Name flag causing bug?

[Jawbreaker]

I had 2 names that I was going to use for the new Symphony control sets. I deleted the character to re-roll him and got the red X "name taken" warning. Tried it with the second character and got the same thing. Is this working as intended or is this a known bug? Or did the million-to-one shot happen and 2 other players rolled up characters with the exact same names I deleted at the exact time I deleted them?

Edit: I just went into the game with another character to try and /friend the two characters I deleted and got the " does not exist, is hidden, or is not online at the moment." message for both

Edited August 23, 2022 by Jawbreaker

[CapnFreedom]

Perhaps the names server is taking its time to release names. I had 3, same issue as you are describing. Rolled new toons, with hopes of getting the rename option soon (tm) for them.

Edited August 23, 2022 by CapnFreedom

[Jawbreaker]

Ok so I rolled 2 new toons with placeholder names, then used the rename character button and got my names back. 

[Coyotedancer]

I just had to do the same with Chujak, my vermillion phoenix on Everlasting. I deleted the placeholder and wasn't allowed to use the name when I tried to remake her Symphony version. I gave it about ten minutes, tried again, and the name still came up as unavailable.

 

Curiously, when I checked with @Laughingcrow (my secondary account-), the name was available immediately after I had deleted the original on @Coyotedancer both in the character creator and as a potential rename for an existing character. 

 

I solved the issue by creating the character, giving her a different name, and then immediately renaming her to Chujak. 

[Number Six]

It's not directly related to the name flag, but appears to be a bug caused by some additions to the name caching system. For now, a workaround is to create a character with a different name, then rename it to the name of the deleted character.

 

I've also seen some reports that ignoring the name checker and just creating the character anyway may work, but haven't tested that.

[Bionic_Flea]

The UI says that the name is taken, but if you keep going down the character creation clicks it should let you create the character with the "taken" name. . . . Unless it really is taken.

[MacBeighn]

Mine doesn't say it's Taken, it says its an Unsuitable name, whatever that means... is it the same problem? Or did we start policing the names?

[Parthenon]

I'm experiencing this issue as well and the workaround is not working for me. Any alternate workaround or updates to this issue?