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drakeos99
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Whats gives man i want my name to be unique yet people decide to use mine for no reason kinda unfair
Drakeos Lightblade - Human - Oathbound Paladin (Protection) (MAIN)
Drakeos Shadowbow - 60 Combat Pathfinder Hunter Ranger (Alt/retired)
Falados - Drow (Mez) Level 60 Trickster Rogue - Offically retired
Drakeos - Drow (Mez) Scourge Warlock/Druid (retired)
Drakeos Shadowbow - 60 Combat Pathfinder Hunter Ranger (Alt/retired)
Falados - Drow (Mez) Level 60 Trickster Rogue - Offically retired
Drakeos - Drow (Mez) Scourge Warlock/Druid (retired)
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It is. Yours is Mez@Drakeos99 theirs is Mez@(something else)
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You could make a decent argument that Superhero names should be unique. But in nearly any other genre or setting the idea doesn't hold water. And I'd contest it in a Superhero MMO, as well.
-Rachel-
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And playing by myself since Aug 2009
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Agreed, And I wonder why it hasnt been done by other game studios before
Way too much effort. Way too little reward. Way too much room for other people to get upset by the change. Not worth it.
-Rachel-
Agreed 1000%. Every MMO NEEDS to steal this technology that Cryptic uses. Period.
Exactly this. Unique names in mmos, has to be one of the lamest things ever.
Yep your right I'm the only person in the world allowed to have the first name Howard.
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I call for Legolas.
Oh exactly unfortunately it would require some major overhauls be done on various existing MMO's game engines. Though if done right some of the newer MMO's should have more flexibility with the ability to modify how characters and their details are stored in game. Unfortunately a lot of them use the name field as the primary tracking for the character in the database. ::sigh::
So it's not that it isn't doable but that it requires some work. I think any MMO would benefit from the work of modifying the character structure that way but ... it would take time and effort. And tracking down pretty much every line of code that used the name to check what character was referenced with a different field.
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Really though if you want a unique name you should pick a unique name and not use the name of a famous character from a novel or movie. I very rarely see people with even similar names to the ones I use.
Exactly. I used a fairly common standard first name on my character and I haven't actually seen anyone else with the same first name. And really it wouldn't bother me if I did encounter someone else using the same first name. I'm not that special of a snowflake.
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I would like some naming police to step in though... I've seen enough toons running around named Pee or <font color="orange">HAMSTER</font>... /sigh
Wait so your saying that having people with the same name isn't accurate to the fantasy genre? That every person would have a different unique name? Doing a google search on my real life name there are at least 6 other people with the same name in the US alone.
Why does it make any sense that character names are unique in a game when they are not in real life.
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Ever think you wouldn't have claimed the name of your choosing first and then you would be something else now?
I love that we can have the same names... sort of realistic like that. I don't kid myself thinking my name will be of legend in a mmo, just ain't happen'n. Is there such a thing? Leroy Jenkins is the only name I can come up with and I don't even know who the real person is. Insert the famous Star Wars statement about grandeur here.
Thinking that some name in a game is unique is like thinking that in real world your name is unique to you. It's not.
And this game, like all Cryptic games uses @globalname for the identifying people. Most idiotic thing is that you can't use a name you want because theres someone else named like that.
Kind of closedminded, for a roleplayer, thinking that he's somewhat unique or entitled to some name because he typed it 1st.
Want to be Thorin, sorry you can't. But you can be Thorin34574.
Usually it's the last name people get identified. Don't pick some generally used common name that 7436 people are using. If you want to play some famous person, like this Drizz dude, who ever he is, you can bet your pointy ears theres 345678 people with same name.
Cryptics system for naming is great. It serves everyone, not just 1 that typed the name 1st.
You dig?
And playing by myself since Aug 2009
Godtier: Lifetime Subscriber
Of course. Because it is so much more immersive to see names like xXxDrizztxXx, Dr155t, YDrizzzztY, in vain efforts to find a unique way to have an over used name.
. . . . . I've grown fond of the @handle naming system over the years playing Cryptic games and other games that have @handle systems. It's nice to not worry if someone else is using your desired name and also nice to know that there is a way to differentiate between players of the same name.
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