Cosmetic surgery comes to WoW |
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| BY Emmanuel Petti Dec. 11th, 2008 | More on: |

Need to get rid of unsightly bags under your eyes from long nights defending against the legions of Scourge? Tired of being hit on by overzealous teenagers who think you’re a girl because your character is female? Those face tattoos aren’t doing it for you anymore? Well you’re in luck! Introducing The Blizzard Chop Shop, aka Paid Character Re-Customization Service!
Diving slightly deeper into the micro-transaction world, Blizzard is now offering up the ability to re-customize your World of Warcraft character for a fee of 15$ per character. For that fee you’ll be able to change the name, gender, hair and facial features of your character. You cannot change races, factions or class. I never thought I’d see the day that I could get virtual cosmetic surgery and even gender reassignment. As someone who plays a female character, I can say that the idea of switching over has definitely crossed my mind. We fully understand why someone would want this option to exist, but we’re not so sure it’s really necessary.









December 11th, 2008
at 12:58 pm
15? why does this cost money?
December 11th, 2008
at 1:03 pm
Well obviously they want to make money on the service, because there is of course a certain amount of backend associated with a service like this. But I think it also serves as a deterrent of sorts to prevent people from abusing the features. Truth is, micro-transactions is a new and flourishing business model, its really no different than purchased DLC.
December 11th, 2008
at 1:47 pm
My roommate just did it last night! His character’s a bonafide badass now… I guess.
December 11th, 2008
at 2:54 pm
Emmanuel, you speak sense but frankly I believe 90% of DLC should be free and the rest should be cheaper.
Stuff like maps and weapons and skins should not be payed for.
but yeah at least the feature wont be abused.