Question the ins and outs of character name change

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Hi,

I cant seem to find the info i need on this. If they were to introduce a system where you can change your character name to show up instead of your PSN tag how would it work? By this I mean if there's a known player that has done harm to the community by say stealing from guild banks, causing upset with other players, or causing upset within the trader community that can now change there name to anything they like how would we know? Also on the flip side of the coin if a player is well known for being a great PvP or trial player again how would we know it's them. It's already hard enough to try and remember who's good in trial guilds to run leader board runs it would take me forever to try and recognise who those players are again. Would their character name show in the guild roster or their PSN. What if your character name is xhioyljlkhu because you just wanted to create a character quickly and not put thought into the name. What if someone creates a character in your PSN tag either knowingly or unknowingly. Can all of my characters have the same name? multiple confusion on the above if 5 different characters have 5 different names. This will confuse the living day lights out of me for the good characters and enable those who have done wrong to hide.

Maybe I've got the system wrong, I don't know please could someone clarify exactly what is planned.


Thank you - yours sincerely a confused bunny :)
Edited by x_t7ink_x on April 15, 2016 9:44AM
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  • Enodoc
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    Even when character name change is introduced, names will still be unique, so no two characters would be able to have the same name. In your Guild Roster, players will still be listed by account ID, since Guild membership is account-wide.
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  • Tommy1979AtWar
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    It would probably be an option that you the viewer would be able to toggle as to whether you see character names or gamer IDs.
  • Xellos77
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    I would like to have character names displayed instead of user IDs. However, I bet some chosen character names are just as awful as selected user names.
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  • Beardimus
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    I pondered this too, i'm keen to show charactor name instead of GT but could see how they would police things like reporting - HOWEVER your Charactor name cant be changed can it - its unique. So could still be reported / traced to ZOS surely for an infringement.
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  • TheShadowScout
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    I would expect it to be like in the PC version now... listing the character name in game, with the account name to be discernable... and listing the account name for guild membership, with the character name currently active discernable...
  • QuebraRegra
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    I don't like the fact that I cannot reuse parts of names for characters... First or last, etc.
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