It only applies to accounts with zero activity. So if you actively play your alt accounts, there shouldn't be an issue. If it lapses a year, you get a two week notification to encourage you to play. I'm unsure how this part is a lapse of judgement.
You missed the point entirely and did not understand what was said it seems like?
You guys are literally caring for only game activity and those who are playing
the game. That's the whole problem. You guy ssem to expect everyone who is signing up to all just going to be playing the game sometime in the near future, when that's not necessarily always going to be the case when it comes to everyone.
There's also us people on the forums and like it's the last time I am going to reiterate and stress that. Members of the community that have forum activity should be seen and treated just as equally as people with in-game activity. It doesn't always take those with the most game experience or even be glued to the game 24/7 to be valued, well-known, or respected members of a community. That's what I'm saying.
Like just think for a good moment here. Take for example someone who is active on the Discord server and the forums as an example, and they are very well active on these two, but they are not active whatsoever on the game, and may not even play it. Do they really deserve to be in violation of this policy and be prone to losing their name? As much as they may contribute towards the community and are literally just a member of the community? Do they really deserve that?
Anyway, going to reply to
@Alycia now and what they are saying.
It's become clear that people are hoarding names beyond reason, which is why this policy was implemented. Originally, the 3 account limit was put in place to ensure that everyone had a proper heads up on when account creation was enabled, and to ensure that everyone had a fair chance at obtaining the usernames they identify with. If the original limit wasn't put in place, we'd have exactly what we're seeing now and those that wouldn't have been able to register at the same time as others wouldn't have their chance to get their username.
Well, of course the hoarding is a problem, and I agree with what you are saying. I know that I would even contribute to that problem as well. I did make it transparent with me hoarding after all, and basically my intentions with what I wanted to do with some of the names I've managed to collect. Do I have any shame for that? No, I don't, because it was allowed.
I also get and understand why the limit was put there as well in the first place, as well as the intention that you guys had behind it. A fair chance for everyone to be able to get names that they actually had wanted and liked, of course. No problem with that.
However, I honestly just think the limit of 3 alternative accounts should have just stayed and it would have been a lot better overall. Like, 4 total accounts is enough, and having 4 names. It's more than enough and more than generous for most people. Majority of people will be sticking with 1 account for the most part anyway.
We don't want to introduce an arbitrary limit, as I believe that you should be able to play as many accounts as you want, but they must remain active in order to keep their usernames.
So, it was "accounts with significant progress are immune", but now it's "but they must remain active in order to keep their usernames".
Gotcha. Makes a lot of sense now.
This isn't really up for debate, your account must remain within a certain activity time frame or it will suffer being opened up for use by a member who will actually get use and enjoyment out of the name versus sitting dormant. That time frame is what's up for debate, not the fact that we have to release usernames in the first place.
I mean, a shorter timeframe would only benefit players who are actually actively playing the game, and who just want to squat on names.
But, a longer timeframe is going to be more fair for players, especially if players happen to go inactive and can't get around to playing at all. It's not that uncommon for players leaving more than a year, and end up coming back and returning to the game is the thing.
If your intention is to sell or giveaway your usernames, then you'd do well to find another home that harbors that sort of activity.
That's pretty cold, not going to lie.
I mean, I get really disliking people hoarding names to sell them, but I really don't believe just giving them away is really all the bad or even equally as that? I mean, hoarding isn't even inherently bad in the first place either.
If it was really that bad though and you guys didn't want hoarding like you guys knew what was going to happen (hence the limit of 3 alternative accounts in the first place duh), y'all should of just been like "yeah, we are removing the limit of 3 on alternative account creation, but please try to keep creating more alternative accounts to a minimum as to be reasonable and be considerate to others".
Like, if I heard that, I would have probably made a few more accounts, and that would have been it. I'm sure other who were hoarding would have likely followed the same suit as well, no doubt about that. I have been observing the community the short while I have been here now, and I don't see too many bad eggs whatsoever, most members are well-behaved and respectful.
Names are locked to you, and transfers between members are not something we condone.
Also, names are basically locked to you because you want them to. If we're talking technical limitations and what's possible to go implementing for systems and different things on the development end, then it's a whole different story. But, I digress.
