Character name already exists after Disconnect

So i was doing a Delve got lagged out and Disconnect now eveyrtime try to log onto the character it Says character with that name already exists tried reloading and restarting wow multiple times nothing works How to fix this?

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Servers are having issues

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Just happened to me running Sanctum of Domination. Took out the Terengrue (sp?), the game stopped responding, so I closed it. When I got back in, it says my character doesn’t exist when I tried to zone in, then did it again and it says that name already exists. I am completely locked out of my main.

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Yup. Can confirm. I cannot get into the game at all. Just keeps saying “Name already exists.”

This is very irritating, does anyone know a work around to get back in the game?

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slap in da face

servers are completely jacked

Just happened to me. I can log into my other characters still, but not my main one.

I’ve been seeing this issue A LOT tonight. Events like killing a boss, completing a world quest, completing a delve. Something VERY wrong.

Cheers Blizzard, I was hoping I could spend my afternoon I took off work yelling at my screen because of all the disconnects and character problems <3

Same here, before entering delve I was herbing and tried to change flight stance and it wouldn’t let me. When I got into delve couldn’t hop on the mushroom to jump. Then couldn’t log out or exit game. When tried to log back in ‘character already exists’ several times. Well okay.

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I can’t even log out, my character is stuck in Dalaran. everything is frozen, can’t do anything can’t cast, can’t get on mount… plus I just lost time warp badges trying to transfer them.

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having the same problem. was in raid when it happened exit out and now my character is stuck in blizzard limbo saying name already exists.

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Same, got stuck in a Visions of NZoth. I alt F4’d out of the game and followed the stuck character instructions, so was able to log back in. It put her in the Chamber of Heart. I used the “rename the Cache folder to CacheOld” suggestion. https://us.battle.net/support/en/article/32275

Went back in and the same thing happened, but I was able to reload the UI and it let me continue.

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Lots of issues. After in game for a while, can’t click on anything. Can’t logout with ‘logout’ or esc key. Have to task end. Log in on another character or four - all OK. Log back in on original, says already exists. (Logging in as another character should of cleared server account connections in use - always has before.) I finished a time trial and landed. Then had to task end. Came back to this character after 1/2 to 1 hour. game showed me finishing the same time trial, like several seconds had been cached. I did The Theater and world boss. Could not open chests from theater. Collected gold from world boss though. Then had to task end. After coming back to this character, the Theater chests were gone, no item reward, vault not showing any activity.

Good luck.

ps: Played after morning maintenance steady till four o’clock. No issues. Logged back in at ~ 8 PM CDT. Issues started pretty much right away.

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Same here. Can’t cast anything…but I can type in chat…no one seems to see it. I just wait to be ‘disconnected’ and I was. Being in a dungeon I am then ‘flagged’ with the deserter debuff! This really angers me.

happened when I went in the Rookery on my pally then she finally came good and then did it on my hunter doing the world boss just now.

Didn’t know there were issues. Was in a timewalking dungeon got DCed now my character is stuck :frowning:

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Glad I’m not the only one experiencing this.

this game is so bad holy f