Assign old accounts a Graal# ID.

[Rufus]

A lot of people will really hate this idea (as servers STILL aren't supporting Graal# accounts appropriately) and people generally seek the older account name style. However, it has become a trend recently for.. well.. everyone to want their account name (aka community names) to be renamed. This is extremely hard to achieve if you've got an old account. However, if we all had Graal# accounts and our (current) accounts were used as the community name instead, people would be able to get their names changed with ease.

Hell, could even introduce a paid name changing system (only let you change it once!) like Ragnarok and other MMO's do.

[12171217]

Please don't change my account name to a crappy Graal# name.

It's also extremely impractical for servers that have databases based on account name, unless you can lookup the account by both the old and new name.

[Crono]

i dont want my account name to be graal#

[kia345]

change it to use your email instead of a graal#/account, then have the "displayed name" something you can pay to change.

[Rufus]

Originally Posted by 12171217

Please don't change my account name to a crappy Graal# name.

Originally Posted by Crono

i dont want my account name to be graal#

If they were hidden (like they are supposed to be) you wouldn't even notice a difference.

Originally Posted by 12171217

It's also extremely impractical for servers that have databases based on account name, unless you can lookup the account by both the old and new name.

That's something that Stefan should add, not a reason against my idea. Graal# accounts already exist, and there's hundreds of players logging on every day with them.

[TSAdmin]

It can't be done, anyway. As I mentioned via AIM, mentioning it here as well so people can follow:
If you changed "TSAdmin" to "Graal133337", then everything such as subscriptions, e-mail association, variables saved on local servers, attributes everywhere, etc would be looking for TSAdmin, but not finding it ever again.

[fowlplay4]

No.. this is how I gauge whether or not UN is attracting new players.

[Crono]

Originally Posted by Rufus

If they were hidden (like they are supposed to be) you wouldn't even notice a difference.

Well like I said on MSN, only if nothing ingame had ANYTHING to do with account names. Even then though, account names have always been like a "permanent" identity. Graal403830093 means nothing to anyone. There's a lot of Graal#'s on Zodiac and I have yet to identify one with a person. :I

[Elizabeth]

no

[Rufus]

Originally Posted by Crono

Well like I said on MSN, only if nothing ingame had ANYTHING to do with account names. Even then though, account names have always been like a "permanent" identity. Graal403830093 means nothing to anyone. There's a lot of Graal#'s on Zodiac and I have yet to identify one with a person. :I

People are identified by their community names really. These Graal# names are just scripting tools. You'd be able to have your community name renamed easily, and if you had an account name of something like xCronoxIsxLovex for years you wouldn't lose any of your stats either! Unless of course Stefan couldn't find a work around for what TSAdmin has mentioned, but if he couldn't I wouldn't advocate this idea at all.

[LordSquirt]

I can see where Rufus is coming from, however, I don't think it's the thing to do.

[maximus_asinus]

I've had this account name for 10 years. No way.

[xXziroXx]

There is only ONE reason that Graal##### are as bad as people think they are: servers have yet to change from displaying account names to community names, rending the whole system useless. Really, start using communitynames for display and account names for saving data and whatnot already, it's been how many years now?

[Rufus]

Originally Posted by maximus_asinus

I've had this account name for 10 years. No way.

I don't see what changes? Apparently people don't understand the logic of community and account names

[Crono]

Originally Posted by Rufus

People are identified by their community names really. These Graal# names are just scripting tools. You'd be able to have your community name renamed easily, and if you had an account name of something like xCronoxIsxLovex for years you wouldn't lose any of your stats either! Unless of course Stefan couldn't find a work around for what TSAdmin has mentioned, but if he couldn't I wouldn't advocate this idea at all.

I just feel that people will be changing their community names a lot, like nicknames really.

It does sound attractive if, as suggested, account names would be completely hidden with community names only being shown ingame.