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cRPG => Beginner's Help and Guides => Topic started by: Kaelaen on May 01, 2011, 02:37:14 am

Title: Name Changing in the New Site
Post by: Kaelaen on May 01, 2011, 02:37:14 am
How does it work? \o/


(Old system way doesn't work, I tried changing my character name to a name I already created and it just says it's taken.  I tried making up a name out of nowhere and after a while of pending name change... nothing happened and I lost 1000 gold.  Not that it matters much, it just doesn't work.)
Title: Re: Name Changing in the New Site
Post by: Belmont on May 01, 2011, 02:41:10 am
You just type in the new name you want to use and submit it. After some time it will be reviewed and accepted/denied. If you already created a character with the name you wanted to use you need to delete that character first because otherwise the name will be "taken".
Title: Re: Name Changing in the New Site
Post by: kaznila on May 02, 2011, 02:28:06 pm
And what  doing then? When i submit a new name, i must create new character in game or  something wait?
Title: Re: Name Changing in the New Site
Post by: kinngrimm on May 06, 2011, 12:27:35 pm
1. go on the website
2. choose the character you want to apply the name changes(click on character name in the upper left corner)
3. choose tab settings
4. fill in the new name and make sure you have 1000 gold
5. go to your character creation page in game and change his name there
Title: Re: Name Changing in the New Site
Post by: Fuer_Grissa_Ost_Drauka on May 09, 2011, 10:09:01 pm
1. go on the website
2. choose the character you want to apply the name changes(click on character name in the upper left corner)
3. choose tab settings
4. fill in the new name and make sure you have 1000 gold
5. go to your character creation page in game and change his name there

so I followed these steps and after changing my name on the website, and then editing my name in game, my lvl 26, turned into a lvl 1 with the name that I wanted, but now I have no lvl 26, unless i re-name my new peasant with the name that I want, back to my old name. Am I doing somthing wrong? How long do the name changes usually take?
(does that make sense?)
Title: Re: Name Changing in the New Site
Post by: Harald on May 09, 2011, 11:31:04 pm
Play your old char until the namechange is accepted. You will notice the namechange when you old char becomes a level 1 - then you can switch to the new name ingame. Name changes are done manually by admins, so it can vary how long they will take.
Title: Re: Name Changing in the New Site
Post by: Fuer_Grissa_Ost_Drauka on May 10, 2011, 01:27:26 am
Thankyou Harald,
so it is ok that my name change request went from pending to, nothing?
Title: Re: Name Changing in the New Site
Post by: Harald on May 10, 2011, 01:37:35 am
If your old char still exists like before as level 26 the change was denied.
Title: Re: Name Changing in the New Site
Post by: Fuer_Grissa_Ost_Drauka on May 10, 2011, 02:28:26 am
why would it be denied?
Title: Re: Name Changing in the New Site
Post by: Malaclypse on May 10, 2011, 02:49:57 am
Name changes are only for fixing typos or adding/removing tags again, not just, "It's a new gen, I want to name my char something else" anymore.
Title: Re: Name Changing in the New Site
Post by: Fuer_Grissa_Ost_Drauka on May 10, 2011, 03:25:22 am
so my name is forever stuck long.
damnn...
Title: Re: Name Changing in the New Site
Post by: Malaclypse on May 10, 2011, 08:18:42 am
You could probably sneak around the system, and it also depends on who is reviewing your request. It's an individual guy looking at it, so it will vary based on that alone. One workaround: Get rid of clan tags at one time a day and change your name with that change, do another request later adding them back.
Title: Re: Name Changing in the New Site
Post by: Espu on May 10, 2011, 08:27:43 am
One workaround: Get rid of clan tags at one time a day and change your name with that change, do another request later adding them back.

If you are spotted doing it the sneaky way, you will be getting into trouble for trying to go around the system.
Title: Re: Name Changing in the New Site
Post by: Fuer_Grissa_Ost_Drauka on May 10, 2011, 02:38:21 pm
Then How can I just change my name? can I talk to an Admin about it?
Title: Re: Name Changing in the New Site
Post by: Penitent on May 10, 2011, 08:45:29 pm
For the love of god, just let us change the names on our own freaking characters!!!!

Why so draconian?

"Cuz bad people might change their names to get out of their bad reputation."

Again, why so draconian?
Title: Re: Name Changing in the New Site
Post by: Techno on May 10, 2011, 09:00:54 pm
I was told that when changeing your name, even if adding/changeing clan tags your name must be the same as your current.  For example- I was Shaolin_Warrior

I wanted to be MLG_Techno, it kept getting denied so i asked.  It had to be MLG_ShaolinWarrior, you can't change your name completely anymore is what i was told.  They might make an exception if you have a good reason, your name being so long might be a good reason.
Title: Re: Name Changing in the New Site
Post by: Malaclypse on May 10, 2011, 09:17:55 pm
That's strange, because I was Clan_Rank_Malaclypse, and I was allowed to change it to my name pre-tag, Malaclypse_The_Younger. Which is still sort of the same, but also more different than similar.
Title: Re: Name Changing in the New Site
Post by: Kaelaen on May 11, 2011, 04:51:12 am
Well people know you more as Malaclypse than random_title_here so it's not like you were breaking the standards.