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Reserve names, APOC, Alpha 1, and Races

ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
in Ashes Of Creation General Discussion
If I heard correctly we will have name reservations coming up in APOC and Alpha1.  Will all races be available at that time? as it was said the characters will/can be carried over into the actual MMO of AoC.  I'm concerned as the name I want to reserve I do not want to use on a human or elf.  Clarification would be appreciated.

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  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    edited December 2018
    The characters can be carried over to the MMORPG??
    You have a quote for that?
    Cosmetics and titles can be carried over. I don't think characters and levels can be carried over.

    Races will be added to Apocalypse as they are developed.
    Name reservation will carry over to the MMORPG, but I don't think that's the same thing as characters carrying over to the MMORPG.
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    edited December 2018
    Levels will not be carried over for sure.

    @Dygz When I get more time, I will try to find where in the Live Stream he talked about that.

  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Anyone takes my name and I will lynch you with your own intestines 
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    nagash said:
    Anyone takes my name and I will lynch you with your own intestines 
    Just be careful on getting too much corruption and losing your gear. 😉
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Sintu said:
    nagash said:
    Anyone takes my name and I will lynch you with your own intestines 
    Just be careful on getting too much corruption and losing your gear. 😉
    if its your own intestines  that counts as self-harm so im fine ^^
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    nagash said:
    Sintu said:
    nagash said:
    Anyone takes my name and I will lynch you with your own intestines 
    Just be careful on getting too much corruption and losing your gear. 😉
    if its your own intestines  that counts as self-harm so im fine ^^
    I need Bacon confirmation on that. 
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    How does name reservation even work? Is it per server? Per account? I would really like clarification on this so I can plan accordingly. How many characters do you get per account? A lot of unknowns
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    edited December 2018
    Name reservation will be per account.

  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Dygz said:
    Name reservation will be per account.

    That doesn't help much. So if someone reserves a name it's gone forever? If someone goes mcknightrider and I'm on a different server than then I still won't be able to get that name? Will all my characters then be named mcknightrider? If it is per server how do you dictate who gets that name without first determining what server your going to play on? So many questions with no answers
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    nagash said:
    Anyone takes my name and I will lynch you with your own intestines 
    Nagash lynches Nagash with Nagash's intestines. Nagash dies.
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    edited December 2018
    McKnightrider said:
    Dygz said:
    Name reservation will be per account.

    That doesn't help much. So if someone reserves a name it's gone forever? If someone goes mcknightrider and I'm on a different server than then I still won't be able to get that name? Will all my characters then be named mcknightrider? If it is per server how do you dictate who gets that name without first determining what server your going to play on? So many questions with no answers
    If someone else reserves the mcknightrider name before you do, you will not be able to have that as an account name. You will very likely be able to have it as a character name.
    The person with the mcknightrider account name would have that name associated with all of their character names. Yes.
    It's not by server; it's by account.

    Pretty common for the past 5 or 6 years, at least.
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Who's going to choose Tofu-Elf as a name? 
    I'm not sure if I'll use Sunfrog, a name I created when I was a kid on AOL many years ago, or U_______. 
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Ravnodaus said:
    nagash said:
    Anyone takes my name and I will lynch you with your own intestines 
    Nagash lynches Nagash with Nagash's intestines. Nagash dies.
    True-Nagash lynches fake-Nagash with fake-Nagash's intestines. fake-Nagash dies.
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Dygz said:
    McKnightrider said:
    Dygz said:
    Name reservation will be per account.

    That doesn't help much. So if someone reserves a name it's gone forever? If someone goes mcknightrider and I'm on a different server than then I still won't be able to get that name? Will all my characters then be named mcknightrider? If it is per server how do you dictate who gets that name without first determining what server your going to play on? So many questions with no answers
    If someone else reserves the mcknightrider name before you do, you will not be able to have that as an account name. You will very likely be able to have it as a character name.
    The person with the mcknightrider account name would have that name associated with all of their character names. Yes.
    It's not by server; it's by account.

    Pretty common for the past 5 or 6 years, at least.
    Wait, are we reserving our account name or character name? I care what my character name is, I just assumed our account name is what we have on the forums? I don't see any reason to reserve an account name, I could care less what someone has as an account name, I'm wondering if there is going to be any priority on what your characters name is? Also what would account name affect in game? If my account name is mcknightrider and I name my character Bob, am I trying to reserve Bob or Mcknightrider? Is my account name going to be over all my characters heads or something? Am I going to be running around with a name that looks like

             Bob
    <Mcknightrider>

    Is that how it works? 

  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    We are reserving account name. Typically that is the equivalent of a last name and is associated with all of the characters you create - though not necessarily always displayed if you choose not to display your account name on your character.

    So, yes. Probably some form of:
    Bob.Mcknightrider or Bob <Mcknightrider>
    Bob.Dygz or Bob <Dygz>

    We could both be named Bob. But the account names will be unique.
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    I just hope that no one chose Damokles already xD
    If yes... then I will have to choose... other... possibilities
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Dang, I hate having people with the same first name.  I really hope that's not it.
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    T-Elf said:
    Dang, I hate having people with the same first name.  I really hope that's not it.
    "OH MY GOD! YOU ARE CALLED xXxPussyCrusherxXx TOO?!?" 

  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    T-Elf said:
    Dang, I hate having people with the same first name.  I really hope that's not it.
    Me too. That means no one has a unique name for their character. You'll have 100 Bob's running around because they'll all be Bob.Accountname in some fashion. I don't want that, I don't think anyone does. They want to be first Bob and have nothing else. Then you start getting guild names on your character, surnames and it'll just look sloppy. I thought this entire time we purchased a right to name our character not our account. 
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    If this is from the Kickstarter rewards then it should be a character name reservation, not a family name or anything like that, unless we had some other name reservations that I am not aware of (aside form the Guild name reservation).
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    AutumnLeaf said:
    If this is from the Kickstarter rewards then it should be a character name reservation, not a family name or anything like that, unless we had some other name reservations that I am not aware of (aside form the Guild name reservation).
    That's what I was thinking. @Dygz was making it sound like your account name is what you were reserving...which made no sense. Your account name is what you have on the forums. In game my account name is going to be McKnightrider, I've assumed that from the beginning. I'm talking about your character name. BDO has you name a character and if that name is unavailable...then you don't get it. However; how does that work with reservation and servers?

    Lets say for example purposes I'm 5th on name reservations because I bought the highest kickstarter option the fastest. The 4th place person wants Bob as his characters name but with servers does he guarantee that name on EVERY server? Or do I have to wait for him to make a character named Bob before I can name my character Bob on a different server?! There's so many questions about name reservation and it's so confusing.
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    And now I have to add Damokles and nagash to my list, 24, 25, ....
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    The Kickstarter reward does say one character name reservation. True.
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Is Name Reservation from highest pledged to lowest, or first eligible Kickstarter Pledge with Alpha access or?
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Isn't it both?
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    It's both. So it's whoever was fast and the highest pledge. So if you were the first to pledge $100 on kickerstarter you would beat everyone else out who pledged at $100, but if someone pledged higher than you they automatically beat you out.

    I really feel like this needs to be addressed by Intrepid and worked out. The $375 package offers name reservation still and it seems to be very unclear on how it works.
  • ArchivedUserArchivedUser Guest
    Basically like this:
    Kickstarter > Summer > Intrepid Packs
    Further on it goes like this
    Amount Pledge > Order Pledged

    Unless the kickstarter and summer backers are in one category 'w'
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