I am not talking about just mistakes, what about when you just want to change your name? And as I said, the name history would cover that fine. I just don't see a logical argument against being able to change your name, as long as the previous names are documented.

I guess I just don't understand why it's hard to just look and see what someone's old name is via the name history tab.

I guess I just don't understand why it's hard to just look and see what someone's old name is via the name history tab.

You haven't bothered to read the old threads with countless discussion on the subject so I'm not surprised.

In a game letting you sell characters legally, and with alts all over the place, a name change (with some sort of history), hardly seems so bad.

People just argue against it because they want to be contrary.

Other than the fact ccp shot it down.

We concluded that having your name change automatically demotes you to 3rd class citizen with aka system.
No corp would like to hire you, period.

I want to turn the stupid lower case b to an upper-case B on this character, never noticed how annoying it was until recently

GMs did that for me

You keep coming back to various forms of "I don't understand why...".

That is a true statement. However, your inability to understand does not make your idea any more original or valid.

That you don't understand is a function of your inability to recognize that the idea has been brought up many, many times before and shot down, not by the players alone, but by CCP. It's bad gameplay and mechanics.

Reputation is everything in EVE, more important then ISK or SP or killboard stats.
Being able to effectively change your identity on a whim is a terrible idea for that reason.

Luckily I thought EVE might be an RP game so I decided I should have a fitting name.

You know the amount of people sitting behind their computer screen who like to jump into random threads and insult people never ceases to amaze me. Please go insult someone who deserves it, because I really don't think I have done anything to deserve it. I am sorry for asking a question and trying to have a discussion, as I said I am new. But yes I keep coming back to not understanding why because, yes, I don't understand the erroneous logic behind this whole situation. I will leave it at that though, since it seems nobody really cares about it anyways. Thanks to all the non-d-bags who posted in this thread.

I want to turn the stupid lower case b to an upper-case B on this character, never noticed how annoying it was until recently

I know, the topic in and of itself is a broken record. Though I am relatively new to the game, I am well aware that this has been an ongoing topic, and it is seemingly something that will never happen. I am not sure if my suggestion is in the right place, but I think there is a simple way to allow one to change your character name without allowing people to hide. Everyone has an employment history of their corps and alliances, so why not have a name history as well? Adding one tab to the pilot info area that will show what all past names of a player are. It just seems so obvious, I would like to know if this particular idea has been brought up before, and if so what are the arguments against it.

If I am playing in one area and I know I have to watch out for a pirate called "Evil Badguy", the last thing I want to have to do is check the name history of every single pilot wo is in the system, and every one who enters the system just in case that player named "Nope Nothingtoseehere" has the names "Evil Badguy" in his name history tab.

You have just made the game infinatly more tedious because you cant stick with your chosen name.

If I am playing in one area and I know I have to watch out for a pirate called "Evil Badguy", the last thing I want to have to do is check the name history of every single pilot wo is in the system, and every one who enters the system just in case that player named "Nope Nothingtoseehere" has the names "Evil Badguy" in his name history tab.

You have just made the game infinatly more tedious because you cant stick with your chosen name.

If I am playing in one area and I know I have to watch out for a pirate called "Evil Badguy", the last thing I want to have to do is check the name history of every single pilot wo is in the system, and every one who enters the system just in case that player named "Nope Nothingtoseehere" has the names "Evil Badguy" in his name history tab.

You have just made the game infinatly more tedious because you cant stick with your chosen name.

I want to turn the stupid lower case b to an upper-case B on this character, never noticed how annoying it was until recently

You know the amount of people sitting behind their computer screen who like to jump into random threads and insult people never ceases to amaze me. Please go insult someone who deserves it, because I really don't think I have done anything to deserve it. I am sorry for asking a question and trying to have a discussion, as I said I am new. But yes I keep coming back to not understanding why because, yes, I don't understand the erroneous logic behind this whole situation. I will leave it at that though, since it seems nobody really cares about it anyways. Thanks to all the non-d-bags who posted in this thread.

I want to turn the stupid lower case b to an upper-case B on this character, never noticed how annoying it was until recently

You know the amount of people sitting behind their computer screen who like to jump into random threads and insult people never ceases to amaze me. Please go insult someone who deserves it, because I really don't think I have done anything to deserve it. I am sorry for asking a question and trying to have a discussion, as I said I am new. But yes I keep coming back to not understanding why because, yes, I don't understand the erroneous logic behind this whole situation. I will leave it at that though, since it seems nobody really cares about it anyways. Thanks to all the non-d-bags who posted in this thread.

Lol I am sorry that I didn't spend over an hour looking and sifting through different threads regarding the subject, and if you have such a sour opinion regarding me even asking the question, I'd appreciate you leaving the discussion.

I see one reasonable name change scenario.

First let me flog my dead horse a bit. I completely disagree with selling characters. I think the character should be bound to the acct that made it. Then again, since it will never happen and that is how I make most of my ISKies...

When a new owner takes over a character there is no reason for him to retain the history of that character. It should be treated as a new acct. Which it is. Therefore, I see no problem with wiping the slate clean and going for the name change as well.

Can that mechanic be abused? Sure can. But so is every other mechanic in this game.

I think over all it would work out for the better.

Mr Epeen

Names changes should be a given in a Game like this, where you can spend years developing a characters skills or pay a great deal for a toon with good skills, but stupid name. It just needs to be a service that CCP can get paid for their time. If it requires character investigations of corp history or whatever is involved that means man hours. If you can sell characters, so should be able to change names, there is absolutely no difference. With full understanding that a player can simply sell their character to themselves.. No one really knows who someone is anyway... Play the game and let me change my name from "Robert Saint" to "Super Robert Saint" once my skills improve and I will gladly pay the $50. RM, if I want it bad enough.

It's just a game and people should be able to pay to enjoy it more fully.

Any argument against my wonder opinion means you are WRONG....

but,,, i love you.

If you make a mistake during character creation you can petition it just afterwards. But once it has sunk in you are stuck with it unfortanetly. Even changing a characters casing can throw off a paper trail and is therefore not something CCP will likely ever consider.

If you make a mistake during character creation you can petition it just afterwards. But once it has sunk in you are stuck with it unfortanetly. Even changing a characters casing can throw off a paper trail and is therefore not something CCP will likely ever consider.

I want to turn the stupid lower case b to an upper-case B on this character, never noticed how annoying it was until recently

I agree with Mr Epeen, changing a characters name should be allowed when you buy a new character via the character bazaar. You'll understand why if you ever buy a character, it is very difficult to find the character you want with the skills you want and the price you want, getting a name you want as well is impossible.

I might also let newbies get a rename within 14 days as some people just type a random name to hurry up and play the game and then like the game and don't want to start over.

But letting everyone change their name for PLEX/cash? Heck no.

almost everyone in real life has got or has a nick name, players should be able to create a nick name that is linked to their real game id and that way they can go under either of the 2 names.

william h bonney was born william h mcCarty aka billiy the kid

so would nicknames / alias's work?

I know, the topic in and of itself is a broken record. Though I am relatively new to the game, I am well aware that this has been an ongoing topic, and it is seemingly something that will never happen. I am not sure if my suggestion is in the right place, but I think there is a simple way to allow one to change your character name without allowing people to hide. Everyone has an employment history of their corps and alliances, so why not have a name history as well? Adding one tab to the pilot info area that will show what all past names of a player are. It just seems so obvious, I would like to know if this particular idea has been brought up before, and if so what are the arguments against it.

Changing Your Name

...really? Couldn't you have come up with something that sounds less than an alien sex toy?

Says the guy with the name describing what happens when two Abominable Snowmen love each other.

In a game with 3 alts per character, untraceable separate accounts, and a metagame where all the high-level, actually important discussions happen over Teamspeak or a third party server not even connected to character names, I don't see why a 'name history' tab on a character's public info would be such a big deal.

Name & identity changes happen in real life. Why should EVE be in easy-mode? With a name history tab, it'd still take an absolute fool to recruit a corp-thief, or similar. Not much will change.

I'm still looking for CCP to allow Sex changes. Its so unfair

I want to turn the stupid lower case b to an upper-case B on this character, never noticed how annoying it was until recently