Last name and first names for character in WoW

[Deleted]

"/whisper <name> <surname>", "/invite <name> <surname>". Works like that in XIV and GW2.



Which is easily fixed by having options that hide guild tag, title, or even surname.

im just asking for using a space bar in name.
Like you => FFXIV: Rintha Elenah | WoW: Rinth | GW2: Reno Turan

You saw? you used it on FFXIV and GW2

[Wramp]

Bigus Dickus.. here i come :-)

omg i lol'd so hard.... Incontinentia Buttox would be thrilled

[Spellweaver]

You saw? you used it on FFXIV and GW2

I was pointing out to FelPlague how whispering and inviting would work with a space/surname.

I'm in favour of having a surname, and not even for RP reasons. Having surnames (or even a space) makes it much easier to name a character on one of the higher populated realms.

[FelPlague]

yes, they should make it baseline in the game.

and curse client is sketchy as fuck. i've had friends that had no addons for most of their gaming life and then what happens when they download curse and get addons? hacked.

even me, i downloaded curse to get fucking minecraft mods. what happens a couple months later? hacked.

so no, addons are sketchy as fuck and i will never trust them.

Yeah no curse client doesent get you hacked...
One of the things if it literally cannot get you hacked because the files only run once you launch your charecter, they CANNOT effect your battlenet or login file, and the files cannot run outside of wow executibles. It is most likley people being idiots and getting malware.


<been using mods since vanilla wow and have never been hacked. (Well i did once wen i was younger but that was because i fell for the "log in here cause your account has been comprismised" but i got my account back no problem and all my stuff back)

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I was pointing out to FelPlague how whispering and inviting would work with a space/surname.

I'm in favour of having a surname, and not even for RP reasons. Having surnames (or even a space) makes it much easier to name a character on one of the higher populated realms.

The issue we have running now is everyone wants differant things from surnames, some saying anyone can select any surname they want, so someone can use the same surname as you as it has no lock like normal names, and normal names will still be locked, this will just be cosmeitc.
then we have others saying it shoudl be across al lcharecters
and others saying it should just be a space in your name, and others saying the whole TRP/MRP addon should be added to the game by default.
etc

[Spellweaver]

The issue we have running now is everyone wants differant things from surnames, some saying anyone can select any surname they want, so someone can use the same surname as you as it has no lock like normal names, and normal names will still be locked, this will just be cosmeitc.
then we have others saying it shoudl be across al lcharecters

That's just overcomplicating things, just make it similar to XIV. If the combination of the forename/surname isn't it use, allow its use.

Using my XIV name as an example, "Rintha Elenah", that specific combination is unavailable to other players, but someone could create a character named "Rintha Turan" or "Reno Elenah" and they'd be just fine.

[-Zo-]

I always felt like server name was kind of surname but I guess it helps my two servers are actual WoW surnames.

I think having a unique single name per server is pretty dated. Try picking a short, simple name on a well-populated server and you'll understand. Adding a surname that's well-designed (allows most people in your circle to just use the first name to refer to you), would be nice, and it might help reduce the proliferation of special character names which can be very difficult to enter (especially if the first character is special so you can't even auto-complete it).

I also wouldn't mind having casing in names (but not case sensitive) because sometimes a compound name looks funny without it. It would be abused no doubt and we'd have LeGoLaSTHeCaPsLoCkAbUsEr but again, not any worse than using special characters currently.

Don't kid yourselves though, doing it right would be a pretty significant re-engineering task for Blizzard, and you don't want them to just hack it in without a good design.

[cuafpr]

Surnames? YES PLEASE!

I'd even take it a step further and have blizz ripoff- I mean, no, screw it; yes rip off- the legacy (I think that's what it's called) system from swtor. Where you can actually set your characters up in a family tree with relations and whatnot. To the best of my knowledge it has no impact on actual gameplay; making it optional, but would be a "neat little extra".

Though I agree with the above poster- not if it would take resources from "actual" game system development.

yes! i'd love for them to rip that off, it was fun SWTOR explaining how all my alts are connected, from friends to lovers to enemies to slave basically.

[RobertMugabe]

What do you think if we could use a Last name and a first name for our character ?
Like Quenthel "Baenre" for mine.

Sure why not... This way, everyone can have a first name they want without using some special characters. And this would be a good way to remove realms (let's be honest, realm integrity is dead and outdated at this point... just let people play, trade, join guilds with anyone they want) as it would remove name conflicts for the most part.

[FelPlague]

That's absolutely nonsensical. Following this logic I'm related to a MLB pitcher (I'm not), a movie director (again I'm not), a voice actor (surprise surprise, I'm not), a family known for their pretzels and chips (if only I were), and a family that owns a funeral home (which; you guessed it, I'm not).

Surnames (family names as you put it); much like given/first names, can be changed, taken or made regardless of relation.

OT

I play XIV as well as this, I see no harm in it. As others have said it opens up more avenues for different names.

You have to reemmber wow is a very differant universe then our universe, last names are kept, and dont really repeat,
(Also btw if you have the last name as someone else, you usually ARE related to them, just very, very far back in your family line)

[therealstegblob]

because if someone has the same first name as you on another server does not matter, but what is the fucking point of a last name if everyone can have the same one. the point of a last name is to dictate a family name, but if everyone can take your family name.

What a very boring fake criticism. Do you have anything else, or...?

[Detheavn]

becuase then you run into issues of how do you whisper someone?

Right Click -> Whisper

Aside from wanting to whisper a random 4 continents away, which didn't message you first you can basically whisper through any part of the interface now :|

[Dispraise]

Not an RPer, but I would absolutely use surnames on my characters if that were an option.

[cparle87]

Yeah. We need to be able to put spaces, apostraphes, and hypens in our names.

[schwarzkopf]

What do you think if we could use a Last name and a first name for our character ?
Like Quenthel "Baenre" for mine.

We sort of already do, our last name is our 'family' aka server name.

Your's truly

General Schwarzkopf Caelestrasz the First.

[SpookySkeleton]

what?
since when has an addon risked your account security...?
and anyone who wants to have first/last names they bassicly require trp/mrp, if they dont have it no one will talk to them.
should blizz make trp/mrp base line in the game?

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yeah i guess space bar would be fine?

I don’t need to know much to know that your entire argument is based off of a contrarian attitude.
All you’re saying is “nobody wants it. Names too long. Just get TRP.”
What you’re meaning to say is “I don’t want it. I don’t want to type it. I hate roleplayers.”

[Lazuli]

No thanks. It was insanely obnoxious in FFXIV, I don't want it here as well.

How? I've used surnames in GW1 and GW2 for over a decade and never had issues on my end or anyone elses.

OT: I think this falls into the category of Blizz refusing to update the game to a modern standard. Just like we have a pitiful hilariously bad character customization compared to anyone else out there..

[Nekrotix]

I think this would be a fine feature to implement. An optional surname to add to your player name would be a fun idea, maybe it could be like how titles work, except you could choose it and be able to alter it whenever you like. And it wouldn't need to interfere with how people communicate, either. For example, if your name was Quendylin Felswarmer, then people would only need to type in "/invite Quendylin" in order for the game to know who you're talking about.

Although, since this feature would most likely only be useful in RP servers and doesn't really affect the QoL of the main game, I doubt it'll be a feature they add in anytime soon. Besides, XRP/TRP/MRP does serve that basic function on top of basically anything else RPers need, so it's not like the RP community won't be able to survive without it. I still think it would be a fun idea if Blizzard ever did add it. It would also be nice for Blizzard to cater a bit more to RPers as well, or even encourage other players to engage in that community somehow.

[Aldo Hawk]

Plox Brozzard read this!!

[Nurvus]

They already have battletag

Which is not public.

[Bronan]

It's mandatory. If you play on a large server, the only names that aren't already taken are Tferrowhfz or Uksgbdsuriu, and even those aren't guaranteed.