At first I hated this. Then I thought about it for a bit and it probably won't affect me much.

I think this is the stuff of dreams personally. People have been wishing for this for the last 20 years I’ve known them. I’m not saying everyone will use it or love it just there certainly is a market for this and it just makes the game more fun. I’m still not going to change from my profession but it’s nice to I can if I want. Many of my friends are already in the process and I couldn’t be more happy for them.

I find it interesting that it breaks immersion for some people to have characters change professions.

I know plenty of characters who are familiar faces to me in RP, yet I have no clue what profession they are because I don't hunt with them and they don't often openly talk about things that would give that information away. Honestly, I think that far more often than not, I'd never know someone's profession without getting it from PROFILE. A couple characters I know even try to cover up what profession they are or outright pass as a different profession, which is always fun.

And my own character Leafiara has been mistaken for a ranger because she used to help people with foraging bounties, mistaken for a paladin because she swings weapons in every non-Duskruin context that someone would ever see her in battle, mistaken for an empath just because some people often confuse them and clerics as they're always fogging about, and mistaken for a bard because most of her Tilamaire cleric spell messaging involves killing enemies with music and then I played into that even further with custom spell preps.



All that aside, even if it was still a concern, I think the characters who do talk openly and often about their profession and make it a large part of their RP are the ones who would either heavily RP out a change or are the least likely to make a change at all.

I like this new option. Thank you for making it available.

- EK

>You now regard Eorgina with a warm demeanor.

<instead of buying one>

I have a suspicion this played a bigger role in the decision to release these then requests for them ever did. Like it or not, no company's gonna sit and watch characters/accounts be sold for hundreds or thousands of dollars without eventually finding some way to get as much of that as they can for themselves.

Starchitin, the OG

A severed gnomish hand crawls in on its fingertips and makes a rude gesture before quickly decaying and rotting into dust. A gust of wind quickly scatters the dust.

Name change is the key one. There's no point drawing a line that includes name change and excludes the others.

However having redrawn that line, what's next?

New race options. If I can polymorph into an elf, surely I can polymorph into an orc?

Custom races?

You see Saint Ardkor the Unraised. He appears to be a Ghost from Koargard.

Custom professions?

Bowelfister the stone giant magepriest of Illoke coming soon to a polymorph potion near you!

>>So what have you been doing when folks re-roll to a new profession after 2, 5, 10 or more years?

When you reroll your character in-game, you visit the RENAME pavilion. Suggesting that continue isn't whining. It might be 'whinging', I'm not sure.

Can you clarify it with the extra 20 plus years of maturity?

Doug

>>When you reroll your character in-game, you visit the RENAME pavilion.

Where you can pick the same name again...so, what's the point? It's not forcing you to rename. If you want a rename, you get that option, too.

- Andreas

Hi, when this was first announced, I was pretty firmly against the name change specifically. Since then however, I had a bit of a reckoning on what drove my opinions (arguably colored by how beneficial it could be for myself too). I've taken the plunge started with changing one character's name and gender, and will do race once I've saved the coins for it.

Just like that, it breathed fresh air into a character I have long resented and kept in the shadows, because I didn't like the name.

THANK YOU staff, from the bottom of my heart. Polymorphing gave this character a new lease on life. I couldn't be happier with the decision. <3

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You reply, speaking to the lady, "At least I have ratings."

Speak for yourself, but I rolled my sorcerer in uhh...1996? The game, and the profession, has changed radically since then. And let's be real - the secondary market for characters is immense, and I can't count the number of times I've tried to say hello to someone I was friends with, hunted with every week for months, only to have them draw a blank (what I mean by this is it wasn't them anymore). In this environment, having limited (i.e. expensive) profession/race change is pretty reasonable imo.

I’m still hoping a NIR will address some of the questions I asked last month too. It would be really helpful to have more information before making a decision that costs money.

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>>https://gswiki.play.net/Rohese (prime)

First off, I want to say a big THANK YOU for the name change option!!

I created my primary character something like 20+ years ago - just after the TRIP verb (not the CM) was first allowed to function with polearms - back when I was a moody teenager. I predictably grew out of that 'phase' I was in and pretty quickly came to resent the name I chose. Another factor for the dislike was that I was terrified I'd be disconnected by my parents picking up the phone (haha, modems) and that my then-pretty decent rolled stats (686 total, I believe) would disappear into the ether, so I kind of chose the name on the fly. I'd already spent several hours researching and experimenting with potential names, and finally just went with one I was only semi-happy with because I knew my parents would be waking up soon and they'd need the phone.

So, ever since then, I didn't feel quite right roleplaying with the name I'd chosen, and thus I generally shied away from organic RP, events, merchants, and even invasions and the like. This disinclination was magnified exponentially after new racial/profession documentation was released a couple years later that made me feel my character was even more sorely misnamed. I love the backstory I've developed over the years, and I've adapted somewhat to the new documentation...but the bad name still just stuck in my craw.

However I stuck with the character because of friends (who have since left), my accomplishments in my society and my guild, and because it was - by far - my highest level character (just over 80 now). I level very slowly and simply couldn't justify the thought of sinking that much time and effort into re-rolling just for a name.

I've taken extended breaks from GS, and each time I've come back I've hoped for this very change - and now it's actually here! I am literally giddy with excitement; I really can't express how happy this has made me. There were audible 'woohoos' uttered by me alone in my apartment this evening after I read the announcement post from October.

So, I am currently revitalizing my character's backstory and I am more excited than I ever have been to engage in RP and breathe brand new life into this character that's been a part of me for nearly half my life. Again, thank you.

However, before I take the plunge and quaff the potion, I do have a few questions:

1) Will my character's last name be affected as well? I'm rather ambivalent on that aspect, and though I'd be happy to keep that name if possible, I would like to be prepared with a new one if needed.
2) I have a potential alternative name on a level 0 character on a second account I've held on to for just this occasion. If I were to reroll that second account character with a different, new name, would said alternative name I've held on to then become available for my primary character? (Assuming no one snatches it up in the interim.)
3) Will the change have any notable affect on my primary character's guild, society, CHE, or anything else not mentioned in the original post?
4) Are there any other factors I should be aware of prior to changing the name?

Thanks in advance for replies and answers.

I used the rename potion with one of my secondary characters (and very gladly, given that I found the character was evolving beyond the constraints of the original name).

>1) Will my character's last name be affected as well? I'm rather ambivalent on that aspect, and though I'd be happy to keep that name if possible, I would like to be prepared with a new one if needed.

No, your character will retain the same surname.

>2) I have a potential alternative name on a level 0 character on a second account I've held on to for just this occasion. If I were to reroll that second account character with a different, new name, would said alternative name I've held on to then become available for my primary character? (Assuming no one snatches it up in the interim.)

If you reroll the character on the other account with the backup name, the name they previously had will then become available for use generally, which should translate to you being able to select it with the character you are trying to rename. I say should because I haven't actually tried this precise process, however I have used this in the past to have Character3 on AccountB free up their name for a character on AccountA.

>3) Will the change have any notable affect on my primary character's guild, society, CHE, or anything else not mentioned in the original post?

This should not impact any of those at all. I've heard of CHE membership being revoked, however Estild did say in Discord (and I think it's been shared here, too) that if you lose CHE membership, you can assist to have it re-instated. Or, if you don't want to wait that long, you could ask an officer of the CHE to reinduct you.

- EK

>You now regard Eorgina with a warm demeanor.

::bump::

Rohese asked, regarding profession changes:
1. What happens to the custom spell preps? I assume those that apply to minor spiritual circle will continue to be accessible? Do those that relate to major spiritual circle and cleric stay listed but be locked off? Do they become available again should she revert back to cleric?

2. Can I assume that all signature verbs and unique titles etc. carry over?

Still looking for answers for these!

~Cylnthia Kythnis Ardenai
~Imaeran Inquisitor
~Rose Guardian, House Sylvanfair

I switched from sorcerer to wizard with alchemy ranks as a sorcerer. You lose all alchemy ranks if you switch professions.

As I gaze over the horizon, the wind tugs at my cloak and whispers, "Adventure" in my ear.

A squeaky halfling nearby asks, "Why you playing with orcs heads and troll rearends?!"

Late to answering this thread, as it's not one I keep an eye on.

https://gswiki.play.net/Polymorph_Potion

Your character doesn't retire, so everything you have stays. The things listed on this page are everything that are impacted. Something like a custom spell message or a spell prep will be on your character, but you'll need that spell or that circle to be able to use it.

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Wyrom, PM

Thank you for the confirmation, Estild.

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>>https://gswiki.play.net/Rohese (prime)