Old Character Names

[the_exiled311]

Hi everyone.  Old player from 2004-2012. Just downloaded the game today; can’t say how stoked I am to play CoH again.

 

My question is: were the old character name databases imported or did the names’ availability get reset? I’m hoping to recreate my old characters including their names. 

 

Thanks in advance. 

[Sakai]

You are starting from scratch my friend but the best part is you get to start all over again. 

 

Welcome home. 

[Doomguide2005]

Welcome home!

[Glacier Peak]

1 hour ago, the_exiled311 said:

Hi everyone.  Old player from 2004-2012. Just downloaded the game today; can’t say how stoked I am to play CoH again.

 

My question is: were the old character name databases imported or did the names’ availability get reset? I’m hoping to recreate my old characters including their names. 

 

Thanks in advance. 

Hey welcome! To answer your question, no, there were no transfers of character names from the old days. Availability of names has steadily dwindle(?) since April of last year, but if you're looking for something in particular, you can enter a command in to the chat tab to see who has the name you want (if it's already taken) otherwise, you can check during character creation. 

 

Edit: Does have the command? I'm not at my computer. 

Edited December 3, 2020 by Glacier Peak

[Player2]

1 hour ago, Glacier Peak said:

Edit: Does have the command? I'm not at my computer. 

/getglobalname charactername

[Greycat]

If you've already got a character up and running and get an idea or want to check if a name's available, you can also just /friend charactername while in game. Either they'll be added to your friends list (you can /unfriend later to get them off of it) or be told they're not available or don't exist. With the second message, the name's typically free.

[the_exiled311]

Thanks, everyone!

[Outrider_01]

And expecting a "release names" post in Suggestions soon, count down beginning now.

[Nerio72]

If you have your old CoH install you can use old costume files from there and also there's an info sheet that has all the character names you had (by server even!) the name of that file escapes me right now.

[Techwright]

Welcome home!

 

If you've not figured it out yet, the game is not static, and we recently had Issue 27 drop.  Might take some time to read the notes, as there were some notable changes to transportation, among a host of other new and revised material.