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Yeah, don't read the argument, then claim it was probably stupid... by using a quote from a person much smarter than you to look smart yourself. 5 star post, bro.

That's your opinion. Jesus, are you people really all so bigoted you literally can't see that your opinions aren't facts?


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I don't care about the extras. I want the name I was online to register at 11:00am.


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Because Americans believe in the great idea of capitalism. We believe we should hold our companies accountable when we aren't satisfied.


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Es tut uns leid. Sind Sie jetzt glücklich dich Baby weinen? There's your apology.....


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The thing is, everyone (that is, we, the player base) knew there would be problems with thousands of people trying to log in and reserve names at once. With that kind of load, there would always be many people "screwed out of a name" because they couldn't connect, or the server would crash while they were trying to save a name, even in the best of anticipated situations. Even if they redid name reservation, even with all the fixes in place, those kinds of problems would still be there, and people would be complaining that they were unfairly screwed out of names. There are now tens of thousands of names reserved, and the site is still up and will be up until May 23rd. Do-overs or scrapping it are not options. And the names are going to unlock two weeks after launch. I'm not saying that's optimal, as I think they should unlock during Head Start, but there is a much better chance that people will get the names they want then than they even have in global Name Reservation. They really should give everyone who pre-ordered free renames, though, since a lot of people won't have gotten their first choice of name in Name Reservation or Head Start due to Name Reservation being global. And maybe they will. It's not something that should be announced until they know they can deliver on it.


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^^^ What he said ^^^


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No it wouldn't "just change who got the names". It would let every have a fair chance at getting names. How has this not been made clear to you by now? Let's SAY 10 people wanted a specific name. Let's say person A was literally the first person to see that annoying *cupcake* with the reserve button. He clicks it, nothing happens. Refreshes, nothing happens. He does so 1000 times over the next 20 minutes. He gives up. Person B tries to get that name an hour later. Fails like person A the first time, but succeeds the second time. Is there any IOTA of fairness in that? Perseverance? Person B only had to try twice while person A tried 1000 times. Person A tried first and for longer and was still SCREWED.


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This is going to happen no matter what, even in the best of situations, when thousands of people are hammering the website at once.


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I'll just leave it with this. 1) There is no fair solution. Resetting may seem fair to those who lost out but it is not fair to tens of thousands who have successfully reserved names. 2) Your statements are based upon your anecdotal experiences. My statements are based upon business realities. 3) I would much rather see Wildstar succeed than have the guild name that I lost through no fault of my own.


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I was able to login later that night (11PM EST) and early the next morning without a single reload and verify my names. I have a hard time believing that was unique to me.


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Essentially this, yeah. Jhark, your entire argument is focused on "No, I did it first, the website screwed up, I did my job fine!!!" No, you don't know that, and you can't pretend to know that. I logged in at 1:01PM, and got the name reservation to work almost instantly. Still didn't get my number 1 choice. Does that mean the website screwed up? No, because my first choice was "Aeon", which is a pretty damn good name for a character and I wouldn't be surprised if someone jumped on it before me. I don't know what you tried to reserve, but just because the website was having issues doesn't mean it handled requests out of order- that's pretty rare for any computer to do.


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Well we find ourselves now in an intricate web of problems that just keeps getting more and more complicated by the hour. 1. Website did not work. Mashing that "Reserve" button did nothing 2. Those that did make it though, may or may not have been first to the prize 3. People found a way around the button mashing to input the information too quickly causing the site to think it was a DDoS attack and people to have an advantage over others 4. People thought they had locked in thier selection, saw the countdown, even WATCHED the countdown go to 0 and then logged in the next day and it wasnt saved 5. Some people who had reserved names lost them and someone else was able to grab them 6. Some names are not even being allowed for having something stupid like a double S in them Im pretty sure there are more problems than this. For alot of the people complaining here. Its not about the names so much as its about the principal of the whole system being royally screwed from the beginning and them not having a fair chance at getting the names they wanted. Giving rename tokens wont give them that chance back. Especially not if the person who reserved it will be a dick and make a character on every server with that name. This is the problem with GLOBAL reservations. We also have had no actual definitive answer yet as to if reservations once "Claimed" release the name to teh public again, or if the reservation will be held for the full 14 days reguardless of if someone claims it or not. This would mean that instead of everyone getting a fair chance (and set time) to try for it again, it will be a matter of sitting there potentially the entire 14 (well 17 if you count the 3 day headstart) camping the character creation screen to try to nab the name when it becomes available. It does not FIX the problem that was caused by this whole fiasco. But i will agree its a reasonable compromise.

Thankyou Jhark you pretty much already covered all of my response in yours.


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https://forums.wildstar-online.com/forums/index.php?/topic/45589-name-reservation-updates/?p=448890


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You mean you can actually ask them if a Guild Name is ok as their filtering system 'banhammered' so many innocent ones?!? WHY AREN'T WE ALL BEING TOLD THIS?!?


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Where? I can link you the conflicting info and the reservation page has the "they don't" up even now. I strongly believe that they DO NOT, but I have found no confirmation.


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It may have been the plan from the start to take that off after the 13th because it would have been misleading to people who got it after that date and though "hell yea reserved name coming up later on" which is not exactly the case even if worked flawlessly. This is probably an overreaction either way.


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You're giving them an advance. A loan. Investors who get in early get more back.


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It does take that wrong to write a letter if you're wanting to do it right. It will be analyzed and torn apart by an angry mob who feels entitled. I've been in that situation before albiet in a small scale. It is NOT a fun position to be in.


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