Astrid Stjerna
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Posted - 2012.03.22 21:45:00 -
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Asudem wrote:Changing Character name shouldnt be a big thing to do. You can do it real life by paying money to the regulator agency (at least in Germany) so I thought why it shouldnt be possible in EVE
Needed for changing
* 200 mil ISK cost or 10 mil per letter to change
* Possible only once per year (like the attribute remapping)
* Security Standing of 5.
* Characters on subscripted accounts only
Only on stations of one of the empire factions in H- and LSec.
Added to this idea:
* Public viewable name history.
A nice to have feature for more customization as long as the desired name is possible. Open for discussion
CCP has already said, many times, that they have no intention of allowing people to rename their characters -- there's just too much potential for 'character recycling' via the Bazaar, and our block lists would become useless.
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Astrid Stjerna
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Posted - 2012.03.30 16:03:00 -
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Asudem wrote:
If they are afraid about character recycling on the bazaar, why they have the character bazaar at all? The bazaar itself is the place where characters get recycled, a service to change the name wouldnt make a difference. Or maybe changing the name would even reduce the use of the Bazaar, since old players would rather just change their name instead of starting from the beginning again to achieve their new "identity" in New Eden.
Changing the name of an established character opens a whole new set of problems -- a player that chooses to harass another, and gets on their victim's block list, would just be able to change their name and go around the block. Unrepentant scammers would just be able to change their names and escape the consequinces of their actions.
CCP said a while back that they don't want to give players a way to 'escape' from the results of their character's choices. If you have a bounty on your head, you'll have to deal with it. If you've pis**ed off someone's entire corporation, then you're really up the creek, but -- too bad -- the end result is yours to deal with.
In the offline world, a criminal's name is plastered across the news. He can call himself 'Bob' all he wants, but if someone recognizes him as 'Fred the Escaped Convict', he's going to go back to jail. It's the same thing in EvE -- you can't just walk away from your past like nothing ever happened.
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