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Implement race change tokens please
xarallei
Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 101 Arc User
Race change tokens would resolve a lot of the problems going on with the drow being only playable after 60 days. The HoN folks would get their renegade drow exclusive access (and feel special since they are the only drow running around for 60 days) and non-HoN people who want to play drow characters can still play at launch because they can roll whatever race and use the race change tokens once drow are available. It's a win-win situation. Please add the tokens. 
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Why not? Seriously, that's pretty **** selfish.
But the fact is PWE is going to want to make money and tokens like these are very common it cash shops. I would be very surprised if they didn't put them in. It's a good way for them to earn money if anything. I'd much rather not have to pay anything at all and play drow at launch like we all expected. But this is a good alternative.
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If there is any kind of reincarnation or ability to change race in the zen shop then it should be like 4000 zen so there wont be lots of people buying it.
Um, but we're not playing a drow at launch. We're playing something else and race changing when drow unlock 60 days later. I'm rather appalled at the entitlement and selfishness from some HoN people. Not all, but some.
You know I'm really pissed with whatever marketing person came up with the HoN nonsense. They should have been more careful with the wording because now so many HoN seem to feel they are the only ones entitled to being drow. It's a special RP renegade skin that you get. That's all. You aren't entitled to being the only drow around. Once 60 days are up ANYONE should be able to be drow. And race change tokens make sense for them from a business point of view anyway.
UMMMM....One word....YES!!!!
I would love to be able to take my main at character creation and convert him to a Drow and I would even be willing to pay to do so because of the god awful decsion to with hold Drow for 60 days. Still believe this is a huge mistake but being able to do a race change, like almost every MMO allows, would go a long way to rectify the whole Drow thing.
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Whats your favorite Race? Cause I would be the first one in line to see it withheld from your greedy hands for 60 days! posters like you disgust me to no end!!!!!!!!
Character is what a man is in the dark
Well, I hope PWE is much more reasonable. Given they can make a decent amount of money from the idea, I definitely think they'd be open to it. I'm sorry but HoN people already got their money's worth. In fact, according to your very own thread you more than got your money's worth. Companions and mounts alone are worth the $200. Not even including the other extras you get. You don't need to block race change to drow after the 60 day mark as well. If the only reason you don't want it in is that you don't want to see many drow, well that's just a downright silly reason. There's no logical reason to dismiss this idea.
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Everyone else would get to play a "Regular" Drow when they patched them in.
But whats actually happening is people paid $200 to get 60 day early access to the same Drow everyone will be playing?
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL.....
Again in my opinion most decisions you make should be permanent and unchangeable, games like (especially) WoW has ruined everything to the point of no decision you ever make has any impact on anything.
They only downside to making new characters is so much store bought stuff (bags, bank, etc) are character only, so if you have spent a lot on them, making an alt isn't as appealing.
i don't really care about race changes, if people want to do them, go right ahead. The only trouble i can see is that there are stats that will change, that may have a ripple effect. As long as it's not cheap enough that people will make fad of the week min maxing, and there are no exploits, go for it.
Holy **** are you serious?
They put Drow in the hero pack so more people would buy it... so they can make more money. They put a 60day delay on release of drow so people would buy the hero pack and then when they do release the drow... all the people who want to play drow will pay for a race change on their new character..... to make money. Smart business.
So plan for a race change token. Its a business.
It's a good opportunity to make money by giving players what they want and make some cash off of it. It does nothing helpful to game player retention to have unhappy players. Especially when for a small fee we can make them love their characters more, lol. It would also resolve issues for characters that have expansive real money fluff like bound clothing and companions that cost $25 to $30.
What seems to be happening is people say to themselves is "oh, ill make a wild-elf mage since that's the only elf available and give him a $30 companion and bind all this cool stuff to him" then boom, 3 months later here are sun-elves and 3 months after that moon-elves. Now your stuck playing a race you don't want because you are "married" to your bound companions and gear.
It's easy to say suck it up buttercup but the result is a sad and disenfranchised player. Disenfranchised players leave and take their money with them and tend not to recommend the game to their friends. Obviously hurting the games population, income and ratings. Why do that when you can cash in on their displeasure. For $X amount of dollars we can fix your character they way you like, We all win!
It should not become available till the Moon-elf is out for all players so that the people who put up the cash for early access can enjoy it first.
Menzoberranzan Renegade should stay unavailable to players that did not buy Hero of the North Pack, they paid allot of cash for the pack and it should stay exclusively theirs.
If new races are added down the line, like Dragonborn (big money maker there) or gnome you should have to buy it in the store first before you can Race Change to it...just like EQ1, EQ2, and DDO. No need to reinvent the wheel.
First the race change would probably have to INCLUDE stat change. I am not sure how it is coded, but I don't think NW is coded to change RACE stat bonus (first bug issue)
Race change also change some passive traits/skills. The trick would be removing the said skill AND add the new skills (which MAY add internal bonus which could cause more bugs like "skill" stacking if not done correctly with multiple race change (second bug)
Edit: The race change token will also will make "less money" for NW. "less money" by less play time. NW would WANT you to level your new race from 1 to max (even if it takes a short time) but with all the changes, it will take a little longer to gear that chara. This mean more play time and potential to make money. Why would NW shoot themselves in the foot?
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