About two months ago we discussed
the discovery of a 'character customization' button in the user interface for
World of Warcraft. Somehow unsurprisingly in
a week full of
microtransaction announcements,
Blizzard has quietly rolled out paid character customization options to the
WoW live service. The account management component of the official site has full details on the offering. According to
the customization page, for the price of $15 players can change:
- Gender
- Character Name
- Face
- Hair Style
- Skin Color
- Any other "cosmetic features determined by your race and gender combination."
What you can't change, though, is your race or your class. Just as with server transfers, players are only allowed to re-customize a given character once in 30 days, and all pre-existing naming restrictions exist on the service. Re-customization cannot be reversed on a character once it's in place ... unless you shell out another $15 and wait the 30 day restriction period. Head over to
the official account management page to try it out for yourself, or
dig into the re-customization FAQ to have all your questions answered.
[
Via WoW Insider]
Dec 10th 2008 at 11:30PM
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Joe said on 12:05AM 12-11-2008
This sound fun, but a bit of it is free (IRl currency) with the Barber shops.
What I want is a Race Change, my Draenei Paladin looks really weird compared to Humans, although, I really just want my Paladin to be a Dwarf!
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Brian! said on 2:20AM 12-11-2008
Bah, should be $5. But, what a steal for Blizzard. They are going to be rich. Oh wait... I suppose they are.
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karl said on 6:33AM 12-11-2008
other mmos like EQ2 dont charge you RL cash to change your skin color and/or face
I'm glad Blizzard offers the option
but its disappointing that Blizzard is charging for this when other mmos let you do most of these feature (except gender change) without charging RL cash
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Rollins said on 11:06AM 12-11-2008
Blizzard can do that, though, because being able to change your skin color and such for free in EQ2 doesn't let you change your skin color in WoW.
It's not a directly competing service in that regard; only Blizzard can change your WoW character. And being the biggest MMO on the market, they can charge what they like.
Hot$auce_Magik said on 7:46AM 12-11-2008
Ninja looters of the world rejoice!
This may have some serious consequences....
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Darkthunder said on 9:16AM 12-11-2008
Not live for EU customers as of yet. No option visible in the account management pages.
I'd rather change race of my character instead of skin color or gender :P
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tenfoldhate said on 10:51AM 12-11-2008
Remember when people were pissed over a gay pride parade or something in CoH a couple years ago? The religious right is REALLY gonna go crazy with this WoW sex change mumbo jumbo!
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Skypp said on 11:48AM 12-11-2008
i get practically all this for free in LOTRO.
What's with companies squeezing every little drop in the bucket that they can get these days? I'm sure WoW is making enough money as it is.
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Tasogare said on 4:53PM 12-11-2008
You can change gender and entire appearance in LotRO? How? (no sarcasm, I really didn't know that)
I suppose the price is okay, I can only imagine what the server side nonsense that goes into this kind of thing is. I'd probably say I'm more upset over what Blizzard is doing to both of their other franchises. At least this doesn't affect anything other than what you look like.