Mischief/Thornblade Shared Character Name List

Who said it was relatively easy?

It seemed to be implied by your statement that the codebases had changed. I assumed you aren't trying to insinuate that now it is completely impossible now, but rather, because the codebases had changed, it would now be more difficult and onerous to try to implement. Anything is possible, its just whether or not it is worth the trouble.

That wasn't my point. My point was that no one said it was easy. You don't know whether the P99 guys spent 90 minutes on it or 90 man days.

Worth the cost, you mean. Same thing, I suppose.

If P99 admins spent that long they need to get their heads checked. I mean, I don't know them, but I'll just go on assuming they are reasonable people, and if they did it, that means they were able to justify the time they spent on it, I'd guess probably not much.

You would have to do it on character creation and on name change as well since they have added the option to change your name. It would be a pretty big loophole to not allow a name on day 1 but later someone can pay to change it to the duplicate name. Or even just wait until day 2+ to create the character based on what you just said.

The servers are going to be setup with the same rules so this scenario won't happen.

Thats why I said do it during new name validation (not just character creation). Both "should" use the same function.

I am sure the coders for EQ are aware of this sorta situation, or at least I hope so...

Right but the post I responded to was suggesting it was only needed on new character creation and possibly only the first day as well.

P99 guys are hobbyists. They have very different criteria for deciding if a feature is "worth it".

Edit: But I tend to agree that they certainly thought it was worth it in their case.

He meant the increased server strain is only present during the act of character creation, and it's only during launch that thousands of people are making characters at the same time.

Yes, that's true. That doesn't mean they are going to spend 90 days on that one feature. I can accept that it may not be worth doing here. I'm only suggesting that it be looked into because I think it's a good idea. That fact that P99 guys did it before only gave me some vague indication that it is possible. It also gave me the idea in the first place i guess.

If you're really that worried about it, just reserve the name on both servers.

Great idea! You're like the 3rd person to have it.

Only the 3rd? It's such an obvious solution to this non-problem, surprised it's not way more than that.

You have no frame of reference here, Donny! You're like a child that wanders into the middle of a movie..

Not going to read 4 pages of whinging about a non-issue. Sorry not sorry.

Typically, the rules have been "If population is below x, and there aren't queues, turn off autokick."

You could have the same rules on both servers and still have one meet the criteria for turning off autokick and the other not.

Working on your post count?