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Stolen Souls
I wouldn't pay to change the way any of my characters look. I liked the way they looked when I created them, and I still like the way they look now.
nkuvu
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Originally Posted by Red Sonya
I second that intelligence an anyone who spends $10 just to change some cartoon looks really needs to see a doctor or a few of them.
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To answer the original question, I've changed characters, but only once. I made sure the look I chose was the one I wanted, so I didn't waste makeover credits. On two characters this meant taking a few days to decide.
For most of the changes I made, the combinations are impossible at character creation screen (Tyrian elementalist with Elonian hair style, for insance).
Coraline Jones
I understand that many people will not pay $10 for changes. A few will that's a personal choice.
I know of several people that are hardcore into RPGs. One of my friends always has the same character name, profession, and appearance every time he plays a new game. He has it almost down to a science. At first, I didn't understand it, but I started doing it too once I started to see my characters more than just "toons" which I use to grind loot. I think that wanting to believe that your characters are doing quests for more than XP shouldn't be a fault.
In any case, one of my characters is Kasumi, and she is obviously Asian. However, in Prophecies, they didn't have any Asian character designs so I had to make do with what I had. After playing her for well over a year later, Factions came out and I was sort of bitter about it. Yeah, I could "reroll", but it's sort of lame to delete a character that you've already bought 15K armor and maxed out a bunch of titles. In this case, I think that it would be understandable to spend $10 to basically fix her character design, especially if that was my primary character.
I know of several people that are hardcore into RPGs. One of my friends always has the same character name, profession, and appearance every time he plays a new game. He has it almost down to a science. At first, I didn't understand it, but I started doing it too once I started to see my characters more than just "toons" which I use to grind loot. I think that wanting to believe that your characters are doing quests for more than XP shouldn't be a fault.
In any case, one of my characters is Kasumi, and she is obviously Asian. However, in Prophecies, they didn't have any Asian character designs so I had to make do with what I had. After playing her for well over a year later, Factions came out and I was sort of bitter about it. Yeah, I could "reroll", but it's sort of lame to delete a character that you've already bought 15K armor and maxed out a bunch of titles. In this case, I think that it would be understandable to spend $10 to basically fix her character design, especially if that was my primary character.
Alleji
I'm happy with the way my characters look. Well, except one... that I don't play anymore.
leetLoLa
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Originally Posted by Red Sonya
I second that intelligence an anyone who spends $10 just to change some cartoon looks really needs to see a doctor or a few of them.
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Mr. Icecube
I have over 1000hrs of playtime and FoW armor on my female necro (see avatar), but i really don't like here hair anymore. So I took a look at the different hair styles at the stylist and liked almost none. And the ones I liked weren't worth the $2.
So I'm thinking of buying an extreme makover credit. $10 is a lot for one credit, but male necros and male necro FoW armor looks so much better.
So I'm thinking of buying an extreme makover credit. $10 is a lot for one credit, but male necros and male necro FoW armor looks so much better.
Mordakai
I'm tempted to change my Mesmer...
but since i really don't play her anymore it's not worth it for me.
I spent a lot of time re-making characters, getting names and appearences just right, purposely starting characters in the original Guild Wars rather than Factions just because I like the faces better.
I DO like the idea you can now use ANY combination from ANY campaign.
I wish you could start a NEW character for free with those options... although Dwayna knows I don't need anymore characters! (and I'd spend $10 for a new slot anyway, so that's stupid).
but since i really don't play her anymore it's not worth it for me.
I spent a lot of time re-making characters, getting names and appearences just right, purposely starting characters in the original Guild Wars rather than Factions just because I like the faces better.
I DO like the idea you can now use ANY combination from ANY campaign.
I wish you could start a NEW character for free with those options... although Dwayna knows I don't need anymore characters! (and I'd spend $10 for a new slot anyway, so that's stupid).
blood4blood
Zero. I'd almost consider it for my oldest monk (I've hated her hair for years and almost never play her anymore), but I put my money where my mouth was (or, my typing in this case) and spent $40 on two new Prophecies accounts instead. Besides eight new characters, it's more storage, zkeys, gifts of the huntsman in pre, etc.
Evaine
I'm glad the makeover option was introduced. The first thing I did was to make all three of my main characters 3 clicks taller.
Gratz to those of you who made your characters perfect the first time. Some of us didn’t and now we can fix it. I get enough hassle from people IRL that think gaming is a waste of time.
Gratz to those of you who made your characters perfect the first time. Some of us didn’t and now we can fix it. I get enough hassle from people IRL that think gaming is a waste of time.
A11Eur0
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Originally Posted by goondaba
well, I look at it like this. We didn't have to spend REAL money to continually play the game and so I saved money every month because of this. I took that REAL money and changed a character that I was totally dissatisfied with after I realized that no campaign in GW was going to offer decent looking armor for him. So I took my REAL money, made the changes and to be honest, I am quite happy with it. If you all don't want to spend your REAL money on this stuff, so be it, but just because someone else decided to doesn't meant that their intelligence is in question.
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How much is Anet paying you to be their little posterboy for their new pricegouged 'services'?
SniperF0x
I find it ridiculous how they charge money for it. Since it's a customer service that requires no effort or resources on their part, so no.
garethporlest18
Eh I changed 5 of my characters, made them better. My tastes changed over the past 3 years.
phan
1 name change & Appearance change = 25$
1 ticket to Summerfestival with korsakoff ; lasgo ; sylver ; cosy mozzy ; etc = 25$
Zomg ! what to take ;
If i wanted to pay extra after buying my game i would of bought WoW .
1 ticket to Summerfestival with korsakoff ; lasgo ; sylver ; cosy mozzy ; etc = 25$
Zomg ! what to take ;
If i wanted to pay extra after buying my game i would of bought WoW .
UndeadRoadkill
I have a couple characters I might like to change slightly, but I'm not going to spend real money to do it.
That's not really "saving" money, but hey, whatever you need to tell yourself to justify spending on makeover credits.
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Originally Posted by goondaba
We didn't have to spend REAL money to continually play the game and so I saved money every month because of this.
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Spinny
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Originally Posted by UndeadRoadkill
That's not really "saving" money, but hey, whatever you need to tell yourself to justify spending on makeover credits.
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People work for their money, they choose what they want to spend it on and they decide what they spend it on is worth it or not.
I can't believe all this bitching going on just over £10.
UndeadRoadkill
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Originally Posted by Spinny
There's nothing to 'justify'.
People work for their money, they choose what they want to spend it on and they decide what they spend it on is worth it or not. I can't believe all this bitching going on just over £10. |
Bryant Again
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Originally Posted by alluring athena
Opinions are like armpits....everyone has one and they all stink
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Anyways, yeah I cashed in.
In the RPG sense, I'm not as immersed into GW as much as I thought I'd be. In a much more story focused RPG like say Neverwinter Nights, I'm gonna make a dude.
But in a game like this, where I'm not able to show myself through my characters choices and decisions, I find it much more fun to play as a laday. Plus fem. Wars and Sins look freakin' amazing. So I changed my courageous male fighter into a brave woman warrior.
That said, if I was still a man I'd pick *THIS* combo, largely for being the coolest celebrity look-a-like ever:
Hint: "This is MADNESS!"
PS: Holy cow Mordakai, welcome back! Where you been, dude?
A11Eur0
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Originally Posted by Spinny
There's nothing to 'justify'.
People work for their money, they choose what they want to spend it on and they decide what they spend it on is worth it or not. I can't believe all this bitching going on just over £10. |
I'm glad I'm happy with the way most of my characters look but the point is some aren't, and forcing them to know there's a way to change it, but they'd have to spend half a week's paycheck(for some) during the worst financial crisis in recent history in order to do it, it's ridiculous.
"Just $10." 10+ times. "Just $100" sounds a lot different to me, struggling to get through life during these times. Not everyone has a steady income and is able to drop a Benji just to make their characters look better. And before you say "if you're struggling through life, why are you playing a game?" bear in mind that some people can't get jobs at the moment, some people are in school or college and don't have the time. some people have possible medical conditions that essentially siphon money out of their bank accounts and prevent them from acquiring gainful employment. It happens. GW appeals to those people because they don't HAVE to pay monthly.
BTW: If they cut the prices in half it'll be just about guaranteed that they'll get more than double the number of transactions, just due to psychology. If they show us that they're listening to the OBVIOUS MAJORITY saying this is too much, it'll make us happier about the whole deal and I'm sure many will stop their boycott and actually partake. Everyone wins there. Anet makes more money, the individual player gets what they want.
Apollo Smile
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Originally Posted by UndeadRoadkill
By the same token, saying that I'm not going to spend my money on it is not "bitching."
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I Elite Starchild I
10$ isn't that much to spend considering you can change the appearance of 5 of your characters.. especially if you made a horrible mistake and you realize your character looks like they have down-syndrome.
On another note... I do think 10$ for a single storage pane (20 Slots) is absolutely ridiculous... There is a MUCH better use for 10$ imo.
I would rather buy another copy of Prophecies from newegg.com for 10$ (free shipping) and have 200+ additional storage slots and another source of zKey income every month.
Kudos to ANET, I know ppl that will buy all 4 panes just to have them unlocked...
On another note... I do think 10$ for a single storage pane (20 Slots) is absolutely ridiculous... There is a MUCH better use for 10$ imo.
I would rather buy another copy of Prophecies from newegg.com for 10$ (free shipping) and have 200+ additional storage slots and another source of zKey income every month.
Kudos to ANET, I know ppl that will buy all 4 panes just to have them unlocked...
russiansteven
0 times.... Maybe if it was for in-game gold or items.
eht123
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Originally Posted by A11Eur0
People who claim this is a trivial sum are missing the point that not everyone is leeching off of mommy and daddy, and that's ONE INSTANCE of paying that much. I have ten characters. If I want to change all their names and looks at any given time it'll be well over $200 spent to do so. Just to change my characters around without losing their armor and achievements. I know many players with double that number of characters, with multiple accounts they actually play on. That adds up quick.
I'm glad I'm happy with the way most of my characters look but the point is some aren't, and forcing them to know there's a way to change it, but they'd have to spend half a week's paycheck(for some) during the worst financial crisis in recent history in order to do it, it's ridiculous. "Just $10." 10+ times. "Just $100" sounds a lot different to me, struggling to get through life during these times. Not everyone has a steady income and is able to drop a Benji just to make their characters look better. And before you say "if you're struggling through life, why are you playing a game?" bear in mind that some people can't get jobs at the moment, some people are in school or college and don't have the time. some people have possible medical conditions that essentially siphon money out of their bank accounts and prevent them from acquiring gainful employment. It happens. GW appeals to those people because they don't HAVE to pay monthly. |
And your assertion that people who buy the makeovers are the ones leeching off of mommy and daddy? lmao. I'd wager the whiners are the ones doing the leeching, because they don't want to have to go beg for another few dollars "for some dumb game". Those of us with jobs realize that $10 is, in fact, trivial compared to the time it would take to reroll five characters, and have bought the makeovers and gone on with life.
ShadowbaneX
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Originally Posted by Stolen Souls
I wouldn't pay to change the way any of my characters look. I liked the way they looked when I created them, and I still like the way they look now.
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I say that there should be three different options:
a minor make over that you can pay with in game gold, or pay $ to change whenever you like.
a major change which is altering height or face
a extreme (or superior if we want to go with the rune theme) makeover which is the gender change.
Carboplatin
$2 per character is too much money? Get a job.
Riot Narita
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Originally Posted by A11Eur0
People who claim this is a trivial sum are missing the point that not everyone is leeching off of mommy and daddy,
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Originally Posted by A11Eur0
I have ten characters. If I want to change all their names and looks at any given time it'll be well over $200 spent to do so. Just to change my characters around without losing their armor and achievements.
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Originally Posted by A11Eur0
"Just $10." 10+ times. "Just $100" sounds a lot different to me, struggling to get through life during these times.
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Look at the responses here. People get 5 makeovers for $10, and fix up one or two characters. Nobody is buying a name change and 5 makeovers for every one of their 10 characters. $100, $200? LOL. Totally unrealistic scenario.
MrTickle
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Originally Posted by A11Eur0
How much is Anet paying you to be their little posterboy for their new pricegouged 'services'?
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The same as you for being their reporter boy
street peddler
dear god anet is a company out to make money. my world has just been shattered.
Cale Roughstar
0. Took my time in character customization, and never regretted the appearance of a single character that I have to this day.
psycore
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Originally Posted by Hissy
I see the "spending money to change appearance shows lack of intelligence" comments as mildly insulting to a large proportion of the GW playerbase if not the majority.
People like to change the appearance of their characters, through armour, weapons, capes etc. I don't see people being called unintelligent because they change the appearance of their characters in this way. Yet apparently they become morons, if they pay some peanuts to change their hair/face/whatever using makeover kits. Just sounds like sour grapes from people who want everything in the game to be free. Nothing wrong with having that point of view (although I don't agree with them)... but calling people stupid because they choose to spend a few $ on some frivolous luxury, I consider that childish and petty. Everyone (bar the truly destitute), spends money on frivolous luxuries - whichever ones suit them. Just because people buy luxuries that I personally wouldn't... is no reason for me to call them stupid. |
It is a completely optional feature, has no affect on gameplay and or the status ability or ranking of your own chars either. Like the quoted post says sounds like sour grapes and or a dose of envy.
Feminist Terrorist
I'm thinking about changing my ele's face. Ever since Anet "updated" the faces for Nightfall's launch, she's looked like a vapid mouth breather. That is NOT the way she was intended to look, and it's a shame I have to pay to fix Anet's work.
Yes, I'm still mad about it.
I didn't know you got several makeovers for the $10. That makes it a bit more appealing, but I'm happy with the way the other characters look.
Yes, I'm still mad about it.
I didn't know you got several makeovers for the $10. That makes it a bit more appealing, but I'm happy with the way the other characters look.
Dawgboy
I just slap on a dragon mask on the ugly characters. Zero dollars.
When I buy a game I'll never spend any more money on it, whether that be micro-transactions of monthly fees. They got my money for 3 games, and that should be enough.
If you want to, go ahead. It's your money, and tell anyone who's trying to tell you how to spend it to screw off.
When I buy a game I'll never spend any more money on it, whether that be micro-transactions of monthly fees. They got my money for 3 games, and that should be enough.
If you want to, go ahead. It's your money, and tell anyone who's trying to tell you how to spend it to screw off.
Burst Cancel
How many of you people talking about this being an insane waste of money actually have a job (a real job, not some part-time thing for beer money or tuition)?
And consider: all of the time you spent grinding for gold or items to change your character's appearance could have been spent working. Even at minimum wage, many players have squandered the time-equivalent of thousands of dollars to change their characters' appearances.
$10 is nothing.
And consider: all of the time you spent grinding for gold or items to change your character's appearance could have been spent working. Even at minimum wage, many players have squandered the time-equivalent of thousands of dollars to change their characters' appearances.
$10 is nothing.
Bryant Again
$10 is just some of the amount of money I'd waste on random junk food.
Guild Wars has helped me lose weight!!!
Guild Wars has helped me lose weight!!!
A11Eur0
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Originally Posted by Burst Cancel
How many of you people talking about this being an insane waste of money actually have a job (a real job, not some part-time thing for beer money or tuition)?
And consider: all of the time you spent grinding for gold or items to change your character's appearance could have been spent working. Even at minimum wage, many players have squandered the time-equivalent of thousands of dollars to change their characters' appearances. $10 is nothing. |
I called this. Read my last post. Not everyone can get a job on a whim, and not many WOULD take a less-than-favorable job just to pay for goodies in Guild Wars. Personally if I had extra disposable income now, I'd pay off some of my debt. You're talking of people who have enough disposable income to pay for everything they need and then some, or people who don't have to work for their money and have no responsibilities to deal with.
pumpkin pie
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Originally Posted by Bryant Again
$10 is just some of the amount of money I'd waste on random junk food.
Guild Wars has helped me lose weight!!! |
ROFLMAO so you are more healthy too now that you eat less junk food?
The Scorpion Knight
Messed around with it a few times, want to be sure before I actually make the change.
fenix
Step 1: Go to Doomlore Shrine
Step 2: Buy 25 Golden Rin Relics
Step 3: Enter Cathedral of Flames
Step 4: Buy Dread Mask
Step 5: ???
Step 6: Profit!
Instantly saves you wasting money for no reason.
Step 2: Buy 25 Golden Rin Relics
Step 3: Enter Cathedral of Flames
Step 4: Buy Dread Mask
Step 5: ???
Step 6: Profit!
Instantly saves you wasting money for no reason.
ShadowbaneX
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Originally Posted by R Langdon
$2 per character is too much money? Get a job.
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A11Eur0
Still everyone's making it seem like a trivial sum, even dropping the dollar figure down to a "per change" figure. Yeah, like you're going to change ONE THING on ONE CHARACTER. Even if you only wanted to change that one thing, you're forced to buy five changes. And people have a LOT OF CHARACTERS...many of which I'm sure could use some cross-campaign combinations(would look nice), especially after looking at the same face for upwards of 4 years straight!
Odds are the average player would like to change, and I'm tossing numbers out there, two to three characters completely, besides name or gender. That's 20-30 dollars just to change some looks to something a little fresh, and which doesn't require ANY additional overhead for Anet as the general mechanisms are already in place in the character creation sequence. Don't even get me started on the name change...it was being tossed around willy nilly for reported offensive names, FREE! Was the 3-day ban required to get everything set up for the name change? Was each individual change engineered and prepared specifically by a staff coder? I doubt it. That would be ungodly inefficient and it's crazy to think that we should have to pay for Anet's lack of efficiency.
Odds are the average player would like to change, and I'm tossing numbers out there, two to three characters completely, besides name or gender. That's 20-30 dollars just to change some looks to something a little fresh, and which doesn't require ANY additional overhead for Anet as the general mechanisms are already in place in the character creation sequence. Don't even get me started on the name change...it was being tossed around willy nilly for reported offensive names, FREE! Was the 3-day ban required to get everything set up for the name change? Was each individual change engineered and prepared specifically by a staff coder? I doubt it. That would be ungodly inefficient and it's crazy to think that we should have to pay for Anet's lack of efficiency.