2 Characters with Same Name

I saw two charrs in PvP who not only are in the same guild, use the same profession, and with similar appearance but most of all, have identical names. How is that possible? I thought character names are all unique.

The names are probably just slightly different (ie. one character has an accent mark over one of the vowels in the name, which is easy to overlook).

It's not possible. As RoseofGilead said there is likely to be a subtle difference between them, like an accent over one letter or one with a lower case L where the other has a capital I.

That's what I thought also but I took screenshots of both of them standing together. Then zoomed in on the names, couldn't see any difference. No accent or odd squiggles of any kind.

Update: Think I found out what was the difference. So subtle it's practically almost undetectable. The "i" for one character is typed using ARA. The other character is normal.

@Vengelis.3975 said:That's what I thought also but I took screenshots of both of them standing together. Then zoomed in on the names, couldn't see any difference. No accent or odd squiggles of any kind.

Update: Think I found out what was the difference. So subtle it's practically almost undetectable. The "i" for one character is typed using ARA. The other character is normal.

A lot of mesmer partners do this deliberately to confuse their foes.

Haven't seen those type of mesmers yet. These 2 are charr engineers with sunburst manes. =)