One thing that I sort of don't like about i20.5...
I seem to recall when I purchased one on Beta it gave me a certification (Or voucher, I can't remember which) that I was able to claim on the toon that purchased it. As far as I've seen, you purchase the item, receive the voucher/certification, and can then claim it on any character, so you should be able to buy the ice block cce on one toon, and then create your new toon and claim it on them. Given, I've not tested this theory, but it seems logical to me given that you can claim most anything else on another toon. Emotes seems a silly thing to restrict in such a way.
Costume change emotes are account-wide for me.
They are account wide, but each toon needs to claim it through the email interface. Claiming it on one toon does not mean it's claimed on another.
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... is that while most of the rewards you can buy at the merit dealers in Ouro are account wide, I'm reading that the costume change emotes don't seem to be.
Some of those CCEs (read: ice block) would be great for concepts I want to start at level one, since I'm not a fan of playing to x in order to complete a character project.
At least the rest of the stuff you can get is one and done, don't have to worry about it again.
Eh, this is all given that I end up running a Trial to get those merits in the first place... comp isn't the best machine going as it is. Here's hoping there's another way to get these in the near future?
*shrug*