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All your characters will have a temporary unique name with a reroll name option prior to logging in.


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I did this as well. I assume we will just have a bunch of extra named characters.


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Cougar said earlier in this thread, the rename tech will allow complete renameing. not just adding a last name! GigaSlave can be renamed Giga Slave on Megaserver day. Overall renaming to add last names is probably the least offensive way to solve this name clashing issue.

Nope on mega server day everyone who logs in will get prompted to rename on the new server. "Vikki" will have to become "Vikki Surname" and there might be others who name themselves "Vikki ADifferentSurname" for example.


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Again, wont work, They'd have to do that for everyone then.. and it render megaservers pointless having a bunch of specific dedicated overflow channels


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I appreciate the constructive post you're providing the developers - they're all excellent ideas. But I'll be candid:  I don't believe Carbine has the developer resources nor do they have the necessary talent pool needed to implement these updates. These suggestions are much too ambitious, and frankly the return on investment for Carbine is nonexistent. They've already made it pretty clear that they don't put much value in a roleplayer's immersion - why waste money appeasing a small demographic? What's likely to happen is they'll address the 'say' range - and maybe increase the number of players on a given housing plot. Anything more than that, I think would be a stretch.


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You're getting a free name change. Now you have the ability to split the name. I'm looking forward to having a surname. I missed it from Everquest.


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Thank you for this reply! This was my biggest concern, especially with forcing us on Orias to merge to another server before the megaserver comes into play. I didn't want to already have to rename myself to be able to use my character on a new server and then get stuck with that first name on the megaserver.


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I don't see why not, they just want us to have two sets of letters with a space separating them.


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How you holdin' up, buddy? Gotta been a rough day for ya.

Good thing I thoughta both first and last names for alla my alts when I made 'em. :P


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I didn't see anything about Mechari having surnames in the Lore forum, but on the topic of Granok, Word of Pappy says Granok don't use surnames.


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There's an apparent disconnect between the lore team and the programmers, as Krag Studrok musta missed the memo. I've also heard the lore point that Chua never have more than two syllables in either of their names, yet there are numerous examples of three-syllable Chua names in-game. Conclusion: lore points appear to have negligible impact on execution.


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I don't understand what would make the rules of communication "unnecessarily difficult to understand" when many existing games already allow names with spaces in them. People just have to learn the rules of communication for the game they're playing, the same way they have to learn the new game mechanics. The same way they have to learn that they can't press R to go into stealth to sneak past mobs when they're not playing their Stalker main. I would go with "what makes the most people happy" over "what wouldn't be confusing to a brain-dead chimpanzee".


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Pretty much +1 to this. The game had to go Megaserver because it was bleeding subs of players who WANTED to stay subbed, but were on a dead server (and didn't want to spend 20 bucks to move to a live one, per character) This was needed so Wildstar could stop losing subs, and start the process of fixing the issues that made players leave, so that the population would grow again. It was asked for, it is in the process of being delivered, and if last names *cupcake* you off, consider the alternative. Imagine if only 1 person was allowed to keep the name and everyone else had to re-name completely? You'd be way more upset about that if you weren't the chosen Highlander. (there can be only one!) Although as a nostalgic element perhaps Carbine would allow people to use @Pergo etc as their surname for Legacy reasons to say where their past was on :P Good change Carbine! Well done. Bravo.


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All names are flagged for renames. You don't just tag a name at the end, so you can rename your character to have a separate first and last name.


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