Hey there people,
About 8 hours ago, i’ve posted a message in the “Shadowlands beta general discussion” but since nobody responded to it, i’m gonna ask it again here.
'coz i really wanna get an answer to my question
So apparantly with Shadowlands, it will be possible to change a character’s gender by visiting a barbershop. Now i wanna know: Does this come with a name change?
Because some time ago, i also did a gender change. This was long before they even announced Shadowlands and so i had to pay for it but this also came with a name change which, to me is only logical 'coz it would be kinda weird to walk around on a male character with a female name and vice versa, right?
So, will the gender change in the barbershop come with a name change as well?
I think No this can make too much mess in database.
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Of course!! And they will send free pineapple pizza with each gender change.
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No I don’t think they’ve mentioned anything about name change for gold at barbers.
I do think it will be a tiny bit fun to meet lvl 120 worgen lady hunter, who is called George 
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@Plamcia,
That would be kinda weird tho.
I mean, imagine if some guy that is named Richard wants to turn himself into a woman which can be a long, time consumed process before that person has fully turned into a woman but once so, that person is still walking around under the name “Richard”
Considering the recent lore.
I think the gender changes that are done in barber house should also maintain original gender voice. That way George will make sense.
Oh that gave me an idea. Why can’t we have male voices for females and vice versa?
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Honestly that’s on blizz slow thinking, I am sure there is a demand on it and it’s super ez to implement
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@Podruge,
Personally, i think that if they can make it possible to change a characters gender for gold by visiting a barber shop, they can do the same with name change.
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Doubtful they will, cause name and some reputation ratings etc is much more important and frequent change can open up a door for some nasty people to do nasty things so I think they will keep the price tag on it to keep name change a rare thing
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What they should do is give a free name change since its a new feature that is coming out , but it should be a one time thing , simply because some names dont go very well with the other gender. I wouldnt use my name as a female tauren for example
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We should be able to choose voice for our character anyway.
I dont like the way my belf girlie talks. Would be nice to give her the pandaren voice. That was cute 
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I hope they don’t allow name changes for gold. Name changes for irl money is allready annoying enough. Trust me I allready know I guy who somewhat regularly changes his characters name around and you always have to check bnet or guild info when some apparently random dudes /w you because it might be this guy.
If they allow free name changes I want the ability to nickname another players character so it always shows this name to me no matter what their actual name at the time is.
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It’s highly likely they will include a free name change for 1 or more characters or for a limited time period.
When they expanded the classes to different races during cata they gave free race and name changes. I switched a gnome mage to a dwarf mage and changed his name aswell. Without paying anything.
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They should definitely give us 50% off the shop services once the new options arrive
I honestly like the option to gender swap at the barber shop. The transition from male to female is simple enough - a pair of scissors and some duct tape will do. What I’m more interested is how the reverse happens.
I hope he will still have that name so I will not make mistake when flirtom and roleplaying.
While gender change is just cosmetics, name change is not.
It’s related to your data base, also people that identify you by it.
It’s basically like comparing a plastic surgery to a ID change.
Best solution from now on is to have gender neutral names on any characters we want to level.
Cheers.
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“Did you just assume my gender?” 
Name changes will probably always cost money. It’s a database change, but also if it was free, trolls and scammers would just shed their bad reputation by namechanging at will. This used to be a bigger deal before crossrealm stuff, of course, but it still matters to a lesser extent. Also goldsellers and other spambots would use that to endlessly get around people’s ignore lists, cluttering them up with names that no longer exist. Or at least that’s what I assume all those garbled nonsense names are on my ignore list - deleted, realmswapped or namechanged toons. 
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Please don’t go down that rabbit hole.