Quoth CuppaJo:
It’s not all bad news however, a Global Handle Rename will be granted to all players this morning shortly after all servers come up to help compensate for recent global chat issues.
I don’t have any particular desire to redo my “Three-Star Dave” handle (long as it is), but it’s nice to know that I could if I wanted to.
And some … mixed … UPDATES:
Global Chat should be fixed as of this morning.
You will also get a global handle change with this morning’s maintenance AFTER all the servers are up. To use this change just use the command /changehandle <user name> – WARNING: You only get one chance to change this name – check your spelling!!! GMs will NOT grant you another one if you make a mistake.
and
The global chat server will remain down while an issue is being investigated.
We are also receiving reports that some have lost rename token – we’re looking into this.
Global Chat is still frelled, and any changes they made post-patch have been rolled back.