Announcing the World Merge(3/1/2011)

[Vandalhart]

I know exactly what you are going through. After several hours we finally gave up trying to get a decent name and just changed letters in our original names until something worked. Calais to Calain and Meara to Meare. Both are hateful.

However, talked to a GM about changing Calain (the more horrifying of the two):
[IMG]http://bucket.bluegartr.com/345cbfa5...bb5071cb6e.jpg[/IMG]

Maybe there is hope.

holy shit!
I'm going to make a GM call tonight after I get online.

I'm just wondering how I can go about wording it so it's not a "I read this on a forum from someone else, let me do it too".

I could use the fact that the Lightwarrior on the FFXIAH site on Ragnarok doesn't have any sales history past October 2009.

[aduidarnenye]

holy shit!
I'm going to make a GM call tonight after I get online.

I'm just wondering how I can go about wording it so it's not a "I read this on a forum from someone else, let me do it too".

I could use the fact that the Lightwarrior on the FFXIAH site on Ragnarok doesn't have any sales history past October 2009.

I wasn't demanding, just asked. I didn't actually get my name changed, just a note on file. Not a great start, but a start. But I will be spamming all the suggestion sites and the official forums to keep this alive:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...-Second-Chance

We knew that Calais was taken, but the Bahamut Calais hadn't been active in years as well. My name wasn't even on the FFXIAH site so it's just a mule collecting dust someplace.

[Appie]

People from Caitsith, when you go to a new home, you're not supposed to wreck it right off the bat so they have to do maint right now :/

Did I just read there were 4400 people on the Ragnarok server (before this little maint)? Sweet jesus, there goes Emp farming lol.

edit: or is there some other emergency maint for all servers I don't know about?
edit2: seems there is lol, I read the starting time wrong.

[Vandalhart]

I wasn't demanding, just asked. I didn't actually get my name changed, just a note on file. Not a great start, but a start. But I will be spamming all the suggestion sites and the official forums to keep this alive:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...-Second-Chance

We knew that Calais was taken, but the Bahamut Calais hadn't been active in years as well. My name wasn't even on the FFXIAH site so it's just a mule collecting dust someplace.

I can easily inquire. I realize it may never happen, but why not make the attempt just in case. I can live with Dawnwarrior, but I would prefer to have Lightwarrior. There's too much change going on at the same time...

[Izzy]

I was impressed with one guy from Titan when I was scrolling through the log and saw, "SAY IT WITH YO CHEST!"

Kevin Hart is a genius.

[aduidarnenye]

I can easily inquire. I realize it may never happen, but why not make the attempt just in case. I can live with Dawnwarrior, but I would prefer to have Lightwarrior. There's too much change going on at the same time...

I definitely hope you do inquire because the more inquiries there are, the more likely it is to happen. At least, when thinking about customer service logically.

[Divinius]

This is a copy of what I (and several others that I know) sent to SE on the PlayOnline feedback site, shortly after the first world merge last year...

My suggestion is regarding players that were forced to change their character's names during the recent forced world merge.

I realize that having two characters with the same name on the same world is impossible, and that the world merge itself was a necessary thing to do. But the way the character name priority was determined was incredibly unfair, and short-sighted. Many players with main characters that they have had since the game began years ago, were forced to lose their name, their very identity, as a result of this merge. To lose a name because another player's main character that they have also had for years has that name is one thing, and perhaps unavoidable. But many people lost their names due to them being taken by long-abandoned and deactivated characters, alternate level 1 mule characters, or in the worst case, someone recently creating a new character solely to prevent someone from being able to keep their name. This should NOT have happened.

To correct this, two things need to occur. First, any main, long-standing, highly leveled character that lost their name to an un-leveled mule character, a recently created one, or an inactive account, should have priority rights to that name over that other character, and hence, should be allowed to change their name back to the original name from the former world. The unused character can then be the one forced to change their name. Secondly, for any future world merges, this priority should be automatic.

SE's decision to simply use a priority based only on which characters were on the source and destination worlds is ridiculous. It's incredibly unfair, and frankly, demonstrates extreme apathy and laziness on the part of SE. This needs to be fixed, and then also prevented for next time.

With the exception of the fact that they did close new character creation on the merging worlds this time, they didn't do anything else mentioned in this suggestion.

Only thing I can offer is to keep plugging away at them, and hope that the new dev team actually listens this time.

[Vandalhart]

Okay, I had my GM Conversation. Pictures incoming.

Spoiler: show

I'm not sure if I got my point across, but I was offered a 1 time reflag to change my name again. I wonder if this is the new offering to people who have the gripe with having to change on the fly.

[Aurara]

Here's hoping i can get my name back too...sucks that somebody cockblocked me

[Divinius]

"[GM] Yojadi>> It's seriously unfortunate, but I can't make someone else change their name."

I see. So they can't make an inactive player that most likely hasn't paid them any monthly fees for the last two years change their name, but they CAN make someone that is currently an active paying subscriber change theirs. Makes perfect sense.

At least the GM seemed very sympathetic and understanding about it, which is cool. I realize that they don't make the rules, just enforce them. I just hope that before the next merge they make their policy more fair.

[Gokulo]

How can they make an inactive player change his name? And no, they cannot change it themselves just like that.

[Byrthnoth]

Easy. Let players choose the name of inactive players. When the inactive player reactivates, they have to re-choose their name.

Typically you can't even choose the name of a banned player.

[Vandalhart]

Perhaps they could flag the inactive player with a name change and make the name available to others?
I dunno.


edit :herrp derpp.. that's what Byrthnoth just said... I R Dum.

[Jb1210a]

"[GM] Yojadi>> It's seriously unfortunate, but I can't make someone else change their name."

I see. So they can't make an inactive player that most likely hasn't paid them any monthly fees for the last two years change their name, but they CAN make someone that is currently an active paying subscriber change theirs. Makes perfect sense.

At least the GM seemed very sympathetic and understanding about it, which is cool. I realize that they don't make the rules, just enforce them. I just hope that before the next merge they make their policy more fair.

This once more with feeling. It's highly shortsighted of them to say that can't make someone change their name (which is exactly what they're making us do).

I had to change my name in this recent merge and had no idea it was going to happen. The situation with mine though, is that the character that has my name had NO AH history, meaning it's definitely a level 1 mule or a character that's not been played for YEARS. Really ticks me off that a mule with no AH history or no recent history has priority over me when I've been playing since the game came out.

[Julian]

Here we go, first weekend.

5100 people online

System message:

[08:19:53]----== SystemMessage ==----Currently, the "Port Jeuno" area is congested.

[08:19:54]----== SystemMessage ==----We would appreciate it, if you can move to another area. Thank you for your cooperation.

Just like old times. How long until they start moving people by force?

edit: up to 5200 now!

[aduidarnenye]

My husband got a second chance offer for name change. Next time he logs in he'll be flagged for name change according to the GM who contacted him last night.

[Aurara]

This once more with feeling. It's highly shortsighted of them to say that can't make someone change their name (which is exactly what they're making us do).

I had to change my name in this recent merge and had no idea it was going to happen. The situation with mine though, is that the character that has my name had NO AH history, meaning it's definitely a level 1 mule or a character that's not been played for YEARS. Really ticks me off that a mule with no AH history or no recent history has priority over me when I've been playing since the game came out.

I know how you feel. Person who took my name has been harassing me via dbox.

[Vegetatheprince]

Been playing FFXI since the PS2 relase. Today was the first day I've seen 5000 people online. Someone needs to tell people this game is dying. The lag in Jeuno is getting fucking annoying.

[Cail]

Been playing FFXI since the PS2 relase. Today was the first day I've seen 5000 people online. Someone needs to tell people this game is dying. The lag in Jeuno is getting fucking annoying.

Theres more people in the 4 Jeuno zones now on Odin then there was in all zones on Ifrit most of the early evenings =/

Edit: 666 in Port atm...its a sign!

[Dooom]

I know how you feel. Person who took my name has been harassing me via dbox.

wow that's BS, weren't they meant to be doing something to prevent names being stolen? What a heap of horsecrap.

Here we go, first weekend.

5100 people online

System message:

[08:19:53]----== SystemMessage ==----Currently, the "Port Jeuno" area is congested.

[08:19:54]----== SystemMessage ==----We would appreciate it, if you can move to another area. Thank you for your cooperation.

Just like old times. How long until they start moving people by force?

edit: up to 5200 now!

Having this on Titnix too. Logging out in Jeuno is like saying "actually, no, I don't want to log on again!"