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I don't know how practical this would be and even if it was doable, I figure it will be a low priority, but how about the ability to choose a border for your avatar and maybe even your character's avatar. Nothing too complex, but say maybe ones made out of bones, blood, swords, butterflies. Or maybe some even simpler ones out of gold, silver or bronze.

I was thinking it could be another perk of epicness or maybe something someone can just buy. You could even make it possible for users to submit their own borders like how we do with profile backgrounds!

I just think it would be another nice customization option and something cool to see on the forums. So what do you think?

i think this would be a neat extra incentive for epic purchases!

it would be easiest for this to work if all avatars were the same dimensions, so an avatar like mine would look awkward, but i'd totally tweak it if i could have a border.

This is something I've been considering for a very long while.

Creating custom templates for characters, including borders, without the need to know CSS is something that's being worked on for epic members. This wouldn't allow total customization of everything, but would be similar to customizing a user profile for epic members.

As for the forums; there was some push back the last time it came up because some people did not like the idea of people being set apart on the forums as a higher class of user than others, but it continues to rattle around my brain. It does add lots of design challenges, not just for alternate size icons but for alternate layouts like chat, tablet and mobile.

Could you maybe do it like profiles then? Have some that everyone can use and then have some more epic only members.

hmm, i can see how the public aspect of it would cause discomfort, and i didn't consider the difficulty the other layouts would present. if it's still something that you'd be willing to look into someday and the idea of custom epic borders doesn't sit well with the majority, then perhaps all borders could be free to use?

I think Katia has the right idea, when it comes to the split between freebies and epic ones. I suppose that would still leave some semblance of division in the forums, but it wouldn't leave anybody without a pretty border to use. I'd say that maybe a base back of "basic borders" for all users and more options unlocked via epic membership not only gives others incentive to purchase epic without neglecting basic users, but keeps both parties in mind while delivering. I think I worded that a bit funny, but... I hope that made sense. I'm tired. xD

You could also give people the option to post suggestions for borders like you do for profiles and release them when you release new profile options.

Edit: Forget it