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Deleting Characters

FHM.Pauline
How long does it take delete characters again? I got (0) now.
  • ItsGlaive
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    One will replenish every 24 hours.
    Allow cross-platform transfers and merges
  • Jura23
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    If you are deleting everything, mail me your valuables pls.
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  • FHM.Pauline
    No, I'm not quitting.
    Besides, it's already 24hours but it doesn't add any charges.
  • Ace_of_Destiny
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    One delete equals three firstborn sons and half a goat.


    Please leave them at the designated drop-off.

    Thank you.


    Edited by Ace_of_Destiny on 1 November 2015 10:12
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  • Miraslova
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    Actually would also like to know how long, I've deleted to start over some chracters, I know it doesn't disable from making new characters but it does disable me from using the same name.
    "An it harm none, do what thou wilt"
  • UrQuan
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    It should be that you get 1 delete back after 24 hours, but I don't know if it's a straight-up timer from when you last deleted, or if there's a certain time of day when it will reset if it's been at least 24 hours since you deleted, or what.
    Caius Drusus Imperial DK (DC)
    Bragg Ironhand Orc Temp (DC)
    Neesha Stalks-Shadows Argonian NB (EP)
    Falidir Altmer Sorcr (AD)
    J'zharka Khajiit NB (AD)
    Isabeau Runeseer Breton Sorc (DC)
    Fevassa Dunmer DK (EP)
    Manut Redguard Temp (AD)
    Tylera the Summoner Altmer Sorc (EP)
    Svari Snake-Blood Nord DK (AD)
    Ashlyn D'Elyse Breton NB (EP)
    Filindria Bosmer Temp (DC)
    Vigbjorn the Wanderer Nord Warden (EP)
    Hrokki Winterborn Breton Warden (DC)
    Basks-in-the-Sunshine Argonian Temp
    Someone stole my sweetroll
  • Elsonso
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    UrQuan wrote: »
    It should be that you get 1 delete back after 24 hours, but I don't know if it's a straight-up timer from when you last deleted, or if there's a certain time of day when it will reset if it's been at least 24 hours since you deleted, or what.

    I would think it is the latter.
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  • Hiero_Glyph
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    It is worth noting that when you delete multiple characters it uses the most recent deletion to determine the 24 hour cooldown period. So if you delete one character then wait 23 hours and delete a second, you will still have to wait 24 hours until you gain another character deletion. As a result you either need to delete multiple characters at once and/or wait at least 24 hours before deleting the next one.
  • Miraslova
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    It's ridiculous that there's even a cooldown, it doesn't affect other players, so there's no way of abuse.
    "An it harm none, do what thou wilt"
  • lolo_01b16_ESO
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    Pednick wrote: »
    It's ridiculous that there's even a cooldown, it doesn't affect other players, so there's no way of abuse.
    If you had been there when the game launched for PC, you would know that unlimited character creation / deletion can be abused by gold farmers.
  • Miraslova
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    With gold farmers. all that has to be done is ban the account, nothing to do with character deletion.
    "An it harm none, do what thou wilt"
  • UrQuan
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    Pednick wrote: »
    It's ridiculous that there's even a cooldown, it doesn't affect other players, so there's no way of abuse.
    This is flat-out wrong. Before they introduced the cooldown it was one of the most abused feature in the game.

    Here's what the gold sellers would do:
    1. Create random character
    2. Teleport to friend (accomplice) in Riften
    3. Complete simple non-combat fetch quest
    4. Collect reward (scaled for a level 40-45 quest)
    5. Send gold to friend (accomplice)
    6. Delete character
    7. Go back to step 1

    In Riften in particular you would see a constant stream of level 3 bots with names like kyuhgfryu or wadtyuf running from quest giver to objective to turn-in.

    And of course, what effect did this have on other players? Well, they weren't just doing it for fun: it was to sell gold for real world money, so they'd spam /zone with ads, they'd spam your in-game mail with ads, and the gold sellers basically completely destroyed the economy, so that people who didn't play their game couldn't afford to buy anything from other players.
    Caius Drusus Imperial DK (DC)
    Bragg Ironhand Orc Temp (DC)
    Neesha Stalks-Shadows Argonian NB (EP)
    Falidir Altmer Sorcr (AD)
    J'zharka Khajiit NB (AD)
    Isabeau Runeseer Breton Sorc (DC)
    Fevassa Dunmer DK (EP)
    Manut Redguard Temp (AD)
    Tylera the Summoner Altmer Sorc (EP)
    Svari Snake-Blood Nord DK (AD)
    Ashlyn D'Elyse Breton NB (EP)
    Filindria Bosmer Temp (DC)
    Vigbjorn the Wanderer Nord Warden (EP)
    Hrokki Winterborn Breton Warden (DC)
    Basks-in-the-Sunshine Argonian Temp
    Someone stole my sweetroll
  • Wolfshead
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    What i hate most with delete a char is not the cooldown it is that you cant reuse char name that sucks big time i think this is the only mmo that i have play that have that stupid feature atlest that feature did the have at start off ESO on PC i dont know if have remove or not.

    But delete char is 24 hour cooldown if still have problem after 24 hour contact ZoS helpdesk.
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  • Miraslova
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    Yeah this is not worth arguing about, but last thing I'm going to say about this is about the gold farmers, you can't delete and remake your character if the account gets a permanent ban and if you argue they can just get another account is not monetary feasible and wouldn't be worth it to them since they have to buy the game every time to have another account, discussion ended.
    "An it harm none, do what thou wilt"
  • UrQuan
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    Pednick wrote: »
    Yeah this is not worth arguing about, but last thing I'm going to say about this is about the gold farmers, you can't delete and remake your character if the account gets a permanent ban and if you argue they can just get another account is not monetary feasible and wouldn't be worth it to them since they have to buy the game every time to have another account, discussion ended.
    Well
    1. That's stupid, because it's impossible to instantly catch accounts doing this fast enough to give them a perma-ban before the damage is done.
    2. They can buy cheap account keys from shady sources, and even stock up on legitimate account keys when they go on sale, so as long as they aren't perma-banned instantly (which isn't possible) having unlimited deletes still makes it profitable for them - just as it did shortly after PC launch when ZOS was perma-banning them as quickly as they could (which led to a lot of legitimate accounts getting unintentionally caught up in the bans, and ZOS having to spend a lot of time and effort sorting them out), and they were still infesting the servers.
    Discussion ended.
    Caius Drusus Imperial DK (DC)
    Bragg Ironhand Orc Temp (DC)
    Neesha Stalks-Shadows Argonian NB (EP)
    Falidir Altmer Sorcr (AD)
    J'zharka Khajiit NB (AD)
    Isabeau Runeseer Breton Sorc (DC)
    Fevassa Dunmer DK (EP)
    Manut Redguard Temp (AD)
    Tylera the Summoner Altmer Sorc (EP)
    Svari Snake-Blood Nord DK (AD)
    Ashlyn D'Elyse Breton NB (EP)
    Filindria Bosmer Temp (DC)
    Vigbjorn the Wanderer Nord Warden (EP)
    Hrokki Winterborn Breton Warden (DC)
    Basks-in-the-Sunshine Argonian Temp
    Someone stole my sweetroll
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