Anyone know VR's position on naming? Hoping it isn't single-word bound or anything severely limiting. I've already made a pledge and considering making a few more; got me thinking about name reservation and what not. You think names would be wide open other than a character limit or what?
There has been a ton of discussion recently on Reddit about this topic. Lots of opinions about name filters, first name only, first and last name required at creation, last name optional, server transfers, server consolidation, thematic consistency, and more.
While there is a "Main Character's Name" field on "My Profile" here on the forums, I've never seen it confirmed by VR that field has anything to do with the name reservation pledge perk.
Presuming it doesn't, then there's been no information released other than apparently there will be a slight head start whereby customers who have this name reservation perk will get access to create their characters "early" or reserve their names in some fashion "early", iirc.
There can be... well, historically, with any crowd funded game with perks, there are potential schedules of implementation for these types of things, and they don't always make everyone happy. :)
What I mean by that is, in Shroud, for example, peoples pledge value determined who received their perks first.
In some cases, the more you pledged, the earlier you gained access to use the perk, with ALL the customers who had that perk. So, fair warning, that may be the case here for name reservations.
I only mention this because it's possible something similar may be implemented here, for some of the perks mentioned so far.
I hope not to see account names and the mess that follows that above people's heads. I also hope we get our singular names so people may easily /tell you in a reply and because I can't stand seeing 500 Legolas'. At least with a strict policy, you only have maybe 5-10 due to the possible variations of spelling of the name. As for the Surname, I think it would be interesting if they brought back the level 20 to obtain your surname. Where the surname doesn't have the same contraints and anyone can have the same surname as long as the first name is different, so there's no need to rush to obtain it.
It is an interesting topic though and one we are eagerly awaiting their official response on. However, something like that is likely going to be answered concretely by late Alpha or possibly into Beta. I could be wrong however.
I think we can all agree though in that we don't want to see Pu55ySl4yer6969 in the game.
I'm having trouble with my browser, have only just been able to reply now. I would have searched for posts or threads but couldn't, but thanks all