just a guess on two possible reasons as to why character change will come with 2.0.they are adding new options hairstyles tattoo's etc etc. if i just loged in my hairstyle,face,nose,tattoo's may be different in 2.0 as dats are added, modified and repacked. my other guess is current Character models maybe incompatible with the new game engine, take for instance that the current models has no true shadowing, even at night with AO on we seem to be walking glow sticks.