122100-character-chop-shop-prices

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I just noticed that a level 7 character is expected to pay 1platinum and 55 gold (or somewhere around there) for a full recostumization. That's the same price asked for a level 50 to do the same.
I have max level mains on both factions, so collecting that ammount of money is kind of insignificant (a couple of days of very boring dailies), so it doesn't actually matter to me. But don't these prices hurt new players? They find that the Chop Shop is available for them as soon as possible, but they also find that changing their hair color is a pretty significant investment. And by 'significant' I mean 'most of their funds'. It's more expensive than the starting small houses.
 
Shouldn't the cost be based on the character's level instead?
 
And now let me catch the bullet before it's fired: I don't think it's relevant to mention that some players can make 'more than one platinum and a half' per day of play. That's not really my point. I'm more concerned about new characters and players who might want to change their appareance before reaching maximum level.	
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			Yes, it should be level based.	
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			yes and no...it takes about 30 mins to get to lvl 7....but I can see what your getting at  :)	
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so your saying you can't even play to level 7 without becoming so disgusted with the looks of your character that actually having a cost for altering your appearance is unacceptable?
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			so your saying you can't even play to level 7 without becoming so disgusted with the looks of your character that actually having a cost for altering your appearance is unacceptable?	
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so your saying you can't even play to level 7 without becoming so disgusted with the looks of your character that actually having a cost for altering your appearance is unacceptable?
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-a silly strawman-
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			i have to agree.. a re customize at say lvl 10 should be at 10% of the lvl 50 price and so on up till lvl 50 is at 100%	
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			These prices are ridiculous.  Do I really have to spend 25 gold to change my hair?  I can understand permanent features like the face, but hair?  Hair can be easily restyled.  Just sayin'	
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I suppose the price could be level based. There's really no harm done if it is.
 
But in my opinion, if you are that disgusted with your character so soon in the game, it might be easier to just reroll. At least then, you can choose a new class and profession to try them out as well.	
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			From my understanding, some Roleplayers do not quickly level to 50. They may be hanging out at level 15 in Thayd to roleplay with folks. Shouldn't they have the option to fancy up their hair for a social gathering?	
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From my understanding, some Roleplayers do not quickly level to 50. They may be hanging out at level 15 in Thayd to roleplay with folks. Shouldn't they have the option to fancy up their hair for a social gathering?
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What about the tokens? What if every 10 levels you gain a token that is bound to that character.
 
That might mitigate concern a bit yes?	
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What about the tokens? What if every 10 levels you gain a token that is bound to that character.
 
That might mitigate concern a bit yes?
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I think they've pitched the price squarely at level 50s which does rather shut out anyone levelling their first character per faction. Even at 50 the prices are high enough that it makes you think twice about making large or frequent changes. 
 
I also think it's a bit cynical that they've priced a new hairstyle at 25g as this is the most likely thing many players will want to change relatively frequently. It has the whiff of a gold sink.
 
I'd prefer if they adjusted it so that things like hair style, hair colour and accessories are cheaper and the more structural changes such as body shape, face style. facial sliders etc remain more expensive. After all, a new hair style shouldn't cost as much as plastic surgery, even with Mondo Zax willing to experiment on you.
 
I'd also like to see the ability to paste in a complete character customization code (from the character editor) for a fixed price (perhaps 1 plat?). This would make it easier to get the exact changes you want, since the Chop Shop preview isn't as good as the main character editor.	
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I'd prefer if they adjusted it so that things like hair style, hair colour and accessories are cheaper and the more structural changes such as body shape, face style. facial sliders etc remain more expensive. After all, a new hair style shouldn't cost as much as plastic surgery, even with Mondo Zax willing to experiment on you.
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I'll admit I was astonished to see how cheap editing my engineer's appearance was. I didn't change her hairstyle or color or anything, but I did edit several of the face sliders. It was only a couple gold. Seems like it should be the other way around, with hair style/color/eyes/earrings/etc being super cheap, and the plastic surgery being more expensive.
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To remove my main's hair clip (Aurin ponytail) it costs 25 gold.  Reconstructive surgery costs 3g.  Logic!
 
IMO hairstyle (and jewelry and cosmetics) should be a costume set option.
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Carbine just forgot to apply the same formula they applied to AMP respecs that's all... Mistakes happen...
 
Just let them know and they'll correct the issue.
 
EDIT : Now that I think about it, this thread belongs to the bug forum  ;) !	
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