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Check out the v.254 - Midnight Carnival - Ludibrium Patch Notes
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Reconsider the In-game name Cooldown
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Not letting us use our own names on our accounts is a different issue though, when we delete a character on our accounts we should be able to reuse the name on that same account. The cooldown to use a name on a different account doesn't bother me personally, it's not being able to use my own saved name on my own account that's so frustrating.
People don't always save "rare" names either. For example, I use the other servers to save Daxi<#>, so I can get my 250's in number order. With this update I've been unable to name my next 250 Daxi<#>, I believe I have more claim to Daxi6 (for example) then anyone else and I don't think I should have to compete with other people for the name I've already saved.
My ticket reply about the issue for those interested:
Here is one even better
Arwoo, thank you for joining the discussion.
First, I'd like to ask you something; you said, in your post, that the name cooldown feature has surprised you as well. I'm assuming you are referring to the Nexon America dev and community teams, is that correct? Please correct me if I'm wrong.
If this is the case, it brings up a very important issue players are having with Nexon these days - how is it, that the team implementing patches and updates, is not aware of what they are implementing? This is truly controversial to us.
Second, to answer your question: I believe the player consensus is to allow the first-come, first-serve system for name selection.
shhhhhh keep it down, you dont want the nerf now do you?
i can see absolutely no reason why this would discourage people to store name, as the person who deleted the name is the only one who knows what it is and when it is able to be used again
For example, in one game when you delete a character the name is locked for some duration of time so that no one can steal it. The exception is that the account which deleted it can use the name again immediately.
This would only prevent name selling, which in my opinion is the only problem worth solving.
Name hoarding is fine with me, but others may prefer this to dealt with.
There's a huge issue with this because if you put the character name on the wrong class, you have to wait another 24hours + random amount of time after deleting the character to change it to the actual class. I do believe that people that people horde too many unused IGNs, but maybe a system of lvl 1-10 untouched characters get dumped every 6 months or so. Unfortunately for overall fairness, it seems instant release of the name is fairer.
There is also the threat of RWT. If a player has their IGN sniped, the frustration grows and will probably return to RWT for another username.
Same here. I deleted my Illium name mule because of the dumb cooldown.
I think it was a poor oversight that this change was implemented despite never being mentioned in the patch notes, and also there is a name-change event going on. How do they expect people to participate in the event if our reserved IGNs are unusable? On top of that, this all happened when new classes are coming out.
I think the system isn't fair for those who had their own names reserved for themselves. I do not intend to sell, but this gives a huge disservice to legit players due to abusers of the system. I just want to reuse an IGN within my own account, and that is no longer viable.
IGNs are personal, and well-thought out for many individuals. We take a lot of time and care into thinking of an IGN, and we use MapleStory to store it for future use. Many times, I am sure people just go, "Oh, this would be a great IGN (maybe even to a specific upcoming class). Let me save it, so I can use it in the future!"
Also, this system is ridiculously vague. It honestly did not occur to me that this would be a way to combat RMT, and it felt like a system that did not make sense to a legitimate player.
At the moment, I am currently awaiting a response from my ticket. I am missing out on time to participate with the new events going on, simply because I cannot create my Cadena with the IGN I wish to have on her.
A solution to this could either be:
Yeah....I would accept an emergency maint to fix this. @Arwoo
You're correct in stating that the change surprised our team. Unfortunately, there is no excuse that I can provide for this oversight. Often times, these are the results of miscommunication from our internal teams on the contents of the patch. However, no side or individual is to blame as accountability is a shared responsibility.
Will it be fixed soon...? I hope you can see how much we don't like this change...
Through the power of observation, we can clearly see that the change is not liked.
The typo quote...buuuut I will be fin with unscheduled maint honestly. Better than waiting for who knows how long for an ign.