I don't get it. Why does this matter? This is for accounts that haven't been accessed in years. I really doubt they'll come back.
Thanks for stealing my idea you thief, Tesiqurasa
1. Go to your buddy list window- known as the “R” tab
2. Go to the “Overall Tab” on buddy list
3. Right click on all the buddies, and go to friend memo
4. A blank window will appear and type their name and click apply
5. Now when the character ign event comes, all the inactive people will have numbers as their ign.
6. You will properly address them.
If anything, leaving my BL un-nicknamed will help me know which people to delete when I need to clean my list out.
Butts.
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This will only work for people added after the buddy system revamp. That happened after 2013. No one who will be an account buddy will have their names changed, unless they choose to use the free name-change coupon.
Only people whose accounts have been completely inactive since Jan 2013 will be changed to numbers.
tl;dr
This won't fix the "number-name" issue.
Spoiler!