114250-the-new-upcoming-name-system-questions

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I’m very confused about how the new name system will work. I’ve been gaming for 35 years, and this will be the first game that I’ve ever seen, to go from a nickname, to 2 words for a name. I’ve seen games that allow a last name, although the first name was the one that mattered for everything, but never a game that made it mandatory to use 2 words for a name.
 
I searched the forums, and can’t find answers to many of my questions. It would be nice to have that info before hand, so I won’t get stuck for an hour trying to figure out the rules and requirements, and then coming up with a new name, all at the login screen. That will be frustrating.
 
1)      Will we always have to search, tell, whisper, add, both names now? (That’s great, I love having to type more. Sarcasm.) If not, which name will count, the first, the last, the original? I assume both names.
 
2)      How many characters per word? Can I be “Joe S”?
 
3)      Won’t this create people using phrases now, instead of names. We’ve all seen it, people will have names like “Im Batman”, “Bite Me”, “The Imp”, “Shut Up”, and everything else under the sun. You don’t think that will become silly, and ruin the game?
 
4)      How are you going to utilize the ascII symbols. Will someone be able to have their whole name, with some of the strange symbols? “Jimmy $%*@#”. (That should be fun. More sarcasm.)
 
5)      Won’t this also create an annoying amount of people using the same words in their names? Can’t wait to see 100 or so Lokie’s. (Yup, sarcasm.)
 
6)      So now I have to remember 2 names for everyone, and their strange spelling of those names, instead of the standard 1 name? Sometimes you catch a glimpse of someone in the zone that you want to message after you’re done fighting, and you say to yourself their name over and over keeping note of the strange spelling, until you type it out. It’s like remembering a license plate number before writing it down. Now you want to double that? (Perfect, my memory is getting better with age, so that won’t be a problem. More sarcasm.)
 
7)      I also heard you can change your name completely. That could be the worst thing I’ve heard yet. With all the mains and alts, that will be a nightmare. Not to mention, all of us are use to our routines, and hitting certain houses for harvesting. I go to Lexi’s, then Barb’s, then Joe’s, then Cici’s, etc. You get use to repetition, and certain routines. We’ve built relationships, can recognize a name without even reading it sometimes, know where it falls on the list alphabetically, etc. This interrupts the whole game and flow. If nothing else, this could be the nail in the coffin for the game.
 
8)      Has all of this been thought through completely? I love the idea of the Mega-Servers, but there’s got to be a better solution for the names.
 
I’m sure there will be many more questions as these are answered.
 
Thanks for your help, in advance.	
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I’m very confused about how the new name system will work. I’ve been gaming for 35 years, and this will be the first game that I’ve ever seen, to go from a nickname, to 2 words for a name. I’ve seen games that allow a last name, although the first name was the one that mattered for everything, but never a game that made it mandatory to use 2 words for a name.
 
I searched the forums, and can’t find answers to many of my questions. It would be nice to have that info before hand, so I won’t get stuck for an hour trying to figure out the rules and requirements, and then coming up with a new name, all at the login screen. That will be frustrating.
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Since the naming system has been explained and discussed in the megaserver feedback thread, I'm going to lock this as a duplicate topic. You can check out all of the developer responses by following the instructions above :) 
 
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