Lethion.8745 Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 The name I want to use is taken and I want to know if I might be able to take it if I change server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swagger.1459 Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 No. Names are unique throughout the game. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lethion.8745 Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 > @"Swagger.1459" said: > No. Names are unique throughout the game. Sorry. Damn, so unfortunate. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swagger.1459 Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 > @"Lethion.8745" said: > > @"Swagger.1459" said: > > No. Names are unique throughout the game. Sorry. > > kitten, so unfortunate. Thank you. You are very welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firedragon.8953 Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 > @"Lethion.8745" said: > The name I want to use is taken and I want to know if I might be able to take it if I change server. The game allows accented and diacritic characters so you could try the name replacing a character (e.g., e) with something like é, è, ë, etc. etc. The drawback (positive?) of this is that it is difficult for players to randomly whisper you without seeing your name in chat or adding you to their friend list, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eloc Freidon.5692 Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Yeah it is very unfortunate they didn't choose to make name only unique to tag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercury ranique.2170 Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Your name is used as an alias to your unique identity. This means that someone can send you a message while only knowing your character name. This means it has to be unique and same names can not exist. So it is unique per world, but also per region (so my name can not also be used by someone in NA, while I am in EU. China is different as th at data exist on a separate server with no ties to the NA and EU servers (but as they use Chinese signs, it would be different anyways). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danikat.8537 Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 > @"firedragon.8953" said: > > @"Lethion.8745" said: > > The name I want to use is taken and I want to know if I might be able to take it if I change server. > > The game allows accented and diacritic characters so you could try the name replacing a character (e.g., e) with something like é, è, ë, etc. etc. > The drawback (positive?) of this is that it is difficult for players to randomly whisper you without seeing your name in chat or adding you to their friend list, etc. Another potential drawback, at least on EU servers, is that a lot of players will automatically read and pronounce those characters differently because that's how they're read in languages which use them, so if you use voice chat you might find your character name keeps getting mispronounced. Whether that's a problem or not is up to you of course. Here's some other options for changing the name to find something which is available. They won't all work for all names of course, but you probably only need 1 change to get an available name: * Change the spelling - e.g. Katie to Katy * Add/remove spaces - e.g. Firewind to Fire Wind * Use a synonym - e.g. Firewind to Blazewind * Use a different language - if the name means something specific try running it through an online translator to get the same meaning with a different word Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve The Cynic.3217 Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 > @"Danikat.8537" said: > Another potential drawback, at least on EU servers, is that a lot of players will automatically read and pronounce those characters differently because that's how they're read in languages which use them, so if you use voice chat you might find your character name keeps getting mispronounced. Whether that's a problem or not is up to you of course. Oh man, this. I play on the EU/French server in SWTOR, and for a long time my main was "Kylath". The name was created without really thinking about French pronunciation, and I think of the Y as sounding like "eye" and the TH as sounding like the TH in "thin". I joined a guild, and of course my guildies, French one and all, pronounced it in Discord as "Keelat"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firedragon.8953 Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 > @"Danikat.8537" said: > Another potential drawback, at least on EU servers, is that a lot of players will automatically read and pronounce those characters differently because that's how they're read in languages which use them, so if you use voice chat you might find your character name keeps getting mispronounced. Yeah, this is a thing and a good thing to consider as well. But, even the languages that use these marks pronounce the characters differently between them. But alas, this is the game of names. Even names written in the standard “English alphabet” are pronounced differently/wrongly by native English speakers due to abnormal readings and obscure spellings. Fantasy names definitely bring about some of the worst offenses of mispronunciation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einlanzer.1627 Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 > @"firedragon.8953" said: > > @"Danikat.8537" said: > > > Another potential drawback, at least on EU servers, is that a lot of players will automatically read and pronounce those characters differently because that's how they're read in languages which use them, so if you use voice chat you might find your character name keeps getting mispronounced. > > Yeah, this is a thing and a good thing to consider as well. But, even the languages that use these marks pronounce the characters differently between them. But alas, this is the game of names. Even names written in the standard “English alphabet” are pronounced differently/wrongly by native English speakers due to abnormal readings and obscure spellings. Fantasy names definitely bring about some of the worst offenses of mispronunciation. > > > I general I don't believe in being a language elitist, as language is fluid without hard rules that flow between regions and dialects, but I do definitely have some pet peeves about this. early on the game's development, they'd always pronounce it Golem as "gollum" in voiced dialogue which drove me crazy since it's really just taken from LotR when the correct pronunciation is "goh-lem". They've since corrected it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lethion.8745 Posted September 29, 2020 Author Share Posted September 29, 2020 Wow, so much comments on this. Thank you guys for the rephrase idea. I took 'Léthion' instead of 'Lethion' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keenedge.9675 Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 Or in the spirit of game roleplay, you can add 'of Gorewood' or 'the Beast' for example, and have the name you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amanda Whitemoon.6173 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 i have recently been making a few singlenamed names, i m getting creative with names as Deytla, Tusinsa and Yverai btw arent the names gamewide and not datacenterwide as someone said i mean there is no difference in being on EU or US its the same game database as you can switch between the 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inculpatus cedo.9234 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 > @"Amanda Whitemoon.6173" said: > i have recently been making a few singlenamed names, i m getting creative with names as Deytla, Tusinsa and Yverai > > btw arent the names gamewide and not datacenterwide as someone said i mean there is no difference in being on EU or US its the same game database as you can switch between the 2 Pretty sure everyone has said names are game-wide. The only 'exception' is the China version, which is a different game, actually. No mingling whatsoever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaralyna.3104 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 You already figured out your char name but you can also add last names for characters as we can use spaces or some descriptive like "the brave" , etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jokke.6239 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 > @"Lethion.8745" said: > Wow, so much comments on this. Thank you guys for the rephrase idea. I took 'Léthion' instead of 'Lethion' Cool name My main characters name is Lethawen :D (got it from Lord of the Rings Online's name generator, and have stuck with it since for female characters) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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