[Myzrael] Had a name reserved, lost it within 30 seconds of remaking the character

[Daltón-frostmourne]

But in Live, if you log in with that toon, then delete, the name does not go straigh back into the pool for use.
So I am just going to go with it will work the same in Classic. Why would they change that?

[anon26205537]

I deleted this character upwards of 15 times since locking it to test other names on other servers since I was confident that I had it secured. I am hoping the name locked somehow from me making/deleting the character too much

I had an issue on live the other day getting DC’d at character creation. I’d made a ton of alts with similar names. A specific name got me DC’d. Near as I can tell it isn’t taken. Picked a different name and it worked. I think there’s an issue with the login server or something.

[Metrotoxin-tichondrius]

its a smallworld mate lol

[Holycow-uldaman]

@Arween-gnomeregan

I can change that after it goes live and the name is mine to keep for 30 days after deletion.

I think that requires the deleted toon to be level 30+.

https://us.battle.net/forums/en/wow/topic/20748946852#post-12

Now, we have a mechanic in place that when you delete a character that is level 30+, the name of that character is reserved on your Battle.net account for 30 days.

[Ardeshir-emerald-dream]

Why would you think your dog’s nickname was so incredibly unique that no one would ever try to also register that name? If you were so confident, why reserve it at all? You deleted the character “upwards of 15 times” not just once for 30 seconds. Even if the odds of it happening was 1% of 1%, that’s still a 1 in 10,000 chance and we know there’s literally millions of people registering names. You gambled, you lost, all to save 15 bucks. The other guy is not the rat.

Why do you keep mentioning this 15 bucks thing? You know that paid appearance changes won’t be a thing in Classic, right?

[Syrioo-drakthul]

I think he’s saying that he could have made his other account active with 15 bucks and have that account prepared to secure the name the instant it was deleted on the other one, and then make the change again once you did the customization.

[Ultra-nesingwary]

Why would you think your dog’s nickname was so incredibly unique that no one would ever try to also register that name? If you were so confident, why reserve it at all? You deleted the character “upwards of 15 times” not just once for 30 seconds. Even if the odds of it happening was 1% of 1%, that’s still a 1 in 10,000 chance and we know there’s literally millions of people registering names. You gambled, you lost, all to save 15 bucks. The other guy is not the rat.

Why do you keep mentioning this 15 bucks thing? You know that paid appearance changes won’t be a thing in Classic, right?

Because he deleted the name he wanted 15 times to see if he could get another name on another server for the following reason:

I have two accounts (one of which is currently inactive) and I was thinking about activating it to reserve 3 more names. I wanted to test before doing so to ensure I could get the ones I wanted before doing so

He didn’t want to activate his other account to go name fishing, so instead he deleted the name he actually wanted 15 freakin times before someone else registered it. He deleted the name he wanted all to save 15 bucks and now wants to buy it back! Understand now?

[Chula-bronzebeard]

The person might not have sniped your name malicious. What if he just got off of work and his guild finally decided what server to roll on. Or he got frantic messages from his friends that the server was filling up and he decided to resub and try for a name.

Logs into Herod, makes his character and enters a name in the box. What if the name means something to him too. He cries silent tears of joy.

Nobody has a unique one of a kind name in this game. No one is entitled to their name.

[Bugdafug-turalyon (Bugdafug)]

So what is the name anyway?

[Threemini-staghelm]

I pray that is the case and that the rat who sniped my name is not a rat but a compassionate fellow

Ondore, I’m sorry you lost your name… especially since you had it once already.

But I seriously doubt a “Rat sniped you name”… the other player is likely someone who also has a deep connection to the name… maybe his dog isn’t dying but already dead… or may his grandma’s name was Fido… I dunno.

What I do know is that these aren’t “our names”. Though they may mean something to us personally… it’s first come, first serve.

I rather imagine anyone trying to get that name when you had it reserved felt pretty bummed too… and as if someone got “their name”.

[Daltón-frostmourne]

So what is the name anyway?

As he states below, it wasnt the Actual dogs name he lost. It was just a varient. he kept the most desirable. And the amount of people out there just trying to get those 2/3 letter names, hes lucky he got that.

I have 3 sentimental variants. I kept the most desirable variant (a 2 letter configuration) and my dog’s actual name.

[Djinndark-turalyon]

And this answers the question how? What name did he have then delete and lose?

[Faesaera-moon-guard]

There is no unique name in an MMO. You may think you’re the only one who thought of it, but chances are, you’re not.

You took a risk in deleting the character, got lucky multiple times, and your luck finally ran out.

No one was stalking you for a name or anything silly like that, you just got unlucky.

The person who got it is not a rat, calling them that over a name that YOU freed up is childish at best.

[Arween-gnomeregan]

Yes. 30+ you keep your name. 1-29 it automatically goes back into the system for whomever to pick up.

[Jadezia-proudmoore]

Is it a 3 letter name?

There’s a name that I was wanting, but it was taken…but I finally got it after a day of trying. I’m pretty sure I snagged it from someone else.

[Mur-staghelm (Mur)]

I’d say you earned it

[Jeine-sargeras (Jeine)]

Buddy just use a special character that’s what I did to get my name.

[Skribby-proudmoore (Skribby)]

Yes. 30+ you keep your name. 1-29 it automatically goes back into the system for whomever to pick up.

Where did you see this? Is this new info? Last thing I saw was that all names are immediately available in Classic, with no caveats listed.

[Mur-staghelm (Mur)]

Where did you see this? Is this new info? Last thing I saw was that all names are immediately available in Classic, with no caveats listed.

This may not be true for classic, but in modern wow, a name is “locked” to your account for at least 30 days (maybe 90?) as soon as you log in to that character. Even a level 1! /played time might possibly affect this, I guess I’m not sure about that. But I had this explained to me by a GM when trying to swap some names around one day.

[Dekanraer-kirin-tor]

Not sure if you can keep it private but I wouldnt mind checking on the name for you, if you wanna tell me. I’m not attached to one of the names I picked.