Guild Wars 2

Surprised not many, so far on these forums atleast, feel the same!

I support this.

Me too. I would love to make changes to the appearance of my Asura. This gives just a little bit more variation. I mean, in real life you can change your hairstyle as well right?

To make clear for possible future flaming…I am not talking about race or gender changes although I do see a possiblity in Gem purchases there as well…this is purely being able to change your appearance of your chosen race & gender with the same options you have when you create your character….and perhaps more when purchased through the Gem Store!

I fully support a character re-customization. Options are a good thing.

I support this.

I vote for this to happen as soon as possible

Yep, agreed, made my character too dark

This would be nice. Been wanting to change my eye colors for a couple of my characters. And the head accessory colors too.

I would like to see something like this added to the gem store as well.

I want this.
Made a sylvari dude and chose the smallest height because I thought they would be tall and slender people.
Turns out they are not, and now my guy is like a tiny little person when standing next to anyone else but an asura.
He is way too tiny and it irritates me all the time how odd it looks.

I vote for asap!!

we need this and better mustache choices

I want to change my hair style/color at will. I also want to change my main’s surname. I just filled something in when I created the char and now it does not match her personality at all.

Good to see you all supporting this idea.
Id say keep this thread bumped and spread your desire to see this happen.
In my eyes its a win/win situation for the players and ANet as its another thing to spend Gems on and it gives players the true look of their character they so desire.

This was added as a cash shop option in GW1, so I would expect it to be added (eventually!) to GW2 as well.

It’s certainly something I would want!

TottWriter.8591:

This was added as a cash shop option in GW1, so I would expect it to be added (eventually!) to GW2 as well.

It’s certainly something I would want!

I did not know this…as I never played GW1 much…but this does give me some hope we will see this in GW2 but Id rather see it sooner then later

I can’t believe they didn’t include this in the game already. It’s an obvious way to make extra money with gems, and would provide a necessary service most people wouldn’t mind paying for (assuming it’s not too expensive). I’d pay $5 right now to make my elementalist 2 ticks taller and my nose slightly smaller.

Valhallen.1693:

I can’t believe they didn’t include this in the game already. It’s an obvious way to make extra money with gems, and would provide a necessary service most people wouldn’t mind paying for (assuming it’s not too expensive). I’d pay $5 right now to make my elementalist 2 ticks taller and my nose slightly smaller.

Exactly what I was thinking!

This is certainly something which is required. I take great pride in trying to create a character that looks – in my opinion – really great.

In Star Wars Galaxies (SWG), there was a certain profession (I can’t, for the life of me, recall what the name of the profession was) but, in essence, it allowed one player to alter the various aesthetic aspects of another character.

The person wanting the change would make the changes which were available to their face (a range of changes which varied, depending upon the overall experience level of the player’s profession) using various sliders in a pop-up window, altering their features accordingly. When the changes were made, according to their requirements, payment for this service was offered and the transaction/service was finalised.

The people offering these services became part of that community hub – that place to go to where people gathered – and this helped foster a tighter, more interactive community.

At the least, I would like to see a NPC offering the option to change the look of our characters. If possible, I would love the devs to run with the SWG model – as they are breaking boundaries elsewhere with their innovative approach to the tired old MMO model – and give us something that adds another layer of depth and community. I trust them, whatever they choose to do…

Look guys, it definitely is a great idea, but first thing they should adress is improving character creation. Some races and sexes are jsut screwed up (take human males for example) and there is barely anything decent to choose from when it comes to faces, beards and hairstyles. Even if they allow you to remake your character (which i believe they would, even without forum suggestions), alot of people won’t use that since it’s actually hard to make your character look better then it does now (unless you really screwed it up).

I totally agree that this should be implemented fast!

I made myself a large body, small head Asura (love asura, dislike the head size). Sadly, I decided that day that an Asuran Monkey like Engineer would be totally awesome.
So I made him hairy, small ears and black all the way. I didn’t realize that I also like dark tinted armors, so if I put on my black dye’s I’m like a Asuran Shadowmonkey Engineer.. So now im stuck with the bright colours.. which make me look like a Monkey-in-a-pink-dress-Engineer..

I know.. I ROFLed too the first time.. but now I’m ashamed.. ;-)

Kanti Spring.7841:

I totally agree that this should be implemented fast!

I made myself a large body, small head Asura (love asura, dislike the head size). Sadly, I decided that day that an Asuran Monkey like Engineer would be totally awesome.
So I made him hairy, small ears and black all the way. I didn’t realize that I also like dark tinted armors, so if I put on my black dye’s I’m like a Asuran Shadowmonkey Engineer.. So now im stuck with the bright colours.. which make me look like a Monkey-in-a-pink-dress-Engineer..

I know.. I ROFLed too the first time.. but now I’m ashamed.. ;-)

K now I desire a screenshot of this monstrosity.
But yeah your story only confirms that we do indeed need this implemented.
For my Charr its only the build of my body I want changed but you really need more drastic changes

You only find out you want these changes AFTER you played for many hours so yes…ANet…gives us this feature ASAP!

BIMBLE.7952:

In Star Wars Galaxies (SWG), there was a certain profession (I can’t, for the life of me, recall what the name of the profession was) but, in essence, it allowed one player to alter the various aesthetic aspects of another character.

It was called Image Designer. And i approve of this thread.

This should be in the game free of charge. Maybe with a cooldown, like once a week or so. I see no reason whatsoever why a player shouldn’t have full control over their character’s appearance.

iirc this was purchaseable in GW1, so most likely would appear in the gem store at some point.

Tinantier.5964:

iirc this was purchaseable in GW1, so most likely would appear in the gem store at some point.

Someone noted this indeed…ah well lets hope this will rather be sooner then later!

Yes please add this, happy to spend gem on this stuff.

It would be nice if the hair accessory could be changed also. I made mine pink not realizing that you could dye your armor anytime you want. Now I am wishing I would have chosen a more versatile color. Having the hair accessory something you could dye along with your gear would be awesome!

I hope we get this soon right know I want to spartan kick my pretty boy guardian off a cliff.

I have absolutely no doubt that this will be added in the coming months.

Cash shop option only, not an in game function for in game currency.

I know whether or not I’m happy with my character inside 5 levels.

Twaddlefish.6537:

Cash shop option only, not an in game function for in game currency.

I know whether or not I’m happy with my character inside 5 levels.

Gem shop is both a cash & ingame currency shop…so yeah.

Also maybe you knew you were not happy with your character inside 5 levels…many do not.

While i support this as a gem option in regards to body changes, I do think that several services in regards to minute character changes should be available for a copper charge… These services could also liven up cities

- Barber: change hair style/color and beards
- Tatoo-shop: change norn tatoos (possibly add them to other races as well?)
- Beauty parlor: change make-up
- Ear-atron: stretches or trims ears on Asura
- Sap-replacement-‘plants’: change the color of luminescence on Sylvari.
- Horn-sculpturers: changing horns on Charr.
- Etc.

Various of these services could be extended by offering ‘packs’ in the gemshop. In the form of, hair styles, beard styles, tatoos, make-up styles, ear-decorations, Horn-adormenets. Luminecent paterns?

Very much in favor of this and would like to see it implemented as soon as possible! +1

I like the idea of character re-customization. However I’m not too thrilled at the concept of people to COMPLETELY change EVERYTHING. I think some of the features should not be able to be changed. Like face type, height. However I think that most everything else should be able to be changed. Things from hair style to hair color to skin color to facial sliders.

I would love to have this option! Normally I would agree with Kojiden, however the only change I really want to make to one of my chars is the height. I selected mid- range on the height for my Norn, not realizing just how tall my char would be. I’d like to make her just a little shorter.

WOOT, i support this game idea.

Guild Wars had one. Makeover Pack and Extreme Makeover Pack.

Recently, I asked the support team about name changes, and they said that they are planning on bringing it back, as well as other popular items, which I hope means the Makeover and Extreme Makeover Packs.

I’m surprised this option hasn’t been added to the gem store yet. Don’t know that I would buy it, but surely it’s something that should be down the pipeline?

I support a character re-customization option as well. I have played some other games recently that have a similar system to the gem store, they typically do one of two things; you can purchase a character re-customization token for a fair amount of ‘gems’ or using in-game currency like gold, silver, or copper to purchase character re-customization from a local shop (usually this option would cost a smaller amount). I typically prefer the second option since it is usually cheaper and allows players to make customization to their characters more often.

Please! I want to change my Norn’s body type, add tattoo’s, and change my skin color. I was about to make a thread about this until I noticed this one.

I think it’s safe to assume they’ll add it at some point. It’s one of those things requested constantly before the game’s beta was even revealed. They know they can get money from it. They know we like it. It’s a win-win.

It probably was just decided to be a project for later. The game’s release and patches come first. Having the ability to change appearance at release would have created more bug reports and support tickets at a bad time.

I want to change my eyes on my Charr. But I can wait 6 months or whenever. Hopefully it’ll be something announced sooner than later. =)

Eagle Eye.5328:

I support a character re-customization option as well. I have played some other games recently that have a similar system to the gem store, they typically do one of two things; you can purchase a character re-customization token for a fair amount of ‘gems’ or using in-game currency like gold, silver, or copper to purchase character re-customization from a local shop (usually this option would cost a smaller amount). I typically prefer the second option since it is usually cheaper and allows players to make customization to their characters more often.

Hair style should be an in-game change, with the cost of in-game currency.

Everything else, should be gems.

Just my opinion. Because of clipping issues for one, and ‘realism’ for two. Hair is such a simple thing, but the only body feature that clips badly on certain sexes and races.

YES PLEASE, i want to change my ugly hair style. and I hate my eye color, that would be nice to change too. I’m throwing money at the screen but it won’t let me!

/signed I pledge not only to buy one appearance change, but three because I will inevitably change my mind at least that much.

at least a barber to change your hair would be cool!

Oh, absolutely. It’d make a lot of sense (and money) implemented as another Gem Store service.

Would absolutely love this and would pay for it.