Family name pointless ?

[Soulburn]

Hello, i bought the game and it took me about 20 minutes to get a family name that isn't taken ...
After creating a Charakter i had the next problem. A First Name that is also not taken ! Why the hell do i have to create a family name AND a first name that isn't taken ? Totaly crap.
Family name should be more then enough.

[adriancz]

heyho sehe bist Deustcher :) also familien name haben alle deine chars also dmait man weisst das dieser mensch die spielt und charakter halt allgemein dmait leuten wissen mit wlehcer klasse oder levle char du unterwegs bist :)

[Soulburn]

Hi, darum geht es mir gar nicht. Es ist einfach extrem nervend wenn der Name vergeben ist und man nichts findet. Beim Familiennamen verstehe ich es noch, da er einzigartig auf dem Server ist. Aber nicht beim Vornamen welcher dann zum Familiennamen gehört.

[AlnilamE]

Because some actions are logged by Character name.
So for example, if someone PKs you your guild will get a message that says "(Your Character) was forcefully slaughtered by (Their Character)"
And Character name is also used at the Mysterious Stranger to track players. So if more than one person has the same character name, they could have an entire guild hunting them down for something someone else did.

It is annoying, for sure. I just made a new character this week, and I'm going into very obscure names at the moment. But it is what it is.

[Smaxx]

It's just a stupid naming/translation thing. Your "Family Name" is pretty much just a different in-character name for what's otherwise your account or nick name in other games. It has nothing to do with your actual character's name or first name.

[Kai]

They should've stuck to a realistic naming system like in the older roleplaying MMO styles, where you have to use a preset name for family name, with a semi-custom but realistic character name.

Mainly the importantance of a second name is so two accounts having the same character name doesn't conflict.

The reason why I mean that a preset family name would work is that you can utilize this for further game lore and mechanics, like being able to set a 'family' relationship between players, similar to races or factions.

For instance a character can be of a Noble lineage in a human race, or a 'Villager' or a 'Sailor' or 'Pirate' lineage...

But for games with gender locked visuals and stuff, the customization for RP and lore is severely limited.

We won't ever see new AAA titles designed with RP and actually lore in mind, they mostly cater to the graphic ♥♥♥♥♥♥ and flash gameplay hyped players.

[Perquisitore]

Actually I like this. Now my characters, each one of them, have a name but at the same time everyone knows how is the player's nickname.
My "family name" is just Perquisitore.

[Smaxx]

Originally posted by Kai:

We won't ever see new AAA titles designed with RP and actually lore in mind, they mostly cater to the graphic ♥♥♥♥♥♥ and flash gameplay hyped players.

Elder Scrolls Online. :) Seriously, if you enjoyed Skyrim and Oblivion, give it a spin. There are a few differences for it being a MMO, but it's now more Elder Scrolls than ever – and there are people role playing in many taverns all day around. Plus it's dirt cheap when on sale. (You just have to jump that potential preoccupation many have from back at release and/or rumors.)

[Vorshin]

I should get back into ESO myself. Have not played for over 2yrs BUT i have purchased all teh DLC's ECEPT the 2 that are just dungeon DLC's (2 new dungeons for each of them giving another 4 dungeons) did not buy those as i remember how bloody hard it was to find a group to do any dungeons, decided would have been a waste of money purchasing those 2 DLC's and any new ones like that. However all the other DLC's i have bought.

[Des]

Originally posted by Kai:

They should've stuck to a realistic naming system like in the older roleplaying MMO styles, where you have to use a preset name for family name, with a semi-custom but realistic character name.

Mainly the importantance of a second name is so two accounts having the same character name doesn't conflict.

The reason why I mean that a preset family name would work is that you can utilize this for further game lore and mechanics, like being able to set a 'family' relationship between players, similar to races or factions.

For instance a character can be of a Noble lineage in a human race, or a 'Villager' or a 'Sailor' or 'Pirate' lineage...

But for games with gender locked visuals and stuff, the customization for RP and lore is severely limited.

We won't ever see new AAA titles designed with RP and actually lore in mind, they mostly cater to the graphic ♥♥♥♥♥♥ and flash gameplay hyped players.

You obviously never played Tera the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ loli and prostitute infested MMO, atleast here the genderlocks actually make sense, bezerkers and warriors are male while archers and valkyries, tamers are female which kinda fits (unless your planning to make a trap/gay character then thats your own fault)

In Tera, ONLY LOLIS CAN BE REAPERS....why???
Stupid greedy devs thats why

[Mark F. Smith]

If anything, PA should lift the retarded "hurhur no doubles in consec. order dur" rule.