed, nor happen, as in virtually every other online game your name is your rep.

if you make a stupid name, guess that reflects who you are.

if you buy a developed char with a stupid name, guess that also reflects who you are.

and if you are a crook, so be it... as forest gump says.....

stupid is as stupid does

Agreed on the sculpting, god knows some need it :)

But on traceability, like I posted above, anyone can just swap out toons so why bother, there is no trace now and the whole idea that people cannot escape a bad rep is plain false.

Nope.

1. It starts with a trial account to try out the game and just making somethng up really quick to test the game out.

2. 3 weeks later you decide to subscribe... your kindof ok with the name, but its not one you would have chosen if you knew you were going to subscribe long term, but you just got Caldari Frigate V, can finally fly that Manticore, and don't want to have to repeat the last month of training...

3. ... 6 months later that name is still bothering you... more than you realized it would...now kindof nagging on you, and you wish that you could change it, but the thought of having to reskill now the last 6 months over again, going back to noob ships, and loosing 6 months of time would kill your game enjoyment as it would feel like you just wasted the last 6 months ('no cap skills again, can't fit anything again, no decent damage again), so its a nagging detraction from game enjoyment.

Thus your stuck... there's a nagging/persistent detraction from you game enjoyment that you just can't fix... sucks. A one time correction and walla, nagging destraction from 100% enjoyment gone.

The reason this keeps coming up is that a lot of players want it and would pay for it. Like said before, Eve is a sandbox and this is something that is done in RL (where your name is REALLY your bond) even more easily and often. Heck 90% of women that gets married have quick name changes... you can't tell me that RL is less important that Eve? Most Trolls make too much of a big deal about this and keeps others from fully enjoying the game... and CCP from making more money.

The name as your bond thing has been dead in Eve the day that people could run simultaneous accounts, make alts (many of them griefer alts), and completely transfer characters from one account to another. Half of the names that I knew from 2003-2005 now belong to completely different people.

The whole concept of alts and spys alone make the "name is your bond" claim inaccurate and hyperbolic.

I would probably take advantage of the offer myself if it presents itself.

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