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kudos.dude 09-23-2025 04:53 PM

Too much to ask for a character face change?
 
I seem to have chosen a very popular face and want to give my existing character a face-lift. Can this be done?

Thanks in advance! =)

loramin 09-23-2025 05:38 PM

It's unlikely: names and faces are part of your identity, and both live and P99 GMs have always been very much against letting someone change their identity (with the one exception being that they force you to change it if the name is inappropriate).

You're almost certainly going to need to start a new character if you want a new face.

Skarne 09-23-2025 07:36 PM

Used to be you were able to change your face anytime a few years ago. Alas! Not classic!

kudos.dude 09-23-2025 07:48 PM

I thought I read somewhere that this was something you could petition for in live, is that not right?

Taydris 09-24-2025 05:20 AM

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Originally Posted by kudos.dude (Post 3762715)
I thought I read somewhere that this was something you could petition for in live, is that not right?

It is most likely that such a request would go unfulfilled. I'm nearly sure of it. This time your instinct is correct. A previous poster has correctly remarked on why.

loramin 09-24-2025 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Skarne (Post 3762710)
Used to be you were able to change your face anytime a few years ago. Alas! Not classic!

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Originally Posted by kudos.dude (Post 3762715)
I thought I read somewhere that this was something you could petition for in live, is that not right?

These are both correct. In classic, there was no way to change faces, so you couldn't change your face. Many years later (after Verant became SOE, and maybe even after SOE became Daybreak?) they changed their policy and added a button to change faces.

P99 was originally based on code from that era, so it too had that button for awhile ... but like all most other unclassic bits in the stock EQ Emulator (/cough SHIFT+T /cough), the staff removed it to make things more like they were in ''99-'01.

WarpathEQ 09-24-2025 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by loramin (Post 3762814)
These are both correct. In classic, there was no way to change faces, so you couldn't change your face. Many years later (after Verant became SOE, and maybe even after SOE became Daybreak?) they changed their policy and added a button to change faces.

P99 was originally based on code from that era, so it too had that button for awhile ... but like all most other unclassic bits in the stock EQ Emulator (/cough SHIFT+T /cough), the staff removed it to make things more like they were in ''99-'01.

Haha I didn't remember shift+T being a thing. Makes sense now, didn't realize it was an unclassic addition from later eras. It certainly is useful though :) I guess technically you could do the same by cycling through F9 for different camera options, just nice to be able to quickly go back to my preferred default camera view.

loramin 09-24-2025 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by WarpathEQ (Post 3762823)
Haha I didn't remember shift+T being a thing. Makes sense now, didn't realize it was an unclassic addition from later eras. It certainly is useful though :) I guess technically you could do the same by cycling through F9 for different camera options, just nice to be able to quickly go back to my preferred default camera view.

Yeah, I'm really conflicted on SHIFT+T personally. On the one hand, I've taken some great screenshots with it, and I'm not certain I even could have taken them all with F9. Better screenshots are fun ... and harmless.

On the other hand, SHIFT+T lets you "look behind" instantly, and that really does make some things (eg. kiting) easier than it was on live. The whole point of this place is to play real, classic (ie. hard mode) EverQuest, so making things easier with unclassic features feels out of place.

WarpathEQ 09-24-2025 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by loramin (Post 3762826)
Yeah, I'm really conflicted on SHIFT+T personally. On the one hand, I've taken some great screenshots with it, and I'm not certain I even could have taken them all with F9. Better screenshots are fun ... and harmless.

On the other hand, SHIFT+T lets you "look behind" instantly, and that really does make some things (eg. kiting) easier than it was on live. The whole point of this place is to play real, classic (ie. hard mode) EverQuest, so making things easier with unclassic features feels out of place.

Yeah definitely feels like a cheat code to look around while feign death or see around corners.

Jimjam 09-25-2025 02:57 AM

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Originally Posted by WarpathEQ (Post 3762871)
Yeah definitely feels like a cheat code to look around while feign death or see around corners.

It makes a sick rear view mirror, which may sound unclassic, but this used to be a feature of the inventory window. As the inventory mirror is currently missing, it seems fair to have an alternative implementation elsewhere.


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