Guild Wars 2

Hard to put a subject that makes sense, sorry.

I chose my character based on several criteria – one of which was not evident in the “preview” for the character which doesn’t show, apparently, the real size of certain things like heads and rear ends.

Well, my latest character which I used almost all of my experience scrolls to get to 30, has the wrong size part and I would like a chance to correct what was not evident in the preview when making this character.

I have had the same thing happen to several characters after creation, they didn’t have the same dimensions as the preview, I ended up deleting every single one of them.

I want to choose my body parts again with a tonic of some kind – and I would love an adjustment to the preview to be more in line with what one gets as an end result of creating any character.

There is a Total Makeover Kit. Now that you know how the look varies from the preview you can adjust for that.

In beta we learned that to keep proportional you wanted to increase the head size on shorter characters and decrease it on taller ones, so as to keep the head normal looking. Unfortunately, the shorter characters get uniformly scaled down so they look like miniatures, rather than just losing some height. Human head sizes don’t vary that much! It’s why it seems childlike to have a big head (see chibis); children get the head size before the body grows to fit.

Anyway, the Makeover still does it via preview (and seems a bit vertically squashed) but it does let you fix things in game without remaking the alt. It even gives you three new faces and hairstyles along with new hair colors.

Hehehe… how many characters have I deleted after noticing after running around a bit that I’d accidently chosen the option for ghetto booty? Two or three. And one makeover kit. In the preview they look fine, but once the running animation kicks in…. daaaaaaaaaamn. xD

Now I always just choose the flattest behind possible when making a character and hope for the best.

Donari.5237:

There is a Total Makeover Kit. Now that you know how the look varies from the preview you can adjust for that.

In beta we learned that to keep proportional you wanted to increase the head size on shorter characters and decrease it on taller ones, so as to keep the head normal looking. Unfortunately, the shorter characters get uniformly scaled down so they look like miniatures, rather than just losing some height. Human head sizes don’t vary that much! It’s why it seems childlike to have a big head (see chibis); children get the head size before the body grows to fit.

Anyway, the Makeover still does it via preview (and seems a bit vertically squashed) but it does let you fix things in game without remaking the alt. It even gives you three new faces and hairstyles along with new hair colors.

SO… you CAN do the body in the total makeover kit?

Ok, now to get the money to do so… or delete a 46 thief. Joy.

Thanks for the answer – I couldn’t get into the forums for days, first time I have been able to get here to see your post.

Lalocat.6793:

Hehehe… how many characters have I deleted after noticing after running around a bit that I’d accidently chosen the option for ghetto booty? Two or three. And one makeover kit. In the preview they look fine, but once the running animation kicks in…. daaaaaaaaaamn. xD

Now I always just choose the flattest behind possible when making a character and hope for the best.

There should be a disclaimer in the game to show that none of the attributes are to scale for the game you will be entering… GAH!