Who grabbed Hawke ?

Hawke

We need to talk so we can wheel and deal. Cause I be wanting my name back

refelian

Feel your pain - kinda wish names were open and free for all and the @handle was unique! Good luck getting your preferred name!

Hawke

Thanks. My handle is obviously @Hawke.. but Having the character named Hawke would be fantastic.

I guess you didn't get yours either.

Lilly_Krieg

I wanted Lilly. No such luck.

Vlor

All my list of names I wanted are taken too. XD

Teiji

I managed to get three of the four names I wanted.

refelian

Hawke wrote: »

I guess you didn't get yours either.

Still patching sadly, I'm hopeful I will get the name I want, but I guess a lot of good names or preferred options will be gone by the end of the day.

Wondering if I should make several characters before playing properly just to get the names I'd like!

kijima

I can't believe Legolas is taken so early on in the piece. I guess I'll have to go to my back of Chuck Norris.

Sylwa

I wanted Petra, which is my real life name. I never get that name in any game. I got up early in hopes of getting it, been trying to log in since they opened up the servers at 6am est and once I finally get in an hour later it's taken. It's not like the name is that common. So sad

Valerius

I got all my names. I was about the first in

kijima

Sylwa wrote: »

I wanted Petra, which is my real life name. I never get that name in any game. I got up early in hopes of getting it, been trying to log in since they opened up the servers at 6am est and once I finally get in an hour later it's taken. It's not like the name is that common. So sad

Awwwww....

If I had taken Petra, I would have given it back to you. Sadly, I'm a man so the chances of my name being Petra would be extremely low, if not very strange.

Foul_Corsair

kijima wrote: »

Sylwa wrote: »

I wanted Petra, which is my real life name. I never get that name in any game. I got up early in hopes of getting it, been trying to log in since they opened up the servers at 6am est and once I finally get in an hour later it's taken. It's not like the name is that common. So sad

Awwwww....

If I had taken Petra, I would have given it back to you. Sadly, I'm a man so the chances of my name being Petra would be extremely low, if not very strange.

Eh, you think being a man means the chances of having a female name (and a female toon) is extremely low ?

Its a truism that most female toons are played by men. My 1st toon is female, Bella Nightshade (and who took Nightshade eh??? ).

Edit.... Now I read your comment back you actually say the chances of you having a female name so fair enough ...

Osi

Didn't get 2/4 of the names I wanted, but came up with suitable substitutes hehe...

Although who nabbed Ori and Osi?.. My Dragonknight and Nightblade.... all because I woke up 30 minutes too late.

Louis

Ahahaha! Well played Sir.

Katrianah

Seriously if you think men taking female names doesn't happen you should meet my husband and his WoW account, let alone the characters he had in the beta hehe!

I'm doing okay on mine so far but that's mainly because I have a lot of obscure ones.

kijima

I'm male but have a female character this time around for ESO, who is not named Petra in this case. If it were I'd delete and give it back as I'd not like to have my name in game.

Just for the record, I had a Nord... a big Nord who was bare knuckled, hairy chested man's man in Skyrim, you Milk drinker!

In oblivion I was a Male Bosmer. In Morrowind I was a Male Crusader. I like longs walks on river banks, my favorite color is blue and my favorite drink is cyrodilic brandy. The extra information was for your benefit.

ShinChuck

It's because of MMOs that I tend to use particularly unique names just to avoid name loss. Some MMOs allow multiple of the same name; not sure why more don't.

Osi

ShinChuck wrote: »

It's because of MMOs that I tend to use particularly unique names just to avoid name loss. Some MMOs allow multiple of the same name; not sure why more don't.

Not all MMO's use your account name in-game. But since ESO does for the most part, I don't see why they couldn't.

ShinChuck

Osi wrote: »

ShinChuck wrote: »

It's because of MMOs that I tend to use particularly unique names just to avoid name loss. Some MMOs allow multiple of the same name; not sure why more don't.

Not all MMO's use your account name in-game. But since ESO does for the most part, I don't see why they couldn't.

Back in the day, PSU had visible account numbers, but not names or any personal data. So you could have two "Hawke"s.

The downside, of course, was that if you didn't know what your buddies account number looked kinda like, you could mail the wrong person!

Kinsaven

I managed to get the name I was after, luckily, though I feel for those who didn't. It sucks when you can't use the name you really wanted.

I didn't check, but wasn't it possible to add a last name? Thought I read that somewhere, though it's still not really the same either way.

Katrianah

Kinsaven wrote: »

I didn't check, but wasn't it possible to add a last name? Thought I read that somewhere, though it's still not really the same either way.

Yeup, spaces are permitted in names so you can add a surname. It doesn't always suit some names however and I can understand why people are annoyed by name-parkers.

LordLuciendar

I too find myself infuriated by the name sniping. At least players who in beta had established characters should have been allowed early selection.

Somehow I just don't see Atropos or Carde sacrificing their names (first and second emperors). Luckily, they, like me, probably have a surname or something they intend to use. I just defaulted to Lord Luciendar when Luciendar was taken.

Cayce_of_Kata

kijima wrote: »

I can't believe Legolas is taken so early on in the piece. I guess I'll have to go to my back of Chuck Norris.

There was actually a discussion on Reddit's /r/ElderScrollsOnline about people trying to get that name, so I'm guessing some lucky Redditor got it.

However, given the naming rules, it will probably be deleted as soon as a GM notices.

Kinsaven

@Katrianah‌ Definately. It's not a very good solution, but it's something at least.

Katrianah

LordLuciendar wrote: »

I too find myself infuriated by the name sniping. At least players who in beta had established characters should have been allowed early selection.

Somehow I just don't see Atropos or Carde sacrificing their names (first and second emperors). Luckily, they, like me, probably have a surname or something they intend to use. I just defaulted to Lord Luciendar when Luciendar was taken.

Yeah, if I couldn't get Kat I was going to go with Lady Katrianah but thankfully it was free!

Katrianah

Kinsaven wrote: »

@Katrianah‌ Definately. It's not a very good solution, but it's something at least.

Indeed. You can also give yourself a title if a surname doesn't work.

Loxy37

Only way you can do it is to day have a 3 worded or 2 worded named like: Hawke The Slayer or Hawke Man or Hawke Wind.

Hawke

Thanks But it is much cooler to have simply Hawke. The same name I have used across many games over the years.

MistryssNite

Sylwa wrote: »

I wanted Petra, which is my real life name. I never get that name in any game. I got up early in hopes of getting it, been trying to log in since they opened up the servers at 6am est and once I finally get in an hour later it's taken. It's not like the name is that common. So sad

I took the name Pe'tra, but I don't think that would have taken Petra.

trinta

Katrianah wrote: »

Indeed. You can also give yourself a title if a surname doesn't work.

Word. My husband just loves it when Princess Trinta starts cropping up...

Katrianah

trinta wrote: »

Katrianah wrote: »

Indeed. You can also give yourself a title if a surname doesn't work.

Word. My husband just loves it when Princess Trinta starts cropping up...

I'm tempted to call one of mine Mistress and see how long it takes him to notice when we group.