Name Holding policies

[mastersapper]

Is there some kind of name holding policy or will there ever be? For inactive or unused accounts just holding names?

I was trying to create a character, and it was honestly hilarious how many names are taken.

Going through a dictionary and thesaurus just trying random words was pretty funny to see how many people already tagged it.

Im just imagining accounts full of level 1 characters named every kind of fruit and vegetable that exists and as many fantasy characters possible.

Its actually quite impressive.

[Baler]

You're allowed to petition asking if a name can become available. Staff will check if it's just an empty level 1 holding the name.
This isn't talked about much and I'm sure staff don't want it advertised. There is already enough on their plate(s).

It's not necessarily a bad thing for players above level 5. How do you know if a player is going to return. It would look bad on the server if their character lost their name while they were gone. I'm sure you'd be upset if that happened.

But yeah there needs to be a purge and they need to fully enforce the naming policy. These two things go hand in hand.

[Lhancelot]

Originally Posted by Baler [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

But yeah there needs to be a purge and they need to fully enforce the naming policy. These two things go hand in hand.

They should purge all names if the character has not been logged in for 3 years or more. If said person logs in after 3 years and finds their wonderful name gone, too bad.

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by Lhancelot [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

They should purge all names if the character has not been logged in for 3 years or more. If said person logs in after 3 years and finds their wonderful name gone, too bad.

Just have characters get autodeleted on their 3rd birthday. Having characters over 33 months old is incredibly non-classic and Shadows of Luclin era.

Edit: Fuck it, also do the same to items. On its third birthday .... POOF!

[Lhancelot]

Originally Posted by Jimjam [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Just have characters get autodeleted on their 3rd birthday. Having characters over 33 months old is incredibly non-classic and Shadows of Luclin era.

Edit: Fuck it, also do the same to items. On its third birthday .... POOF!

That's harsh man. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Daldaen]

Originally Posted by Jimjam [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Just have characters get autodeleted on their 3rd birthday. Having characters over 33 months old is incredibly non-classic and Shadows of Luclin era.

Edit: Fuck it, also do the same to items. On its third birthday .... POOF!

This would probably be the best possible thing for P99.

Characters over 33 months get deleted and you must restart. Would fix so much about this server.

[Expediency]

Originally Posted by Jimjam [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Edit: Fuck it, also do the same to items. On its third birthday .... POOF!

Items having a three-year timer that starts the minute they drop is the best idea for custom content I think I have read all year. It would fix tons of economic problems and do so in a way that affected everyone equally and predictably. Also the value of the items would change relative to the timer and how much was left on it

[loramin]

First off, in my opinion if you name your character after a fruit, vegetable, or fantasy character you have no imagination and shouldn't be playing a fantasy RPG. But then again, the fact that there are so many of those names means that lots of people disagree with me.

In any event, Blue has been around a long time, and characters are almost never deleted, so it's to be expected that many popular names are taken. Just make a character with an original name for now, and when Green (someday) comes out you may well be able to name your dark elf "Drizzt".

[vorpal_raddish]

Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

First off, in my opinion if you name your character after a fruit, vegetable, or fantasy character you have no imagination and shouldn't be playing a fantasy RPG.

You wanna take this outside?

[Mead]

Originally Posted by Perissh [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Your name is the name of an Antihistamine... I'm not sure you can tell people that they have no imagination when your character is named after an over the counter medicine...

This made me smile