Rijacki wrote:
Tuatha@Splitpaw wrote:
Calthine wrote:
It wasn't a pack of lies. The game has been out 5 1/2 years now and only now has this become available.
The potion has become available now, yes...However, if you reread the post, Yaskel was told by SOE that it couldn't be done, when technically they could have done it for their guild back then too (just without making $55 from it, of course) - and I know of at least one guild on Guk which had its name changed by SOE years ago (because La Cosa Nostra was not too popular with the powers that be), so "can't be done" was not entirely true, was it... Infact, pack of lies sounds just about right.
Actually, it very well could have been true THEN even if it is NOW possible. Changes had to be made to the back end structure of the game to allow tradeskill class changes, gender changes, race changes, etc.
It was also said, more than once, that the name of a guild could be changed but had the potential to cause a lot of havoc with members and guild linked stuff that it wasn't something they did often even when a name was rule breaking (breaking up the guild was easier).
So, if a statement is made at one time that is true at that time (such as, in 1986 declaring, "Ronald Regan IS President") because it is not true later (he's not president now) doesn't mean it was a lie when it was said.
IIRC, although there were difficulties about changing names years ago, the problem was dealing with certain character marks in a name. There was only one type accent mark (`)that was approved at the time for EQ). Since then things have changed in the coding system and the ability to handle them. I suspect that is why things are a lot more relaxed involving particular character marks such as House Reamorda vs House Rea'Morda.
In the Everquest Naming Policy, what rules apply to personal character names, also apply to guild names, even though the policy doesn't specifically say so, it is generally "hinted" at in the first section.
In any case, I think it's a good thing to allow guilds to change their names for what ever reason as long as it meets the Naming Policy. To me, the price is fair and takes into account most all the guilds from a personal guild to a large guild. Most all guilds have several peeps as members, even small guilds. A guild of 10 or even 5 can easily afford the $55 split amoung the members. It would be a rare situation if a one or two person private guild couldn't afford $55.00 even if they can afford to pay for several accounts. Even then, they don't have to change the name.
One can search for the actual Naming Policy in the Knowledge Base.