Introducing Project 1999: Green

[snflanigan]

Originally Posted by KOOLLAYD [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I don't think a character purge is the answer mate. Had I came back and found my characters and stuff gone I would not have played. Them not doing that kind of crap is exactly one of the main reasons I play here. Loosing some of my toons in the first server merge on EQ Live is what made me quit that game on the spot in the first place years ago. I didn't hardly touch the game after that for the better part of a decade or more because of it. Nobody grinds to loose their progress. That being said I would say something more along the lines of names on inactive accounts for like 6 months to no longer then a year if you have not logged in should become available on the new server. Other MMO's have done this and I think it's an excellent solution for it so that nobody looses and everybody wins. Problem solved. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Also aside from them being complete total and utter morons and messing things up and not fixing them back during server merges they have never intentionally purged characters on EQ Live that I have ever seen. That's only ever happened purposely or otherwise when servers have been merged together. And again one of the very main reasons I dropped them like a bad habit. lol I just recently logged in to EQ Live to see some of the changes out of pure curiosity. My toons that remained untouched on Firiona Vie are still there. Granted I quit for a over a decade so I got to ask what purge practice on EQ Live are you referring to mate? Because the only toons I had that survived the merge because they were on a specialized server are still there surprisingly and well alive and kicking. Lmao!!!! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I probably should have worded that better. By purge, I meant what you are describing by having inactive accounts lose naming rights. I would honestly be cool with the inactive period being longer, too. Something like 2-3 years. There's a lot of names being held up by people who probably have not played for a much longer period than that even. I added about 6 names I wanted to my friend list back when I started at the end of 2012 and I only ever saw one of them pop online and he's still active. 5/6 are just dead character names.

[Demoraliser]

Originally Posted by snflanigan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This is kind of a bummer. Part of the appeal to me for the Green Server was a shot at STEALING names I wasn't able to before.

[KOOLLAYD]

Originally Posted by Demoraliser [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Originally Posted by snflanigan View Post
This is kind of a bummer. Part of the appeal to me for the Green Server was a shot at STEALING names I wasn't able to before.

That isn't always the case mate and you shouldn't assumed that either. I've had people use some of my character names before when I have joined a game. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Jadian]

Originally Posted by KOOLLAYD [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

That isn't always the case mate and you shouldn't assumed that either. I've had people use some of my character names before when I have joined a game. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

By definition those aren't your characters names then, they are theirs.

[derjen]

Ty, Nilbog!

[BlackBellamy]

Will I get my name? Will I not get my name? Will I settle for my second choice? Will I get my third? Will I have to surround my name with Xs? Will this be the time I find myself a new name? What if I just insert this extra letter, still kinda like my name? Should I spell it phonetically? Maybe in another language? What if I run into the guy who took my name, should I train him? Make him an offer? And then train him anyway? Should I put "Real" in front of my name? Is there anything I can do? Nilbog, Did you get my PayPal donation? Did you see my account and character names in the comment field?

Name drama.

[Gustoo]

Theres probably like 10,000 names on blue 99 that have not been logged in for 8 years and are level 1 toons.

I think it would be pretty fair to nuke the full naked level 1 name camping toons to make green have some name options.

IIRC live did do something along the lines of deleting unplayed toons.

[Lojik]

Originally Posted by Gustoo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Theres probably like 10,000 names on blue 99 that have not been logged in for 8 years and are level 1 toons.

I think it would be pretty fair to nuke the full naked level 1 name camping toons to make green have some name options.

IIRC live did do something along the lines of deleting unplayed toons.

Yeah I think if you want to claim a name at least take 10 minutes to get it to level 2.

[Nuggie]

Originally Posted by Gustoo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Theres probably like 10,000 names on blue 99 that have not been logged in for 8 years and are level 1 toons.

I think it would be pretty fair to nuke the full naked level 1 name camping toons to make green have some name options.

IIRC live did do something along the lines of deleting unplayed toons.

I think rogean did a wipe of under some level got wiped in a similar fashion once already.

[honeybee12874]

Originally Posted by Gustoo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Theres probably like 10,000 names on blue 99 that have not been logged in for 8 years and are level 1 toons.

I think it would be pretty fair to nuke the full naked level 1 name camping toons to make green have some name options.

IIRC live did do something along the lines of deleting unplayed toons.

This sounds pretty fair to me, I think what I would do is first look at the player's account and see if they've played in the last 5 years or so. If yes, leave the account alone. If not, take a look at the characters on the account. If any of them are naked and Level 1, I would add an "_X" or something to the end of the name (that way, no characters are actually deleted, but the names are still freed up). I think that's a pretty fair compromise.