Name aditions?

[Rasjel]

pls make some hiden numbers adding to names.
its so anyoing in nearly every only game its the same
i need 20+ atempts to get a name that is not already taken.
add a hidden 4 letter code to every charakter.
yeah then you can met someone wioth the same name but that nearly never happens.

[chaos915]

Roman numerals are the best you can do for now. They need to add support for numbers and special characters. Though your idea of unique tags sounds good, instead of every name being unique.

[Insanitor]

Originally posted by Rasjel:

yeah then you can met someone wioth the same name but that nearly never happens.

Except the fact that a lot of names are Taken, shows that it would happen. We'd have to keep track of Lars#1235, Lars#1233, Lars#1236, Lars#1578 etc. which would be confusing. Especially considering the Global chat includes EVERYONE.

Also should the number or code be unique for each character or the account? So everyone can see that "Oh it's just #1234 trolling again."

[PapaNuke]

Originally posted by chaos915:

Roman numerals are the best you can do for now. They need to add support for numbers and special characters. Though your idea of unique tags sounds good, instead of every name being unique.

Ya no they just need to make your authentication for cross play a part of character name so you can pick whatever the ♥♥♥♥ you want this is a really stupid thing not to have already.

[Kritty]

Originally posted by Rasjel:

pls make some hiden numbers adding to names.
its so anyoing in nearly every only game its the same
i need 20+ atempts to get a name that is not already taken.
add a hidden 4 letter code to every charakter.
yeah then you can met someone wioth the same name but that nearly never happens.

I was actually discussing this with some friends the other day - if they had done this from the start with PoE, it would probably be possible. At this point, though, with them using the same user database from PoE (otherwise they would not be able to easily migrate purchases), it's incredibly unlikely that they'll be able to make modifications to the database like changing how the names work.

[Hiroko]

I was logged in at every chance possible during the actual launch, and was already having a hard time getting names I wanted, including a couple names I have never seen anyone else use in any other game. (I play a TON of games, this is no small statement) As much as I hate identifier numbers, I think they need to do it (grayed out #1782 after the name), so we can have character names we want. Mind you, this is an issue a week into paid launch. Imagine how much worse it will be in full release when the game goes free to play.

Originally posted by Insanitor:

lso should the number or code be unique for each character or the account? So everyone can see that "Oh it's just #1234 trolling again."

account, in part for that very reason, but also the numbers wont need to be as long if people can't make 20 of the same character name on one account.

[Insanitor]

I've had people adding me as Friend, asking me to delete characters, because "I took their name." 😂