TheMaestro Posted June 2, 2003 Posted June 2, 2003 I've always wanted this in an ORPG...the ability to change your characters name. I know it would be near-impossible...but imagine you have a high skill character, and then on of your IRL friends as a prank they place a bounty on you... ...and then it gets higher...and higher...until you have a good number of people after you for no good reason. Alas, if this were to happen as a real situation, the target person would in a smart sense change their name, to avoid being tracked. If wishes were horses
Chewbacco Posted June 2, 2003 Posted June 2, 2003 That is a good idea but it wouldn't work. When you register a different screen name it replaces the old name in the same place. If I changed my name from Chewbacco to crust or something, I would have the same amout of posts in my count the same everything in my profile. The only thing that changes is the screen name. Nothing else. So the bounty will still be on your head. No mater what.
-=ReApEr=- Posted June 2, 2003 Posted June 2, 2003 Originally posted by TheMaestro I've always wanted this in an ORPG...the ability to change your characters name. I know it would be near-impossible...but imagine you have a high skill character, and then on of your IRL friends as a prank they place a bounty on you... ...and then it gets higher...and higher...until you have a good number of people after you for no good reason. Alas, if this were to happen as a real situation, the target person would in a smart sense change their name, to avoid being tracked. If wishes were horses Nah, it wouldn't work. Your names your names, you don't see people being hunted by the police in real life changing there names. I couldn't see it fitting in to the game to be honest.
swediot=) Posted June 2, 2003 Posted June 2, 2003 i have some good idea for you if you dont wanna be chased by all those bounty hunter. 1. Dont have stupid friends 2. wear a mask 3. spend your entire game life inside 4. dont play ummm ok these are all just stupid and lame ideas but i couldnt think of anything else
setsuko Posted June 2, 2003 Posted June 2, 2003 Originally posted by -=ReApEr=- Nah, it wouldn't work. Your names your names, you don't see people being hunted by the police in real life changing there names. LOL! Dude, you are soooo off. If you check up the current list of 'most wanted' criminals, you'll see that most big-time crooks have used between five to ten different names, to make them harder to track. EDIT: and anyway, you can't get a bounty just like that, you have to earn it. You can't just pay a lot of money and make someone hunted. That would be like an ingame mechanic for griefing, after all.
True Neutral Posted June 2, 2003 Posted June 2, 2003 I have an idea, which might work. Have, in a roleplaying sense, a function where you can put your name up annonymously . I know in everquest when you do whatever to see who is in the zone and make it so that you can put your name as annoymous. The thing is when you actually confront the player they have their names above their heads etc... My crap idea could work for bounties, where the bounty hunter could try and befriend the bounty, so that player would allow them to know their real name. Because then it could come into the effect that to find out the bounty's name, you could would have to use their descriptions, like facial features or something. This probably doesn't make sense but i hope i got the idea across. Obviously is has flaws, but you get that... i'm not a game developer you see
Xx_Patman_xX Posted June 2, 2003 Posted June 2, 2003 Iam pretty sure you can hide your name in SWG from other people seeing it.
True Neutral Posted June 2, 2003 Posted June 2, 2003 haha, maybe i should be on the dev team... (for no apparent reason, because i can't think of a witty line or good joke)
Damarius Posted June 2, 2003 Posted June 2, 2003 Yes, you can hide your name so others can not see it unless you want to reveal it to them
Lord_Vessen Posted June 2, 2003 Posted June 2, 2003 I think it would be kind of stupid to be able to change your name. Just keep your original one.
-=ReApEr=- Posted June 2, 2003 Posted June 2, 2003 Originally posted by setsuko LOL! Dude, you are soooo off. If you check up the current list of 'most wanted' criminals, you'll see that most big-time crooks have used between five to ten different names, to make them harder to track. EDIT: and anyway, you can't get a bounty just like that, you have to earn it. You can't just pay a lot of money and make someone hunted. That would be like an ingame mechanic for griefing, after all. Ok i wasn't thinking, damm i look a right muppet now.
darthfergie Posted June 2, 2003 Posted June 2, 2003 Originally posted by setsuko EDIT: and anyway, you can't get a bounty just like that, you have to earn it. You can't just pay a lot of money and make someone hunted. That would be like an ingame mechanic for griefing, after all. oh well... that's true tho...if you pissed off some higher up player...man...that could make your life miserable...
-=ReApEr=- Posted June 2, 2003 Posted June 2, 2003 Originally posted by darthfergie oh well... that's true tho...if you pissed off some higher up player...man...that could make your life miserable... Someones already made my list, and i will deffintley be making his life hell.
StarCords Posted June 2, 2003 Posted June 2, 2003 I'm thinking along the lines of using an alias for a limited time. Situation 1: Say my name is Dude. I've been on the run for about 5 days (There should be a minimum requirement) with a vague bounty from someone I know. I have left no trace, so any bounty hunter will have to start from scratch. I go to a local goverment place with your file in it. I slice into it and delete all the information. I create a phony name and file and get a disguise. After, I pretend to be that character. Situation 2: My name is Funk. I commited a crime that aggrevated a local crime lord. He gives exact descriptions of me and sends several BHs. This will be harder. I kill one of them. I get more BHs after me. I call a close friend in the governement who is willing to help me. We agree to meet somewhere and I'll wait outside while he will give me help. Before this, I go to an Image Designer and Tailor and get myself a completely new look. When my friend changes the file, he tells me my is now Punk etc. I continue on, using that fake character. I'm just implying that it should be a long and grueling process and slightly different depending on the magnitude of the situation.
Lord_Vessen Posted June 3, 2003 Posted June 3, 2003 I thought your name appeared above you or something.
True Neutral Posted June 3, 2003 Posted June 3, 2003 On the topic of names and everything, does anyone know if you have to like have a specific requirement or do a quest to get a last name. Because on eq you could get a last name at lvl 20. Anyone know of anything?
Jackrabbit Posted June 3, 2003 Posted June 3, 2003 I think you can get a last name at Character Creation, but I'm not sure. Might be one of those games where you can have a common last name, but all first names are...damnit, forgot the word. Unique! I keep my eyes on a lot of games. Sometimes I get the features messed up .
Donnie Darko Posted June 3, 2003 Posted June 3, 2003 I remember the devs saying *way back when* that you can choose your first and last name but there will be heavy restrictions...probably a prefix and suffix and body chooser for both names, or maybe just the last. If I get the FS slot I want my Twi'lek's last name to be Secura so I can play the fictitious role of Aayla Secura's younger brother.....but anyways.....
Lord_Vessen Posted June 3, 2003 Posted June 3, 2003 Well it has been said that you can't have character names, such as Kyle Solo etc.
-=ReApEr=- Posted June 3, 2003 Posted June 3, 2003 Originally posted by Lord_Vessen Well it has been said that you can't have character names, such as Kyle Solo etc. True that is, it is to prevent people breaking certain unique things in the sw galaxy.
Donnie Darko Posted June 3, 2003 Posted June 3, 2003 But Aayle never really had a very significant role so I hope they "let it slide" because I even put together an interesting background. But if they don't that C can easily be changed to a K, heheh.
darthfergie Posted June 4, 2003 Posted June 4, 2003 Originally posted by Lord_Vessen "K"? What does that stand for? in that case, the letter K. If I get the FS slot I want my Twi'lek's last name to be Secura so I hope they "let it slide" because I even put together an interesting background. But if they don't that C can easily be changed to a K, heheh. As in Sekura.
Lord_Vessen Posted June 4, 2003 Posted June 4, 2003 Oh, I guess I wasn't looking hard enough. I wonder if that would work. Maybe not. Skiwalker, Soloe, Maule, Vaderr. Probably wouldn't work...
-=ReApEr=- Posted June 4, 2003 Posted June 4, 2003 Originally posted by Donnie Darko But Aayle never really had a very significant role so I hope they "let it slide" because I even put together an interesting background. But if they don't that C can easily be changed to a K, heheh. But if they let one slide, they would have to let the others slide. Which would they cause a riot of some sort, of mixed opinions. I think it's best how it will be, most names are protected.
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