112521-megaservers-name-change-suggestion

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Greetings,Recently it was announced that they would be implementing “Mega Servers” and with that they plan on adding the requirement of last names for characters.
“Q 6. What happens if two characters from different realms have the same name?Along with the Megaservers, we will introduce character last names. Each characters will have a unique name comprised of a first name (this is your existing character name) and a last name separated by a space. In the character select screen, you will have to choose a last name before entering the game. You will be limited to a total 30 characters including the space.”For many others I've spoken too as well for me myself, this choice of action is undesirable.  I've been here since release, preordered and went through the trouble of reserving my character name. Now… for those of you who remember that, it took hours trying to get into the unstable website. Later we got to deal with the server queues, so it was a joy setting myself up on Pergo. Since then I've been constantly playing and even started raiding (originally had not intended to). The whole reason I even decided to play my class was because I was able to use this name.I wonder why this solution of first name + last name was chosen...-Could they not just allow people to create names with spaces (perhaps limiting # of spaces to 1) in them? This would allow users to still keep single word names or even still have last names if they really want them. <-- my personal preference-Another possibility could be to keep the Name@Server format currently in place and have people inherit a server property with the merge.“Q 7. What happens if two guilds from different realms have the same name?The oldest guild with an active guild leader will keep the name. All the other guilds with the same name will have something added to their name to make it temporarily unique. We will give more information about how to change your guild name in due course.”Now considering the first option, I do realize there may still be conflict for exact matching names merging.  As with guilds would it be possible to determine the age/date of character creation to assist with the priority of names?Possible Priority: Original Name -> Highest level with Name -> Oldest Name if at equal levels 
I've had my name since I started… I even made characters with the same name on all the NA servers to avoid the situation of running into another of myself or in case I wanted to switch servers. The name I was able to use was “Tyrael”, I’m sure some of you may be familiar with his background from other games. To my knowledge he has no last name, I can’t imagine playing my character with a last name that makes no sense. While I understand the need for more name possibilities, I don’t think those who want singular names should get shafted.I am in no way an expert in software development so I’d appreciate any feedback from the devs. I would also like to see any ideas others may have as possible solutions.Here I leave you a picture of my character, in front of my offering fire to RNGesus.That may or may not be a rowsdower...	
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