Rerolling Toons just to change their appearance - Guild Wars Guru archive powered by Guild Wars Legacy

korcan

noobalicious

Join Date: Jun 2006

06 Nov 2006 at 21:05 - 1

you know youve done it or are in the process of doing it since nf was released

ive rerolled around 3 toons since prophecies. had to make a new female canthan ranger [theyre just so cute lookin

] from my old prophecies one. the problem is, i have fow armor on my old prophecies ranger so i cant get myself to delete her [i use her as a mule atm, mule toon with fow, FTW!

]

everytime i reroll a toon, it takes a bit of time to lvl and the costs for me are ~100k for skills, caps, and new armor. because of the excessive amounts of gold and time that go into rerolling toons, im pretty selective when doing it, other wise i would be constantly rerolling toons with every new release or when i get bored with the look of my toons.

am i alone in this strange odd behaviour or do i have company? if im not alone, what new toons do yall plan on making?

edit - its unfortunate that anet doesnt allow you to change the appearance of your existing toons [i read somewhere that its for security reasons] cause id be more then happy to pay like 50k+ to be able to do so.

dansamy

Chasing Dragons

Join Date: May 2005

Lost in La-La Land

LFGuild

Mo/Me

06 Nov 2006 at 21:12 - 2

*sigh* Me too. I made a new monk in Cantha for better hair and deleted my Tyrian monk with FoW pants. I made a new ele in Elona and deleted the oldest character on my account (my ele) because I wanted to use the same name. For now, I am happy with the looks of my other five characters. Rerolling is getting to be terribly expensive. At least now with the new PVP creation, I don't have to make them PvP ready.

Shadis

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2006

06 Nov 2006 at 21:28 - 3

It's worse when you get pretty deep into the game and realize you can't stand looking at the design of your character.

broodijzer

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2006

void

Mo/

06 Nov 2006 at 21:41 - 4

rerolling is just something I cannot do. If I don't like the face/hair of my char, I just buy a huge helmet and wear that :P

ThunderStruck

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2006

The Arctic Marauders [TAM]

06 Nov 2006 at 21:46 - 5

I really have wanted to reroll my rit and ele to make them female, but I just can't think about losing 600 hours played combined...

Quinevere

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

Australian Vengeance Alliance [AvA]

06 Nov 2006 at 21:49 - 6

Yeah, I really want to change the appearance of my Tyrian monk but since that's the character that I've played the most, I can't bring myself to do it...

Yanman.be

Banned

Join Date: Dec 2005

Belgium

[ROSE]

A/

06 Nov 2006 at 21:59 - 7

Close your eyes! Turn of your monitor! It works for me!

snikerz

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

Rt/A

06 Nov 2006 at 22:08 - 8

hahah your not alone dude, ive deleted my ranger 3x
the worst thing is i gotta have punishingshot and crippling shot, else it isnt a ranger, but lucky for me i didnt spend lots of gold, just brought 1.5k armor each time, i wont be doing it again.

Samuel Dravis

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

Mo/Me

06 Nov 2006 at 22:14 - 9

No, not really. I've only deleted three (RP) characters since Prophecies release - A warrior in presearing after I decided I wanted an ele, my rit when I - foolishly - decided I didn't like that stupid wanding animation, and my paragon when he died from some evil skree things (he's back on track with survivor 1 now though). All of those were eventually remade though and now I'm only missing an Assassin.

Horuku

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2006

Colorado

Eva Champloo [EvaC]

W/Mo

06 Nov 2006 at 22:20 - 10

The only deterent for remaking charecters is really the skills. I think that if you have skills unlocked for your account your PvE charecters should be able to use all of them. This would solve lots of the problems of rerolling and make PvE charecters useful in PvP...

WasAGuest

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

06 Nov 2006 at 23:45 - 11

I can't stand to delete either; catch 22 is, if I'm tired of the characters looks, I play another. Once tired of that one, another... at this point, I am sick of all my non-NF looks - so once I grow tired of those... I'll probably quit playing out of boredom.

xiaotsu

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

Doomlore Shrine

Just Us Gamers [JUGs]

R/

07 Nov 2006 at 02:50 - 12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Horuku

The only deterent for remaking charecters is really the skills. I think that if you have skills unlocked for your account your PvE charecters should be able to use all of them. This would solve lots of the problems of rerolling and make PvE charecters useful in PvP...

And remove a huge money sink from the game...no thanks

Lyphen

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2006

07 Nov 2006 at 02:53 - 13

Well, not really for appearance, but I've rolled 3 Mesmers, one for each Chapter.

Just because I like mesmers.

Kha

Sins FTW!

Join Date: Mar 2005

USA

Angel Sharks [AS]

07 Nov 2006 at 03:14 - 14

My first dealing with having to reroll cause I just couldn't resist the looks of another character was when I got rid of my female elementalist with 15k Aeromancer to make a male elementalist cause I just loved their version of the 15k Aeromancer so much more. My female elementalist got the armor before they even updated the skin of it, so for a while it looked like regular 1.5k. Then I just loved the female armor of Factions so I got rid of my male elementalist and made it a female again. I don't plan on deleting her any time soon

I also had a similar issue with rangers. I was quite disappointed with a lot of the male ranger armor, so I got rid of him and remade it a female. Then got rid of her so I could use the name for a necromancer. Then got rid of him so I could use the name for my assassin. I don't plan on deleting my assassin

Kula

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2005

West Coast, USA

Mo/E

07 Nov 2006 at 03:15 - 15

The solution to everyone's problems is simple... just buy another slot!

This message was not endorsed by Arena Net Corp. Seriously, it wasn't... no, really... I ain't jokin'... ahem

Edit: I rerolled my monk once during the early launch of Prophecies, but only because I noticed that almost every other female monk had the princess Leiah bun-do and I wanted to be set apart from the masses. I was tempted to do it again after Factions came out, but then I wouldn't have been able to receive my mini Rurik. =/

Thorondor Port

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

British Columbia

W/

07 Nov 2006 at 03:23 - 16

My warrior, ranger, and monk all from prophicies will never be remade, nor will I be making any new pves, ever.

With my warrior i beat factions first, and hes doing nf first too.
after beating it once, its almost impossible to want to do it with 2 others, let alone remaking a character to get all the titles ive unlocked.

So, your opening sentence
"you know youve done it or are in the process of doing it since nf was released"
is wrong

Knightsaber Sith

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Aug 2006

Few Fallen Heroes [FFH]

W/E

07 Nov 2006 at 05:05 - 17

I've never had to delete a pve character. The only one I rerolled was my dervish from the WPE cause they unfortunately removed the face I had used.

Kook~NBK~

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2005

A little chalet outside Drok's

Natural Born Killaz

07 Nov 2006 at 05:15 - 18

I deleted my first Monk. She just had her 1st birthday and had 15K armor and all that good stuff - over a million XP and good memories. Why'd I delete her? Simply because when they re-did the faces, she was one of the victims of the ugly stick! She looked like the love child of Princess Leah and Alfred E. Newman. So I salvaged everything I could (got my Sup. Healing prayers and Major Vigor back!) and put her out of her misery. Now, I've got another Monk in the works and I used the name for a Paragon that I'm also goofing around with.

Angel Netherborn

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Lower Ward, Sigil

Goda Vos

07 Nov 2006 at 05:20 - 19

Nope. No re-rolls. The only re-rolls I did was when I was gunning for survivor and got killed.

I suppose that's why I spend around an hour or so just to create a new character...

ap47

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2005

Sweden

Mo/

07 Nov 2006 at 05:59 - 20

Make pvp chars...

MaglorD

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

07 Nov 2006 at 06:09 - 21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kula

The solution to everyone's problems is simple... just buy another slot!

This message was not endorsed by Arena Net Corp. Seriously, it wasn't... no, really... I ain't jokin'... ahem

Edit: I rerolled my monk once during the early launch of Prophecies, but only because I noticed that almost every other female monk had the princess Leiah bun-do and I wanted to be set apart from the masses. I was tempted to do it again after Factions came out, but then I wouldn't have been able to receive my mini Rurik. =/

Well this works if you can't bear to delete your characters. What works better is if Anet allows us to change the appearance of our toons.

Emik

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

Belgium

[FaRM] Farm For The Win

N/

07 Nov 2006 at 09:49 - 22

What also works is spend a bit of time in actually creating your toon.
I can understand rerolling becoz you wanna try another profession and have limited slots ok, but rerolling becoz you don't like your appearance. come on.
I've never rerolled a character once becoz i didn't like the look of it.
Sounds stupid anyways.
it's called a Role Playing character.
not a Reroll Playing character

Gun Pierson

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

Belgium

PIMP

Mo/

07 Nov 2006 at 10:07 - 23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emik

What also works is spend a bit of time in actually creating your toon.
I can understand rerolling becoz you wanna try another profession and have limited slots ok, but rerolling becoz you don't like your appearance. come on.
I've never rerolled a character once becoz i didn't like the look of it.
Sounds stupid anyways.
it's called a Role Playing character.
not a Reroll Playing character

It can be that people don't like the appearance 'anymore' or specific parts of their character. In real life you can get another look, haircut or style too. You can even get a sun coloured tan if you want.

I'm 90% satisfied with the character I made since euro release. I would prefer a bit of darker skin as I chose a pale colour which in some areas gives me kinda unhealthy look. Not really what I wanted for my monk, I just wanted a caucasian look, not a zombie one but couldn't see that in the creation screen at the time.

DutchGun

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

Washington, USA

07 Nov 2006 at 10:09 - 24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emik

...it's called a Role Playing character.
not a Reroll Playing character

I disagree with your point (I don't like telling others how to have fun / play the game), but I couldn't help but chuckling at your pun.

I've re-rolled a bunch of (PvE) characters (I refuse to call them toons - where the heck did that come from?), but once they're past level 15 or so, I keep them. Once a certain amount of work is put into them, I can't bear to delete them, even if I'm not fond of the hair or face anymore.

I'm betting a hairdresser will be coming in the next chapter - too many people have asked for it for it not to be seriously considered (think about how many times templates were requested). Add to that the fact that (it seems like) it shouldn't be all that hard of a feature to implement (unlike an auction house, re-connects, or matchmaking improvements, which seem more complex to me).

Moire

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2006

Prague

Gathering of Demons [GoD]

Rt/Me

07 Nov 2006 at 12:02 - 25

i keep rerolling chars too, its not because of changing face most of the time, its because i finish the game, get bored and doing all the missions again with same char gets boring, then their faces get boring and everything is boring... all my char slots are permanently full, so making only a new char is no solution.... I like to watch the char "grow", lvl up and so, when you rechhed 20 lvl, have most of the skills, expensive armor and all the quests done.........

Someone said he buys a big helmet.... when i have assassins, necros, mesmers and so WHERE to get a helmet for them?
No, seriously, my oldest char, the rit, wont probably be deleted just because of that... because of those hat they wear, one can't se either face nor hair, so there is no point of remaking it:P the new one will look exactly the same

Yeah, but rerolling is my big problem... i had to buy my minipets

xuemin

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

E/Mo

07 Nov 2006 at 13:50 - 26

i want to reroll chars, but just can't bear the thought of deleting all that time and effort >.< (mainly my ele and ranger, which are my two oldest chars). i think my ele looks ugly now and needs plastic surgery >.> and prefer the Canthan ranger looks to proph ones, but i've spent so much time and money on my ele over time.

though i rerolled my mesmer about 5-6 times because she kept failing to reach survivor (1) but she only ever got to lvl15max on Shing Jea when that happened...

Tetris L

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

Germany

Servants of Fortuna

07 Nov 2006 at 14:15 - 27

I'd love to dump my butch male warrior and create a sleek female amazon instead, but I just don't have the time to play through two complete campaigns again and capture all those elite skills again.

jimmy_logic

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

R/

07 Nov 2006 at 14:21 - 28

Glad I am not that affected by my toons looks. I just make them look nice and off I go. Not that I play backwards seriously their ass stares back at you most of the time not their faces. Each to their own I guess.

Kais Unduli

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

Room V

07 Nov 2006 at 14:28 - 29

I haven't rerolled any characters with significant time played on them. I can understand why people do it, I just never had the urge to do it myself. I do have 2 warriors and 2 monks (1 per account), but that's about it really.

Riou McDohl

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

Defenders of Aderon [DoA]

N/Me

07 Nov 2006 at 14:33 - 30

I've been wanting to change Riou's skin to a less tanned version, so he looks a bit more 'normal', if you consider being a Necromancer normal. Of course, he's my first, and main character, savior of two continents (soon to be three. Yes, Elona, you shall be my third *cue evil laugher for no reason*). Also, since he has a 15k set on him, and I'm hardly sitting on a fortune, I can't remake.

I've deleted countless male rangers because their armour looks horrible IMO, can't be bothered making a female one.

I deleted my Canthan female Mesmer because I quite frankly, hate PUGs, and Cantha is a steep learning curve for learning new professions. Made her into a Paragon, then found out I hated that profession. She's now an Elonian Mesmer again, phew.

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Isn't it great to make PvP characters so you can look neat for however long you want (guild occasions) and then just delete and remake without losing anything at all?

Ebony Shadowheart

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2006

USA

SSW

E/

07 Nov 2006 at 14:36 - 31

I've made and deleted lots of characters. Usually ones that I was going for survivor on and ended up dying, thus having to start over anyway. No big deal.

Before we could buy character slots I deleted several characters (usually because I had doubles on the same account) so I could create a new one of a different class. Now that I can buy slots I don't have this problem. Of course, now I've simply decided that I want one of each character type on each account and spend more time in the design process of my character so that i get what i want (looks wise and such) the first time around.

I plan to never delete another character.

Tetris L

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

Germany

Servants of Fortuna

07 Nov 2006 at 14:44 - 32

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimmy_logic

their ass stares back at you most of the time

Maybe that's the reason why I prefer them female.

led-zep

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

07 Nov 2006 at 16:23 - 33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emik

What also works is spend a bit of time in actually creating your toon.
I can understand rerolling becoz you wanna try another profession and have limited slots ok, but rerolling becoz you don't like your appearance. come on.
I've never rerolled a character once becoz i didn't like the look of it.
Sounds stupid anyways.
it's called a Role Playing character.
not a Reroll Playing character

thats a pretty stupid response considering the limited amount of hair/face in the first chapter and the way they look better with each update.

i want new hair and face for my fem warrior as the factions ones are nicer imo but when i made her only prophecies was out so i didnt have that choice... so what is your arguement again?

its fine for you to say things sound stupid but make sure you dont sound equally stupid next time because some of us have been playing since there were only basic and ugly hair/faces available and had to settle for what was there at the time

Stig Figger

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2006

Canada

07 Nov 2006 at 16:35 - 34

When I started Prophecies I had no idea how long a character would 'last'. I just threw together a creepy male necro to quickly start playing with friends. Only after beating the game did I realize that you could play a character into subsequent chapters. And with titles just appearing there was more incentive to stick with the same character for a long time. He's now a mule parked in Urgoz's Warren and I rerolled a more aesthetically pleasing female necro for titles (explorer, protector, treasure, wisdom).

My choices of hairstyles and armor on new characters is heavily based on how they look from behind!

Moire

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2006

Prague

Gathering of Demons [GoD]

Rt/Me

07 Nov 2006 at 16:48 - 35

and from behind they look worse then from the front realy....

Riou McDohl

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

Defenders of Aderon [DoA]

N/Me

07 Nov 2006 at 16:56 - 36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moire

and from behind they look worse then from the front realy....

Depends on where you're looking

blood4blood

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2005

07 Nov 2006 at 17:25 - 37

To the OP: yes, I've deleted lots of low to mid-level characters, sometimes just because I'm sick of their looks, sometimes for other reasons (usually wanting to try different profession combos). I have 3 20's now that I don't like (ugly), but I probably won't re-roll them anytime soon, if ever. I've got plenty of other chars to play, so I just don't play the ugly ones. I may delete them later, haven't really decided yet.

eudas

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

Tx, USA

The Infinite Monkeys [TYPE]

W/

07 Nov 2006 at 17:27 - 38

I suppose it would be nice if guild-halls could purchase a "cosmeticist" who would let you go through the head/face/hair/haircolor selection for a character for a fee.

eudas

dansamy

Chasing Dragons

Join Date: May 2005

Lost in La-La Land

LFGuild

Mo/Me

07 Nov 2006 at 18:15 - 39

Well, I am now happy with the looks for all of my characters. I only re-rolled the 2 that I have never been happy with. Will it cost me time and gold in order to rebuild those characters? Yes. Is it worth it? To me, it is. To you, it might not be.