Jawbreaker Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 (edited) 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 Ask me about my City Of Heroes patch problem https://levelzeroems.com/search?q=City of Heroes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapnFreedom Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 (edited) 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jawbreaker Posted August 23, 2022 Author Share Posted August 23, 2022 Ok so I rolled 2 new toons with placeholder names, then used the rename character button and got my names back. Ask me about my City Of Heroes patch problem https://levelzeroems.com/search?q=City of Heroes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coyotedancer Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 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. Taker of screenshots. Player of creepy Oranbegans and Rularuu bird-things. Kai's Diary: The Scrapbook of a Sorcerer's Apprentice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
City Council Number Six Posted August 23, 2022 City Council Share Posted August 23, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bionic_Flea Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacBeighn Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parthenon Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 I'm experiencing this issue as well and the workaround is not working for me. Any alternate workaround or updates to this issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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