Because I wanted Zeo's old post to come back with the new forums as well as my old lost suggestion post about face shapes, I figured I would include some old suggestions regarding the appearance change / dressing room system.
1) All races should at least have the same options for skin, hair and eye colors, if not new ones.
Related posts:
http://mabinogi.nexon.net/Community/forums#/showthread.php?1555546-Giant-eye-colors-are-too-dark-Make-lighter-ones&nxid=10http://mabinogi.nexon.net/Community/forums#/showthread.php?1498245-Dark-skinned-elves&nxid=10http://forum2.nexon.net/showthread.php?1170048-Black-Hair-and-Darker-Skintones-Option-for-the-Elves&nxid=10Out of 14 eye colors, six of them are some shade of blue for elves. Giants have even less options, and most of them are dark colors. Elves don't have the option to have darker skin, despite living in the desert. I know people that have started entirely new characters after awhile because they wanted darker skin. What might be a good idea to consider is a color wheel for all features.
2) Facial features should be separated from the default face shapes.
http://mabinogi.nexon.net/Community/forums#/showthread.php?1289978-Separate-Face-Shapes-from-Face-Add-Ons&nxid=10Especially given how old the default faces are, it makes the face add-ons, like scars, beauty marks, freckles and facial hair not worth it. The add-ons should be seperated from face shape - thus, for example, being able to choose freckles and putting them on any face shape you desire.
3) Old hair styles need to be updated.
Related posts:
http://mabinogi.nexon.net/Community/forums#/showthread.php?1557519-Revamp-outdated-hairstyles&nxid=10As the concept of getting new hairs etc. from gachapons booms, we're still left with old, unupdated features. Some hair styles, like the NPCS in Tir have even had their hairs updated, so why aren't the players getting the updated versions? Players are only able to get updated, good looking hair from gachapons, rendering many default options you can get for free or with pons useless.
4) After using an appearance coupon, the option must be permanently unlocked in the dressing room.
Related posts:
http://forum2.nexon.net/showthread.php?1552060-Permanent-beauty-coupons&nxid=10http://forums.mabinogi.nexon.net/discussion/396/beauty-coupons-make-genderbending-unappealinghttp://forums.mabinogi.nexon.net/discussion/481/saving-appearancePlayers spend tens of millions of gold on coupons, or given the rarity of coupons from the gachapon (specifically the new hairs), can spend hundreds of dollars and not even get them. If players finally get the item, they will likely never change their hair, and never rebirth as a new gender. This takes away a key component of the game - why even bother being able to switch genders when you'll lose what you paid so much money for? When using the coupon, have the features be permanently unlocked on that character, so even after changing genders or hairs, the player can go back to the same style.
If anyone else has suggestions or inputs I encourage you to respond!
Thank you,
Bluechickadi | Alexina
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Even if it did cost pon like the other options, I'd still consider spending them.
I don't know about everyone else, but at least for me, knowing that I can not get my hair style back without spending tons of in game currency or real life currency is really limiting me. Unless you are a millionaire both in game or in real life, you are extremely limited in the games potential.
At least these idea allows us to expand us and our characters. It would encourage people to spend money in general, I think.
People are more likely to spend real life cash if lots of options in game are provided... or at least I would.
+1
I can definitely attest to feeling extremely limited in my options, even when presented with flaunted opportunity that you can look however you want every time you rebirth. I've looked the same since I started playing (which I'm sure a TON of people have) but every so often I'd like to make a change or even tweaks and see how they stack up. The small selection of colors alone (between races and singularly) kinda kills that, and the old hairs absolutely need a revamp.
I see Nexon employees on here and there but they never socialize with us T-T
http://forums.mabinogi.nexon.net/discussion/1424/the-beauty-coupon-poll/p1
I'd be a lot more willing to aim to gacha and collect more if it allowed me to switch between "unlocked" hairdos. I mean god I can never change my hair now so why bother- (Unless they release Laigh hair... then I'm going to kill people's dreams by overwriting my ponytail....)
Sheesh, it really does limit people and their 'fantasy life' knowing that they can't RB into opposite genders or use different hair styles without getting more cons than pros out of it all. Trying to keep this thread up, all the work OC poured into it shouldn't go to waste. >:/
i'm really fickle when it comes to my character's appearance. i'll say that having a locked hairstyle was an absolute nightmare because of what a money sink it is, i don't have that kind of cash in real life or in game and many others don't so we're screwed
for the longest time i was stuck with my female character and there were many times where i wanted to rb as a male but couldn't because of the locked hairstyle. since then i pretty much gave up on the coupon hairstyles and just fell back to one of the older pon ones
i'd love if they were to update the older hairstyle models, especially since the NPCs in tir have had their hairstyles updated, why can't we? it's much of the reason why i don't really like a lot of the pon hairstyles, since so many of them are outdated and as a result look pretty ugly
the appearance system overall feels pretty archaic and i'm sure that by now they could tweak it to be less so, and perhaps make it so you don't have to blow so much money just to look the way you want, and new players who are fickle like i am will feel more inclined to keep playing because they don't feel limited with their options