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Kerwyn Nasilan · Nov 23, 2008, 04:03 PM // 16:03

I do not know the limitations behind this/how much programming it would need,, but no having to reroll all the time for things like HA in particular would be nice.
Just a thought.

Abedeus · Nov 23, 2008, 04:07 PM // 16:07

Would like, it could save me some time re-rolling characters when I'm bored.

Raudic · Nov 23, 2008, 04:32 PM // 16:32

yeah. defiantly. the BIG problem with this though is character appearance (since they are exclusive so certain profs), its great idea, but i dont think its possible

/signed anyway

Owik Gall · Nov 23, 2008, 04:51 PM // 16:51

Re-rolling, or switching characters, isn't that much of a big hassle. Just click log out, then character select, and do what you need to do. It's fast enough as it is and to switch primary in ANY character is ludicrous. /not signed!

MithranArkanere · Nov 23, 2008, 07:23 PM // 19:23

The solution for this already exists as Character Slots get one for each profession and done.

It has the extra of having both more storage and more miniatures if you keep th characters.

Trylo · Nov 23, 2008, 07:29 PM // 19:29

it would be nice, but you would have to preassign appearances (and what if you switch genders for some chars, that would be awkward :/)

by rerolling chars so much i can do it in literally 10 seconds (all the faces etc. stay in the same place... ive kinda memorized their general locations for the appearances i like), so i dont think its that necessary.

Abedeus · Nov 23, 2008, 07:34 PM // 19:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Owik Gall

Re-rolling, or switching characters, isn't that much of a big hassle. Just click log out, then character select, and do what you need to do. It's fast enough as it is and to switch primary in ANY character is ludicrous. /not signed!

1. Find out what character you must be - 1 second.
2. Character switch - 1.5 second on good PC, 2-6... on bad, like my laptop. Let's stick to 2 sec, that's enough.
3. Select your PvP character that you will delete. 1 second.
4. Press delete and type in your character's name. 2 seconds, some may faster, some slower.
5. Make new character, select a name, profession. 4-5 seconds.

1+1.5+1+2+3 = 9.5 seconds, although usually it's MUCH slower, because lag kicks in pretty often.

How it should be:

1. Find out what character you must be. 1 second
2. Switch primary profession. 1 second
1+1 = 2 seconds.

That IS an improvement. Same why they allowed to change our secondary profession faster. Or make templates.

Secksy · Nov 23, 2008, 07:51 PM // 19:51

oh mai GAWD. 10+ seconds to switch characters?! YOU POOR THING.
...I'll leave now.

Rak Orgon of Beowulf · Nov 23, 2008, 08:06 PM // 20:06

laziness has hit an all time low....i dont think my mouse can reach aaaallll the waaay to the log out button

/notsigned

GWEXTREEMFAN · Nov 23, 2008, 08:12 PM // 20:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rak Orgon of Beowulf

laziness has hit an all time low....i dont think my mouse can reach aaaallll the waaay to the log out button

/notsigned

not needed xD, much faster way:

but my finger is too tired to reach F12 + Enter
-.-

/notsigned too

Yawgmoth · Nov 23, 2008, 08:44 PM // 20:44

Switching profession is not mere 10 seconds!
It's not about laziness!

When you have to reroll a new profession you need to delete one and create a new character and make all equipment sets for him again and get him ready to play. All this usually takes 2-3 minutes. and that's if you have build and armor templates to load.

and ROTFL @ character slots being a solution - you expect people to spend $100 on slots for all professions pvp chars? Absurd!

Another important problem is the PvP reward items that get lost if you reroll a char. That's why I don't use them at all.

so
/SIGNED
as I would absolutely love if it was possible, for many resons,

but sadly I suppose implementing such thing would be incredibly hard.

zelgadissan · Nov 23, 2008, 09:26 PM // 21:26

I don't really see how this would be possible, but /signed. I'd be more than happy to make my character look like a generic stick instead of armor sets if I could make a PvP slot change primaries.

Owik Gall · Nov 23, 2008, 11:12 PM // 23:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Abedeus

1. Find out what character you must be - 1 second.
2. Character switch - 1.5 second on good PC, 2-6... on bad, like my laptop. Let's stick to 2 sec, that's enough.
3. Select your PvP character that you will delete. 1 second.
4. Press delete and type in your character's name. 2 seconds, some may faster, some slower.
5. Make new character, select a name, profession. 4-5 seconds.

1+1.5+1+2+3 = 9.5 seconds, although usually it's MUCH slower, because lag kicks in pretty often.

How it should be:

1. Find out what character you must be. 1 second
2. Switch primary profession. 1 second
1+1 = 2 seconds.

That IS an improvement. Same why they allowed to change our secondary profession faster. Or make templates.

So you're saying that 10-40 seconds is god aweful long? You have to be hot headed if you think this lasts forever. Think virtuous instead of aggressively. It's seriously not a big deal if it doesn't take ten minutes to switch, or make a different character. And if it does take that long, then upgrade, or fix your laggy computer and/or internet.

TheGuildWarsPenguin · Nov 23, 2008, 11:55 PM // 23:55

If the "Exit to Character Select Screen" feature was implemented, I don't see why this shouldn't.

/signed

t3dw4rd0 · Nov 24, 2008, 12:16 AM // 00:16

This could be nice, but at the same time, couldn't it defeat the purpose of character slots for those who only pvp? I guess they could do what they wanted, but it would be weird for them having only one slot used... Personally I like the idea since I have 1 pvp-only slot.
/neutralish

FoxBat · Nov 24, 2008, 12:32 AM // 00:32

The lack of this really stuffs up HA pugs. It's hard to reroll another slot when it takes 2-3 mins to do so, your spot is filled by then.

Given the way the game is set up though it's far too difficult to fix. It sounds like this will not be an issue in GW2 at least.

placebo overdose · Nov 24, 2008, 01:01 AM // 01:01

what about char design would it be randomized regardless this is just too much lazy /notsigned

Grand Theft Ecto · Nov 24, 2008, 01:50 AM // 01:50

Awesome idea, would save everyone a lot of time. Less waiting more playing!

Also whether or not an idea is feasible or not is for ANet to decide! Assuming you're not all awesome programmers/scripters and that someone from ANet still reads this stuff.

Btw, this 10s rerolling and 'lolololol lazy lolol' stuf doesn't make sense. Even if you already have a name in mind and just keep mashing 'next' instantly, its still going to take at least a minute. Loading templates, making sure its all correct, creating weaponset 2-4 and all shields. When someone's rerolling you can generally go afk for at least a couple of min. This option would be a great timesaver.

Marverick · Nov 24, 2008, 02:31 AM // 02:31

Another solution would be to just let us save all 4 weapon slots and maybe our inventory as a template. Probably less coding to do too.

Most of the time spent creating a new character is loading weapons + multiple shields and stuff, at least a few minutes.

Hailey Anne · Nov 24, 2008, 04:36 AM // 04:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelgadissan

I don't really see how this would be possible,

They were originally going to have Razah a multi class hero but back out of that so it IS possible.
Like someone said before though they would have to pre select appearance for this to work,although it wont happen.
Would be nice though /signed