Guild Wars 2

Halloween had far more change than any Festival we ever got in GW1. The biggest thing they ever did there was remove the gift-chasing Grenchies from LA, which had been my favorite activity for the previous 6 years. (Boooo!)

Change is GREAT. Removing beloved content is NOT. Expand, don’t remove.

Many of you have already seen these in the Warning Buoy! thread, but I guess they belong here. Added on is my Halloween “Demoness” look, which includes a hairstyle change. Still to come: Wintersday!

EDIT: I try as much as possible to incorporate ALL the armor pieces, so I don’t have to remember to “hide” helm/shoulders/gloves all the time.

I’m dredging this thread up again from the vaults, because I think it would be an excellent “Wintersday Gift” to the players of Guild Wars 2. There’s still time!

“Cultural” town clothes for everyone (with Costume Brawl skills so that everyone can brawl anytime without having to drink a tonic or something). Make those character creation choices MEAN something!

My surveillance continues. I am watching ships at night, and hiding out during the day. The Quaggan are on high alert and preparing for evacuation if it becomes necessary. Hoomoohoomoo explains that their kind do this all the time, and have become quite good at it. They have been at peace here in Lion’s Arch harbor for many years, but the protection of the young comes first for the community.

I have learned to alter my hair as much as possible, or just wear a large, concealing hood to protect my anonymity whenever I make a foray onto land. I am surprised at how inflamed and polarized this town has become over the discovery of my presence in the harbor. (They would be shocked to know how long I have been living here!) There are some very official-looking flyers posted all around praising me for calling attention to that very first rock which precipitated everything. But there are also many ugly scrawls in bright letters painted on the sides of buildings proclaiming me a “Sea-Hag” or worse. I even heard a woman down at the docks screeching out to sea about me in a voice worthy of a Harpy (although I won’t repeat what she said).

And still there is no indication in the city that anyone suspects there may be Krait lurking nearby. I don’t know if my warning to the bold Captain fell upon deaf ears or not. He may be investigating its validity, or he may have discounted it as an attempt to throw suspicion from myself. If my Quaggan friends are correct, I can only hope that someone takes heed before something terrible happens.

And why is this lighthouse not in operation?

Redenaz.8631:

Your help was less than useful. Only music can express how terrible an experience I had with your “gift.”

((Awesome video, Red! I don’t know where this thread is going, but I’m having the most RPG fun I’ve had in years! Thanks for the ah-HA’s and chuckles everyone! 10,000 views!))

Another ship went down three nights ago.

I heard the crunch of timber across the water, and the cries of men in distress. I swam to the scene as quickly as I could, but the vessel disappeared beneath the waves unnaturally fast. I spotted a young sailor entangled and struggling in the rigging as I approached. I am afraid that when he saw me, his eyes bugged out and he gasped in a great lungful of water. The fear campaign against me obviously had the poor soul thinking that I was there to hurt him.

His struggles abated, and I quickly cut his limp form from the wreckage and brought him to the surface. I drew him up on shore and shared my breath with him until he began to cough and choke and finally breathe on his own again. The dear fellow collapsed unconscious from his ordeal, and making sure he was safe I went back to look for any other survivors.

That is when I saw him… the Captain! Quickly, I ducked behind some old ruins.

Captain Storyteller had made it to the scene of the wreckage in good time. He was a strong swimmer for a human. His obvious determination made him seem even stronger. And yet he evidenced great compassion for his lost fellows that made him seem less brutish than I had previously believed. Such was his distress, that I nearly stepped out from my hiding place to offer what help I could. But such a foolish notion vanished from my mind in an instant when one of his lieutenants approached him with a report.

I remained concealed until the Captain and his men left, and then I returned to the sailor I had left at the edge of the water. He was still unconscious, but he posed a problem for me. Surely he would only remember my presence, and not the fact that I pulled him to safety. The campaign against me would only grow stronger.

I enlisted the aid of my friend Hoomoohoomoo. She took the man into her care, and set off with a party to take him to Coddler’s Cove in Okarinoo. He would be able to recover there while not giving away my presence back in Lion’s Arch.

I have now taken up swimming alongside as many incoming vessels as I can. I keep my distance so as not to inflame rumors. It is tiring work, and I am not able to spend much time recruiting candidates for [FISH]. But something strange is going on, and I must find out what it is! Tonight, as a new ship was tying up at the docks and beginning to unload, I got my first glimpse of just what that thing might be.

A shadow was lurking underneath the pier. I could not make out what it was, but it obviously didn’t want to be seen. As it spied upon the activity on deck, I made my way closer.

When I got my first good look at the shadow, I knew something was wrong. The sheer malevolence radiating from the creature made me gasp in fright. I think the beast heard; I am not certain. I fled back into the water and raced away as deep and as far as I could. Few things can keep up with me in the water. I could outrun a Seataur!

I eventually returned to the Quaggan village to find that Hoomoohoomoo had made it back from Coddler’s Cove. When I told her what I had seen, she became extremely agitated and began to shake. She told me stories of the beast, and convinced me we were all in great danger. I had to warn people! But who would believe me? Except perhaps…

My Dear Captain Storyteller,

I leave this message with my old employer, as I know you are still watching for me at Two-Ters. I have urgent news that I beg you to listen to with an open mind. We are all in terrible danger!

Have you ever heard of the “Krait”? …

When I left Lion’s Arch the last time, I was frightened and in a hurry. Now I was returning with a sense of excitement and purpose. I was going to make a school for [FISH]! Yet I had learned caution in my previous foray, and knew I was being hunted. I came in through the canals, and ducked into the nearest building I saw.

It turned out to be quite an interesting place! People from all walks of life were rushing in and out, conversing very animatedly, and generally seeming to have some firm purpose. This had to be where I was meant to go, for now I had purpose too!

Then suddenly I realized somebody was standing behind me. Somebody very large. I turned slowly, and my gaze went up and up into the fierce eyes of one of the beings I have come to know as a “Charr”. For all my bravado in finding a mission for myself, I was paralyzed under that piercing stare.

Then he spoke in a low, rumbling voice. He introduced himself as “Evon”, and said he was the proprietor of the establishment, and was I looking for anything in particular?

I very bravely said something like “Ulp…”, to which he only grinned. I was in his power as he led me unresisting to some displays full of strange artifacts. I needn’t have worried. He made no threatening gestures, and I soon realized he just wanted me to buy something. He proceeded to familiarize me with some of his wares.

Then we came to something that left me flabbergasted. By some magic unknown to my kind, it could quickly alter the style and color of my hair. He let me preview myself with it, and I was amazed at how different I could look with such a minor change. Why, this was exactly what I needed to avoid detection while in town!

Evon could see that I wanted the device, but I had to admit to him that I had nothing to trade. His grin returned. He said that he could let me have it and that maybe someday I could do something (unspecified) for him. I really needed the hair change device, but I am ashamed to admit that I just didn’t feel comfortable with his proposal. I told him I’d have to think about it, and I left.

I am now keeping on the move, staying with one friend after another, slowly spreading my plan to create an organization dedicated to helping others. It has been met with some enthusiasm, although there is also apprehension. We are not fighting folk, like the people looking for me. I fear I will have to deal with my pursuers before [FISH] will be able to operate openly.

Until then, I remember Evon’s device and hope for a way to be able to afford one.

Saturn.6591:

No joke; this reminds me once more of how beautifully designed this game is. Just look at all the detail you can give those characters. Amazing!

(I am a GW / GW2 “photographer” from way back. All I need is a little time and a lot of emotes. Give us more emotes!)

EDIT: Below is one of my favorite examples of character expressions. It’s from “The Southsun Beach Diet”.

Cassandra Nea.2507:

((Priceless. If this doesn’t end in a mad lovestory for Cap’n Storyteller and the Mermaid, I will never believe in love again))

WH… WHAT?!!!!!??

Cassandra Nea.2507:

((Priceless. If this doesn’t end in a mad lovestory for Cap’n Storyteller and the Mermaid, I will never believe in love again))

zzzzzZZZZZZZzzzzzzzz …

FREE!

That wasn’t so bad after all. A nice fellow named Peacemaker Chief Gliptr listened to my story after only a brief incarceration. He explained the differences between terrestrial and aquatic clothing customs, and provided me with some “AAA” (Asura Approved Attire). He then set me free, but not before handing out a little advice.

“Bubbles”, he told me, “find yourself a krewe of like-minded people. Form a support group with them and together you can defend yourselves and your ways against tyrants like this Captain Storyteller of yours”.

Wise folk! I hereby plan to organize a group of friends who put the safety of others before their own. (Why do you think I was out on that rock in the first place, Captain?) I shall call them First in Sending Help [FISH]. I know lots of people back home who would support me, and I shall have many gilled members!

Samuli.7852:

I’ve spoken to a few noble friends of mine in DR and they would love if you stayed with them, especially one lord, a dear friend. I’m sure you’d find the decor in his house a lot nicer than in that pirate cave…

Tragedy!

I appreciate your offer, and would love to see this “DR” place you speak of. But I made the mistake of returning to Lion’s Arch to gather a few things I had left behind when I fled. That’s when several of Captain Storyteller’s men spotted me.

I fled through the back alleys and swam through the canals to elude my pursuers. I wound up in a strange city square surrounded by several large purple circles. People were staring at me, so I ducked through one of the circles before they had time to get too interested.

Big mistake! Huge mistake!

My world disappeared and a new one appeared about me, filled with metal and stone and blinking lights. I stood astonished at my plight, and didn’t even notice when a squad of little long-eared folk surrounded me with weapons out.

These little people rushed me away to what they called a “detainment cell” and said I was exhibiting indecent exposure (whatever that means. I don’t have an indecent bone in my body!) Now I languish in fear that these people will delay me long enough for the Captain’s slow-witted thugs to pick up the trail. My only company is a strange talking bear in the next cell.

Is everyone after me? What have I done? Why are you troubling my friends?

Am I all alone?

Halloween 2014 … the MAD QUAGGAN!

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

I still think all they need is some proper event scaling. Maybe a minimum number of people, but not 80. That’s ridiculous, especially when nobody knows exactly when to be there.

I would also like to see the timer removed in favor of some other win/lose criteria. There is no “logical” reason for her to just leave after 15 minutes with nothing accomplished. Maybe if she destroys a certain number of things (cannons, megalaser, etc.) then she leaves with a victory. But right now it just feels like we scared her off and we won.

Heta.8629:

Beach at Southsun? It automatically took off armor during the living story arc but haven’t been there since

The beach still does that. You can do my little trick anyplace. And as you can see from the pictures, only one is totally out of clothing and in my “swimsuit”. You can actually wear your town clothes if you can think of a reason why you’d want to.

You have nothing on me. In fact, when you found me out I was doing precisely the opposite of what you are accusing. Don’t convict me for the unwarranted myths told about my sisters. The only vessel I may have ever had a teeny part in luring astray belonged to Captain Covington. And he still welcomes me aboard after all these years. He and his crew will protect me now from you and your kind (although the decor could use a little sprucing up).

Really? I’ll have to check if and when this update ever finishes loading…

I was actually going to suggest that they replace the Human female running animation with the Sylvari one.

In the betas, everything was dandy with the Human female. Then somewhere early on, they developed a massive side-to-side lurch that made them look like a windshield wiper. It never got much better, and has often been jerky. The Sylvari animation has always seemed fluid and natural.

EDIT: Nope… that’s not the Sylvari animation. It still rocks back and forth, while there is virtually none of that in the Sylvari female. It doesn’t look as bad as it has at other times, though.

If they CAN map the Human female onto the Sylvari running animation, I say DO IT!

The dialogue was tame, but suggestive of a relationship between Marjory and Kasmeer during this past Living Story. Made me think they needed to get a private room. So I hope they aren’t shooting to attract the 5-12 age group to their “Rated T for Teen” game.

HA! I stumbled upon a way to wear town clothes underwater! (See picture).

The main advantage is for role-players. You can swim around in your “bathing suit” and you will immediately revert to full armor / weapons if attacked. MUCH better than physically removing your armor a piece at a time into your Inventory and then taking a beating should you accidentally aggro.

Question: should I divulge my trick? I think there are many in the community who would enjoy this. But I am afraid it would get nerfed for no particularly good reason (even though it is no different than running around in Town Clothes on land).

Or can a Moderator confirm it would be okay? (I remember “skating” in Marhan’s Grotto in GW1… absolutely ZERO reason to kill the “glitch”, which was a cool RP stunt.)

Thalador.4218:

Let’s take a deep breath, mateys!

As an adventuring scholar, I do believe that if the compassionate quaggan – a race that has spent centuries in their sea-dwellings and who must have proficient knowledge on most aquatic entities, including the sirens – go out of their way (and water) to protect her, then she and her kin are indeed benevolent and harmless. I mean, if they had legends about “evil, half-human, half-fish sea wenches” murdering lustful sailors, they wouldn’t be so helpful with her.

As a man; have you no heart, Cap’n? Would you hurt such a cutie?

An assassin acquintance of mine has a very old score to settle with anything White Mantle. Your intentions begin to remind me of their malign doctrines, so I might drop a few hints for him about a captain with White beard and hair hunting innocents in the name of “law and order.”

You have a kind and wise heart, sir! If you are ever visiting my realm, I can show you a whale of a nice place to swim.

EDIT: Don’t be afraid of swimming with Bluebelle… she did hit me with her tail once, but it wasn’t on purpose. It was a fluke.

Neural.1824:

Funniest thread I’ve read in a long time. Thank you all for the laugh.

This, to me, is what makes casual role-playing fun.

WHY am I not on the Tarnished Coast server?

Atlas.9704:

You still didn’t get me a refill on ale when I was eating the Dolyak special a few nights ago.
Yes I tipped lousy because of it. :P

Oh, gracious! Please do forgive me, sir! I was a bit distracted by a fellow named Redenaz who seems to think I am (you’ll think this is funny) a mermaid of all things! Can you imagine?

Anyway, he is sort of stalking me, and my mind wasn’t on my work that evening. But I spoke with my manager, and he would be happy to offer you a free dinner the next time you are in. Forget the tip; I am more concerned about my customers enjoying their visit. (A tip for you… the Dolyak special isn’t really made with Dolyak. May I suggest the Popcorn Thundershrimp or Spicy Moa Wings?)

Redenaz.8631:

All. Night.

You have to return to the water sometime!

I hope you develop barnacles while you wait! Don’t think my friends didn’t spot you. The Quaggan may be slow on land, but don’t mistake that for being slow-witted! They warned me not to use the front door, and ushered me out a secret back exit.

Kaiyanwan.8521:

I solo’d old Tequatl once while being in an oceania zone and on an EU server.

It took forever, but was no challenge at all.

I soloed her on the last slow Sunday morning before she evolved. (Unofficial, I guess. A couple people showed up by her last 1/4 health.) I blame myself for the current state of affairs, sorry. Maybe if I didn’t make her look easy, then my server would still be visiting her now and again.

You are a clever one. I don’t know how you figured out who was helping me. But you are too late! My friends helped me get a job at a little restaurant called “Two-Ters” (delightfully tacky, yet unrefined). Now I am hiding amongst you, accepted as just another one of the people. The patrons really seem to like me, and I like them. So if you come in and try to “bust up the joint”, be prepared for the food fight of your life!

Bring your zerg! You cannot catch what you cannot find.

I need no special equipment to breathe underwater. And I have friends who will hide and protect me. (They say I am pretty… that I have nice teeth).

Redenaz.8631:

That’s good, Palador. Someone needs to warn the public about the risks, and remind them what a mess they leave behind for others to clean up.

Dethan.1875:

It’s a nice outfit, I have to admit I was looking at the picture for a while before I saw the rock.

Ironically, the rate of ships crashing into the rock has gone up since that blasted siren has taken up position there.

HEY.

YOU.

LEAVE MY SAILORS ALONE.

Oh, poo!

You’re on to me! I must retake my natural form and return from whence I came under the sea.

It was a long, harrowing night. But I stood my post and made warning lights as only an Elementalist can.

And yet for some reason I’m not sure it really made things any safer…

Easy solution. I leave it to someone else to post in the suggestions forum.

Give us a few new chat channels: RP Map, RP Say, and RP Emotes. They would each have the secondary property of not transmitting emotes to the non-RP chat channels.

Then every server can have Role Players and the two factions wouldn’t bump heads.

Here too. Glad to see it’s not just me. Sad to see it’s not just me.

This seems to be happening to me now as well. But mine wasn’t quite right to begin with.

I am in a small guild with 5 regular players. We want to stay partied up all the time since Guild chat constantly reverts to SAY. (Fix that please!) Three of us always remain partied up. The other two always get disconnected. Never found and rhyme or reason for it, or settings to change.

Hadden.9327:

Anyone know if this is currently being addressed? It looks great from the front, and I’ll admit I didn’t notice it in the preview.

However, soon as I equipped it I noticed it right away, the left shoulder off axis from the other. (Norn, Charr)

It’s as if the designer simply lined it up from the front and called it a day lol.

I bought it just for the shoulders. (They go well with my armor, and they are merely BIG and not TREMENDOUSLY OVERSIZED the way most other shoulder armor is in the game.)

As soon as I saw them in-game, I noticed they are floating in mid-air, off of my shoulders (they always do that! What’s the big idea?) and like you spotted, the left shoulder is off-axis. I look uneven. (Check the picture from the rear… you can see underneath my left shoulder piece a lot more than the right. It seems tilted forward.)

I am in a small guild (5 regular players). When we log out and back in the next day, three of us always seem to remain partied up, and the other two seem to always have to be re-invited.

I can’t find anything in the settings. Changing characters doesn’t seem to make a difference. Yet despite inconsistent logging out methods, I am one of the ones who always remains partied up with two of the others.

Any idea why this is happening? We would love it if everyone remained partied up so we didn’t have to re-invite people. Is it a known bug?

I am in a small guild (5 regular players). When we log out and back in the next day, a couple of us always seem to remain partied up, and a couple others always seem to have to be re-invited to join the party.

I can’t find anything in the settings. Character changing doesn’t seem to make a difference. I myself log out any number of ways (from the menu straight to desktop, from the character selection screen using the X in the top right, from in-game hitting ESC and then using the X, etc.) Yet I am one of the ones who always remains partied up with two of the others.

And idea why this is happening? It’s always the same people getting disbanded and the same ones remaining partied up. We would love it if everyone remained connected so we didn’t have to re-invite people.

There should be OPTIONS, as you said. But going to the Options menu every time would be a hassle. I like to consult them occasionally, but certainly not in the middle of battle. I think the options should be:

~Always ON
~Always OFF
~On while [Key] is Pressed

Mek.2947:

I’m kinda confused about what you’re arguing for? Less skimpy armor for women or more skimpy armor for men? I personally would like to see more armor that can make male toons look like a stud. Let’s get some chest, delts, thighs, and biceps in the mix.

The OP wants both. Just “equal” sets.

As loud as the “equality for the sexes” crowd shouts, believe it or not men and women are different. That’s what’s so great! As far as game play goes, there is zero difference. If it were real life, the majority of male characters would be physically stronger. So the females are already ahead there. (And they’ve always had the physical beauty prize).

This is a matter of people’s perception of style, and of how far they want their “realism” to go. It is just a game, driven by sales. And yes, sex does sell as has been proven time and again. So naturally every character is a youthful supermodel and there are plenty of impractical outfits.

The OP is right. There is no reason why armor “sets” could not be more similar for both sexes. That was mostly the case in GW1. There could also be a greater equality in the quantity of both “realistic” and “revealing” armors, so that both sides of the debate could find some satisfaction. This will come with time, I am sure. New armors will likely arrive at least once a year if not more often.

These pics are not “sets”. I am a die-hard mix ‘n’ matcher. I think it’s safe to say there’s a nice variety currently available for everybody, from sexy to sensible. You just need to use your imagination (and a good armor preview site ) The point being, I am sure you can come up with something that will make you happy if you put your mind to it.

sorudo.9054:

Since you brought up Hilde, let me bring up Ivy
http://soulcalibur.wikia.com/wiki/Ivy
she does have sexy armor on, however, some costumes she has are actually not skimpy, just sexy.

LOL! You aren’t helping your case much with that link. I never heard of Ivy, but I watched your videos. She usually sports an underboob style, thigh-high spiked heel hoochie-mama boots, and always wears a thong with thighs that go up past her belly button. That is skimpy, and is only sexy if a dominatrix is your thing.

Maybe in other parts of the game, but in those vids she’s a hooker gone wild.

nagr.1593:

http://www.differencebetween.net/technology/difference-between-bmp-and-jpg/

this is one of the links I got my sources from, I trust it. Are you saying that its wrong? That .BMP does not have better quality and resolution than JPEG.

The difference impacts people who are editing images in their art programs. A .BMP and a .JPG will look alike initially, but after multiple edits the .JPG will lose quality to the point where there’s a noticeable difference.

A .BMP will not lose any information in saving. You can reopen and edit it as often as you like without losing any sharpness/quality.

Whenever you reopen and re-save a .JPG, it loses at least 1% of its quality due to compression. The results are like a copy machine. The original images are of good quality. But a copy of a copy of a copy gets blurrier and blurrier over time.

This does NOT impact you if you are just copying and pasting the file. Only when you actually edit and re-save it as .JPG. So feel free to use .JPGs if you aren’t editing your pictures. They will not lose any quality, and will save storage space.

You would think it’d be as simple as putting 4 Transmutation Stones into the Mystic Forge to create one Transmutation Crystal. Or some similar formula.

MrRuin.9740:

Tequatl is one event that fills a niche, open world raid like experience. There are many, many more and all that people are missing now is the one guaranteed 25silver rare they used to get. Do the ones you like and leave those of us that like Tequatl, to him.

I love Tequatl. I can’t do her without guesting, though. Whole servers are missing out because of the way it was implemented (with an 80 player minimum). Those servers that couldn’t develop a strategy quickly enough lost players to hopelessness, and didn’t have enough remaining to field a proper team by the time they figured her out. By then it was too late. Try as we might, there was no getting enough people together ever again.

The naysayers here are the people who didn’t stick it out long enough. And now nobody on their servers gets to play without guesting.

Proper EVENT SCALING is all we need. That was something ANet was supposedly using to keep content challenging. Tequatl wouldn’t be any easier or any different. She would just be able to be done with smaller groups. This will help in off-peak hours as well. And even your lucky server may eventually find players getting tired of her, leaving too few people to help when you really want to challenge her.

And trust me; you don’t want to be Guesting all the time whenever you want to do a specific event.

Diviner.7405:

It is unfortunate that the Teq wings ruin all of these pics.

Not Tequatl wings… Demoness wings!

I wasn’t sure what I was ever going to do with those things until Halloween rolled around, and then I thought “Hey… succubus!”

But don’t worry; the hair is going back to its normal style and color after the Mad King leaves, and the wings get folded up and tucked away in a drawer until next Halloween. I’m not the kind of person who leaves the holiday lights up all year.

I’ll likely put her through another transformation of some sort to give her a festive look for Wintersday.

I got a couple more after the Mad King arrived. In the first, our demonic gal plays Mad King Says in safety from atop the Lion Statue. (It wasn’t safe). And in the second, she steals a magic broom and takes a joy ride around town, giving her wings a break.

Vocah.1208:

So, I would like to see GOOD reasoning behind this system.

Some things need to be soulbound. Collection quests, for example. They don’t want your high level character collecting materials and then giving them to one of your lower level characters to hand in for a reward.

Otherwise, they are soulbound crazy. Way over the top. Dragon Bash fireworks were soulbound? Who came up with that brilliant idea? The last thing I want is multiple piles of fireworks clogging up my inventory because they are soulbound and won’t stack with the ones collected on another character. (And they were the rotten kind too… super-slow between launches. No fun. All trash canned.)

Done it twice on BORLIS PASS. Gold reward and 25 bags both times, but no mask.

I was shocked when I saw my armors too. But a little time spent re-dying made them look even better than before, and now they have a much more prominent glow effect.

Now if only they would fix truly BROKEN armors! (Clipping, oversized shoulders floating in midair, dye channels missing, colors locked out and replaced by another color, etc.)

Thrumdi.9216:

Actually, there was interview with Johansen where he said their “core player” was the guy who only had an hour to play each day.

Wow… if that’s true then where did the Tequatl enhancement come from? You have to guest on a server that still does it, and then wait well over an hour just waiting (assuming you even get out of Overflow).

Whether or not ANet implements this, it probably won’t be any time soon. So you’re probably better off starting a new toon if it is a pressing urgency right now.

You can start off with a scroll to jump you straight to level 20 if you have one (from Achievement Chests and character “birthdays”.) Completing all of the 6 capital cities will get you several more levels quickly without ever having to enter combat. And if you have the patience and resources, maxing out a craft can give you about 10 levels for each one.

There is almost ZERO difference in gameplay between the races. You will not be “better” as far as that goes. Experiencing the cultural portion of your storyline is the biggest difference between the races. That comes in the early parts of his adventures. So if immersion is your main issue (the OP never really says why he wants a change) then starting from scratch is absolutely the best way to bond with your character.

The leveling is annoying, I know. And you don’t want to trash a max level character and roll up the exact same thing. Understood. I can not understand if it is just character “looks”, though, since you knew from the start exactly what you were facing on that count. And looks can be altered (within your race).

So tell us please, BetterHappy, so we can understand. Why exactly do you need an instant-change now of all times, after fully leveling and max-equipping your character? uknortherner is blunt, but he is right in that it is very difficult to fathom how you could have put all that effort into a character that you did not feel you were bonding with. And now you want the exact same thing with a different body?

Carlos.4371:

One of the new Norn hairstyles includes a circlet, I think it comes quite close to what you are looking for.

Love that look! I swear I’ve seen that or something very similar before, perhaps in a promotional picture? I can’t put my finger on it.

I checked that hairstyle on Val. That is indeed the sort of headband / circlet I would love to have. It looks nice, but I had to rule it out. Hair that hangs down my back clips with my shield when stowed and/or flaps through it when I run. And though I love long hair, there’s also something to be said for the graceful curve of a bare back as well.