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Release character names belonging to inactive accounts

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I suggest releasing the names of characters level 10 and below that have less than 2 hours logged in on them to allow more options for the current playerbase and those who will join in the future.  This project had a massive launch and many names have been reserved on level 1 characters belonging to accounts that haven't been touched in ages.  Another thought would be to allow accented letters back on character names.  Nostalrius had this feature and with so many characters having been created at this point there are very few original choices left.

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Warmane does this. And it is a GREAT idea.

If a player hasn't been active in something like 4-6 months their name's on their account should be flagged for a name change.

However don't flag people's names that they are saving if their account is still active.

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I would really appreciate this change too! I contacted a Game Master about this request a moment ago, who then refered me to this post.

I recall Blizzard employees freeing up names back in the day. However, this was on a person to person basis. Whenever they got a request they would check the character of the name requested. If it was inactive they would free it up and give it a new, active home. Now, they don't do that anymore, however instead they release them in waves. Either way works really. I just find that my characters name is important to me and it is very unfortunate to have so many cool names be unused due to them sitting on inactive accounts.

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Yes, please. I really want to hear what the team thinks about this implementation. I don't see any downside to this.

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On 8/11/2017 at 2:49 PM, Roxanne Flowers said:

Level 10 or under.

2 hours played or under.

Last logged into 4+ months ago.

Sounds like a fair enough way to "cull" unused creations.

Sounds fair to me.

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