Guild Wars 2

I miss being able to test out a new look in-game when it is locked into the makeover and hairstyling kits. Creating a character with the preview is one thing, seeing it in the game environment another, which in the past has led me to re-make some of my characters.

Suggestion: When hitting the accept button on a kit, turn it soul bound and give it a decay timer of say one or two hours. That way a look can be tested in game, with various armors, lighting and movement, and adjustments are still possible.

+1, i will love to see that, it will be even better if they make a testing zone/room – a small place with bank golem and and an NPC that will show you the makeover window where you can change your hair/body/sex ect. in it where you can “test drive” your new looking character, this zome must be private so there will be only you in it and once you are ready to decide you can click “make changes” and leave the room.

A testing zone would be fantastic, but I kinda think that would require more effort than re-using an existing mechanic (already used on golem banker e.g.).

Right now these kits have some flaws. They don’t show weapons, vanity backpieces and some of the armor headpieces. The result of this is you don’t know about clipping issues until you hit accept. I got one of the new hairstyles for my thief and then found out it clipped badly with my shortbow.

Also impossible to test out a new hairstyle with armor you don’t own yet, or did I miss how to preview armor in a makeover kit?

So, you need not decay timer, but preview option
Like in the Warhammer Online: NPC Barber, where you can test any body changes without payment

No, preview is not the same. I want to be able to make changes, review them while playing and still have some time to remake things I am not happy with. I have a preview now as I got kits from achievements points, but that isn’t doing what I want.

+1 However, with the caveat that the decay timer can only be triggered once per kit. This would force you to select a hair style or lose the kit forever. Otherwise, players would exploit it and just perpetually change their hairstyles resetting the decay timer each time. Maybe that’s what was meant by the suggestion, but if not I figured I would point it out. Otherwise I like the idea because players can then get other players opinions on the hairstyle choice before making that final selection. My gf asks me all the time when she’s previewing another hairstyle, but being in the same room I can see her preview window. Most other players wouldn’t be able to do that.