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Blizzard's starter guide: pick a Classic or Enhanced preset on first loginTwo name reservation bugs: Aussie RP order issue, and a 'restricted name' fix comingName reservation is open: it started 7:00am AEDT todayLooking for a guild? Blizzard points Forever players to the WoW Portal Room Discord
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Two name reservation bugs: Aussie RP order issue, and a 'restricted name' fix coming

Name reservation opened for Oceanic players at 7:00am AEDT today. Blizzard has already flagged two bugs:

1. Aussie ruleset order. On Australian servers, making a Normal or PvP character first hides the Roleplay and RP-PvP rulesets for later characters. Until it's fixed, create RP or RP-PvP characters first. Kaivax says only Oceanic players on Australian servers are affected and an urgent fix is in progress (also reported by Wowhead).

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2. Over-strict name filter. The restricted-name list (lore and technically problematic names) was blocking valid names, e.g. anything containing "con". The fix lands at each region's next realm restart. Got "That name is restricted" for a fine name? Retry after the restart.

No exact time yet for either fix; we'll update this post. Reservation runs to 3 Nov. Launch: 10:00am AEDT Thu 5 Nov.

Source: Wowhead (quoting Blizzard); also Blizzard EU forums via Blue Tracker: Overly Restrictive Name Check and Fix Incoming