"un-/who-able" names
 

has anyone noticed that there are quite a few player character names that you can't do a /who for? you see them on the list if you type /who in a zone, but you can't /who *name* them. you get the response that there is no player in EverQuest with that name, etc....

I believe this is caused when a player takes the name of a an existing NPC, but I am not sure...I think I recall that happening on live towards the end of my playing in 2004, but I am not sure.

Anyways, is there a way to fix it? It must be really annoying for folks that have these names or the people who are friends with them.

Yup.

/friend them

Yeah, /friend'ing seems to be the workaround. I noticed that with a guy named "Soul". I'm not sure why /who doesn't work with him, so I figured "Soul" is a reserved word for a zone, guild, or something.

"soul harvester" in plane of sky