Earrings and tattoos may be available at ingame barbershops

by Mike Schramm Aug 31st 2007 at 1:00PM

Salthem has dropped a nice hint about the most unexpectedly exciting feature of the new expansion: hairstyles!

Yep apparently it's not just hair: there will definitely be new hairstyles and colors, but there may also be new jewelry (earrings and noserings, I'd assume), and maybe even tattoos to choose from. And the most interesting piece of news is that the hair changing won't take place outside of the game, in a menu or some such, but at ingame barbershops.

Strange. Will there be a barbershop inbetween the swords and wands shops in Orgrimmar? Or maybe new hairstyles will be confined to the new expansion, and the barbershops will appear in Dalaran only. Either way, Salthem says the design is still being planned, so we're a long way off until getting concrete information on this. Hopefully, Blizzard has gotten clued in to how excited players are about more customization option, and we'll all get something cool when the expansion eventually hits.

Thanks, Kevin!

Tags: barbershops, blizzard, earrings, hairstyles, ingame, salthem, tattoos

Filed under: Virtual selves, Odds and ends, Blizzard, Expansions, Wrath of the Lich King

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Tumples Aug 31st 2007 1:10PM

If my tauren cant have LOVE HATE on his hands I quit ¬_¬

Dave Aug 31st 2007 1:11PM

It's good to know they're working hard on making your characters visually customzeable... sorta... rather than making them able to be useful with varied skill builds.

I'd much rather see armor customizations and such, so you could stay geared and look different. Surely it wouldn't be too impossible to be able to have 10 different shades of the armor sets, or be able to color your dungeon blues or mix/match purple gear into a cohesive set of armor or something.

Otherwise, who's going to see your badass tatoo? People idling at the bank or AH? Same goes for hairstyles... mine's under a helm the entire time, I don't even know what my own hair looks like anymore.

hehe Aug 31st 2007 1:19PM

Undead Warlock is gonna have tribal all over his face

Todd Aug 31st 2007 1:21PM

At least they're not making this a profession, like Star Wars Galaxies. Ugh.

Wildhammer Aug 31st 2007 1:23PM

Blue Wildhammer tattoos, earrings, forked beard, and a ponytail..... And if I can't get a ponytail.... MOHAWK!! Slayer style. >=)

THIS!! IS!! KARAK-EIGHT-PEAKS!!

Brasson Aug 31st 2007 1:24PM

New profession in Wrath of the Lich King - Barber! Cut new styles of hair! Craft a variety of wigs! Trim away two years worth of bangs!

(Comes with gathering profession Shearing. Use on Tauren at your own risk.)

Hollywood Ron Aug 31st 2007 1:26PM

Who wouldn't want a Tauren with a full-body checkerboard pattern dyed in his fur?

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Chris Aug 31st 2007 1:28PM

Will the tattoo parlors charge extra for the hepatitis and tetanus shots? Or will that be a learnable first aid skill?

Lori Aug 31st 2007 1:29PM

And I was sooo looking forward to the barber profesion and getting the [Pattern: John Edwards Haircut].

Hollywood Ron Aug 31st 2007 1:35PM

Epic Mullet of Trashiness: +10 Defense (from extra-hold mousse) +55 Avoidance (from greasiness).

Morrigän Aug 31st 2007 1:37PM

[3 - Trade] [Wootapalooza] WTS [Pattern: Mohawk] 200g pst

Oh, the awesomeness... * dropping Tailoring *

Tridus Aug 31st 2007 1:44PM

@Dave,

Whats to say they aren't doing both at once? There is more then one employee at Blizzard, including some that actually deal with balance. Having someone working on customizable hairstyles (one of the most demanded features since the games release) doesn't affect how fast Warlocks get nerfed.

Addie Aug 31st 2007 1:51PM

@1 ...have you counted your Tauren's fingers recently?

Steve Aug 31st 2007 1:53PM

More than anything I’d like to see a ramp up in the models polygon count and quality, along with the looks of the armor and weapons. Compared to games as old or older than WoW (Lineage 2) the graphics are quite poor.

CthulhuCalling Aug 31st 2007 1:55PM

Oh yeah, I can see it now. Lots of emo toons running around with tribal tats and barbed wired on their arms. All the female night and blood elves will be sporting tramp stamps. Orcs with nautical stars! Tauren with ranch brands! Everyone will have a little tattoo tear next to an eye. Humans with variations of "Kid Rock" running around with a half sleeve tat, a white t-shirt and a mullet, while dual-wielding Mug o hurt and Hurley's Tanakard.

My troll will die from laughter.

I'm sure the tat artists will be named Kat Vond or Amie Jaymes or something like that.

CthulhuCalling Aug 31st 2007 1:57PM

Oh yes, let's not forget "U WEER TEH EARRING IN UR LEFT EAR, U TEH GHEY! LOLOLOLOLOLOL"

Yeah, that's going to go over well.

shmooo Aug 31st 2007 2:00PM

My warrior has been through so many battles I think a facial tattoo or some scars would be appropriate.

michel Aug 31st 2007 2:06PM

>2. It's good to know they're working hard on
>making your characters visually
>customzeable... sorta... rather than making t
>them able to be useful with varied skill builds.

in fact I WANT customization much more than skills or builds (there already a lot of choice here)

I hope blizzard will sometime take time to add more visual customisation and not only raid/instance loot l33t stuff.

more hair choices is nice and _I_ wanted that. thanks blizzard.
(I wanted also a new troll instance :) )