Guild Wars 2

I know at launch that here was a system in place that stopped people from snatching up a name for a time after the character was deleted. Is that system still in place? If so, then how long is the name locked before someone else can take it?P

Thank you in advance.

This issue is locked away in Arenanet’s Area 51. They refuse to comment about it. I’d like to know too.

You have 24 hours after deleting a character in which that character’s name is untouchable by anyone but you. That’s how the system first worked (including dev responses saying as much, though I can’t give you any links or screenshots of that at this point) and there has been no indication of it having changed.

They just released an update. They come of the list next week.

I think names used in GW1 won’t be reserved from next week onwards.

But there’s also a system where if you create a character in GW2, then delete them, that name is reserved for 24 hours, and I’m pretty sure that one is staying in place.