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Hi, I have a question about reserved character names. It is known that for an account inactive for over a year, the reserved character names will be freed and released into the name pool for use by other players. I have tried to search for valid information, but I found two conflicting sources. In this forum thread https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3418466, ShaunB_GGG stated, and I quote: " For character names to expire the Path of Exile account that they are on must be inactive for a year, the account is considered active if it has been logged into through the game client. You do not need to log into a specific character to prevent that name from expiring. However, in this interview video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lB3TM5FrsY, Jonathan Rogers mentioned at 21:16 that we need to log in to the specific character. He also brought it up again at 21:42. Could you clarify which one is correct? Do I simply need to log in to my account to keep the character names, or do I need to log in to each character individually to retain their names? Last bumped on Dec 4, 2024, 5:53:35 AM	Posted by SaintProminent#2879 on Dec 3, 2024, 4:02:31 AM Quote this Post
As far as I am aware, you only need to login to your account via the client once a year. (Jonathan even said in that clip that he wasn't actually sure if it was per character or account). 😹😹😹😹😹 I do not and will not use TFT. Gaming Granny :D 🐢🐢🐢🪲🪲🪲 @xjjanie.bsky.social	Posted by xjjanie#4242 on Dec 3, 2024, 5:32:23 AM Quote this Post
Hey there, We are triple checking this. We will get back to you once we have heard from the relevant team members. Last edited by CoryA_GGG#0000 on Dec 3, 2024, 11:51:21 AM	Posted by CoryA_GGG on Dec 3, 2024, 11:50:28 AM Grinding Gear Games Quote this Post
" SaintProminent#2879 wrote: Hi, I have a question about reserved character names. It is known that for an account inactive for over a year, the reserved character names will be freed and released into the name pool for use by other players. I have tried to search for valid information, but I found two conflicting sources. In this forum thread https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3418466, ShaunB_GGG stated, and I quote: " For character names to expire the Path of Exile account that they are on must be inactive for a year, the account is considered active if it has been logged into through the game client. You do not need to log into a specific character to prevent that name from expiring. However, in this interview video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lB3TM5FrsY, Jonathan Rogers mentioned at 21:16 that we need to log in to the specific character. He also brought it up again at 21:42. Could you clarify which one is correct? Do I simply need to log in to my account to keep the character names, or do I need to log in to each character individually to retain their names? Hiya, thanks for your patience. To answer: just logging into any character on the game client should be enough to avoid any character names becoming inactive. Please note you will need to log into the game client, not just the Path of Exile website.	Posted by Nichelle_GGG on Dec 3, 2024, 3:01:28 PM Grinding Gear Games Quote this Post
Thanks for the clarification. Since I treat my past characters as trophies, I was worried about my characters' names after watching Jonathan's interview. Thanks again.	Posted by SaintProminent#2879 on Dec 4, 2024, 5:53:35 AM Quote this Post