[Suggestion] Paid Race Change Program.

[Alhanelem]

Race change {no thanks}. Shouldn't have picked manthra when you started.

And this topic has already come up before.

[Bonus]

Yes please! Let us change race for a fee.

[Inches]

Like I've posted in other forums since 2008, I can't stand to play a tarutaru anymore. I have grown up, and I simply cannot identify with the whole "cuteness" of playing a taru. Nor people's reactions towards me. I care not for the stats, as I have already learned how to play the game with taru stats. But visually, I really need to play something that represents more of who I am, and not a race that looks like a little kid.

At this point, I'd pay $100.00 for a race change. If only I had the time to do everything all over again. I'd do it in a heartbeat.

[svengalis]

Square-Enix addressed this on the FFXI twitter on Feb 17th concluding:



It's a shame since it's something I'd be interested in also, maybe the development team may be able to give some more details on how it isn't possible, even if requirements such as RSE equipment had to be dropped/traded to an NPC for conversion before the race change?

WTH?! Items that change race? Why can't they just offer a service like world of Warcraft?

[Sappho]

EQ2 and LOTRO both offered a "Barber" who would allow you to go back to the character creation screen and change the physical appearance of your character. An exceptionally player friendly feature.

I would pay $25 to change my character's race or name. I think many other people would pay good money to do so.

Hey, SE, make more money!!!!

[Atomic_Skull]

Hello Square-Enix.

I've been, like many of your gamers, playing Final Fantasy XI for a long time and for many or few reasons, we started our game prefering a race over another.
However, with time passing and experiencing more and more content of the game, some of us, may have noticed that the race they were playing wasn't the one that they really wanted.
May be aesthetic issues or Stat-related preferences, some may want to be a Tarutaru over an Elvaan or a Hume over a Mithra and vice versa.
Being one of those players, that sadly, after having took a conspicuous number of Jobs to level 75 and so many others to level 90, after the level cap increase and of course after having completed all the Missions of all the storylines of the game's expansions, it would be pretty much a disaster to restart just because of aesthetic or Stat problems. Not to mention equipment transfer, Rare/Exclusive items and of course, access to many areas, Conquest Points, Imperial Standings, Allied Notes, Cruor, Dominion Notes etc...
Reason why I am suggesting, today, a PAID Character Race Change Program, very similar to the Character Reactivation one.
Allowing us players, unsatisfied of our character's race, to change it to another and as well customizing the features such as Gender, Size, Face and Hair color for a certain amount of money, like a World Transfer.
I am pretty much sure that you've had, in the past, suggestions like mine, reason why I am sure many may have already incited you to introduce this kind of service, either through GMs Calls or Email or Customer Live Chat support.
So, here I am, posting it for (maybe everyone) who had my same idea.

Thank you for reading. Hoping to see the suggestion implemented very soon.

Eldwir.

Learn to be careful guys because you can't always tell who was born a mithra and who's actually a race changed galka.

[Xpress]

I would just like to change my hair style and color. This should be an easy yet cost friendly todo for all parties.

[Zumi]

If SE wants some extra money they would do this. But it doesn't sound like something they would do and say it would take too long to implement. Blizzard does this for WoW and charges $25 for a race change.

[Camiie]

Race change {no thanks}. Shouldn't have picked manthra when you started.

And this topic has already come up before.

That's why it's optional! You don't want one, don't do it! Others can make the choice they want for themselves.

[Alhanelem]

That's why it's optional! You don't want one, don't do it! Others can make the choice they want for themselves.

It is potentially detrimental to other players. That's why it shouldn't be an option.

But in case you didn't notice, the post you responded to was 8 months old.