Paid Name and Race Change.

[Mizuno]

Bumping, gonna get an answer sometime this decade.

[Pixela]

If you want them to answer the thread it's better to post things to get others replying too, bumping solo will probably just get it locked.

[Kona4me]

Still waiting for it myself...

[Janethetaru]

I would pay to change race. They'd have to put a waiting period tho like you can only do it once a year or something.

[Belmonts]

Cheer necro bump ('ω')ノ

[Apie]

Or (and this would be awesome) add a hairstylist which lets us change hairstyles and color, but here's the best part, add MORE and I mean MANY MORE colors to choose from and add some more hairstyles. Remove this option from the PS2 version (have them see the default colors/hairs only) cause I know that the PS2 is gonna be the reason why this can't be implemented.

[Camiie]

Or (and this would be awesome) add a hairstylist which lets us change hairstyles and color, but here's the best part, add MORE and I mean MANY MORE colors to choose from and add some more hairstyles.

I agree with them adding something like this, but not in place of a character recustomization service. It should be both.

[Ris]

Or (and this would be awesome) add a hairstylist which lets us change hairstyles and color, but here's the best part, add MORE and I mean MANY MORE colors to choose from and add some more hairstyles. Remove this option from the PS2 version (have them see the default colors/hairs only) cause I know that the PS2 is gonna be the reason why this can't be implemented.

The problem is also that everything is sort of tied together. eye color can't be separate from hair color, or any facial features, it basically all comes as one package deal.

It would be really cool if they redid chargen and updated characters models... but I bet that's also a lot of work and their quirky game engine can lag even on the newest computers. In the case of XIV's fantasias, they had that ready to go at ARR's launch so that legacy characters weren't stuck with only the old options (and it still took them a pretty long time to actually sell the things). XI... I don't think is setup with a change system at all.

But! That SE hasn't responded probably means they're considering it. Posts that get a "does not current have plans to" answer seem to get them pretty fast.

[Shioban]

(and it still took them a pretty long time to actually sell the things).

The Mogstation (Account Management for XIV) wasn't designed to handle re-occurring payments for items like Phials of Fantasia, therefore the system took longer to set up (I'm sure along with the legal proceedings, and payment partnerships).


A temporary system was introduced in 2.3, but 2.4 will debut (I think this is correct going by the last Live Letter) a full re-occuring payment system.

I understand limitations due to PS2/360 hardware, and outdated engine etc, but at the very least, allowing us to change hairstyles would be a huge plus. I picked one I'm not really happy with, and I've regretted it for years, but I'd never start over because of it.

PS2/360 limitations wouldn't be a problem here, seeing as the "Character Creator" and "Hair Stylist" are/would be separate instances (much like the mog-house).

In ARR, the aesthetician (Hair Stylist) simply put you into a restricted Character Creation Screen allowing you to only adjust certain options, where-as a Fantasia flags your character on the log-in screen for an optional "re-do".

[Bluestar2kx]

I wanted to voice my support for a paid race change token of some sort.

I've always bounced around in FFXI on race since 2003 when I started. I've played a total of about 8.5 years, and in that time I've leveled 3 tarus, 4 humes, 3 mithra. I don't do it to dodge people, I do it just because, well I like bouncing around based off my mood, but generally I've used one for an extended period (at least 5-6 months, 1 taru and this hume are several years old, the former being the oldest and used since february of 2004.)

In addition I realize doing so could be annoying or even problematic for the current system if done too often, so feel free to add a restriction, like 1 token per character/per playonline account may be used once every 6 months.

Atm I want to be a mithra, which might finally be settled as I feel quite strongly for my new mithra in FFXIV, but I can't just switch from my hume without losing oodles of time, gil, R/E equipment, and my only relic weapon (I'm a SAHM, i don't have the time to make the same one over and over again, there's several I need for other jobs.)

So i give my support in favor of adding a race change token (i'm not against a name change one either^^) and hope the Dev's have noticed the desire of the fan base.