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Gameplay => Wish list => Topic started by: Zeraph on May 02, 2004, 03:24:10 am
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I hate it when you try to Sign Up for a game & ALL the good names are taken, most of which have not been active in game for over a year?
I think there should be a inactive deletion of the users have not used the character in more then 6-12 months, this will save server space & also make an opportunity to get a really nice name! I am just tired of seeing names like ?Ilikecake1283? & would rather like to choose a name that hasn?t been used in a year & is really good! Maybe later we can have a ?Confiscated Items Market? run by NPC?s that sells the items that the inactives will not be using anymore for a reduced price! & Maybe randomly distribute there money around the game, or give it to Animals for an extra bones in battle?
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The whole database will be wiped with the release of CB, and then there will be stricter moderation for names (no more sw33t ch33cks). But all the crystals of each account will be transfered to the new account, so we cant delete any of em now...
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Originally posted by Icefalcon
But all the crystals of each account will be transfered to the new account, so we cant delete any of em now...
They can be. But only if you choose to do it yourself. It\'s not something that will automatically happen to everyone who reserves their name.
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well i hope that i can keep my name in the next release i would be some cranky if someone stole my ingame name :D
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Then some n00b takes a previously well-known members name and confusion ensues.
Somebody you don\'t know ends up on your friends list.
Old members can\'t return to the game, there character is deleted and their name very likely taken.
Be creative. I have several names that are never taken. The current system works fine. Quit whining.
As for server space... that\'s stupid.
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How does that work? If all accounts are wiped how do I transfer stuff to my new account? Is it going to be a form on a webpage or something?
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i dont know exactly how that will go, but if you have trouble finding names, there should be a post arround the newbie forum if i was correct with links to sites that generate fantasy names.
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I spent a few hours reading the CVS yesterday ( Yeah, was really bored ) and I\'m sure I spotted something about random name generation built in the character creation screen. ( I assume I can say things like this seeing as the CVS is open for all to read anyway... )
I too would also like to know how to reserve names. I guess this isn\'t possible yet, but I hope when it comes available we will be told. Not that I have many crystals to transfer! But that one diamond of mine... it took me so long to find I just can\'t let go... :D
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Originally posted by Shariom
How does that work? If all accounts are wiped how do I transfer stuff to my new account? Is it going to be a form on a webpage or something?
Yes there will be something like that...
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the way I spell my handle is pretty unique, the only time I\'ve ran into a situation where someone had my name was when I was boarding for Asherons call 2, then on release day, someone I knew stole it.
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When is it we will be able to start reserving names and guild names??
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I hope my name Toadhead will be allowed :/
I use it everywere :D
Btw I don\'t like the auto account deletion.. what if you don\'t play the game for a few months becuase ur on a big vacation or saomething.. :/
Than the delay needs to be something like 6 months or something, a 1/2 year, that would be good :)
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Ya, I think the delay needs to be about 6 months or more, I think 1 year is just about right. I don?t think that anyone will be on vacation for more then 6 months, & if they do not login by then they are probably not interested in playing. I would go for 1 year just to make sure the user is not interested in the game anymore, a year is a long time?.
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Nah, 6 months should be plenty... if you go on vacation for that long give one of your trusted friends your password and get them to log in for you once or twice....
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actually I think the idea is a pretty rotten idea...
think about it this way, what happens if you play for a long time, get known on the server, you have built up friendships, then lose your internet connection for whatever reason... you finally get back on, and BAM, you\'ve lost your name. someone out there has been posing as you or whatever. you want to have your old social life, but now you have to convince everyone you knew that the other guy wasn\'t you, they don\'t know you didn\'t decide to be a jacka$$ and make all this up, and can\'t decide whether or not to trust you...
that would suck pretty bad
I\'ve lost my connection for long periods of time before, hell, I just went through nearly a year without a computer of my own.
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I doubt that you would still have a good reputation after a year, & maybe if in the future we have account logins connected with the forum & or site, then you could login from any computer (like one from a library if that is available), or just use a friends?
This is why a year is good, besides if you are that well known then you could have a friend login & change the password later (if we can change password in the future?)
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Most friends of me don\'t have PS, and they don\'t want to download a 200 MB game just for signing up once and than uninstall the whole game (most friends of me don\'t have ADSL or have a data limit so they need to pay a fee when they download too much)
I guess 1 year won\'t be a bad idea.. if you just want to stop for a period and want to start again later.. than it would suck to do everything again. But thats my opinion.
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Why dont base it on time already played? I mean if played a month there isnt as much to preserve as if you played a year.
For example set minimumprotected time at 3 months. If you played longer than 3 months your char/name is preserved for two times the time you already played, till a max of 18 months. You can the change the multiplier,if you think thats too short, but you get the idea. Potentially more famous , more personalized names are reserved longer.
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Why dont base it on time already played? I mean if played a month there isnt as much to preserve as if you played a year.
For example set minimumprotected time at 3 months. If you played longer than 3 months your char/name is preserved for two times the time you already played, till a max of 18 months. You can the change the multiplier,if you think thats too short, but you get the idea. Potentially more famous , more personalized names are reserved longer.
Yeah I like that.
Played less than a week: If youre not active for 1 month your account will be deleted.
Played for a month: Your account will be deleted when you haven\'t played for 2 months
Played for 3 months: You\'re account will be deleted when you haven\'t played for 6 months
Played for longer than 5 months: You\'re account will be deleted when you didn\'t played for 12 months (1 year)
Played longer than a year: You\'re account will be deleted if you haven\'t played the game within 2 years
This will be the maximum.. even if you have played 1 year (whats quite much and your character would probably one the the most faired players of the game), when you don\'t signin in your account in that 2 years you probably totaly lost your interest in the game!
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I\'d only think this was a good idea if you had the option of contacting the devs to let them know if you were unable to get online so they could preserve your account in extreme cases. the reason I was offline so long was we had no cashflow coming into the household and ended up moving in with my parents. Now, we\'re livin on student loans.
off of that last system, my character on AC would have been deleted about four months ago, but I\'m still pretty well thought of in my monarchy. I get talk to the closest of my friends there every now and then. other than missing me, my absense there is no big deal, they know what is going on and they are very understanding about it. heh, they know I\'ll be back when I get a credit card. I would like to think the community here would be the same way if I dissapeared. understand that people have real world problems and think only kindly of me.
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Ive played for a month, then are in a car accident and end up in hospital for quite a long time.
Or I go overseas for a year or so.
Not a fan at all.
Someone has already stolen the name I usually use in MMO games. So if this one was stolen id be pretty cut.
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see, exactly my point man. it might not be fair that you get in late and don\'t get a good name, but this system isn\'t fair to those who have been in from the beginning and have real world problems.
just because a person hasn\'t been around for a long time does NOT mean that they have no interest in the game.
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I think you should maybe in the future be able to login to your account on the internet from anywhere, like attached to your forum name, if you don?t login to the forum in a year then you are inactive, something like that?.
Yes it may not mean if you lost interest in the game, but for that long without a internet opportunity, um, rare occasion with unusual circumstance I would think?
What about people that dl the client & create a character once with a good name, then decide ?This isn?t worth playing? & never logs in again? or forgets the password, & never logs in again. That would be worthless data on the server & maybe someone might like the name in a year? this is what I was thinking about with this whole idea?
Wouldn?t you like to have the name you want Cirque?
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1) We\'re in MB. As nice as it is, there isn\'t much to do. I personally do not plan on logging in again until CB comes out. Which could take more than two years 8)
2) When CB comes out we\'ll be able to reserve names. This means that all the players who logged into MB once in the early days with an Uber-cool nick and then decided this isn\'t worth playing and left are...welll...gone. They won\'t be able to reserve that Uber-cool name.
3) If a guy \"stole\" the name you usually use on MMOGs and he\'s still active, why complain? \'Tis his by rights.
So basically you\'re arguing for the CB newbs. I say: Not our problem, let them argue about it 8)
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Originally posted by karakth
So basically you\'re arguing for the CB newbs. I say: Not our problem, let them argue about it 8)
I strongly disagree with that statement.
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Yeah yeah ok. Let\'s figure out a way to help the newbs.
What about an e-mail syatem? I.e. If you\'re absent for you get an automated e-mail saying your character will be deleted in a month if you don\'t reply. Then you have a month to reply to the e-mail. If the server recieves an e-mail from you, it will keep your character stored for another (six) months.
Also players should have a vacation (limbo) mode where they can store their character indefinitely.
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Originally posted by karakth
What about an e-mail syatem? I.e. If you\'re absent for you get an automated e-mail saying your character will be deleted in a month if you don\'t reply. Then you have a month to reply to the e-mail. If the server recieves an e-mail from you, it will keep your character stored for another (six) months.
I was just about to chime in with that- the thing is, starting with CB your username will be tied to an email address. They need that to tell you your password if you forget it and other important stuffs. It would also be easy for them to send you an email if you haven\'t logged in in say... a month. If you don\'t respond to that in a month, they could make you as idle, and then fianlly reclaim your name. I don\'t think waiting 6 moths is a good idea however, cause that would make it too easy to squat over important names, maybe one a week till you go in game again. And maybe there would be some way for other people to request your name if you have been idle for too long, you\'d still have your charactor, but you\'d have to change your name perhaps.
Anouther possibleity is that they could let everyone us any name they\'d like- then jsut wait for people to realize that they are the 100\'th person in game with a name ripped form Final Fantasy. I think they\'d go begging to have their name changed after that. :D
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That\'s not a bad idea...Each person gets an original username, but character names can be shared.
After all, isn\'t that more realistic?
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Well thats realistic...but ingame you can create a character that is an exact copy of somebody elses character. Then you can have lots of fun pretending you are somebody your not...
Imagine if I would create a new char and call myself Karakth...I could ruin your reputation in a matter of seconds (no offense)
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Originally posted by TheRedMonk
Well thats realistic...but ingame you can create a character that is an exact copy of somebody elses character. Then you can have lots of fun pretending you are somebody your not...
Imagine if I would create a new char and call myself Karakth...I could ruin your reputation in a matter of seconds (no offense)
Well, it wouldn\'t be all that easy- you\'d have to not only get exactly the same appearance, but also the same equipment, and considering that everyone will be labeled with their guild... not to say taht someone couldn\'t fake all that if they were motivated. more likely, they would try to smear your anme in chats, so there would have to be some mention of what account each person in a chat is using. I think the devs could do it- if they weren\'t already busy making a great game. :D
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Originally posted by TheRedMonk
Imagine if I would create a new char and call myself Karakth...I could ruin your reputation in a matter of seconds (no offense)
That\'s not offensive, because you\'re assuming I have a reputation =)
Hmm what about being able to check what username a character belongs to?
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I had an idea once, that you\'re character doesn\'t have an official name. Friends lists can use usernames instead of char names. You\'re name is whatever you tell people to call you. This is more realistic and allows you more freedom in name choosing and the ability to use aliases. I think it would make the game more interesting, more different, and more fun.
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I think the idea of having chars with the same name is good, but we would have to have a thing in chat that maybe you can click a name & then it will show you the username, this would be good for ignore, lets say someone just wants to bother you for the fun of it, you hit ignore & they login to another char & start it up again. With this way you can just ignore the user name & all chars included with it, It probably will be treated as something of a last name for chars maybe?
& maybe a way to leagaly change a first name in-game (if you doen\'t like to many people with your first name)
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if someone is inactive they should just be deleted from all highscore boards and guilds so you dont get those power gamers that had every stat maxed and played for 1 year then quit.
toadhead, im sure barbaric names like that would be allowed
flame foot, stone shadow, dances in ice are just a few names i have seen in strict role playing mmorpgs before
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Oh ya, I hope we can choose names with spaces in them next & or @ lease the same first name like stated above release?
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I\'m all for the surname system myself. That way people can share first names, but not be allowed the exact same full name. Much more freedom, and lessens the chance of having to check up on whether a username has been abandoned or not.
It looks like there are surnames in CB, but I don\'t know if they are keeping it unique first names only. But it would be pretty pointless to include surnames if the first name has to be unique though...
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But I think it shouldn\'t simply display the whole name above your head. People shouldn\'t know your name without asking.
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Yep, I agree with that Davis, very much so. Better for roleplaying in general I think. Anyway this is going slightly off topic :) The names thing has been discussed here (http://www.planeshift3d.com/wbboard/thread.php?threadid=2087&boardid=11) for anyone who hasn\'t seen it.
As for the original question - auto-delete characters? I like the idea of the longer you have played the longer you get to reserve you name. Especially with this email/username deal. I think that would be an excellent all round solution.