Guild Wars 2

Upon logging in today I was forced to rename one of my characters (don’t ask for the name that’s not the point), I thought this was odd as no explanation was given – I renamed the character with a very similar name and continued to play.

After talking with a friend about it I realized my old name may have been changed due to Anet’s naming policy and thus the 2nd name would also be in violation because of the similarities.

My questions is: Was naming policy to blame and more importantly if this is going to get me into trouble with Anet what course of action should I take? Report myself in-game perhaps?

You are to blame for breaching the naming policy. If you feel your name could get your account actioned again, send ArenaNet a support ticket saying that the name is against the rules, and you would like it changed.

If you report it yourself, they will not action the account. If someone else reports it, you could be looking at a temp ban due to it being a 2nd offence.

>OP

The name IS the point. If it’s something that is borderline bad, Anet will ask you to change it. If you change it, and you used a similar name that still might violate the policy, you might get the request to change it again. I’m not aware of the Dev’s policy on if they’ll ban you for a 2nd offense or not. Maybe Gaile can shed some light on this.

>zoobaby

How is an imp who is a renegade offensive?

Couldn’t think of a name so I was being dumb and putting in absurd names in the character creation and seeing if it would reject it. One took and now I’m on my 3rd name offense and got the 72 hour banishment, didn’t know I could report myself or I would have. 72 hours is too long for this kind of offense.

The 72 hours is not too long at all. You got 72 hours suspension because of REPEATED violations of ArenaNets policy, therefore the punishment was fitting for the cause.

If you got 72 hours for the first, then yes, it would be too long, unless the name was extremely offensive.