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OldArcher - Heavens Tear

LIghtingAP - Raging Tide wrote: »

next time they will add item to change your character gender and we will have much more tranies b:shocked

lol would be better if they had an item to change to your alts w/o logging out all the time and leaving squad and have em all at your fingertips b:laugh

noobynoobydoo

JanusZeal - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Originally Posted by Liveena - Heavens Tear View Post
So people can change their toon name now, it doesnt matter if the person is a scammer or not. If he/she was a scammer, trace it using core connect and write down his user name, then you will be able to track nearly all of his alts as well.

I bet PWI will "forgot" to put the NPC associated with the name changing

is that so ? tell me what characters I have then

Angel_Spawn - Sanctuary

I`d rather if PWI had a copy paste stone for your alts on same account so you wouldn`t need to stash the damn gear, it`s annoying, just log the desired alt and presto, all the gear is already equipped etc.

noobynoobydoo

Angel_Spawn - Sanctuary wrote: »

I`d rather if PWI had a copy paste stone for your alts on same account so you wouldn`t need to stash the damn gear, it`s annoying, just log the desired alt and presto, all the gear is already equipped etc.

yeah also a good idea :P make a "gear swap inventory and select items for stashing all the time"
make it so can swap em even if the other toon has them on as long as there set in the list.

cause I have full mage gear and full HA gear they dont all fit in account stash, lol or make a napsack so you put all the gears in there you want to trade and then it only takes up one bag slot for easy transfer.

like packing your bags for a long trip

that way I can stash a lot more mats and both sets of gears

XDeliciousx - Morai

I dont like this item at all! It was added on my private PW server like a month ago and it didnt bring ANYTHING good. People were changing their names into names of ppl they hate just to give them bad reputation (example letter l looks same as capital i in game). Also other people who already had bad reputation as scammers could simply change their name and scam more people who dont know them. There are more bad examples and I am strongly against this item in game.
People who made their bad reputation should be responsible of it and work their butt off to make their rep better and not just pop some stone to change their name for a fresh start.

juicybluca

XDeliciousx - Morai wrote: »

I dont like this item at all! It was added on my private PW server like a month ago and it didnt bring ANYTHING good. People were changing their names into names of ppl they hate just to give them bad reputation (example letter l looks same as capital i in game). Also other people who already had bad reputation as scammers could simply change their name and scam more people who dont know them. There are more bad examples and I am strongly against this item in game.
People who made their bad reputation should be responsible of it and work their butt off to make their rep better and not just pop some stone to change their name for a fresh start.

inb4 inhuman_ ...

Purple_fury - Sanctuary

they must be getting ready for cross server stuff >.< probably if you dont want to spend 39 gold then they will force a different name on you (if theres doubles for your name) b:surrender such a bad sounding idea that its very possible

dubhenihal

Ok so let me sum it up:
You can change the name on your gear, you can change the name of you character

=> You can be the servers greatest Scammer, problemchild, dramaqueen, leecher and noone would be able to identify you anymore?

Is this some kind of joke? There is no way any decent player would need that item!

RankNine - Momaganon

XDeliciousx - Morai wrote: »

I dont like this item at all! It was added on my private PW server like a month ago and it didnt bring ANYTHING good. People were changing their names into names of ppl they hate just to give them bad reputation (example letter l looks same as capital i in game). Also other people who already had bad reputation as scammers could simply change their name and scam more people who dont know them. There are more bad examples and I am strongly against this item in game.
People who made their bad reputation should be responsible of it and work their butt off to make their rep better and not just pop some stone to change their name for a fresh start.

people are doing that since years without paying 39 gold. its called making a lvl 1 alt :P

XDeliciousx - Morai

RankNine - Momaganon wrote: »

people are doing that since years without paying 39 gold. its called making a lvl 1 alt :P

you missed my point

Toraah - Archosaur

Honestly, I don't see how scammers could use this to their benefit.
Spending 39gold(80m) to change their name on a regular basis will in the end, cost more than what they make scamming.

noobynoobydoo

Toraah - Archosaur wrote: »

Honestly, I don't see how scammers could use this to their benefit.
Spending 39gold(80m) to change their name on a regular basis will in the end, cost more than what they make scamming.

+1 but her complaint is on the private server where gold = free b:laugh

WannaBM - Archosaur

Ye, not worried about scammers really. 80m would only be beneficial for a top level scammer who can get other people to for example loan their pan gu or +10 weapon.

When you get to that point, you are so much part of the community that you probably dont want to lose that and if you would, people would still figure out anyway.

Account sellers.... yes. But that aint really my problem anyway

noobynoobydoo

lol yeah the real scammers here is PWI 80 USD for a name change haha
I think they want people to spend all available gold in game to make Gold trading 3 mil per gold now

Eleonor - Harshlands

They better make gender changer item than this. But heaving both will be nice . Only name change is useless

Chirokee - Archosaur

XDeliciousx - Morai wrote: »

I dont like this item at all! It was added on my private PW server like a month ago and it didnt bring ANYTHING good. People were changing their names into names of ppl they hate just to give them bad reputation (example letter l looks same as capital i in game). Also other people who already had bad reputation as scammers could simply change their name and scam more people who dont know them. There are more bad examples and I am strongly against this item in game.
People who made their bad reputation should be responsible of it and work their butt off to make their rep better and not just pop some stone to change their name for a fresh start.

Private server is a different story, you dont have to pay 39 gold there to get the item... there has to be some huge hatred if somebody buys this item for 39 gold, just to be called like the person he hates xD (and then another 39 gold, because u don't want to be called like your foe forever, right? lol) Seriously... I can't imagine this issue being a problem at all.
And about the scammers, the 39 gold for an image change is just too much... not worth it, in most cases.

I actually like the idea, maybe i'll get one for my alt, because i hate its current name f:worry

RankNine - Momaganon

RankNine - Momaganon wrote: »

people are doing that since years without paying 39 gold. its called making a lvl 1 alt :P

what was your point then?

juicybluca

RankNine - Momaganon wrote: »

what was your point then?

point is there are people that sold their account like 5 times and got it back trought tickets and scammed 2-3k$

names are known tho...
now this people have chances to completely "stealth" and afford new scams

RankNine - Momaganon

dubhenihal wrote: »

Ok so let me sum it up:
You can change the name on your gear, you can change the name of you character

=> You can be the servers greatest Scammer, problemchild, dramaqueen, leecher and noone would be able to identify you anymore?

Is this some kind of joke? There is no way any decent player would need that item!

i dont know about you, but on our server the active ppl usually know the exact gear of other active player..refines, gems and such.

BriarIce - Raging Tide

I would not mind changing mine..I love the one I have now but since creating her have thought of a few (one in particular I would like to have more)

My questions would be:

What happens if you are married when you change your name?

Divorce? b:shocked

The name changes above spouse head? b:laugh

The name on your gear stays the same? b:surrender changes to the new one?

What happens to your friend list? and your blocklist?

Ninuska - Lost City

This doesnt mean someone could pick exactly same name, as a name which is already taken right? Well, for example my name? b:shocked (not mentioning the I/l problem)

Szol - Harshlands

good move, this name change token . probably not gonna cost 5g ever , would jsut create a mess with names then. But if yiou really are pissed bout your name, u got the option to change nowb:laugh

Angel_Spawn - Sanctuary

If they can make stuff that changes names I see no problem why server change would be so difficult then, since both affect the database and what not, I remember 1 older game I used to play, when servers merged, we had to fill in tickets with all items we had, well the expensive items, not counting potions and such, then they would examine each ticket and transfer your stuff to the new server, time consuming, but totally doable.

Szol - Harshlands

Angel_Spawn - Sanctuary wrote: »

If they can make stuff that changes names I see no problem why server change would be so difficult then, since both affect the database and what not, I remember 1 older game I used to play, when servers merged, we had to fill in tickets with all items we had, well the expensive items, not counting potions and such, then they would examine each ticket and transfer your stuff to the new server, time consuming, but totally doable.

not with only 1 person actually working :P

Antigone - Morai

BriarIce - Raging Tide wrote: »

My questions would be:

What happens if you are married when you change your name?

Divorce? b:shocked

The name changes above spouse head? b:laugh

The name on your gear stays the same? b:surrender changes to the new one?

What happens to your friend list? and your blocklist?

Ty, exactly what I wanted to know aswell so I don't have to type xD but ya, any anyswers?

Angel_Spawn - Sanctuary

With millions of revenue PWI makes, they can totally hire extra hands for this task.

XDeliciousx - Morai

noobynoobydoo wrote: »

+1 but her complaint is on the private server where gold = free b:laugh

its available only for those people who spend real money on it, so no its not free and many ppl abuse it anyway. But it doesnt matter how much it cost coz CSers will always be able to afford it.

Zoldi - Morai

JanusZeal - Heavens Tear wrote: »

They might do that, but I think it's also a precursor to nameserver merging.

Obviously when two servers that don't share nameservers merge, their names would have to change.

How did Loth/Moma do it?

Lothranis and Momaganon had been sharing the same database since their creation and this database is now the Morai one.
To be able to change your name doesn't mean you can choose one that already exists. So this is just like when you choose a name for a new character and I don't see why it could help for merges between severs that don't share same database.
There still is a huge difference between allowing someone to change his name and forcing someone to change his name in order to merge.


And I think this may be one of the worst idea ever in PW history...

anasrababah

isn't this one of the main reason you don't wanna allow ppl to switch between servers?
it was a fail reason and now a fail item in the O market

Esnemyl - Dreamweaver

A way to fix this would be that you're only allowed to change the name of the character once a year. IJS