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10-Hour Deletion Timer for brand new characters... why?
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Jecht Shepard
Doomheim
#1 - 2013-02-23 07:34:11 UTC
Shouldn't the character deletion timer only apply to people who have invested a certain amount of skill points. I made a new character and then decided to alter the name a bit. Having trained not one single skill or so much as taken him out of the captains quarters I have to wait 10 hours to delete this guy and there is no renaming capability for EVE.

Come on now. I understand why they have the timer, but it really needs a skill point requirment before it kicks into effect.
Crumplecorn
Eve Cluster Explorations
#2 - 2013-02-23 07:36:26 UTC
Jecht Shepard wrote:
I made a new character and then decided to alter the name a bit. Having trained not one single skill or so much as taken him out of the captains quarters
Measure twice, cut once.

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Captain Tardbar
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#3 - 2013-02-23 07:41:10 UTC
I suppose to prevent you from spaming new characters for nefarious purposes.

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Jecht Shepard
Doomheim
#4 - 2013-02-23 07:49:52 UTC
Captain Tardbar wrote:
I suppose to prevent you from spaming new characters for nefarious purposes.


Then they need to allow people to change their name, facial structure or whatever within the first 10 hours. 10 hours is just ridiculous. At least put a warning stating that you cannot delete a character immediately after you make it.
Emma Royd
Maddled Gommerils
#5 - 2013-02-23 07:57:33 UTC  |  Edited by: Emma Royd
Jecht Shepard wrote:
Captain Tardbar wrote:
I suppose to prevent you from spaming new characters for nefarious purposes.


Then they need to allow people to change their name, facial structure or whatever within the first 10 hours. 10 hours is just ridiculous. At least put a warning stating that you cannot delete a character immediately after you make it.


So your name on the screen isn't enough warning before you click submit?

It's 10 hours, 600 minutes, 36,000 seconds, go outside and smell the whatever, drink to oblivion and start it again tomorrow.
Jecht Shepard
Doomheim
#6 - 2013-02-23 07:58:55 UTC
Emma Royd wrote:
Jecht Shepard wrote:
Captain Tardbar wrote:
I suppose to prevent you from spaming new characters for nefarious purposes.


Then they need to allow people to change their name, facial structure or whatever within the first 10 hours. 10 hours is just ridiculous. At least put a warning stating that you cannot delete a character immediately after you make it.


So your name on the screen isn't enough warning before you click submit?


Obviously not.
luZk
Fivrelde Corp
#7 - 2013-02-23 08:23:47 UTC
Did the same thing the other day when i created a new char. I had removed the "familiy name" part yet I ended up with my char having the same second name twice like "Mr Anderson Anderson".

But as other people said, it's 10 hours, goto sleep and do it over the next day.

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Brooks Puuntai
Solar Nexus.
#8 - 2013-02-23 08:28:56 UTC
Kind of why you have 3 character slots. Just use another pilot while you wait or go do something else, it use to be 24 hours so lucky you.


Also the timer isn't there just to protect the player.

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Arronicus
State War Academy
Caldari State
#9 - 2013-02-23 08:40:34 UTC
Jecht Shepard wrote:
and there is no renaming capability for EVE.



Actually, there is. Simply choose an offensive/derogatory name, get petitioned, and CCP will either allow you to choose a new name, or will generously induct you into the ranks of (race) Citizen (number)

Otherwise, the deletion cooldown timer is a good measure. The fact that you 'choose a bad name' is hardly reason to remove the current system that protects people from "I was drunk and accidentally my main/A girl phoned and my girlfriend lost her ****/MY LITTLE BROTHER THE COMPUTER" and allows them to recover the character from deletion without petition hassles.
Rain6637
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#10 - 2013-02-23 09:55:30 UTC
Crumplecorn wrote:
Measure twice, cut once.


funny coming from someone with a name like that LolLolLol

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Frostys Virpio
State War Academy
Caldari State
#11 - 2013-02-23 09:57:23 UTC
Crumplecorn wrote:
Jecht Shepard wrote:
I made a new character and then decided to alter the name a bit. Having trained not one single skill or so much as taken him out of the captains quarters
Measure twice, cut once.


Or buy more of the stuff you are cutting...
Azrin Stella Oerndotte
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#12 - 2013-02-23 11:05:31 UTC
You can petition name changes for new characters, like if you forgot to have a letter in capitals or just spelled it wrong.
Abrazzar
Vardaugas Family
#13 - 2013-02-23 11:14:06 UTC
If you get the capitalization of your letters wrong, you can petition to get that fixed as that does not create a new database entry. There is no excuse to fly around as AnDrEW mADhUmPinGThiNgS.

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Eram Fidard
Doomheim
#14 - 2013-02-23 11:40:30 UTC
As far as I know, there's only one thing stopping you from making as many new characters as you like.

$9.99

or if you're a huge cheapskate, trial accounts with multiple email addresses.

So...working as intended, workarounds provided, what exactly don't you get, OP?

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Crumplecorn
Eve Cluster Explorations
#15 - 2013-02-23 11:54:21 UTC
Rain6637 wrote:
Crumplecorn wrote:
Measure twice, cut once.
funny coming from someone with a name like that LolLolLol
Says the lady with numbers in her name.

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Frostys Virpio
State War Academy
Caldari State
#16 - 2013-02-23 11:57:48 UTC
Eram Fidard wrote:
As far as I know, there's only one thing stopping you from making as many new characters as you like.

$9.99

or if you're a huge cheapskate, trial accounts with multiple email addresses.

So...working as intended, workarounds provided, what exactly don't you get, OP?


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