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Character Transfer Question?
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Post by
Raithesage
I participated in Recruit a Friend with myself, and I just transferred a level 80 character from the RAF account over to my main account, same server, same faction.
After the transfer was completed, I noticed my character was flagged for a rename, I tried using his original name, but it said it was unavailable. I am able to create a character with the same name on the realm, but for some reason I can't name this character with that name.
Is there some kind of grace period? I currently have a level 1 character holding his name. But I tried deleting it and logging in, but it still says name is unavailable even though I deleted the level 1 character.
Post by
Interest
I participated in Recruit a Friend with myself, and I just transferred a level 80 character from the RAF account over to my main account, same server, same faction.
After the transfer was completed, I noticed my character was flagged for a rename, I tried using his original name, but it said it was unavailable. I am able to create a character with the same name on the realm, but for some reason I can't name this character with that name.
Is there some kind of grace period? I currently have a level 1 character holding his name. But I tried deleting it and logging in, but it still says name is unavailable even though I deleted the level 1 character.
Yes, there is a grace period I believe.
Lemme get the article.
Edit
: Okay, so apparently there's no grace period if you delete, but it may be a bug with the system. You can, fortunately, resolve it by having a GM
free it up
for usage.
Good luck.
Post by
Raithesage
Hmm, I think there is an error because I reserved the name on the RAF account. Iit will not allow me to create a level 1 character with that name on my main account, currently it says that name is unavailable even though I just deleted the character from the RAF account. (Never logged in, with reserved name toon).
Post by
Nulgar
Well there's the problem, the RAF account is a different account than your main account. Did you register it in the same Battle.net account? I guess if they were in the same BNet account it would work (at least it worked a while back when I tested this with a trial account, though it could also be that trial accounts trigger no grace period when deleting a character)
Anyway, better contact a GM about this, like Interest said, to have them free up the name.
Post by
Interest
Hmm, I think there is an error because I reserved the name on the RAF account. Iit will not allow me to create a level 1 character with that name on my main account, currently it says that name is unavailable even though I just deleted the character from the RAF account. (Never logged in, with reserved name toon).
Oh... well...that could be a problem...That's probably why this issue is happening then. I know for a fact if you delete and create on the same account you always get it.
Post by
Gontier
It's indeed a bug with the character services and a Game Master should be able to resolve it for you.
Edit
: Okay, so apparently there's no grace period if you delete
Actually, as of patch 4.3.3 there actually is—if you delete a character that is above level 30 (and 60 in a Death Knight's case) the name will be locked for everyone else except for your own account for 30 days. This cannot be bypassed by a Game Master. Another player can however take the name by using a name change service.
But as you say it was a level one who's holding the name so that's not the case here. Just thought I should let you know. ;)
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