Will this game have RP servers?

[Madame Adequate]

I used to care about lore names, but then I saw Beyonce Targaryen, so I now only care about names that are perfect in every respect.

[Mirage]

Which actually raises the question: how DO people decide what to name their character?

I remember picking my 1.x character's name from "the Silmarillion", due to all names I came up with myself having been taken (a common problem when naming characters). I actually liked that name a lot, so I think I'm gonna reuse it for ARR if I can.

I sometimes look up actual names from (to us) exotic areas of the world. My current character name in FFXI is actually a slightly modified persian name. I also sometimes use name generators for inspiration, and look for things that sound kind of nice, and then change a letter here and there.

I almost never use names that are taken directly from popular media/culture.

[Carl the Llama]

I don't actually roleplay (outside of my mind, anyway) but stupid names bother me so I only play on RP servers in MMOs. (RP servers still have people with stupid names but usually not to the same extent.)

So will this game have any?

I don't see why this is an issue when you should clearly be on Sargatanas.

[I Don't Need A Name]

Yeah, but, at least for me, picking up a game with a wide past lore is hard. If you aren't part of it from the beginning, it can be difficult to grasp.

Better get researching all of the 1.x based goings on if you wanna be up and ready for ARR then

[Jinx]

Yeah, but, at least for me, picking up a game with a wide past lore is hard. If you aren't part of it from the beginning, it can be difficult to grasp.

Better get researching all of the 1.x based goings on if you wanna be up and ready for ARR then

Does it really matter in the end? I'm still gonna end up being the fairy queen chosen one kitty girl.

[Pike]

I don't actually roleplay (outside of my mind, anyway) but stupid names bother me so I only play on RP servers in MMOs. (RP servers still have people with stupid names but usually not to the same extent.)

So will this game have any?

I don't see why this is an issue when you should clearly be on Sargatanas.

More like you guys should clearly be on an RP server!

[Loony BoB]

For what it's worth, no matter where you go you will come across people with 'stupid' names. Seriously. Lore-relevant names are everywhere, too. The RP server could be filled with RP'ers named Big Wang, Kitty Galore, Mmmmm Inger and Cccccc cccccccc because that's just what happens. Balmung was the official RP server but in all honesty some of the people I saw asking about the RP server elsewhere had very silly names. So long asthey aren't like Ccccccc ccccccc (ie, bots) I rarely care about names.

Good people > Good names.

[Pike]

For what it's worth, no matter where you go you will come across people with 'stupid' names.

I'm well aware of this. I ran into many stupid names on the RP servers I ran into in WoW. However the prevalence of them as compared to on a non-RP server is much lower.

You guys have to realize that my main enjoyment of an MMO comes from getting into my character and roleplaying and immersion and stuff like that. I can't tell how many times I tried rolling a character on a normal WoW server to play with friends and then quitting within hours because I just couldn't do it. There was no sense that people were putting any thought into their characters and it just killed all enjoyment for me. I simply couldn't do it.

Go ahead and make fun of me, I'm just telling you how I operate in this kind of game. xD

[Loony BoB]

Awww, and I was wanting to party up with you. Gutting. Oh well, I hope you find enjoyment on whatever Balmung became!

[Pike]

Well if there's no official RP server then there's no point and I'll just have to learn to deal with it

[Del Murder]

Stupid is subjective. To me, Ouch's name with all his y's is much dumber than something like, say, Seymour Butz, which is awesome.

[Pike]

Well, non-lore, then.

[Del Murder]

But the Butz family has been a cornerstone of the Gridania plumbing guild for generations!

[Loony BoB]

Well, non-lore, then.

Frediswitha was a commonly seen NPC name in the old game. I hated it so much because it's a smurfing incomplete sentence, not a name.

[Jinx]

Well, non-lore, then.

Frediswitha was a commonly seen NPC name in the old game. I hated it so much because it's a smurfing incomplete sentence, not a name.

Frediswitha Name Meaning - English Girl Frediswitha