Guild Wars 2

I’ve tried to name a new character about 10 minutes ago and got a message saying the character name was a reserved name. I’ve been told that there were some issues with reserved names days after release but I’m surprised I’ve got this message a day before November. Any help would be much appreciated

5 days ago, Gaile posted “I believe we will have information about this next week.” So, by the end of the week you’ll have your answer.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/forum/Do-your-posts-seem-to-disappear/first#post546985

The post above Gaile’s has a link to the previous thread on the subject that Gaile had previously responded to.

Names were able to be reserved by Guild Wars 1 players shortly prior to launch. Those reserved but not yet used have not been released as of yet. Once they are, I am sure there will be an announcement made on the forums. Once they are, though, I imagine it will be first-come-first-served in grabbing those names. You might be better off just coming up with something else now and be able to play in the mean time.

Will there be any type of free name changes in the future? Reason I ask this is because my wife and I shared GW1 accts so we weren’t able to name them in GW2 because of the reservation.