As it happens, i don’t like my Classic Wow lvl 50 undead rogues name but i can’t find any services where i could buy a char name change and re-rolling is not an option of course.
I made a ticked on this topic and the answer i got is this :
“I do appreciate this will be a disappointing answer, but please do consider submitting feedback, requesting that this service becomes available. If players do not ask for it, the Developers (who aren’t mind readers, despite the rest of their skills) don’t know that it’s a wanted service. Just pop a post on the forums, and hopefully it will result in the service being offered at some point in the future :)”
So to everyone out there who would like this service in the future…LETS MAKE IT HAPPEN!
Since this is not a game breaking change and it will be a source of income to the company, hopefully the Devs will see that this is a wanted service and it will be added.
Lets make our names great again!
EDIT1:
To everyone who are against it, i hear your concerns, but as some here already pointed out there are many ways to do it right:
Let people see your previous names when they for exaple inspect you in-game or in the armory.
Let there be a long cooldown on the name change.
If you have put a toxic ninja into your ignore list and he changes his name then he still remains there.
Make char name change available limited times. E.g max times you can change your char name would be 3 times.
Plus there are plenty ways for you to avoid toxic ninjas to abuse name changing. Put them into ignore and add a note why he is in there etc.
If you think about it, then you see it really cant be that abusive when made right.
Ovbiously i would be against it aswell if you just could change your name infinite times without any trace of doing so. That would be insane to let in the game.
So what you mean is when lets say a “ninja” becomes too famous he can simply change his name and start over? I can see this as a problem of course but other decent players shouldn’t suffer because of this. This is a very niche thing to happen and to be honest if some players only pug then ninjaing is already a factor they need to consider.
Hopefully the devs are smart enough to not do something purely because it makes them money. It is a detrimental service for a game like classic wow, I’d very much like them not to implement it.
NO … People need to take responsibility for their words and actions ingame - so no name changing please … MIght as well return to the faceless horde of players you never interact with in retail then …
wow you guys really think that character name change will hurt classic wow? its not a new thing to be added to games, hello? what makes this game so special that char name change is a detrimental service for a game like classic wow xD
Paid name changes and appearance changes will come. It makes economic sense, helps players out and doesn’t affect gameplay.
The only argument against it is server reputation. But firstly, if this was limited to once/6 months would people abuse it just for a ninja loot?
Secondly, server reputation barely matters anyway. I’ve encountered lots of ninja looters and they haven’t had any repercussions.
A better solution would be for blizzard to invest some of the money from these services into tackling cheaters.
The positives far outweight the negatives, and if it wasn’t for the loud cavemen crying ‘no changes’ this would already be in the game by now. It will be in the game at some point because there is a lot of demand for it, and no one is quitting over someone else changing their name or haircut. The financial incentive is there. The incentive make players happy is there. And the risk is minimal. It’s a no-brainer and I expect it will be here within 2 years once activi$ion notices the demand for it.
Agreed. Decent players shouldn’t suffer because of ninjas. There are MANY problems to do with ninjas and name changing is not going to stop or encourage them. There are many other ways that ninjas should be tackled, and also a lot of solutions to ninja looters. Make the service a 3 month cooldown. Make it so when you ignore a player, after they change their name they are still on your ignore list as that new name.
One small problem, which players THEMSELVES do not do enough to tackle against, should not prevent an important and in-demand feature coming into the game. This is 2019 not 2004.
Players should do more to tackle ninja looters. Don’t scoff your head when someone’s boe blue gets ninja looter just because you didn’t need it. Put that ninja looter on your ignore list. A name change won’t circumnavigate a long term collection of being put on people’s ignore lists. You’ll eventually have no one to play with because you’ll be on everyone’s ignore list.
There are many more effective solutions to ninja looters that none of y’all are even bothering to do. Name changes and appearance changes don’t need to be effected just because of that one small thing.
Just because you don’t want race change doesn’t mean name changes or appearance change services shouldn’t be in the game. This game is played by millions and there is demand for the service. I have no doubt it would be healthy for classic if introduced in the right way.
That is a not too unimportant contradiction you got there.
Yes, if anything its proven that people will take any advantage they can get.
Ninja looting doesn’t build a massive negative rep after one or more incidents. You’d have to be a very frequent ninja looter if you’d want your name to become household.
Ninja looting isn’t really cheating the game though.
You can’t replicate something by changing it. And seeing as that the developers themselves are of the “nochanges” persuasion themselves you just called them “cavemen”.
Don’t be so sure. Classic is a static representation, not a progressing new game.
