Blizzard removing fee to change gender in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands

[Lily_Skye]

"Players can change their character’s gender at any time for free, thanks to in-game barber shops"

meanwhile here we have to pay 10 dollars to change the color of our eyes

square enix should take note

[Marxam]

It makes them money and glamour is the true endgame with lvl gear costing millions above actual max lvl gear. I would personally love to see them use the achievements currency as a way to buy fantasia but from a business model why would you give something for free when people are throwing money at it? Plus WOW has some PR that needs to be fixed and free gender changes is a small price to pay for more subs.

[ForteNightshade]

Fantasias remain the highest selling item on the Cash Shop. There's no chance in hell SE is giving up that money.

[Driavna]

Fantasias remain the highest selling item on the Cash Shop. There's no chance in hell SE is giving up that money.

I under the impression that fantasias are mostly used to change race or clan. Anyway, with WoW this change made sense, after all was the only missing option from the barber.

SE should consider giving us almost all the same options with had during character creation, with the exception of race/clan/gender.

I don't care how good a function that is from a player's perspective; from an in-universe character perspective that sounds distinctly uncomfortable...

I can assure you that goblin technology is totally safe. Now, if you excuse me, I need to recalibrate all my prosthetics limbs.

[Monte318]

I under the impression that fantasias are mostly used to change race or clan. Anyway, with WoW this change made sense, after all was the only missing option from the barber.

SE should consider giving us almost all the same options with had during character creation, with the exception of race/clan/gender.

I can assure you that goblin technology is totally safe. Now, if you excuse me, I need to recalibrate all my prosthetics limbs.

I'd say this should eventually be the case - everything but race, gender, clan would be incorporated into a re-customization option. I do think it's interesting that they keep the glamour closet separate from the barber shop, when the magical concept behind a glamour could easily apply to facial cosmetics as well - eye color, hair color changes etc. Personally I'd like to see them integrate the two in one interface where you could customize your appearance and armor at the same time.

In the end I do agree that fantasias are no doubt a nice money maker for them, and I don't foresee them getting rid of them.

[Krotoan]

Consider in WoW you have to make an entire character every time you want to change your class.

[Hazama999]

Consider in WoW you have to make an entire character every time you want to change your class.

I feel like this is one of the reasons I'm not too keen on playing that game. FFXIV spoiled me on classes/jobs. I wanna level monk? I go unlock it and get going. I wanna level astrologian? Same deal. From what I've heard, that's not something you can do in WoW and it docks major points off for me.

[LaughingBanana]

I feel like this is one of the reasons I'm not too keen on playing that game. FFXIV spoiled me on classes/jobs. I wanna level monk? I go unlock it and get going. I wanna level astrologian? Same deal. From what I've heard, that's not something you can do in WoW and it docks major points off for me.

If only in FFXIV they also count on MSQ progression when doing job unlocks.

Like, it's so weird doing Lancer job quests *after* you have finished Heavensward, or that many trainers/NPC saying my character is just "some adventurer" in low level job quests when in MSQ she is already world-famous as god slayers, hahah.

I am still trying to head-canon this discrepancy myself.

[Hysterior]

In the Sims 4 my character can go to the toilets and whoohoo.
Your turn Square Enix.

[Iscah]

"...thanks to in-game barber shops"

I don't care how good a function that is from a player's perspective; from an in-universe character perspective that sounds distinctly uncomfortable...