Dammit, RPG'ers that take things too seriously make me nauseous. It should be of no concern to anyone else if a player chooses to change their appearance. If someone ends up spending more time editing their character, than playing the game - that's their business.
Hair stylist - hell yes, but I'd rather have a way back to the character editor, without losing progress. There's no reason I can fathom that Anet couldn't simply add an "edit" character option. It would have saved me a hell of a lot of restarts over the last couple of years and I seriously doubt it would take much development time.
Hair Stylists?
Jongo River
Perfected Shadow
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but I'd rather have a way back to the character editor, without losing progress. There's no reason I can fathom that Anet couldn't simply add an "edit" character option. It would have saved me a hell of a lot of restarts over the last couple of years and I seriously doubt it would take much development time.
= WIN : D
Lauryn
I'd love to change my hair in-game
 its not like its hard to in r/l lolI'm sure scissors have been invented, and we all know you can get dye and it would be nice to try out some of the factions/nightfall styles on my ranger, shes not the young peppy little girl that she used to be
Silent Coyote
When the game was first released (prophecies) within about a week, there were three big request for the game as far as I can remember:
1)Auction House -we know we won't be getting this in gw1. 2)Reconnects -we got this already. 3)Hair dyes/stylist. I agree 100% with the previous poster who said he would buy GWEN if it only contained a hair stylist. I've been playing my ele for over 2 years, re-rolling is not an option. Haven't you realised one of the reasons ANet is making an expansion for lvl20 characters is because people like to play their existing characters not re-roll all the time? Its not a point of I don't like the choices I made either, in fact I still think my ele looks awesome (and hardly ever come across a twin). It's simply a case that after 2 years, I'd like a change. Because being able to change your hair style/colour would add something to the game for me, and a lot of other people. Same reason I have more than one set of armour, the same reason dyes are in the game in the first place - oh, but no one complains about them. There's no valid argument against it, it wont effect the balance of the game, it can add another gold sink. The only possible argument against it is technical issues, and ANet are the only ones that can comment on that.
White knight lord
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Of course it's not hard, anyone can delete a char and remake it.....but then, how are you going to regain all your lost progress? You should probably think before you post.
I do think before I post and ,well that is the players problem they put so much effort into a char and they don't like the hair it has and always will be the players choice.I agree with the wigs, like I said earlier it would satisfy everyones petty need/want for a useless hair changeing NPC they could always add this NPC to the GH
WinterSnowblind
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I do think before I post and ,well that is the players problem they put so much effort into a char and they don't like the hair it has and always will be the players choice.I agree with the wigs, like I said earlier it would satisfy everyones petty need/want for a useless hair changeing NPC they could always add this NPC to the GH
Neo Nugget
Or they could make hairspray and a comb be drops
ooook fine im jk:P But reading what people have posted i guess i would rather have hair change option than a whole face makover :O
natuxatu
Yeah I'm against a hair stylist.. it just doesn't isn't the same character if you change someonething about it's appearance.. even if it is just the hair. That's my opinion.. the only thing I would be kind of okay with is being able to dye your hair something... otherwise you should have just put more thought into the orginal creation of the character.
DarkWasp
Actauly from an RP aspect hair styling even DEEPENs the RP effect. Face changing, no, but hairstyling seems appropriate.
Killaya
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I say no to hairstylists, you make a character and it should stay the same or it just loses it's novelty if you get my jist.
As someone who has 5 of my 8 characters Tyrian born, I beg to differ. I'd LOVE Factions and NF hair on some of my other characters, but they were created before the expansion so I'm stuck with it. You can get your hair cut and dyed in real life, why not in game?
White knight lord
If you are wanting to change your chars hair in a game to make it seem more r/l you seriously need to find something else to do IMO. I have previously posted "if you don't like your hair make a new char" If you have a great or expensive title on that char well that is the players fault I know a person has had chances to remake a character and get the title for them, so the whole" what bout all the progress" BS the player should have thought of that before they got the title,armor,or weapons(costomized) and not be complaing about how they don't like their characters hair find somethign else to do in the game this isn't a fasion show (for most people).
RavenGT
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If you are wanting to change your chars hair in a game to make it seem more r/l you seriously need to find something else to do IMO. I have previously posted "if you don't like your hair make a new char" If you have a great or expensive title on that char well that is the players fault I know a person has had chances to remake a character and get the title for them, so the whole" what bout all the progress" BS the player should have thought of that before they got the title,armor,or weapons(costomized) and not be complaing about how they don't like their characters hair find somethign else to do in the game this isn't a fasion show (for most people).
What's next? "Auction house? AUCTION HOUSE? This is madness! Why implement a useless npc/system where the game sell your items for you? This is BS! Players put in more effort and work harder to sell their items!"
RSGashapon
A fashion show Guild Wars may not be, but there is nothing wrong with variety and the ability to change. People put lots of time and work into their characters, but down the road they may want to alter hairstyle and color. There is nothing wrong with this.
But hey, let's all adopt White knight lord's way of thinking, since it would just be all so pointless. Let's get rid of all the different armor sets, the dye system, all the weapon and item skins, the hairstyles, height slider and skin/hair colors in the CSS and anything else that attempts to make each chara look somewhat unique! A chara with numerous maxed-out titles, that's been around for months or years, which probably has 2 or 3 armor sets, shouldn't have to be re-rolled just to change hair, this option should have been available from day one. It's still not too late to add said option. People usually do think things out in the beginning, but people change... well, some of them do. What is so wrong with adding a Stylist or Barber to the game? You know, do us a favor White... go back to the Battle Isles. By the way you sound, that seems to be where you came from. Progress means nothing, except for precious account-wide PvP titles and chara can just be re-rolled on a whim. But hey, everything's a clone there, the chara, the builds and the thinking.
el eugi
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I mean, if we haven't heard for sure by this point.... Though it would be amazing, and I don't see why not. In the past I realized every now-and-then that my Ritualist had the single, most foul hair-style I could've ever chosen, which is why I kept a mask over his face.
Aeyl
lets just say i'm willing to pay as high as 100k (since thats the max gold limit per trade) for a change of appearence, 100k for name of character and 100k for hairstyle.. =/
White knight lord
First of all your sarcasm is very pathetic and sad. Second Raven the last part of your comment made no sense.Third I never said get rid of armor, weapons, titles, height adjustment, or systems that make a char unique basically said don't put in the effort on a char if you will not be satisfied with any small dumb detail that you do have the power to change but folks insist on nagging bout this subject, folks are asking for a NPC that would do no benefit and will most likely not come so that is it.
Rhedd
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First of all your sarcasm is very pathetic and sad. Second Raven the last part of your comment made no sense.Third I never said get rid of armor, weapons, titles, height adjustment, or systems that make a char unique basically said don't put in the effort on a char if you will not be satisfied with any small dumb detail that you do have the power to change but folks insist on nagging bout this subject, folks are asking for a NPC that would do no benefit and will most likely not come so that is it.
You obviously couldn't care less about this subject, and think adding a way to change hair is completely useless, so I can only assume that your sole reason for continuing to read and post on this thread is to argue and label other people's wants as stupid.
I seriously think you need a new hobby. On-topic, I'm perfectly happy with all of my characters and their hair, but I think this would be a great addition. More choices FTW! nessarose
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Bai
I don't really care much for a hair stylist, but I hope that they can add in a plastic surgeon NPC of some sort for faces too.. some of my characters have the most deformed faces ever. An NPC that changes names would be nice too..
pamelf
Lol, my wish to change hair is purely cosmetic. I love my characters and have grown attached to them. I just hated that there was very little scope for long hair in NF. Most characters had their hair up, or it was short, so it would have been nice having some more options fr them at least. The other reason is a completely girly one...I like NF 15k monk armours, but they look TERRIBLE with the NF characters looks. Although naturally that is just my opinion. I DID start a brand new Tyrian monk just so that I could get her primeval armour from NF, but it would have been great to NOT have to do that and just be able to change her hair so it looked better with the armour...
Girly, but hey, girls play this game too you know...
Bryant Again
I've lost all hope in this matter, sadly.
pyrohex
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First of all your sarcasm is very pathetic and sad. Second Raven the last part of your comment made no sense.Third I never said get rid of armor, weapons, titles, height adjustment, or systems that make a char unique basically said don't put in the effort on a char if you will not be satisfied with any small dumb detail that you do have the power to change but folks insist on nagging bout this subject, folks are asking for a NPC that would do no benefit and will most likely not come so that is it.
I'm not sure why you guys bother arguing with this joke. He's got to be about 12, or possibly a 'late developing' 13 year old.
White knight lord
First of all I knew someone would bring up the plastic surgery NPC and well as much as folks bitch, moan, and groan about how they hate their chars hair they will have to deal with it more or less.
Y.T.
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First of all I knew someone would bring up the plastic surgery NPC and well as much as folks bitch, moan, and groan about how they hate their chars hair they will have to deal with it more or less.
its rly simple kid: dont like it - dont use it. if ppl keep asking for smth they prolly want it, and u cant tell ppl what to do and what not to do
personally i support the idea of hairdresser npc, i doubt we'll get it anytime soon tho, but it would be nice to get a new money sink 
RavenGT
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WinterSnowblind
That's a completely ridiculous comparison. To add an auction house the game would need a complete overhaul. I'm not going to go into the details again, but to say the least, the game as it is cannot support something like an auction house because of the way items and information is stored to each character. An auction house would require changing how all of that works. Not to mention how it would impact the economy. It's just far too late to add something like that into GW.
A hairstylist on the other hand is a very simple features that lets us change the hair of our characters. It would still require some work from the developers, but no where near as much as something like an auction house. I do understand why so many people want it in the game, but jesus. Some of you nuts need to stop bringing it up in every single topic. It's not going to happen, deal with it. And once again, I'll point out the fact that how our characters look wasn't always our choice. Back when Prophecies was first released, we didn't have access to any of the Nightfall or Factions hairstyles. I for one don't want to reroll my characters just to change their hair, but it would be great to be able to use some of it. Using the "you made it so live with it" argument is flawed. If we could have used all the faces/hairstyles to begin with, for any character from any campaign, then fine. But we couldn't and still cant. Would it really have a massive impact on anyone if I changed my warriors hair style? Or made him a few inches taller? Doomus
Honestly, what with saving the world from undead liches/evil spirits/forgotten gods, you'd think most characters wouldn't have time to sit around having their hair done...
- 'arrggh! the city is under attack from an army of demons! help us, heroes!' - 'tell them to come back later, I've got me curlers in!' :P
lucifer_uk
This would be a perfect time to test the water in character customization for GW2.
Putting in a hair styler would be a perfect edition to the game. My ranger's long blonde hair is starting to get a bit tired, he needs a cut and a dye. Looking to the future, the norn have tattoos and other characters have other body mods. So maybe they should look at installing a body modification feature in GW2. Theres nothing I would like more than for my ranger to get some ink and piecings done like mine.
White knight lord
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Honestly, what with saving the world from undead liches/evil spirits/forgotten gods, you'd think most characters wouldn't have time to sit around having their hair done...
- 'arrggh! the city is under attack from an army of demons! help us, heroes!' - 'tell them to come back later, I've got me curlers in!' :P Man that would be funny.Anyway people are bringing up this topic because they have nothing else to do in GW so they get on forms start non-sense topic of things that won't happen, but what can I do besides giveing my opinions and facts over and over again just to have people over look reality.But I ask Raven, Why have a auction house in GW when we have guru auction? Is it too much of a hassle to go onto the internet and look? nessarose
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But I ask (Raven), Why have a auction house in GW when we have guru auction? Is it too much of a hassle to go onto the internet and look?
Ok, so I'm not Raven, but the vast majority of players do NOT read these forums, moreover these forums are not run by the game developers - because the GW staff care about their players some (if not all) of them check up on and contribute to what's going on and they listen to what we want. You can't please everyone, but they do a mighty fine job; however, if there were an auction house within the game it would make trading much easier (personally, I do not trade, I would rather be playing than standing in an outpost trying to offload my goods or pick up an item that I "must have").
I do agree with you that some topics are started about things that will likely not happen (this being one of them), but where's the harm in speculating? I would have to disagree with you about people bringing up this topic because they have nothing else to do in game. It's because people are really excited about GW:EN and they WANT to talk about it, but most of the talking we can do about it is based on speculation because we just don't know what's coming. If you think the thread is pointless or nonsense, you don't have to read it. If hairdressers are introduced into GW:EN, you don't have to use them - and for the record I think a hairstylist is not a useless NPC, it would create jobs for some of the peasants we see in the instanced areas - how can bringing pixcellated people out of poverty possibly be a bad thing?
GloryFox
You know 1 year ago I thought my assassin looked leet with the purple hair and all, but now I cringe when I look at her. She needs a hair dye makeover, now that she has every assassin skill in the game and titles, I just can't see re investing 200k plus items into another character.
Please ANET just the ability to change hair and color would go a long way. LobsterMobster
I know, maybe they should take out merchants and storage. If you get a good item but you can't use it on your current character, just reroll and hope you get it again!
I don't understand these people that say we should have to "suck it up" and "deal with it." I thought games were supposed to be fun, not punishing? Funny thing is, these "purists" are the first to complain when a skill gets nerfed (omg my 55 monk so sad. :< ) Maybe in the HoM they'll let your Hero characters provide services for you. Me: I'm looking for something fresh. Norgu: Honey, I'll make you look faaaabulous!
Neo Nugget
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Me: I'm looking for something fresh. Norgu: Honey, I'll make you look faaaabulous! Funniest thing i read in a while.......lol!
NeHoMaR
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... Don't like your character's hight, skin tone, hair style? then re-roll just like the rest of us have had to these last years, it's not like character advancement is hard anymore, runners all over tyria, power lvling in cantha, and NF is a complete joke.
Nop! Because I want a Prophecies character with Nightfall hair!
Lady Lozza
I have 5 main characters. My ele and my monk were rerolled about 6 months into the game when I became annoyed that 1) my ele looked like everyone else, and 2) my monk kept getting called Lina by all and sundry. My ranger was deleted due to liimited character space and was resurrected later as a Factions character. I've contemplated rerolling my rit. I've contemplated rerolling my ranger (again) because - though she was quite unique for ages - her hair style started to catch on.
My mesmer is the only one I've never rerolled, or contemplated rerolling. To be honest, I'm happy with my characters. I'm not going to reroll any of them. Would I like a hair stylist? Yes. Would I use it? Not necessarily. What I would like a stylist to offer is not access to other hair styles of campaigns - though to be honest I can see how this would be easiest - but to offer NEW styles and dye to players, hell to make it MORE of a gold sink make it only temporary and we can have fun changing our style frequently. This is just how I would like it as (for me) hair style is synonymous with origin (nationality) of the character. In many ways people who don't like their characters do have the option of rerolling - yes I agree it is a waste of time, but that is up to the individuals concerned. I don't see a hair stylist as a fix for that. I see it as an addition to give players something fun to mess around with. It would be amusing for everyone in a team to grab the same style and colour and sync dance, or do a mission, or just take a screenie.
RSGashapon
Allowing a character from one region, like a Tyrian Necromancer, to have a hairstyle from another region, Elona for example, would allow for more uniqueness among characters. Locking a character's hairstyle to a specific region, say that Necromancer can change only into Tyrian hairstyles even at a Stylist in Elona, wouldn't seem right.
Of course for the campaign-specific classes, more hairstyles would probably need to be added. That makes sense, right?
NeHoMaR
This is as easy as put a NPC somewhere, maybe in the main GW:EN outpost, and it will show you in a preview all available hairs in your account for your profession/gender (With available in your account I mean you will not see hairs from Factions if you don't have Factions, and so on) and that preview will show your character head with the selected hair/color, you click buy and done.
I bet it's uber easy developing that NPC, because somewhere is stored our characters hairs (a number), that NPC just change that number for another. This is as easy as change gender was in that day, remember? that day ArenaNet did a mistake: Showed everybody you can easily change appearance of all characters. They can go and change male to female, hair, skin color, nickname, everything is stored in an editable file. They can add a tool (a NPC) for modify that file, with a preview tool for easing things to the player of course.
RSGashapon
Rhedd
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RSGashapon
Oooh, I didn't read that all the way through the first time. Oops.
Yeah, seems it would be fairly easy to do then. So why haven't they done it? |
