Curse

DreamWind · Apr 24, 2009, 04:33 AM // 04:33

All I have to say is...

LMAO LMAO ROFL. WHO PREDICTED THIS? WHO. YEP THATS RIGHT IT WAS ME!!! SHALL I PULL MY OLD POSTS TO PROVE IT? SHALL I SAY I TOLD YOU SO TO ALL THE HATERS NOW?? SHOULD I???

Snow Bunny · Apr 24, 2009, 04:37 AM // 04:37

way to turn a legit franchise into a maplestory wannabe with a neglected pvp aspect.

pumpkin pie · Apr 24, 2009, 04:39 AM // 04:39

told you :P~ and they didn't even bother to test if there are any suckers out here lolol, just full blown right in your face. that explain why they put so many man power (the Linsey list) on the job.

Bryant Again · Apr 24, 2009, 04:40 AM // 04:40

Okay, this is too much.

DarkWasp · Apr 24, 2009, 04:41 AM // 04:41

Alright guys, theres a chance we can work this out with them though. Keep the fight up.

pumpkin pie · Apr 24, 2009, 04:52 AM // 04:52

oh, and all this while they say its simply not possible to have make over and name change, right.... i finally understand the meaning, without payment its impossible, with payment gladly.

IKNOW · Apr 24, 2009, 05:02 AM // 05:02

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Originally Posted by pumpkin pie

oh, and all this while they say its simply not possible to have make over and name change, right.... i finally understand the meaning, without payment its impossible, with payment gladly.

Yep lol,

Storage upgrade? impossible! (because the way the games been coded or similar excuse)

Gender change? Impossible! (remember Aprils fool? yes it was free lol)

Over the years these changes have been suggested from the release of Prophecies and could have been implemented into the expansions we bought but weren't. The 'master plan' wasn't ready I see *strokes chin*

Too much self ownage by Anet really.

Monk of Myst · Apr 24, 2009, 05:04 AM // 05:04

Okay, sorry to be mean here but the free answer to changing a character's looks/name/etc is to delete the character and start over. That option to do this is still free unless they have now put up a charge for deleting characters which I doubt. If you don't want to delete your character because you have GWAMM on that character, then all I can say is SUCK IT UP! You should have put more thought into the way your character looked or the name back when you created them (and don't tell me you made the character 4 years ago when you were 13). If you have been able to play on that character for this long without deleting it, obviously the character's looks or name must have been tolerable!

Again, I'm sorry for sounding mean but to me, this charge sounds completely reasonable especially since A-Net did not make OUR characters. We did.

Zinger314 · Apr 24, 2009, 05:05 AM // 05:05

The only reason ArenaNet is doing this is because World of Warcraft did it, and it worked.

They won't change it.

notskorn · Apr 24, 2009, 05:05 AM // 05:05

They should have released a new campaign or at least some kind of expansion that people wouldn't feel bad about buying instead of wasting manpower on this shit

refer · Apr 24, 2009, 05:06 AM // 05:06

I think one of the problems is that they don't sell things in smaller portions. What if I only wanted to change one character's looks? I don't want to pay $10 for that! Technically it's $2 per a change anyways which is more reasonable IMO, so why not sell them in singles for $2 each? They could even refine that further... $2 total but 5 things to change (hair style, hair color, face, skin color, and/or body scale) so 40c for each thing. They could sell tokens for 40c each that only change one thing at a time, or they could sell 5 of them for $2 each. And they could they could easily bump the singles up to 50c and probably sell more too.

The way it is now is just greedy and will probably hurt them more than anything (the same thing for Skill Packs... hate those... they should have made Profession Packs or sell each skill for like 5c each... that would actually be MORE than what most skills cost in packs. Plus it would be better for PvP characters + heros as most professions don't even cost 9.99 to unlock everything on them). Anet just fails with pricing.

Aldo wants more · Apr 24, 2009, 05:27 AM // 05:27

I'm staggered that in spite of this downturn in the global economy that Anet have released these char changes as a premium service. I would be more than happy to buy some changes if it was more reasonably priced. To charge nearly $10 is a huge oversight on their part and i can't see many players i know buying any of these cosmetic packs. Spend money on proph or factions or storage pane etc..i know what i'd do given the choice

pigdestroyer · Apr 24, 2009, 05:30 AM // 05:30

you guys know that those servers you play on, dont pay for themselves right?

a-kyle · Apr 24, 2009, 05:30 AM // 05:30

I think a new campaign or a re-release of a campaign would have been better. like when they released the trillogy that had the mox and the imp

Raccoon · Apr 24, 2009, 05:33 AM // 05:33

Give the option of also making us pay in game gold for the makeover. Or a quest to find magical collagen.

Anet has actually just made it easier for gold sellers. For a similar price people might go off and get 300k in game gold instead to remake the character :P

a-kyle · Apr 24, 2009, 05:38 AM // 05:38

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Originally Posted by Seffapotamus

Great Update!

I'm all for premium content/luxuries.

And the prices are reasonable

are you f**ked in the head?
Who would be stupid enough to pay for any of this crap? when GW2 comes out in like 20 years (ok 2 but come on now) people will forget all about GW1 except the newbs and just play GW2 meaning all that money they wasted will have been for naught

Abedeus · Apr 24, 2009, 05:45 AM // 05:45

I thought they said it's impossible to change name and make a hair stylist?

WOULDN'T IT BE BETTER TO JUST RELEASE NEW CONTENT? I don't know, PvE people could get another campaign, PvP could get some maps and of course skill updates -.-

IKNOW · Apr 24, 2009, 05:46 AM // 05:46

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Originally Posted by pigdestroyer

you guys know that those servers you play on, dont pay for themselves right?

You know Anet used to have a non Korean type business model right?

shoyon456 · Apr 24, 2009, 05:55 AM // 05:55

Simply having the option available is a plus. The live team undoubtedly spent alot of time on this update, and to complain because a small part of it is not completely free is selfish when none of us pay a monthly.

There were many threads in sardelac on this and many people said that they'd even be willing to pay for the Stylist type of thing. Anet said it wouldn't be possible, but they eventually got the live team together and reversed the decision.

Even if you, like myself, will NEVER find yourself paying for this option, at least having the ability to do it if we change our minds is a plus. If enough people simply politely decline to pay for they may lower the price or offer a "promotional event" or a "change your char day" where you can make any major change for free to your char once. But if people continue to throw it back in anet's face, well, shows them they shouldn't have given us the option in the first place.

pigdestroyer · Apr 24, 2009, 05:55 AM // 05:55

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Originally Posted by IKNOW

You know Anet used to have a non Korean type business model right?

and that makes servers free, thank you.