I have been reading a lot on the reddit/forums that having your pet as the default name will get your account suspended/banned? Is this true?
As you know every action that is taken on your account is done by a human. So I’m curious if it is true. Will I need to change my pets name.
This is false.
If you wish to leave your hunter pets name at default, you will not be at risk of any account action. If you choose to rename any of your hunters pet, it must follow the naming policy and In-Game Code of Conduct, and any names failure to do so could face any account action, from a name change to suspension.
I’d be careful with certain comments within the forums or on reddit. The forums, people who make this sort of comment would mostly be just trolling, and reddit has a habbit of people spreading mis/disinformation in regards to Blizzard’s policies.
Do not believe most of what is said on reddit,
If this is that image I’ve seen again, on reddit recently, it’s the same passed-around screenshot of half an edited mail of an actual penalty for a “default hunter pet’s name”.
There’s a reference here earlier in the year at the Community Council for example:
No it won’t but what I am seeing on reddit everyone is reporting hunter players for having default name because this means you might be a bot. Malicious and abuse of systems.
No, it is not true. Can mistakes be made? Absolutely, but having the default name for a Hunter pet isn’t against any policy.
Unfortunately, the only thing that can be verified is the Community Council’s pet name, which wasn’t the default the name of the pet. The other shot doesn’t include any point of reference that can be looked into.
I remember a guy had a name for his Dwarf Hunter that was generated from Blizzard’s in-game random name generator and got a forced name change after being reported. I can’t remember if he also got a suspension, though.
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Perhaps on a Warlock, as those had names that were auto-generated, and we encountered a number of problematic ones. I don’t recall Hunter pets ever having that. The default name for all pets should be the type of beast it is (i.e. Cat, Wolf, Boar, etc…). The Hunter has to name the pet for that to change.
Perhaps I’m misremembering, but Hunter has been my main class for most of my WoW life.
FYI even names from the generator sometimes can generate names that can get you in trouble. Even heard of warlocks having to put in tickets to get their demons renamed due to a name that is not suitable and that is something you can not just change.
I think Pooh was referring to the hunters name not the pet. Sounds like they got a name from the random name generator you can use when making a character
Ah! I think you are right after rereading that. Yes, the random generator can provide a name that might also be problematic. I have certainly seen those over the years.
Ultimately, it is up to the player to review the name before using it to make sure it adheres to policy and isn’t otherwise inappropriate.
Someone came to the forum once because they were actioned for having a pet ghost crab named Ghostcrawler. The GM who handled the report was following the rule about naming pets after Blizzard employees not knowing that there was a hunter’s pet called that.
If I remember that situation correctly (and I may not), there was more going on with it. I thought the player was “roleplaying” that the Blizzard employee was his pet or something similar. One of those things where the name would be fine, but how you handle yourself with the name defines the action.
I don’t know about that. At the time, if you tamed a rare it was automatically named with the rare’s name and you couldn’t rename it.
I remember the thread, it was this one:
link: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/what-is-this-randomly-suspended/1024493
Also, you could rename it if you used the Certificate of Ownership scroll.
Sorry, I was referring to the character name.
Indeed. Like I said, the player may have only been slapped with a forced name change, but even if he did not get a suspension, he still has a mark on his account.
I understand that. Blizzard offers the name generator but takes no responsibility for it and shifts it all onto the customer. It’s unfortunate, but it certainly simplifies enforcement on Blizzard’s side, i.e. a name is a name is a name, no matter where it originated. I guess that makes sense?
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It is just a random generator, it can make names that break the rules. Your responsibility to accept or keep trying for other names
Um… that’s what I said. Blizzard does not take responsibility for their name generator. It falls entirely on the player.
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Why should blizzard take responsibility? Like we both said it is just a name generator. Would take way to much to try to block out possible bad names. I am sure the basic ones are.
I never said that. They’ve chosen not to take the additional measures to ensure that their name generator comports with the naming policy and instead have pushed that responsibility onto the customer. I think we’re in agreement on this, right?
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