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for the record, it splits into two. It seems an obvious outcome, but at 1000 gems, I was a little nervous.

Hi, I want to swap a valued name from one character to another. If I got the identity repair kit, when it is double clicked, does it 'split' into the makeover and name change kits separately, so I could keep the makeover kit and just use the name change, or does it take me straight to makeover and finish with a new name?

Thanks.

The game may well have been designed pre raids, but that doesn't preclude a UI update to better support players who do raid being planned and done more recently.

Thanks for the pointers and responses, all.

dang. An odd oversight in a game with raids. Thank you.

Hi all, returning after many years so very noob, starting to run a party with my kids after always soloing and currently their stat bars on my 4k screen are way in the top left. Is there a way to bring them more into view, either with mods or some UI command I can't find? I've only found a way to get them to switch with chat in the bottom left corner, when I'd like their bars to be right next to mine.

Some great responses. Thanks all.

I did go through all the outfits (as opposed to wardrobe cosmetics which have additional issues, I imagine, in getting adjustments made to them to go cross gender) and while there's plenty of variety, it's interesting that where there are differences, particularly in light and medium outfits, they are so that females can show more flesh, excepting the FABULOUS Elonian set. Outfits like the Arctic Explorer or Jungle are less gendered and so more swappable and more value for money.

It's nice to have something skimpy of course, and the Elonian set shows how it can be done for males. Perhaps going forward, new outfits could be more generally 'skimpy' or 'practical' but otherwise fairly neutral between genders, i.e. an outfit has a certain style and amount of 'skin coverage' that's consistent between genders, so if you like the outfit, you know it's going to work across most of your characters so will feel like you'll get more use and value out of it.

Less than a quarter of all the available outfits to preview I would buy because the rest I don't like one of the genders (mostly) and because some of them don't transfer well to Asura or Sylvari (in my own opinion).

To address Rogue's thoughtful response regarding the prohibitive costs, I guess costs are only prohibitive relatve to ROI. Anet have the telemetry from the shop, so I imagine they're driving their work backlog from whatever yields the highest ROI/revenue. If that means outfits for females show more cleavage and leg but male equivalents have to be more 'sensible' we're stuck.

Hey Rogue, thanks for the detail :) I'm a producer, I just worry about the team's health and productivity. You say the tech isn't there, you mean it isn't in Maya or isn't in the toolset the Guild Wars character artists use?

From what you're saying it would seem like the IK handles that determine the transformation would have to be different enough between male and female, say human, to make the work to get a suitably similar quality transformation happening unfeasible (e.g clipping issues). Or, the meshes themselves are different enough that the cost is prohibitive. Is that the case with the GW2 characters from what you can tell?

that would solve my problem, too, if i could buy the pants and just put them on women :)

Hey Mil, how do you know it's too complicated, late and hard to implement? The armours wouldn't look any different to how they are now, except for whatever subtle differences are made to accommodate the different rigs.

Of course I gave some personal likings, they were examples. Other players may have their own preferences for such a feature, as Westenev has in their comment. I'm not asking for this to apply to all wearables, but to outfits, because you can't mix and match pieces, so your options are limited and I think from Anet's point of view, they're losing money from players who have male and female characters but only like the one sex's outfit.

As for your not wanting to see males in dresses, have you seen the S+M wardrobe items and outfits that, as I said above, wouldn't look out of place in a Ru Paul convention.

Besides, I wasn't actually asking for males in female outfits, so my particular request shouldn't upset you, unless women in trousers upsets you.

I presume from your believing the costs to be prohibitive you are, like me, a game developer. In which case, we probably don't have a common view of what it takes to apply textures to rigs. I'd be interested to understand what differences, within a race, there are between rigs, as the devs are already constructing very different 'female' rigs for the females in the different races. It feels like it's incrementally more work, for a great deal more player choice.

It's a suggestion for Anet really, they'll have the game telemetry to decide if there's a sufficient ROI.

I agree with you, Greyhawk, that there are some good 'neutral' options already, particularly in the wardrobe, but if they were to develop, going forward, the incrementally increased variety while their character artists are creating the outfits, they could at least learn if there's a sufficient market to make it worthwhile.

I'm a data point in their analysts' considerations for how to improve monetisation. It's why I'm expressing my view. I appreciate your thoughtful response. I had rather fewer thoughtful responses in world chat last night when I mentioned this :)

The game's existing aesthetic is pretty OTT as it stands. The main thrust of my proposal is aimed at outfits which could 'reasonably' transfer across the different sex's character rigs, just giving the outfits, for example, more choice, as they're already limited in the sense you can't mix and match pieces.

Right now there's a phoenix light armour skin in the shop. I love how the male outfit looks, and I'm not keen on the female outfit.

I'd love the male outfit to be able to be worn by my female characters. As Ihave many of them, it's the main reason I won't buy the package. I won't get enough utility out of the purchase.

The Queensdale Academy Outfit's skirt and stockings look pretty cool on my female characters while the suit looks cool on the male, but I'm not sure why I couldn't wear the male version and carry off some bada$$ pinstripe pants look on my women.

I suppose there's a bigger question here over equipping pieces of armour across the sexes, and I imagine, with there being work to ensure skins look good on different character rigs anyway (e.g. Charr) a retrofit would be a lot of dev time.

If it was available for just the outfits I'd be delighted.

I understand there might be some pushback from people frightened about "cross dressing" in a game where Mistlock Sanctuary looks like the backstage of a Ru Paul convention, but I'm merely asking for more choice. It'll certainly lead to me spending more money. Thanks.

Thanks, I did that. Looks like people have had similar trouble in the past. I've made a purchase of gems recently on the store, but as I've only recently re-activated I don't know if they're concerned this is fraudulent activity?

Checked with card issuer and no problem my end.