deleted character name reservation

#1 - Aug. 21, 2013, 9:45 p.m.

Is the 24 hour name reservation still valid? Today I created a new character, then I deleted it because I wasn’t satisfied with the appearance and when I recreated it and got to the character name it said that the name was invalid. Sure enough, I log in with another character, try to add to party the name I had been using less than a hour ago and the name is now being used by another account.

Is this a bug or is this is how names are working now, so that anyone might steal your name as soon as you delete your character?

Gaile Gray

#5 - Aug. 22, 2013, 2:50 p.m.

The name should have been accessible to you for 24 hours. If you are certain you are not misspelling the name, and that you made the new character in under 24 hours, you’re welcome to contact Support to ask about this.

Gaile Gray

#7 - Feb. 21, 2014, 6:10 p.m.

jayvux.4128:
Gaile Gray.6029:
The name should have been accessible to you for 24 hours. If you are certain you are not misspelling the name, and that you made the new character in under 24 hours, you’re welcome to contact Support to ask about this.

Hi Gaile. Any way to lift the 24 hour reservation? I used my brother’s account to test out the availability of few IGNs since he has an opened character slot. Now I am trying to apply it to my account under the 24 hr period. I can wait, just wondering if you guys have the resources to make this possible.

Sorry, that’s technology we don’t have. Best of luck with the changes — I imagine they’ll work out just fine for you.

And wait a minute! Please do not tell me you were on your brother’s account. I just don’t want to think you guys know each other’s credentials — that’s a direct path to BAD STUFF! (Seriously, though, I strongly encourage you to keep your account private, and he should do the same, even if that means you both change your passwords just to be safe and secure.)