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IllutianKade's avatar
10 years ago

[Issue] Character Forcibly Flagged for Rename

I'd like to know why my name was revoked.

I had this name since beta.

It didn't violate the naming policy at all. Not one of the points listed.

I contacted CS through the ingame ticket and got this:

"Greetings,

Thank you for contacting us.

We appreciate the time you took to send us your impressions and ideas, and we can assure you that our Development team is always interested in receiving constructive feedback from our players.

To ensure that your ideas are seen by the right people, we recommend posting them on our Suggestion Box forum at http://www.swtor.com/community/forumdisplay.php?f=349 so that they can be seen by the Development team. While our Developers may not post in every thread created there, they do read the forums on a regular basis, and are constantly looking for feedback from our players.

Thank you for your understanding, and we hope to see your ideas posted on the Suggestion Box soon.

We can also recommend visiting our help centre for answers to any questions you may have.
The help centre is available at http://www.swtor.com/support/helpcenter.

While we understand the frustration your issue may cause, we would like to assure you that we are doing our utmost to ensure that our players have the best possible game play experience.

Thank you for your patience and understanding, and we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. If you require further assistance with this or any other issues, please do not hesitate to contact us again.

Sincerely,

Protocol Droid X1-A1"

What...The...

It wasn't a suggestion. I want to know why after six years it was decided that Malassin and another character name were suddenly deemed "unfit". 

http://www.swtor.com/legalnotices/rulesofconduct

(Naming Policy section)

Nope, not one of those points were breached with those names.

And to test it I also used those names on another server. Zero issues. And I still have those character names.

Christ...and here I was looking to get back into the game. Way to ruin the excitement of coming back and wielding a lightsaber...

15 Replies

  • proxos666's avatar
    proxos666
    Hero+
    10 years ago

    @IllutianKade @EA_David

    It has been a while since I have seen issues with renaming , there was a bug that did occur in that the rename wouldn't take and it kept flagging for rename no matter how many times the character was renamed, maybe it has resurfaced again.

    Is this what is occurring ?

  • Not sure, but the forum post I linked to is dated this month (November 2015).

    The fact I can't use the names on the server, but can still use them on another server (still haven't had it flagged for rename). Leads me to believe it was caused by the transfer.

    ..fact that it happened on my only two Jedi makes me worry though. I do remember them saying you should use names that you'd find in the Star Wars universe. But I figured names like "Malassin" weren't standard names like "Eric" or "John" ( Jedi Sage Malassin Kade [got a nice ring to it] ), and so would qualify as "Star Wars-y" names. -- I hope this is still the case.

  • IllutianKade's avatar
    IllutianKade
    10 years ago

    Holy jesus *...

    "Greetings,

    Thank you for contacting us.

    Unfortunately, at this time we are unable to process your request as we do not offer the service you have requested.

    Currently we are not able to assist with:

    - Name changes (must be purchased through the Cartel Market)
    - Faction or Class change
    - Server transfers (paid server transfer is available on your account management page on http://www.swtor.com/)
    - Server transfers between regions, i.e. US to EU or EU to US
    - Un-binding of items (from Cartel Packs, Missions or Vendors)
    - Trades between players, where one account is a Free To Play account
    - In-game mail sent to incorrect characters in error
    - Adjustments to character appearance (must be purchased through the apperance designer at the Cartel Bazaar)
    - Abandoned missions
    - The Public Test Server (Please post in http://www.swtor.com/community/forumdisplay.php?f=308 for help)
    - Merging of accounts or transfers of characters between accounts

    If you requested a different service not listed above, but received this response, please consider it to be a service we do not provide at the moment.

    While we understand the frustration this may cause, we would like to assure you that we are doing our utmost to ensure that our players have the best possible game play experience. As such, requests of this type are something that we are monitoring and may potentially offer in the future.

    Any new information will be communicated through our official forums, found here:
    http://www.swtor.com/community/

    Thank you for your patience and understanding, and we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. If you require further assistance with this or any other issues, please do not hesitate to contact us again.

    Sincerely,

    Protocol Droid M0-T0"

    WHO THE HELL IS WORKING THEIR CS?!

    EDIT:

    LOL, and now the name is marked as "Unavailable" funny, it use to be "Invalid".

    ((Annoying, but I'll just 'bag-grab' another name I use....But there can, still, be only one! ;D ))

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago
    I think what might have happened is someone flagged your name by sending a ticket about it and then renamed or created a character with that name once you were forced to rename. I know this is a thing that happens, dont be surprised if you see a character wiht your name running around fleet.

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