Again, assuming a 12 month cooldown, even if this feature had been introduced on launch day no one character could possibly have more than 9 aliases. The reality of the thing is that you may have to look through 3 or 4 past aliases or, in the case of most players, none.

As for the character trading, are you honestly suggesting that it is a good thing that it is possible to buy someone elses reputation? Potentially wiping your slate clean is a terrible idea but the ability to take on someone elses past achievements completely undeserved is one of the things that makes EVE great? If anything a name wipe aught to be mandatory for traded characters, everyone is afraid of scammers and other criminals escaping justice but have you considered that it is currently possible to buy good-will?

3 would be too much.. to have to reason each name.. for every applicant.. sorry but it's a bad idea. much easier to not allow name changes at all than have to worry about it.

3 would be too much.. to have to reason each name.. for every applicant.. sorry but it's a bad idea. much easier to not allow name changes at all than have to worry about it.

No. In a sand box game like eve your name is your identity and is tied to a history of acts that effect you player to player reputation. I believe you should never be able to change a name once it's penned. Especially since the sale of a character could depend on that character rep.. actions in eve should have consequences - not all based on game mechanics.

I really don't like the idea of having to sift through mountains of alis' to determine if any player is someone I need to avoid allowing into my corp.

Isn't that what employment history is like? It just shows that they had a different name at one time.

I'm happy with this as long as there is a rather large cool down before you can do it again. Maybe one or two years.

Reputation is one of the few things that provides any sense of immersion in this game and is more important then SP or isk - there is no justification for making it changeable.

No, if you bought Kartoon's character, you should have to realize that it's coming with a big load of animosity. This is a game where your actions should have penalty/reward.

This game has concequences deal with it.

Also anyone that ever gets thier name changed is likely to never be allowed into another player corp ever again.

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

So now you expect everybody to trawl through your past aliases to see if you're name is one they recognise for being a scammer / corp thief / greifer etc?

You make your bed, so lie in it, it's a name ffs.
If the fact that you no longer like your chosen name is that much of a game breaker, then I suggest that eve isn't the game for you, there's far more things to get upset about than your name.

There's been so many threads about this in the past, and it's never been taken up by CCP, and I hope it never does, your name is your reputation, get known as a scammer, griefer etc, and you've got 2 choices, put up with it (hey, you chose your actions), or Sell/Biomass the char and start again.

=I have no issue with the name or my nearly no existent reputation. However nobody in Team Speak, Mumble, or Vent can seem to pronounce it.

No. In a sand box game like eve your name is your identity and is tied to a history of acts that effect you player to player reputation. I believe you should never be able to change a name once it's penned. Especially since the sale of a character could depend on that character rep.. actions in eve should have consequences - not all based on game mechanics.

I really don't like the idea of having to sift through mountains of alis' to determine if any player is someone I need to avoid allowing into my corp.

People that aren't in your contacts will just be displayed by their latest name.

Indeed. Changing your name nowadays would mean adding a last name if you have non already. And I wouldnt mind that btw.

Quite a lot of characters dont have last names though, the early character creator did not encourage them like the later ones have.