I'd like an option to edit an existing character's appearance; meaning, go back and change its face, hair, hair color, height and skin color.
I wouldn't want anything intricate or complicated to implement it. A simple button in the Character Selection to Edit Appearance would suffice.
I've had my some of my characters 40+ months... I've waited, and waited, and waited for this to come and it hasn't... I think it's about time to add it. Even Lineage II has potions to change your face, hair and hair color after creation.
Not to mention with disguise potions, I hardly see how it could break lore any worse than it already is.
At this point, I've spent nearly 10,000 hours on my characters and completely remaking them, rebuying their armors (most have obsidian...), rebuying their weapons, getting all their skills and titles again just because I've drifted away from liking their lookset is just not acceptable at this point --- not to mention with birthdays and other additions.
Everyone has wanted a barber shop and plastic surgeon since forever... Well, forget that. That's way too complicated. Just spend one lunch hour and give us a button.
Ability to edit an existing character
Evil Neato
Minako Okanim
I'm inclined to agree with you neato. a edit appearance button on the character select is badly needed. I've grown so tired of looking at my characters same appearance for over 2 1/2 years now, and I can't be fussed to remake some chars because of the amount of hours spent on getting skills/armor/weaps ect. So yeah....i highly doubt that such a option is REALLY so hard /end sarcasm.
legacyofkain85
to bad it will never see the daylight,this has been sugested already,think everyone would like an option for changing their char
daze
Id just like a way to change a characters name in order to avoid another ban, lol.
Luminarus
+1 before close, been suggested. Great Idea but anet wont/cant implement it
komma
the only option that should have been made editable is the hair......the rest you should have to deal with for making such decisions.
upier
Would it be nice?
Yeah.
Do I care enough about it to put it high on my priority list?
Of course not. I'll just remake my character.
/not signed
Yeah.
Do I care enough about it to put it high on my priority list?
Of course not. I'll just remake my character.
/not signed
Capua
It's a shame they wont implement it, i whole-heartedly agree though.
gremlin
Some things you should be able to alter and I recon the more people ask the more its likely to happen if not in GW then GW2.
Character name
I realise changing the actual name of the character might be a problem scam artists would be changing it daily.
But how about being able to change how the name appears to others in the game but the friends/block lists still show it as the same character.
Its the equivalent of being unable to change your birth certificate but being able to tell strangers any name you feel like.
Hair change yep should be able to change that any time you like
Anything else I very much doubt most people bodies dont change that much in a year and you should be able to tell if you got the body size of your character as you wanted it withing a few hours of play.
You didn't go back and start again then so tough.
I would like GW2 to have far more choices of face and body esp when it comes to age.
GW isn't a virtual teen or Boy/Girl band creator so lets have characters looking like real people with a decent age range rather than 18-20
Character name
I realise changing the actual name of the character might be a problem scam artists would be changing it daily.
But how about being able to change how the name appears to others in the game but the friends/block lists still show it as the same character.
Its the equivalent of being unable to change your birth certificate but being able to tell strangers any name you feel like.
Hair change yep should be able to change that any time you like
Anything else I very much doubt most people bodies dont change that much in a year and you should be able to tell if you got the body size of your character as you wanted it withing a few hours of play.
You didn't go back and start again then so tough.
I would like GW2 to have far more choices of face and body esp when it comes to age.
GW isn't a virtual teen or Boy/Girl band creator so lets have characters looking like real people with a decent age range rather than 18-20
Evil Neato
A real person's body may not change, but this is a game and the person behind the character's taste changes. You shouldn't even be trying to make it about realism. Who the f can turn into a ghost, spider, skeletal hound, golem, etc.? Nobody can! It's a game, let it be a game.
People want change. If that's not obvious from the past US Presidency alone, then I don't know what is.
I'm tired of how some of my characters look... I liked them over 3 years ago; not so much now. People change, let the characters change with them. x.x"
People want change. If that's not obvious from the past US Presidency alone, then I don't know what is.
I'm tired of how some of my characters look... I liked them over 3 years ago; not so much now. People change, let the characters change with them. x.x"
komma
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Originally Posted by Evil Neato
A real person's body may not change, but this is a game and the person behind the character's taste changes. You shouldn't even be trying to make it about realism. Who the f can turn into a ghost, spider, skeletal hound, golem, etc.? Nobody can! It's a game, let it be a game.
People want change. If that's not obvious from the past US Presidency alone, then I don't know what is. I'm tired of how some of my characters look... I liked them over 3 years ago; not so much now. People change, let the characters change with them. x.x" |
ummm no.....get yourself a tamagachi.
ok ok i partially retract due to fallout 3 having the option to change your face and hair.....even tho face change is still kinda sketchy.
dilan155
good option to implement, too bad a-net wont.
MirkoTeran
So far down on priority list I can hardly see it. /notsigned
Evil Neato
What priority list? What else are they going to do? GW is done. I think this is the time for all the crap that was "moved-to-the-12th-of-never" should get done. We've listened to that same crap for nearly 4 years... I think by now it should be somewhere near the top, since it's been mentioned since the very beginning.
I recall capes having a toggle getting the same response, and thank god they made that happen...
I recall capes having a toggle getting the same response, and thank god they made that happen...
Alex Dimitri
Nice idea i would realy like to see this come in some of future updates.Very true some chars become quite dull after some time !!! And i don`t think it would be too hard to implement !
/signed
/signed
pamelf
Hi... I see that the OP is realatively new, but a quick search would have turned up this awesome thread http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=21525
Hopefully if more of us add our voices to the same thread the sheer number of poeple wanting it will change Anet's mind on this.
Hopefully if more of us add our voices to the same thread the sheer number of poeple wanting it will change Anet's mind on this.
Evil Neato
I'm not new actually... I've been around since the alpha days.
I did search by the way, and that idea is not in line with mine. If you read the OP you would realize that.
I don't want a stylist that changes hair...
I want a button that changes everything, minus name, which is accessible at character login. Quite different, I assure you.
I did search by the way, and that idea is not in line with mine. If you read the OP you would realize that.
I don't want a stylist that changes hair...
I want a button that changes everything, minus name, which is accessible at character login. Quite different, I assure you.
Zidane Ortef
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Originally Posted by Evil Neato
A real person's body may not change, but this is a game and the person behind the character's taste changes. You shouldn't even be trying to make it about realism. Who the f can turn into a ghost, spider, skeletal hound, golem, etc.? Nobody can! It's a game, let it be a game.
People want change. If that's not obvious from the past US Presidency alone, then I don't know what is. I'm tired of how some of my characters look... I liked them over 3 years ago; not so much now. People change, let the characters change with them. x.x" |
Nobody just changes into those things, those are special tonics, aka a potion, changes the appearance for a set amount of time. Plastic surgery is out there is no need to change your face in all reality most of the faces are almost identical minus some lipstick and minor scars etc. As for a Hair stylist that seems more logic but as it said there is higher things on teh list of to do's. Such as the title update on the 13th, second part of the HoM update, GW2.
GW1 is far from dead, and they have plans if you pay any attention to the small things like the PAX interview where they mentioned some things that they are hoping to come within the next year. GW2 might not be out till 2010 so we have a lot of time between then and now and Anet still has plans for Guildwars whether you seem to believe it or not.
I know its hard scraping away all the time you put into a toon, money for armor etc. but Ive done it as you say its just a game, a virtual reality so its not like if you delete a toon with FoW armor your gonna go broke in real life gold is easy to make if you know how. So if you dont like the way your toon looks right now, suck it up, grow up, hit the delete button and start fresh.
~Zidane Ortef~
Evil Neato
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Originally Posted by Zidane Ortef
Nobody just changes into those things, those are special tonics, aka a potion, changes the appearance for a set amount of time. Plastic surgery is out there is no need to change your face in all reality most of the faces are almost identical minus some lipstick and minor scars etc. As for a Hair stylist that seems more logic but as it said there is higher things on teh list of to do's. Such as the title update on the 13th, second part of the HoM update, GW2.
GW1 is far from dead, and they have plans if you pay any attention to the small things like the PAX interview where they mentioned some things that they are hoping to come within the next year. GW2 might not be out till 2010 so we have a lot of time between then and now and Anet still has plans for Guildwars whether you seem to believe it or not. I know its hard scraping away all the time you put into a toon, money for armor etc. but Ive done it as you say its just a game, a virtual reality so its not like if you delete a toon with FoW armor your gonna go broke in real life gold is easy to make if you know how. So if you dont like the way your toon looks right now, suck it up, grow up, hit the delete button and start fresh. ~Zidane Ortef~ |
Mind you, the Warrior I made was not cross-eyed when I made her.
There was a graphic change long ago which added moving mouths to the models which also made the faces look "more detailed." Well, the result is... My Warrior face and Monk face don't look as good as they did when I made them anymore, and I've had to suffer for quite some time with it like this. It was out of my control. I made my choice, and Anet changed the texture. I had no say in the matter.
We should have had the option to change our faces at that point. There is absolutely no way I will ever delete that Warrior. Deleting isn't even an option, especially my Monk... You can't get old black dye anymore.
Zidane Ortef
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Solution 1. Delete remake but fashion show is your game so thats out of the question.
Solution 2. Use a helm to cover your face.
Solution 3. Get a blindfold to cover your cross-eyed warrior not like they are doing much help to her now.
All I see here is a QQ over how your virtual warrior doesn't seem fit for your liking.
Personally I think your better off quitting Guildwars and go play something like My little Pony or something where everything is all cute and fuzzy and you don't have to worry about whether your look good or not.
ac1inferno
If the character you made is really that hard to look at or you've gotten sick of looking at it, just get a Mask of the Mo Zing or something else that completely covers up the face and bag your character's head. Problem fixed?
Evil Neato
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I should of used big bold letters like you ALMOSTwas the magical workd i used infront of identical looking at the screen I see a change in eyebrows, and eyes face shape is the same you not looking to changer your hair.
Solution 1. Delete remake but fashion show is your game so thats out of the question. Solution 2. Use a helm to cover your face. Solution 3. Get a blindfold to cover your cross-eyed warrior not like they are doing much help to her now. All I see here is a QQ over how your virtual warrior doesn't seem fit for your liking. Personally I think your better off quitting Guildwars and go play something like My little Pony or something where everything is all cute and fuzzy and you don't have to worry about whether your look good or not. |
The brow is different, the nose is different, and so is the chin.
If that is "almost" to you, then everyone "almost" looks exactly like [insert celebrity name here].
I don't even see how you are trying to make this about me. This isn't about me. Of course I would like it, I've explained why I would like it. But, this is for everyone.
I don't see how you trolling me is doing anything other than giving you +1 either. It certainly isn't adding anything of substance to this thread.
I don't think "suck it up" and "go play another game" are valid reasons why this idea should not be done. So, unless you have something a bit more adequate to say, I'd suggest you simply refrain from posting.
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If the character you made is really that hard to look at or you've gotten sick of looking at it, just get a Mask of the Mo Zing or something else that completely covers up the face and bag your character's head. Problem fixed?
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pamelf
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Originally Posted by Evil Neato
I'm not new actually... I've been around since the alpha days.
I did search by the way, and that idea is not in line with mine. If you read the OP you would realize that. I don't want a stylist that changes hair... I want a button that changes everything, minus name, which is accessible at character login. Quite different, I assure you. |
But really if you're going to be so pedantic about it you could still have used the search function and come up with these:
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s... er+appearance
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s... er+appearance
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s... er+appearance
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s... er+appearance
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s... er+appearance
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s... er+appearance
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s... er+appearance
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s... er+appearance
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s... er+appearance
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s... er+appearance
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s... er+appearance
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...r +appearance
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...r +appearance
Seriously, should I keep going? I three word search showed up quite a few more than i've bothered to link.
Don't get me wrong, I'm totally /signed on the idea of being able to customize my character later, but after so many suggestions on the same a search definitely would have been in order.
pamelf
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Originally Posted by Evil Neato
I'm not new actually... I've been around since the alpha days.
I did search by the way, and that idea is not in line with mine. If you read the OP you would realize that. I don't want a stylist that changes hair... I want a button that changes everything, minus name, which is accessible at character login. Quite different, I assure you. |
But really if you're going to be so pedantic about it you could still have used the search function and come up with these:
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s... er+appearance
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s... er+appearance
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s... er+appearance
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s... er+appearance
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s... er+appearance
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s... er+appearance
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s... er+appearance
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s... er+appearance
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s... er+appearance
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s... er+appearance
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s... er+appearance
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...r +appearance
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...r +appearance
Seriously, should I keep going? I three word search showed up quite a few more than i've bothered to link.
Don't get me wrong, I'm totally /signed on the idea of being able to customize my character later, but after so many suggestions on the same a search definitely would have been in order.
upier
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What priority list? What else are they going to do? GW is done.
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They won't waste their time on many things in GW1.
So when they do something - it would be nice if they looked into stuff like the absence of balance in PvP and PvE.
Full hero parties would also be advisable considering the players are left playing solo more and more these days.
Improve the report system.
And then there are the numerous bugs.
Those are game breaking issues - rather then just "Oh noes - I don't look pretty anymore!".
Shasgaliel
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All I see here is a QQ over how your virtual warrior doesn't seem fit for your liking.
Personally I think your better off quitting Guildwars and go play something like My little Pony or something where everything is all cute and fuzzy and you don't have to worry about whether your look good or not. |
Hmmm personalized characters are the heart of an RPG game right?right? or not? Or maybe it is just mindless clicking like in Tetris? You know people have their preferences and they do differ there....
I wonder when I will see people in Sardelac all mature enough to be able to discuss an idea without unnecessary personal attacks on the OP or other posters...
Rothan Celt
Im all for it im bored of my haircut and it glitches with specs so i wanna change it 
jaximus
seeing as you have all the options from the beginning i dont think it would be that hard to implement a button to change some things. when i first made my monk, i didnt know you could rotate the character so he ended up with a pony tail. i didnt really hate it that much at first, but now i have to wear the bandana to cover that nasty thing. please allow us to change it.
romeus petrus
Although this has been suggested many times before I still /sign for some degree of ability to mod the char appearance: Skin color (tanning beds), hair style (hair dressers), body shape (?personal trainer).
If anet plays it right it can be the new gold sink.
Im pretty sure they wont though..
If anet plays it right it can be the new gold sink.
Im pretty sure they wont though..
gremlin
For me it is about realism not the realism of this world but the realism of the GW world, I recon some things are similar to this world.
You can build muscles get fat get old even go bald those are within reasonable parameters.
You could dye your hair and maybe that is possible for the game as well as hair styling.
The very fact that characters have hair styles rather than the shaggy unkempt look would indicate they either do their own or see someone.
So changing should happen.
Tattoos and scars are in the game as armour they can be dyed and what's very weird you can remove them.
So there exists in game code the ability to modify the skin and to dye part of it.
How much recoding would be necessary to modify it
You can build muscles get fat get old even go bald those are within reasonable parameters.
You could dye your hair and maybe that is possible for the game as well as hair styling.
The very fact that characters have hair styles rather than the shaggy unkempt look would indicate they either do their own or see someone.
So changing should happen.
Tattoos and scars are in the game as armour they can be dyed and what's very weird you can remove them.
So there exists in game code the ability to modify the skin and to dye part of it.
How much recoding would be necessary to modify it
Evil Neato
Well, the real question is... Would it negatively affect you by allowing other people to do it that really want it if you simply choose not to?
Numa Pompilius
Yeah, ability to change appearance and/or name would be good.
It's also one of the oldest suggestions here in Sardelac, going back to 2005, and repeated countless times since then.
In short, yeah it would be nice, but it's not going to happen.
It's also one of the oldest suggestions here in Sardelac, going back to 2005, and repeated countless times since then.
In short, yeah it would be nice, but it's not going to happen.
upier
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Well, the real question is... Would it negatively affect you by allowing other people to do it that really want it if you simply choose not to?
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But like you said - they aren't investing much resources into GW1. So the chances of this taking away resources from (what we consider to be) more important issues probably aren't so small.
I was all for the ability to change the appearance - if you search you should find one of my MANY threads (and posts) where I moan and throw tantrums on how the guys fugged my character
- but these days I am just hoping that if they do that one thing in GW it will be something like fixing the AI. I can live with my characters being ugly - but if the AI is dumb as hell, then I prolly won't even care about the appearance of my guys since I prolly won't be looking at them anymore.
realtalk916
these are the things that they usually put in the beginning of the game, not after 3 years haha. but not a bad idea, id love it
Evil Neato
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Like stated many times - if this means that no resources would get shifted from other issues, then I seriously can not see anyone being against it. It would be a nice bonus. Heck, they could even charge for it in the online-store.
But like you said - they aren't investing much resources into GW1. So the chances of this taking away resources from (what we consider to be) more important issues probably aren't so small. I was all for the ability to change the appearance - if you search you should find one of my MANY threads (and posts) where I moan and throw tantrums on how the guys fugged my character - but these days I am just hoping that if they do that one thing in GW it will be something like fixing the AI. I can live with my characters being ugly - but if the AI is dumb as hell, then I prolly won't even care about the appearance of my guys since I prolly won't be looking at them anymore. |
Alpheus
/signed
I have a bunch of characters from the release of this game. Since then, many things have been added or changed. Let's not forget a simple 'growing tired' of the same thing after three years. At any rate, I've been reduced to wearing a bandanna on my first character to cover up the hair.
Let's face it, this game has a lot of vanity. To a certain extent, Anet knows this and it's proven by the existence of 15k, vabbian and obsidian armors. If the looks mean so much to players then why stop them from having a hair stylist or face changer. Especially since the quality of the faces/hairs have increased by each release. (I'm almost exclusively nightfall these days when I make a character)
Lastly, let's not fool ourselves about the difficulty or time needed to create this option. To those that say 'it's not possible' then *knock knock* hello! we're dealing c o m p u t e r s here. To those that say it'd take too much time, at most it'd probably take one person less than a week to write up and debug the code. Probably more like a day or two really.
I've heard the 'not possible' line too often in other online games and it sickens me because it's always proven at a later time that the line was just B.S. I remember RO back in the day, the idea of color/hair change was unfeasible yet when the source got leaked, private servers had NO PROBLEM implementing it.
We don't have these stylists because Anet can't do it, we don't have them because Anet doesn't want to/hasn't gotten around to doing it. I bet half the community could create this feature in no time given the opportunity by Anet so it's really a shame it doesn't exist, especially since it wouldn't hurt anyone.
I have a bunch of characters from the release of this game. Since then, many things have been added or changed. Let's not forget a simple 'growing tired' of the same thing after three years. At any rate, I've been reduced to wearing a bandanna on my first character to cover up the hair.
Let's face it, this game has a lot of vanity. To a certain extent, Anet knows this and it's proven by the existence of 15k, vabbian and obsidian armors. If the looks mean so much to players then why stop them from having a hair stylist or face changer. Especially since the quality of the faces/hairs have increased by each release. (I'm almost exclusively nightfall these days when I make a character)
Lastly, let's not fool ourselves about the difficulty or time needed to create this option. To those that say 'it's not possible' then *knock knock* hello! we're dealing c o m p u t e r s here. To those that say it'd take too much time, at most it'd probably take one person less than a week to write up and debug the code. Probably more like a day or two really.
I've heard the 'not possible' line too often in other online games and it sickens me because it's always proven at a later time that the line was just B.S. I remember RO back in the day, the idea of color/hair change was unfeasible yet when the source got leaked, private servers had NO PROBLEM implementing it.
We don't have these stylists because Anet can't do it, we don't have them because Anet doesn't want to/hasn't gotten around to doing it. I bet half the community could create this feature in no time given the opportunity by Anet so it's really a shame it doesn't exist, especially since it wouldn't hurt anyone.
upier
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See, I'm the opposite of that. I play for the appearance.
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What I am saying is that if they don't fix the more pressing issues - the fact that my guys are pretty won't help them in the slightest. I just won't play the game.
I can look at pretty folks in other places.
Heck, I can just look in the mirror!
FlamingMetroid
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See, I'm the opposite of that. I play for the appearance.
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wind fire and ice
Only if it costs 100k and can only be done once,no face changes though hair and skin only.
lilraceangel3
Sorry all, Im going to have to agree with at least the hairstyle change option. A-net should add a barber shop, charge according to the style you choose and let the people who are concerned about how their toon looks be happy. You dont want to change your toon, then don't. Everyone is satisfied.