2015-09-27, 05:38 AM
Marksman Bryan Wrote:Does anyone else think this is going to end up poorly because of hackers?
I can imagine just one hacker would be able to test thousands of "good" names before legits can even load maple.
Only thing I can think of is them being limited by character slots, but that could be easily avoided by making multiple accounts. And with how much preparation time they have I'll be surprised if anyone gets anything good.
Oh, definitely. People who are hoping for "cool" names like short dictionary words and popular Anime characters (*cough*Naruto*cough*), are quite unlikely to be able to get them.
But I have some characters whose names are nowhere near that awesome, and I still had to use creative spelling because the straightforward one was taken. And I've seen other people with the same problem. For example, my buddy had to name his Aran iitieJohn because LittleJohn was taken. I doubt anyone would bot for that. (Well, maybe now that I've posted it in public someone will try to snipe it, if it even becomes free, and sell it to my buddy. GL with that, buddy's quit years ago). So I think many people will be able to get the name they wanted.
Additionally, character name change is good for people who no longer like the name they gave their character years ago.
Unfortunately, it's also good for scammers wanting to not be identified :-(
Anyway, I hope Nexon will change the character-creation process enough to hinder botting it. A Captcha would be nice (I heard KMS has it? Or is that for account creation?). We don't need more ways for hackers to make $$ off this game.