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Originally Posted by Pheer
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maybe because youre playing a game
"because it ruins my roleplay fantasies/immersion" isnt a good reason to force people to name change in my opinion
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Of course its a game. Perhaps you missed the wider point that what made EQ so great was that it felt like you were in another world, and not just a game, something that WoW and other MMORPGs haven't been able to capture. Part of this was the strict content control created by the original developers, and part of that was in having quality control on the name creation process. Not a lot of people liked the naming policies, just like not a lot of people liked to travel for hours from one end to the other, or the harsh xp penalties. But the EQ developers didn't care about whether you were happy with any of those things, it was their world and you were in it.
Also, it is somewhat uncharitable for you to phrase my point as one about my own immersion. I simply provided my own view as to why the policies served some good, but that is not necessarily relevant. The real crux of my point is that since this is a server that wants to provide a similar experience to the classic game, then it should adhere to the original policies of the game - which is as important as any other mechanic of the game.
At any rate, I am suggesting that if people want to play in a server that closely emulates classic EQ, part of that is adhering to the naming policies. This is something that at this point in time hasn't been enforced in this server, and it would simply be up to the players themselves to adhere to.