[A Question from The Homecoming Team]

1 hour ago, EggKookoo said:

 

For me a name is paramount. I won't create a character unless I have a name. Powers are just powers...

Names are really important to me, too.  That's why I spend an hour trying to find something I think is good, which isn't taken, rather than just enter something random or "ill-rad 123" (btw that's the CoH equivalent of your xxDrizztxx - you haven't solved that problem by enforcing uniqueness, you've just made a lot of people give up and use bogus names; it's just as immersion-breaking.)

 

I just don't particularly care if someone *else* is using the same name.  

 

This discussion is probably off-topic for the thread, though.

[A Question from The Homecoming Team]

1 hour ago, EggKookoo said:

/JRanger

Instead, we should have more characters per name. Not that it's particularly tight now, but more would be nice. CoH is all about your character being unique. Your name should be no exception. If you want an MMO where you're not asked to use your creative juices when making another xXxDriztxXx, WoW is hanging out somewhere.

 

 I just don't enjoy spending 1 hour on each character trying all kinds of different stuff to find that one that isn't taken.  I don't care if someone's got a level 1 alt gathering dust with the same name.  We have global handles to tell people apart.  (And no, I don't pick common names from well-known IPs, nice assumption there, though.)

[A Question from The Homecoming Team]

Non-exclusive character names.