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[CeeKay Boques]

What did we just choose here, with "Reserve your Pilot name?"

Did we reserve our "Pilot Name"? If so should I have Chosen John Smith?, and used Technoviking as my callsign?

What if I get a bloodname?

What if I get a bad name for myself and want to change it?

What if I want to smurf?

What if I want to join two factions?

If I have multiple BTU/MW "characters" should I hurry up and reserve all the possible names?

How will naming working in MWO, and what have we "reserved" here?

[John Clavell]

I believe one of the Dev's commented on this in another thread. Effectively, this will be the name everyone within the game and further eco-game related eco-system will know you by.

[Cake Bandit]

Good thing I'm so used to being called Cake.

[Erevis Cale]

Aegis Kleais™, on 07 November 2011 - 12:04 PM, said:

There has been no official answer to this, but since the game is F2P, I'm sure as long as you have another email address, you would be able to register it with a new pilot name.

It's one of the reasons why banning loses its power in F2P, because it's as if the developer has given every person in the world unlimited serial keys to play the game.

Thats actually the best argument against F2P I have heard. Excellent point.

Isn't it possible to ban an IP adress?

[anonymous218]

Erevis Cale, on 07 November 2011 - 08:30 PM, said:

Isn't it possible to ban an IP adress?

It is, but I don't know if that works for long if you have a dynamic IP. You can just change it if it's dynamic, and get around a ban. Not sure about the particulars, though.

Edited by Elizabeth Hazen, 07 November 2011 - 08:33 PM.

[Blackknighte]

Blackknighte

"Here Sir"

Genie, MBPT AOL before paytoplay, then paytoplay, then Gamestorm, Then EA.....

<HoS>

was Blackknight but someone stole my name so now its Blackknighte

My Hunchy-J and Blackjack are in storage somewheres, cant find my way to Solaris and the "Swooping Crane"

Hope to get on board a drop ship once we get a green light

Ill cover you

Sincerely,
Blackknighte

[Twilight]

Erevis Cale, on 07 November 2011 - 08:30 PM, said:

Thats actually the best argument against F2P I have heard. Excellent point.

Isn't it possible to ban an IP adress?

An individual IP ban is easy to avoid, and quite ineffective. All someone has to do is unplug their cable modem, retether their wireless, reset their DSL, or simply redial into their dialup. Most people do not get a static IP Assigned to them, unless they're doing something other than home internet.

An IP Subset ban would be more effective, but runs the risk of alienating a group of users, or whole ISP.

[Alizabeth Aijou]

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It's one of the reasons why banning loses its power in F2P, because it's as if the developer has given every person in the world unlimited serial keys to play the game.

That's why IP-adress bans exist.