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Invalid or duplicate name?

Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 8:59 pm
by Pat75snp
Hi there everyone, I’m looking for some help, I haven’t played for a few years for one reason or another, I just got a new PC and installed the game again, all goes well until I try to choose a character, no matter what name I choose I get the following message and cannot progress “you have entered an invalid or duplicate name”, can anyone help out?

Re: Invalid or duplicate name?

Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2025 5:41 pm
by Rydiak
Characters that haven't logged in for an extended period of time have their names freed up for use by other characters. It sounds like this is what happened. You will need to select a new character name.

Re: Invalid or duplicate name?

Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2025 9:37 pm
by Pat75snp
That’s not what I’m saying mate.

It doesn’t matter what name I choose I get the same error message “invalid or duplicate name”. I’m trying to create a new character and start again, it smdoesnt matter if I select a name myself or use the random name generator, I always get the same error message, and as such can’t progress beyond the character creation page.

Any ideas why?

Re: Invalid or duplicate name?

Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 8:43 am
by Bowldancer
Did it resolve for you by now ?
Yesterday there were some issues.
Just tried it. Works for me.

Re: Invalid or duplicate name?

Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 11:37 am
by Pat75snp
Nope, still exactly the same, see below

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q5iM1D ... sp=sharing

Re: Invalid or duplicate name?

Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 2:11 pm
by Wodin
Pat75snp wrote: Tue Mar 18, 2025 11:37 am Nope, still exactly the same, see below

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q5iM1D ... sp=sharing
In this case the error message is correct.
https://killboard.returnofreckoning.com ... er/2719903

Re: Invalid or duplicate name?

Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 3:24 pm
by Bowldancer
I think you have to be very inventive with names now.
Probably tens of thousands of players that could reserve up to 20 names each.

Re: Invalid or duplicate name?

Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2025 5:37 pm
by Pat75snp
Bowldancer wrote: Tue Mar 18, 2025 3:24 pm I think you have to be very inventive with names now.
Probably tens of thousands of players that could reserve up to 20 names each.
That sir has indeed solved my problem!! Thanks very much.

I had to go with a crazy name (even trying several beforehand) before it finally let me continue!