Appearance and Name changing

[born2biscuit]

We need to add a way to change your characters appearance and name.

 

I think the best way to do this is to add a tek structure to the game called a tek tank or tek chamber ect. So basically it is a big tube your player would enter and be suspended in fluid.

(I've attached images so you get the picture of what im saying)

 

So the idea is you craft this item and then it requires to be connected to a water source, generator power, element, and specimen implants from at least 5 different survivors.

Ill explain:

1.Water source- needs water to fill the tube of course

2.Generator- has electrical parts of course

3.Element- the idea is the water will mix with the element and produce a blue liquid that fills the tank 

4.Specimen Implants- The idea of this is that you would use "DNA DATA" from these implants to restructure your own DNA and thus have a different appearance and also would finally give the specimen implants a purpose and value.

 

So how would the mechanic of the item work exactly?

After placing the required element and implants into the inventory of the tank your player would enter it and it would fill with the water/element fluid. After this your player should be required to stay suspended in the tank for a set amount of time. There should be a timer you can see. During this time you cannot leave the tank at all or you will forfeit the operation. Once the timer runs out there should be a "hit E to change appearance" option that replaces the timer. Then once hitting E you should be taken to the character customization menu that we all get when creating a new character. 

While suspended in the tank your player should also get the XP buff and health regen effects that you get from the tek sleeping pod.

It should go without saying but if you are raided while you are in the tank and the tank is destroyed the player dies and loses the chance of the appearance morph.

 

All values on the amount of time required to be in the tank, how much element and implants required, crafting materials, ect would be left up to the developer to decide for game balancing. Also, I imagine this item would require some water and player body animations and poses for it to look good.

 

So yeah thats my idea for appearance and name changes in a lore friendly way somewhat. 

 

[skinnypandaz]

New player here, I accidentally left my name as human and would like to get it changed to Kayluh if possible, I tried to make a ticket but they told me to post on here for a name change.

[Mingg]

I wish I could change appearance as well.  I thought it would be fun to have a tiny character, but she can’t stand straight, it looks like she is doing a potty dance.  So that’s fun... 

 

[Joebl0w13]

They asked you to post here because currently, there is no way to change your name.

[SiavZ]

It's a common error that you start with a name that you didn't really think of and then later in the game you want to change your name but your levels are high enough that it would be undesireable to discard your character simply because of the name and start from scratch. GMs are also consistently busy and refuse to help with the matter. So it would be amazing to have the option to change your character name on your own.

 

 

[Stormscurse]

Yes, they definitely need to implement this or similar way to change one's appearance.  I have had to kill a couple characters and start over and lose all my personal progress because I wanted to change my character.   It's not about leveling back to 105, it's losing all the achievements, boss kills, and extra levels beyond 105 from Ascending, plus all the explorer notes and whathaveyou.  

[Stormscurse]

It's especially annoying if all I want to do is make small changes that grow to bug me, such as realizing how fat (big boned) my girl's face is by default and wanting it to be thinner.  Now it bothers me when I look at myself in the mirror... And my belly sticks out a bit... Fatty.  Sigh.

[hbomb1972]

This would help reduce the number of players running around named Human!

[Plum28]

Name changing might become a problem - for example person is going against the code of conduct you report him person changes steam name and ark name how would you track him? the same person does the same thing to you because they changed their name every time they grief you wont know if its a different player or not

[Six1]

i want to change my Official PVP server character name. My character lvl 138 and i have all bosses i dont want to make new character name. Can you guys change my name pls.