Guild Wars 2

Hi, i was wondering if, to invert the name on 2 of my characters, i must buy 3 name changing contracts or if i can do it with just 2 of them. Basically i just want for my elementalist and my warrior to switch the names.

Cheers

Hesperon.9687:

Anet support page

What happens to my former character name?
After a character name is changed with the Name Change Contract, the previous name remains tied to your account for 24 hours. So if you change a character name, you may use the former name for a new character on the same account within 24 hours. Alternately, you may use two separate Name Change Contracts to swap names between two characters on your account, as long as you do that within 24 hours.

This is why i was asking

source: https://help.guildwars2.com/entries/27626227-Character-Name-Changes

In order to swap names between 2 characters, you will need 3. That part is incorrect. To change both to something different or to change one and then switch the second to the first character’s name can be done with two.

To swap:
1) change character one to a different “placeholder” name- one NCC
2) change character two to the first character’s original name- one NCC
3) change character one to character two’s original name- one NCC

You’ll likely need 3, it won’t let you change a name to one that already exists. Unless you’re willing to change a letter or something to save some gems =/ Or you can contact support and they might help you out, since you just want to swap the two but thats doubtful.

Why would you want to have your characters’ names upside down?

Best I can suggest is using letters like d, p, o, u, n, m, w, and so forth, and hope that other players play with inverted monitors . Alternatively, you could use those upside-down analog calculator spellings like 80085 or 5318008, but problems with that include a) names in GW2 not being written in digital calculator font, and b) the non-analog calculator generation failing to understand what you are doing.

Or you could buy three name change contracts (unfortunately), but I like my previous (and sarcastic) answer better.

Bunda.2691:

Why would you want to have your characters’ names upside down?

it’s because i want to change both characters’ gender and a female character called “Good Guy Hespe” is just a bitt odd

I have a thief named Max Parker. She’s female. Named after these two. Don’t get so hung up on names, Guy could be a nickname.

Behellagh.1468:

I have a thief named Max Parker. She’s female. Named after these two. Don’t get so hung up on names, Guy could be a nickname.

since it’s norn it may be a girl with a huge “surprise”…
joking aside, i prefer to swap the two names without using 3 name changing contract if possible, otherwise i’ll try to search for a workaround even if it wouldn’t really make me happy

Hesperon.9687:

Bunda.2691:

Why would you want to have your characters’ names upside down?

it’s because i want to change both characters’ gender and a female character called “Good Guy Hespe” is just a bitt odd

I was simply making a joke on your use of the word “inverted,” and jumped at the opportunity to reference inverted analog-calculator 5318008. No harm intended.

On a separate note, thank god you didn’t accidentally misspell your name with an “r” instead of the “s.” Not sure Anet would have approved.

Change Good Guy Hespe to a variation on that, maybe just Hespe. Or Good Gal Hespe.
If you do something like that for both names then you will only need two name change contracts. If you switch you will need 3.

Bunda.2691:

Hesperon.9687:

Bunda.2691:

Why would you want to have your characters’ names upside down?

it’s because i want to change both characters’ gender and a female character called “Good Guy Hespe” is just a bitt odd

I was simply making a joke on your use of the word “inverted,” and jumped at the opportunity to reference inverted analog-calculator 5318008. No harm intended.

On a separate note, thank god you didn’t accidentally misspell your name with an “r” instead of the “s.” Not sure Anet would have approved.

Reported for explicit cotent. :o)

Wanze.8410:

Bunda.2691:

Hesperon.9687:

Bunda.2691:

Why would you want to have your characters’ names upside down?

it’s because i want to change both characters’ gender and a female character called “Good Guy Hespe” is just a bitt odd

I was simply making a joke on your use of the word “inverted,” and jumped at the opportunity to reference inverted analog-calculator 5318008. No harm intended.

On a separate note, thank god you didn’t accidentally misspell your name with an “r” instead of the “s.” Not sure Anet would have approved.

Reported for explicit cotent. :o)

Thanks dude. I was seeing how many hidden semi-explicit references I could get away with without getting banned.

Anet support page

What happens to my former character name?
After a character name is changed with the Name Change Contract, the previous name remains tied to your account for 24 hours. So if you change a character name, you may use the former name for a new character on the same account within 24 hours. Alternately, you may use two separate Name Change Contracts to swap names between two characters on your account, as long as you do that within 24 hours.

This is why i was asking

source: https://help.guildwars2.com/entries/27626227-Character-Name-Changes