When will Origin ID accept Special characters as their own character?

This is why other gaming portals and authentication systems are going to leave EA in the dust like the extinct dinosaur that it is.

Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback with us @phase1NEx, I will pass it on to the team.

Darko

I think this needs to be re-evaluated and updated. The simple fact that there are a literal * ton of posts on this same issue over the past 10 years (TEN YEARS!) should be an indicator that it is NOT working as efficiently as it should be, even if it's working "as intended."

Rather than continue to lock posts and give the same cookie-cutter response, the least you guys could do is provide an update as to why nothing has been done and why the ID system has not been improved.

The fact that I can't pick an ID that is unique on it's face because it is part of someone else's longer ID (in terms of characters) is awful. Let me give you an example. The ID I want is "phase1NE." It's my XBOX Gamertag, twitter handle, twitch name, discord ID, Steam ID, Reddit username etc. Literally, nobody else has it--not even on Origin. However, I can't choose "phase1NE" on origin because one (that's right, just one) other person has the ID "phase1neCOD." This is why my ID is "iPhase1NE."

The fact that those two IDs are not considered "unique" and allowed is ridiculous. I'm sure there are some instances where two IDs would not be considered "unique" by the Origin definition, but, at least in my example, I feel like I have a strong argument that my ID-- "phase1NE" --should be acceptable and considered unique.

Thanks for your time. @EA_Darko 

I understand this post is from sometime ago, but this REALLY should be changed.

Think about your competitors and the much much better way that they handle usernames.

Steam requires a unique username, but allows any displayname that you want.

Battlenet allows any displayname you want too and then simply associated a unique number with each players account.

Do you understand how frustrating it is to have the same username across platforms only to see it taken on Origin and be unable to fix it in an elegant way? (such as putting an underscore between words, etc).

This system is just terrible. Not to mention how silly it is that names that seemingly contain "Eagle" are banned too? What on earth -- it just makes me want to abandon the platform and use better ones.

Frankly your comment that "this is working as intended" and "_" isn't unique enough of an identity is baffling to me -- why do you believe a number or "leet" style text makes something more unique in an acceptable way while an underscore or special character does not? That's just your opinion on how you prefer it to work -- if you just don't want to put in the dev time then admit it, but don't lie with such an obviously terrible argument.

Origin does usernames worse than almost every single other PC gaming steam-style platform, that's the truth and you should fix it. And fix it without borking the whole thing like Blizzard did by charging people money to change their usernames. And people wonder why everyone prefers Steam smh -- it's obvious if you're an actual user.