Nexon should delete old characters
Maplestory has been around for over 7 years now, at least the global version, and during this time millions of characters have been created. The negative of this is that current players lose the ability to name their characters nice names. I was doing a search to try to find a good character name and noticed many many of the more interesting names I came up with were, of course taken, but also on the older servers and had rather low levels. I was thinking Nexon should delete all the characters that haven't been played for 3 years, unless they reached level 100. This would free up names for us to use and free up some server room for Nexon. What do we think about this?
July 21, 2012
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[quote=MikeVit] What do we think about this?[/quote]
Bottom line is- nothing anyone here thinks about it really matters, it's completely up to Nexon.
However, I do agree with something you said somewhere in the previous pages- it should be in Nexon's best financial interests to free up character names for new players to use, since the lifeblood of any "free to play" game is a constant influx of new (potentially paying) customers. If they make it hard to even get started by naming your brand new character, they might inhibit the growth of their possible NX buyers.
Also, something you didn't mention and no one here apparently realizes or remembers, is that the database Nexon uses to hold the character data is almost at its limit.
They had technical issues with adding new players a while ago and had to do some kind of "workaround" to increase the capacity.
If all the permanently banned and unused for years characters are permanently locked into the database forever, it would be to their advantage to delete those names and open up some space in their database.
The best argument for policies like this are that other games do it, and it hasn't killed anyone, made anyone go mad, or ruined the company's business.
But since Nexon apparently lives in the hope that someone who logged 6 years ago, played for 10 minutes and said "this game sucks" then deleted the game from their computer forever might SOMEDAY come back and spend 10 cents on NX, they aren't likely to ever do anything like this. You never know, it could be worth a nickel to them someday if they lock up all those names.
lolol no.. just no
idk, u guys all look the same n stuff, u guys aren't fit for them
[quote=iamfull]Well, I'm one of those people who quit for a few years and have gone back to my bandit. It was level 51 for the longest time, but then it had sentimental value (though I guess no one cares for that anymore) as well as being able to contact people on your BL / Guild.
And apparently I've been "inactive for so long, there is no way I'm coming back" and yet I'm back on Maple. And I would have lost things of serious value. People value things differently than others.
Who are you to say that one wouldn't lose anything of value if their characters get deleted?[/quote]
If there is ONE character on your account above level 70, that account shouldn't have other characters deleted. Perhaps I communicated that badly. But I'm mainly talking about accounts with NO character above 70, that have 2+ years of inactivity. Hell, I have an account which I forgot the password to that's been inactive for years and I bet they haven't deleted the names yet.
If one character on the account is 70+, it's reasonable enough to not delete any characters on said account since it's quite possible they have mules or merch mules or whatever. But if there's some person with a level 36, a level 10, a level 6 and a level 40, do you HONESTLY think if his account has been untouched for 2+ years that he'll come back? And if he does, is he REALLY missing anything major? You can pretty much soar to 70 with barely any effort.
As for you coming back, I can understand there are some people that will, but the vast, VAST majority don't, and if they didn't get to level 70, which is pretty damn easy and takes so little time/effort, why clog up names for an active player base while you waste server space with data for those characters? After 1+ year of inactivity and no 70+ characters on the ACCOUNT at all, it's pretty damn safe to say that they haven't invested(And aren't going to invest) any more time into the account.
"What do we think?" I dunno about the rest of you, but I think "[b][i]Hell no![/i][/b] " I have multiple other characters--more than you can count on your fingers and toes--each with unique one-word names that I didn't have to reserve beforehand.
Punish the people who were either lucky enough to get the name before you, or smart enough to come up with something original on their own? How is [b][i]that[/i][/b] fair?
@above
I second that
I had a lot of level 50s and 60s in bera when I left, and I worked hard to get them up to that
Although they are not very high, I still didnt want to delete them when I left for broa
Simply because they have some sentimental value to me
[quote=Tricks122]Because a level 15 who hasn't logged on in 5 years is TOTALLY going to randomly come back.
Honestly, if an account has been inactive for 1 year or more and no characters on the account are 70+(Which is COMPLETELY reasonable in this day), they should be deleted. I mean seriously, I can understand people coming back, but there are accounts that have been inactive it's been so long there's no way they're coming back. And if they do, they haven't lost anything of serious value, so I don't see what the problem with deleting characters from accounts that obviously aren't invested into the game and have no effort put into them.
If they log in once a year or have a 70+ character, fine, the account can stay intact. But if they haven't logged on in over a year and they don't have a 70+ character, do you REALLY think they're going to come back? The answer is no, by the way, they aren't. And again, if they do, they haven't lost anything of value.[/quote]
Well, I'm one of those people who quit for a few years and have gone back to my bandit. It was level 51 for the longest time, but then it had sentimental value (though I guess no one cares for that anymore) as well as being able to contact people on your BL / Guild.
And apparently I've been "inactive for so long, there is no way I'm coming back" and yet I'm back on Maple. And I would have lost things of serious value. People value things differently than others.
Who are you to say that one wouldn't lose anything of value if their characters get deleted?
[quote=iamfull]I'd say its a bad idea. There are people who played a long time ago, then stopped, and have come back to Maple.
Nexon deleting characters is not very good for business either. If they do that, then there will be less reason for people to go back to Maple and such.
Sure, there are a lot of IGNs that people would want to have but are taken already. Just be creative and think of IGNs that aren't taken.[/quote]
Because a level 15 who hasn't logged on in 5 years is TOTALLY going to randomly come back.
Honestly, if an account has been inactive for 1 year or more and no characters on the account are 70+(Which is COMPLETELY reasonable in this day), they should be deleted. I mean seriously, I can understand people coming back, but there are accounts that have been inactive it's been so long there's no way they're coming back. And if they do, they haven't lost anything of serious value, so I don't see what the problem with deleting characters from accounts that obviously aren't invested into the game and have no effort put into them.
If they log in once a year or have a 70+ character, fine, the account can stay intact. But if they haven't logged on in over a year and they don't have a 70+ character, do you REALLY think they're going to come back? The answer is no, by the way, they aren't. And again, if they do, they haven't lost anything of value.
Maybe you should think for a better IGN if all the ones you know of are taken
I honestly don't think this would work... Sorry but you just have to be creative I was sad to not get my wanted IGN but I just threw a letter in front of it and it worked lol
And besides first come first serve and I doubt you really care about maplers in 10 years having "good" igns... If this happened I'm pretty sure most of us would just steal the igns and attempt to sell it -_-
[quote=MikeVit]Well ok, basically people think this is a bad idea... however think 10 years from now, when a new player tries to make and IGN and the 1st 25 names he/she tries have been taken... Maybe the 1st 50 names he/she tries have been taken... seems like it would get a bit frustrating.[/quote]
Yes Maple will be thriving in 10 years LOL.
First come first serve, be creative, switch some i's and l's, vv and w, whatever, it's a freaking IGN who cares. People have quit and come back.
I'd say its a bad idea. There are people who played a long time ago, then stopped, and have come back to Maple.
Nexon deleting characters is not very good for business either. If they do that, then there will be less reason for people to go back to Maple and such.
Sure, there are a lot of IGNs that people would want to have but are taken already. Just be creative and think of IGNs that aren't taken.
Be like LoL, make it so people have to get a new name if inactive for a certain amount of time
[quote=Melapelan]I think its a good idea, like if u dont use an account for more than 3 YEARS, wth will u care about it .. like nx will make a message to the accounts that aren't in use to get them back before deleted. So it would be a good opportunity to get some good IGN's or maybe the IGN u wanted before .. SOME PPL ARE JUST BEING SO BUTTHURTED IN THE THREAD OR JUST SO CHILDISH WITH THIS GREAT IDEA </3[/quote]
Thanks man
That's stupid. That's none of their business.
Nope
[quote=Kuroda]@OhSoGraceful: No, but the IGN doesn't show up on rankings, and it's taken, therefore, perm banned.
I want that IGN.[/quote]Or it could just be level 1
not our fault you can't come up with an original name
As for me, I really want a K-pop name. None of them ever worked. So I just mashed two groups together to from DBSKJYJ. It worked. LOL.
Just be creative But yea...Nexon should really delete the CHARACTERS that have been in-active for years I mean..the name Diurnally wasn't taken
Besides...an IGN like ssoadijasofwodh is not that bad...
I wouldn't say delete them but rename them to something then if they do decide to play again they'll get a free name change.
[quote=HeroicPiggy]Are you really suggesting that the game will still be here in 10-20 years?[/quote]
I have no idea how long the game will last. At 7+ years old it seems fairly popular. If Nexon does a good job in updating the game, unlike what they are doing now, then the game could last a while... However, if the lag continues, obvious bugs aren't fixed, and hackers continue their inundation then the game will end in a few years.
when making your maple person you must think outside the box
if only i had a dime for every time someone in a online game tryed geting a anime character name...ect
i would prolly end up so rich i could buy the world lol... or the moon yes and charge people for using my moonlight ....
How about you become creative with your igns.
[quote=Legendx135]so you want characters deleted for your own needs ._. ?[/quote]
No, as I said earlier, in 10+ years new players are going to have a difficult time finding an IGN to use. After say 25 attempts they might give up and try another game.
so you want characters deleted for your own needs ._. ?
@MikeVit: yea, mabye the name of the charactor to like adfadsfuhajskdf and then when you come back and log on to it you can get a free name change?
[quote=tkirsch]i think if accounts have not played in like 3 years, nexon should send them an email saying they have 30 days to respond or thier account will be reset of charactors. (slots stay)[/quote]
I think that is very reasonable. {and of course the Nx stays with the account, Nexon might get sued otherwise}
i think if accounts have not played in like 3 years, nexon should send them an email saying they have 30 days to respond or thier account will be reset of charactors. (slots stay)
how bout nexon delete everyone who is active
Yeah lets delete Fangblade
1)you never know if these people might want to come back
2)you dont know if there on vacation or are prevented from playing
3)getting to level 100 3 years ago was a challenge, it should be level 30 or so if they did.
4)first come first serve, sucks to suck.
I agree. 3 years is a long time. Character names should be automatically changed and free. Maplestory is a changing game. It's a game very hard to catch up to if you're really behind. I was gone for a month and now I have to get used to Pink Zakum, Jett, Phantom, and all these other stuff. To make it more fair, it should be that all character names changed if the account hasn't been accessed in 3 years. If you want to keep your account, just log in a few times and you're set.
[quote=MikeVit]I concede the argument to the greater Basil/Maplestory community [/quote]
Good, we're sick of this argument. It gets old. It would cost nexon time and money to do this. They would have to do it manually, because we know how bots made by nexon's programmers are. (take the auto-ban system for instance.) Not to mention, they wouldn't have me as a customer if they had done that. If I had had no I/L mage to return to, no stuff, no mesos. I would have found a different game to take up my time. Rather than playing this older game, that i remembered I love.
[quote=anthonylee]@MikeVit: YES. i really havent. i made an aran years ago, he haz zhelm, wg, nice polearm. but he got boring so i haven't played him. i have assassin. also same wg, zhelm, scrolled claw havent played in 4 years[/quote]
I concede the argument to the greater Basil/Maplestory community
Well ok, basically people think this is a bad idea... however think 10 years from now, when a new player tries to make and IGN and the 1st 25 names he/she tries have been taken... Maybe the 1st 50 names he/she tries have been taken... seems like it would get a bit frustrating.
If they did delete characters I would be the new owner of the IGN Justin.
Maybe if they were like level 30. Level 100 is way too high, especially if they were people who havent been playing for 3+ years. Back then, it was hard to even reach 30 for a lot of people. But yeah, deleting is too much as well, it sould just be made so that you character should be put in this status with no name and out of rankings, that way if they decide to play they have to start off with a diff name and will still be able to use their character.
I've seen this done before, I can't remember the MMO tho.
[quote=MikeVit]No, 12 year old, like yourself don't follow the discussion or read carefully. I was referring to the discussion between Ecyz and Kingbrawl.[/quote]
That means yes.
Seriously dude, if you think Nexon would delete a character that potentially could make money or has, then you're crazy. A mule could easily become someone's main, or a character created years ago could also. And how many people have lvel 100 mules?
If you have the name, it's yours. Everyone else has to deal with it. Should we delete FangBlade then, since he almost never logs in?
[quote=Kuroda]No. Terrible idea.
They should delete IGN's of perm banned accounts. It'd free up alot of good ign's, including Kuroda <3[/quote]
This man has the right idea, Perm banned accounts all ready deleted should free up those igns >
There's a game I used to play called Latale that's owned by OGplanet. If you Don't play your character for over one year and its under lvl 80 they put the letters 'OG' at the end of your character name freeing up the original name. I think Nexon should do this too and put a 'NX' next to old character names that aren't being used. I don't think it's fair to actually delete the account.
[quote=MikeVit]It's very hard to have a reasonable conversation with 12 year olds [/quote]
so let me get this straight, you're calling other people 12 year olds just cause they don't agree with you?
[quote=Ecyz]@Kingbrawl I'm having a hard time believing this so I'm just gonna stop responding lol[/quote]
It's very hard to have a reasonable conversation with 12 year olds
@Kingbrawl I'm having a hard time believing this so I'm just gonna stop responding lol
[quote=lostguy]from what i can see, people that are supporting the deletion of characters don't give a damn apparently about your sentimental value. seeing as they just want your name for themselves.[/quote]
I don't want the IGN for myself; I'd like future players to be able to have IGNs they like and not have the name sitting on an account that hasn't been played for 3+ years.
[quote=Kuroda]@OhSoGraceful: No, but the IGN doesn't show up on rankings, and it's taken, therefore, perm banned.
I want that IGN.[/quote]
My bad didn't know that about IGN's not showing up in the rankings if perm banned.
[quote=Kingbrawl]but what happen if you had memories in those item like your first 5 attack glove or your first gach item? also what would happen to people banned for 4 years[/quote]
from what i can see, people that are supporting the deletion of characters don't give a damn apparently about your sentimental value. seeing as they just want your name for themselves.
[quote=Kingbrawl]no space because of the rare item you found then what would you do o.o[/quote]
There are 15 available character slots in ONE world. I'm pretty sure I could find space
Is it that hard to be creative?
[quote=Kingbrawl]but what happen if you had memories in those item like your first 5 attack glove or your first gach item? also what would happen to people banned for 4 years[/quote]
"first 5 attack glove" I understand the sentimental attachment, you could just log onto the character once every 3 years and it would be safe. "people banned for 4 years." I'm not familiar with what would cause someone to be banned for 4 years." But if they hacked or did something similar do you really want to play with them?
[quote=Kingbrawl]but what happen if you had memories in those item like your first 5 attack glove or your first gach item? also what would happen to people banned for 4 years[/quote]
If I had memories on that account I'd move them to my main one. As for the banned accounts, they'd be marked as a banned account instead of an inactive one.