112118-mandatory-surnames-and-why-its-dumb-rp-perspective

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So Carbine decided to add in surnames for the megaservers, which is great! I mean, everyone likes the option to have a surname. However, then we found out that it's mandatory and that pissed some people off (mostly those in the RP department). Now, I make this thread to just discuss this issue. If you want to discuss megaservers, go to the megaservers thread.
 
First let me get the reasoning behind Carbines decision to make them mandatory. I could find two:
 
- Having people around with surnames and others without makes whispering a bit more complicated.
 
- Having one person run around without the surname and others with the same name having to choose a surname because of that isn't fair.
 
Now, the first point is just dumb. Yes, it makes it a tad more complicated to new players, but you got to remember people aren't dumb and will find out soon enough how the system works.
 
The second reasoning is a lot more reasonable. However, I can say that instead of pissing 5 people off who can't use their first name because it was taken and are forced into a second name, now 6 people are forced into it. Yes, they aren't jelly anymore of the guy who could get that one name, but it doesn't make them happier either. Besides that, RPërs are most of the times the ones who come up with the original names. 
 
However, let me get to the point why (mostly) RPërs don't like this change. RPërs tend to read the lore and be immersed into the setting and the lore. They will try to make their character fit within the lore and write an appropriate backstory to go with it. As some have found out, not all races use a surname (Mechari and Granok for example). So they don't want to pick a surname because of that (and telling these RPërs to just use their server as a surname is a dumb suggestion and I don't know why any dev would suggest something like that)
A solution by Carbine is instead of using surnames is to use the first name or last name as a title. Now that's fine and dandy and all, and would work for people who don't RP, but for those who do, I got to say this: Titles change over a lifetime. And as we won't be able to change our names once we choose it, there's no point to use a title like that. Plus, not everyone wants people to show them their title. Maybe my character is humble and doesn't really care for his title.
 
RPërs already get shafted the most probably by the megaservers (not going to discuss why, but I think most people know why. If not, read the megaserver thread). And this doesn't help at all with that. I have guildies who play Granok and don't want a second name. It just doesn't fit their character. And yes, names are important to RPërs. Now, I'm lucky enough to have a race that does use last names and I already use a last name for her. But not everyone is that lucky. Immersion is important to us RPërs, and when we say mandatory second names is a bad idea, we really mean, IT'S A BAD IDEA. Yes, we know there are dumb ways around it, trust me, we've already thought of those, but for us that just doesn't work. So please Carbine, go talk with eachother again. Apparently, some devs don't even know that there are races without surnames in the lore. And apparently, some devs don't get why us RPërs don't like the suggestions you gave us. Don't screw this community more than you have to, we're already the ones hit hardest.
 
 	
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