Gat-720 Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 So I just played City of Heroes for the first time in my life and I had a great time. I did has some minor issues like the lack of music when just roaming around and NPC's being a little quirky (trying to walk through walls or walking around furniture) but if there's one thing I really wanted to change is how naming your characters work. I was recreating a character I made in Champions Online but when I typed the name in CoH it told me the name is already used and I was so disappointed and tried to compromise. I finally did it but I just wish I didn't have to go through that hassle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biostem Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 You can use a single period, hyphen, or apostrophe to mix things up a bit. I also like to use rhymezone.com and thesaurus.com if I am having a difficult time coming up with a name. You can also replace a capital i with a lower case L or an o with a zero. I tend to follow the "necessity is the mother of invention" type of approach when it comes to character naming... 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudra Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 In Champions Online, your global chat handle is part of your character name, so as long as you don't try to have the same name on 2 or more of your own characters, you will never run into a name taken situation. (However, you can run into situations where everyone on your 5-person team has the same name, though I've only seen up to triplicated names there.) In City of Heroes, your global chat handle is not part of your character name. This makes it much simpler to send each other messages, but it also means only 1 character per server can have a specific name version. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Player2 Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 I'm playing with naming stuff all the time, and often leaving my leftovers in the server specific Name Release threads when I'm done. What name were you trying to get? Maybe I can help, because it's never too late to use the rename feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gat-720 Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 On 2/29/2024 at 1:54 PM, Player2 said: I'm playing with naming stuff all the time, and often leaving my leftovers in the server specific Name Release threads when I'm done. What name were you trying to get? Maybe I can help, because it's never too late to use the rename feature. I was trying the name Crimson Knight, I've also tried Red Knight but that didn't work either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gat-720 Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 On 2/28/2024 at 7:17 PM, biostem said: You can use a single period, hyphen, or apostrophe to mix things up a bit. I also like to use rhymezone.com and thesaurus.com if I am having a difficult time coming up with a name. You can also replace a capital i with a lower case L or an o with a zero. I tend to follow the "necessity is the mother of invention" type of approach when it comes to character naming... I didn't think of that. Maybe I'll give it a try. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gat-720 Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 On 2/28/2024 at 7:25 PM, Rudra said: In Champions Online, your global chat handle is part of your character name, so as long as you don't try to have the same name on 2 or more of your own characters, you will never run into a name taken situation. (However, you can run into situations where everyone on your 5-person team has the same name, though I've only seen up to triplicated names there.) In City of Heroes, your global chat handle is not part of your character name. This makes it much simpler to send each other messages, but it also means only 1 character per server can have a specific name version. That's actually interesting, that might explain why other games does that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fabulous Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Unfortunately due to name hoarders the chances are slim you'll get anything close to what you want unless you're being very creative. 1 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gat-720 Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 2 minutes ago, Captain Fabulous said: Unfortunately due to name hoarders the chances are slim you'll get anything close to what you want unless you're being very creative. Yeah, might be wishful thinking but I'm hoping one day something can be done about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fabulous Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 5 minutes ago, Gat-720 said: Yeah, might be wishful thinking but I'm hoping one day something can be done about that. We've been begging for a solution since 2004. Unlikely anything meaningful is going to be done about it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Random Robot Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Non-unique names was the best thing Champions did, having it here would be a dream come true. 1 "Minimal FX Everything!" I love this game. I'm eternally grateful that it was brought back. "It's not enough that I win, somebody else has to lose" is not the attitude of a Hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biostem Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 I'm just imaging some up-and-coming mutant in the marvel Universe, whose mutation is actually to have 1 eye in the middle of their head, being pissed that "Cyclops" is already taken... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glacier Peak Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 (edited) Another color of red and Knight? Try these Edited March 1 by Glacier Peak 2 1 I lead weekly Indom Badge Runs / A newer giant monster guide by Glacier Peak / A tour of Pocket D easter eggs! / Arena All-Star Accolade Guide! Best Post Ever.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudra Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 2 minutes ago, Glacier Peak said: Another color of red and Knight? Try these As of this posting's time, at least on Everlasting, Maroon Knight, Rouge Knight, and Vermillion Knight are confirmed available. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Random Robot Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 22 minutes ago, biostem said: I'm just imaging some up-and-coming mutant in the marvel Universe, whose mutation is actually to have 1 eye in the middle of their head, being pissed that "Cyclops" is already taken... "BUT HE HAS TWO EYES! THIS IS BS!" 1 "Minimal FX Everything!" I love this game. I'm eternally grateful that it was brought back. "It's not enough that I win, somebody else has to lose" is not the attitude of a Hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaericzero Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 (edited) Posting this classic based on relevance. Edited March 2 by megaericzero typo 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaigai Sticky Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Ah thought this thread was about slightly increasing how many letters can go in the name bar, I had 2 names that were great but each one was one letter off from the "This name is not suitable blah blah blah" I also really want where you can do something like this: Tommy "Silverfoot" Jones. I seen some Family named like this, and had some concepts. So that would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golstat2003 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 1 minute ago, Kaigai Sticky said: Ah thought this thread was about slightly increasing how many letters can go in the name bar, I had 2 names that were great but each one was one letter off from the "This name is not suitable blah blah blah" I also really want where you can do something like this: Tommy "Silverfoot" Jones. I seen some Family named like this, and had some concepts. So that would be nice. Adding maybe 5 more characters to how long a name can be would be nice indeed. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fabulous Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 On 3/1/2024 at 11:15 PM, Clave Dark 5 said: Uh, wat To what end, for what reason? I'm not a sociologist so I can't explain the pathology behind it, but there are people in this game that have made hundreds, if not thousands of characters for no other purpose than to lock up popular names, simply because they can. They derive some sort of perverse pleasure from knowing they have something other people want that no one else can have. There is one here in the forums who openly boasts about not only doing this, but also powerleveling them all to 50 so they are immune to the name release policy, should it ever be implemented. I wish I was making this up, and that people like this didn't exist, but here we are. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clave Dark 5 Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 1 hour ago, Captain Fabulous said: I'm not a sociologist so I can't explain the pathology behind it, but there are people in this game that have made hundreds, if not thousands of characters for no other purpose than to lock up popular names, simply because they can. They derive some sort of perverse pleasure from knowing they have something other people want that no one else can have. There is one here in the forums who openly boasts about not only doing this, but also powerleveling them all to 50 so they are immune to the name release policy, should it ever be implemented. I wish I was making this up, and that people like this didn't exist, but here we are. Not to sound too flip about this, but citation needed. And that one saying they're doing so doesn't hold too much water, it's easier to troll the forums than spend the time doing that. Heck, why not report such a person too? I'm just not convinced, sorry. 1 1 Tim "Black Scorpion" Sweeney: Matt (Posi) used to say that players would find the shortest path to the rewards even if it was a completely terrible play experience that would push them away from the game... ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ Clave's Sure-Fire Secrets to Enjoying City Of Heroes Ignore those farming chores, skip your market homework, play any power sets that you want, and ignore anyone who says otherwise. This game isn't hard work, it's easy! Go have fun! ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biostem Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 On 3/1/2024 at 11:58 PM, golstat2003 said: Adding maybe 5 more characters to how long a name can be would be nice indeed. I would rather we be able to have a 2nd or 3rd special character. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major_Decoy Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 On 3/1/2024 at 8:57 PM, Kaigai Sticky said: Ah thought this thread was about slightly increasing how many letters can go in the name bar, I had 2 names that were great but each one was one letter off from the "This name is not suitable blah blah blah" I also really want where you can do something like this: Tommy "Silverfoot" Jones. I seen some Family named like this, and had some concepts. So that would be nice. Yeah, I was trying to create Tina The Bodysculptress myself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fabulous Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 2 hours ago, Clave Dark 5 said: Not to sound too flip about this, but citation needed. And that one saying they're doing so doesn't hold too much water, it's easier to troll the forums than spend the time doing that. Heck, why not report such a person too? I'm just not convinced, sorry. Not being a dev nor a mod I don't have hard data I can give you. Maybe @GM Crumpet can? I know we've been told since live that's it's always been an issue, one that's been magnified here due to the near limitless numbers of characters one can freely create. There are a number of threads here that discuss it. Since it's not a violation of the TOS I'm not sure what reporting them would do. I guess the person I referenced could be lying, but it's easy enough to use /getglobalname to see who owns a particular character name, and he's come up a number of times when I've checked to see who has a name I tried to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biostem Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Yeah... maybe we need a hard 3-6 month limit on unplayed characters' names being freed up, regardless of level... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major_Decoy Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 On 3/1/2024 at 3:24 PM, Captain Fabulous said: Unfortunately due to name hoarders the chances are slim you'll get anything close to what you want unless you're being very creative. Honestly, I can think of one, maybe two occasions where a name I wanted wasn't available on the first try. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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