Guild Wars 2

I wish that character creation would start with choosing a name, then move on to choosing race, class, etc. Oftentimes, I make a great character, then get to the end of the process and find the name I had envisioned is taken. Then I end up with something like Spryalle the Greene, or some other lame combo.
If we could choose the name first to see if it’s available, it would be easier to build a character around the name, rather than having to force a name onto a character.

I could see this. Even better, maybe we could choose when to pick the name. TESO does this, though I leave the name to last just to make sure I don’t accidentally create the character before I’m ready. Sometimes I’m just fiddling with creation and the look I get suggests a name, sometimes the name is already definite (like if I am making my main’s sister, as I have done).

The flexibility would be nice! I know I canceled my norn engineer on the first attempt when the name Altrag Splitstack had been taken. I didn’t even keep my usual full screen set of slider settings. Then later I tried again, using Altdragg, and happily was able to get it that way … but putting in the name first would have guaranteed I wasn’t wasting my creative time.

I don’t know why your account name (Vitus Dance.4509) can’t be used like a ‘hidden’ surname – which would only show up when, say, mailing.
That way you could have any name you’d like…even if it was already taken as your surname would be specific to your account only.

Vitus Dance.4509:

I don’t know why your account name (Vitus Dance.4509) can’t be used like a ‘hidden’ surname – which would only show up when, say, mailing.
That way you could have any name you’d like…even if it was already taken as your surname would be specific to your account only.

Agreed I wish we could toggle and option to replace our character name in chat with our account tag instead… Would be great in guilds

Vitus Dance.4509:

I don’t know why your account name (Vitus Dance.4509) can’t be used like a ‘hidden’ surname – which would only show up when, say, mailing.
That way you could have any name you’d like…even if it was already taken as your surname would be specific to your account only.

Because every second person you come across would be xXSasukexUchihaXx