mhobin Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 I would really like to change my main's gender. I have not seen mention of it in all the information provided about the Barber Shop. I know it would effect companion stories. I would be willing to reset all my companions to 0 just to change the gender of my main.
Kilikaa Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 I hope they never add a gender change option. I hate that they are adding species changes. These are two choices that people should live with. Thankfully there is no gender change option for the BS when it goes live later this year. Seriously, you played your character all the way to 50 and suddenly you want to change the gender? No. Just no.
fushnchips Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 Going to a barber shop for a gender change that has to be nasty lol
Gwena Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 Since this is going to be a paid-for feature (not for in-game credits), and we will be able to change everything else about our characters, I see no good reason why gender change shouldn't be available too. Surely, going from a body type 1 to a body type 4 or from a Sith to a Twi'lek is no stranger than a gender swap! That said, I suspect if it is not available it is because Bioware either can't be bothered to deal with Companion romance issues (even if by resetting them), or simply can't. I never understood why some players don't like letting other players change cosmetic things about their characters. Honestly, half the characters in the game could get species AND gender changes and I wouldn't notice unless I knew them personally! xD And if you care for RP reasons, well, hopefully the folks you RP with do too.
Doctoglethorpe Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 That said, I suspect if it is not available it is because Bioware either can't be bothered to deal with Companion romance issues (even if by resetting them), or simply can't. Well that right there is a pretty significant reason. There are other aspects of the storyline, both class and non, that are effected to some degree by gender. Having to sort it all out, often retroactively, would be more trouble then its probably worth.
Jacen_Starsolo Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 (edited) Since this is going to be a paid-for feature (not for in-game credits), and we will be able to change everything else about our characters, I see no good reason why gender change shouldn't be available too. Surely, going from a body type 1 to a body type 4 or from a Sith to a Twi'lek is no stranger than a gender swap! That said, I suspect if it is not available it is because Bioware either can't be bothered to deal with Companion romance issues (even if by resetting them), or simply can't. I never understood why some players don't like letting other players change cosmetic things about their characters. Honestly, half the characters in the game could get species AND gender changes and I wouldn't notice unless I knew them personally! xD And if you care for RP reasons, well, hopefully the folks you RP with do too. Funny. You start the post with you see no good reason in paragraph 1 then post the BIGGEST reason for not allowing it in paragraph 2. WTG on destroying paragraph 1 with that preemptive strike. And seeing how some companions do not take many gifts from one gender but take a lot of the other, add in that they give buffs for maxing them out, yeah that's a problem of basically leading to P2W. To avoid that requires resetting all companion affection to 0. And if the person unlocked the buff for said companions, they go away unless they were unlocked by other means like another alt unlocked them. Edited March 28, 2013 by Jacen_Starsolo
Themanthatisi Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 (edited) NO WAY! It is bad enough you can become a different species. I love the barber idea for cosmetic, but species and gender changes? Why is it so hard to just make a new toon?????? You played male Merauder, play a female Sentinel next... With so many people wanting instant 50, instant this and that, you will kill this game in the long run. The fast way may bring instant gratification and instant money for EA, but it will not last. Give people too much EASY and the game will get boring much sooner for them. Edited March 28, 2013 by Themanthatisi
Hizoka Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 NO WAY! It is bad enough you can become a different species. I love the barber idea for cosmetic, but species and gender changes? Why is it so hard to just make a new toon?????? You played male Merauder, play a female Sentinel next... With so many people wanting instant 50, instant this and that, you will kill this game in the long run. The fast way may bring instant gratification and instant money for EA, but it will not last. Give people too much EASY and the game will get boring much sooner for them.how is going from male to female getting an instant 50? not that i want to change gender... but i don't see why you are so high and mighty to say someone else cannot change theirs... you do not pay for their game so why does it matter to you?? Changing gender is ok IMO changing class is not.
tekhiun Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 The reason gender change is not available or mentioned is that it requires quite a lot of changes in comparison to species changes. But i bet it will be a feature one day ( in like 5 years if the game is still around)
Selenial Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 No. No. Just no. Would **** up romance arcs and such, a lot in game changed revolving around gender.
Hizoka Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 No. No. Just no. Would **** up romance arcs and such, a lot in game changed revolving around gender. there is converstation stuff regarding species as well.
Alavastre Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 You have romance partners, so there probably won't be a gender change. Just too much to account for.
TridusSWTOR Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 The one thing people have to realize. Each person owns their character and therefore should enjoy the game in his/her own way. Unless you pay for my sub, you can't tell me what I want/would like with my character. I agree that a gender change should be added. There is a reason it should be in game and that is to provide the player with more options. Adding a change like this doesn't change anyone's game-play experience except the player that made the change. Which brings me to my previous point- Unless you pay my sub, you can't tell me what to do, Ever. Bioware along with gender change, I would like to see Story/romance resets. That would be a nice thing to add.
AlienEyeTX Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 Bioware along with gender change, I would like to see Story/romance resets. That would be a nice thing to add. Sounds like someone just wants to roll a new character. Wait a minute... I've solved the problem! Seriously, just because you think that it only has an effect on your character doesn't mean that it is technically possible for BW to provide this service. There's just a lot that gets messed up, story-wise.
Gwena Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 Funny. You start the post with you see no good reason in paragraph 1 then post the BIGGEST reason for not allowing it in paragraph 2. WTG on destroying paragraph 1 with that preemptive strike. Oh, I am sorry for the misunderstanding. I should have clearly specified that I meant no good reason in terms of lore/immersion, since they are clearly throwing that concern out the window by offering species changes anyway. For technical reasons, yes, I can certainly see gender changes being problematic due to story. Heck, GW2 allows gender changes but NOT race changes because in that game, the first 30-ish levels of your personal story is unique to your race. I was just trying to say that if they can figure out a way to make gender changes possible technically, then concerns like "OMG no, just no!" and "That makes no sense!" should not be considered, since it makes no less sense than allowing your character to gain a foot of height and 100 lbs of muscle, or change from a Twi'lek to a Sith Pureblood. Just my 2 credits. ^^
Klarick Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 I would really like to change my main's gender. I have not seen mention of it in all the information provided about the Barber Shop. I know it would effect companion stories. I would be willing to reset all my companions to 0 just to change the gender of my main. I vote no on this initiative. Was there a vote? lol.
Themanthatisi Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 (edited) how is going from male to female getting an instant 50? not that i want to change gender... but i don't see why you are so high and mighty to say someone else cannot change theirs... you do not pay for their game so why does it matter to you?? Changing gender is ok IMO changing class is not. Main class or AC? Main, i agree.. AC, why not let that one be changed? The remark about instant 50, is my way of saying how many "instant" changes are we going to have? Will we get to a point, you can just keep changing your gender and race on a whim? So, you can change your sex and race, but not the AC? That makes no sense.... So, why not change AC, not main Class but AC? I mean, you can change your sex and race, so why not? This will all never end until people have one toon they just change everything on with the press of a button... May as well have the AC change too. It would be much easier to train a fireman to be a policeman, then it would to change his/her sex in real life. Part of what makes a game great is the ability to feel it in the sense of "what if this was real life" to a point. Its impossible to change race in real life, so allowing it in the game just seems way more dumb than the people wanting to change only their AC. Even the sex change has more validity then a race change, since that can be done in real life too, to an extent, its not a true gender change, but visually it is... Soon there will be a button to change factions too I am sure.... does anyone want to just make another toon? I have 8, its not that hard and I am a casual gamer. in saying that, i am a big fan of adding a barber to the game... We also need to be able to recolor clothing, maybe one day we will have a tailor too. I am not a hater, these things will happen in a MMO.... Maybe I like the RP aspects of gaming and do not understand why someone would want to alter their toon like this. Edited March 28, 2013 by Themanthatisi
Dev Post EricMusco Posted March 28, 2013 Dev Post Posted March 28, 2013 I would really like to change my main's gender. I have not seen mention of it in all the information provided about the Barber Shop. I know it would effect companion stories. I would be willing to reset all my companions to 0 just to change the gender of my main. Character customization will not allow for players to switch their gender. Although this seems like a simple appearance change there are a lot of factors tied to gender in our game. Gender affects everything from gear selection all the way to companion romance and dialogue choices throughout the game. Hope that answers your question!
Tatile Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 Character customization will not allow for players to switch their gender. Although this seems like a simple appearance change there are a lot of factors tied to gender in our game. Gender affects everything from gear selection all the way to companion romance and dialogue choices throughout the game. Hope that answers your question! So is that "always no, forever and ever" or "Soon"?
skiibyrd Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 NO WAY! It is bad enough you can become a different species. I love the barber idea for cosmetic, but species and gender changes? Why is it so hard to just make a new toon?????? You played male Merauder, play a female Sentinel next.... lol, sorry, just wanted to say that you miss spelling of marauder gave me quite a chuckel. Thank you good sir.
SalBasss Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 So is that "always no, forever and ever" or "Soon"? "will not" reads pretty much "no, never, forever and ever" to me.
Tatile Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 "will not" reads pretty much "no, never, forever and ever" to me. Yeah, I get that feeling :/ Too bad, I was really hoping to change my lady Merc into a man Merc, mostly because I am so bored of the BH storyline. So bored ._. Also I want a sexy Chiss man at my beck and call, but who doesn't?
Matty-Wan Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 (edited) I understand what features this offers but wth is barber shop? Should I just assume its world of war craft like when i read people talk about action house or whatever? lol edit: i realize now I wrote action instead of auction but it seems funnier to me in this context. Edited March 28, 2013 by Matty-Wan
Tatile Posted March 28, 2013 Posted March 28, 2013 A barber shop is a place to get your hair cut, usually for men. It's more manly than "hair dresser" and "Cosmetic Surgeon Consultation Lounge" is too long. But really, it probably is just from WoW. (CSCL - for all your unique needs, come to Nar Shadda today!*) *No, we're not a front for a slave ring, why do you ask?
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