Guild Wars 2

The thing I don’t get is why names even have to be unique given that we all have unique account names (XXX.####). Diablo III did it right when they made everything go by the account name, and when I saw ANet doing that, I figured that’s how it would be.

Lately my gameplay has gone like this: Log in, try to create character with name I want, name is still reserved, log out.

There are two or three character names that I like to use that are reserved. I’ve asked a few times, but didn’t get an answer, and can’t find one on the forums. Has there been any word about this?

Try this:

ESC → Options → General Options → Combat Section

Check “Promote Skill Target”

Same here! A name I want is still blocked, too.

This is bugging me too. There are a couple of names I would like to use, that give me the “this is a GW1 reserved name” message. When I search for those names in-game (in GW2), the game tells me that there is no character with that name.