Alaric T'Sun
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Posted - 2010.12.20 09:19:00 -
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Problem #1: After going through the creator to test how it works, I backed out of the character creation process to discover I had no characters on my account. Clicking on any empty box crashed the client hard and I couldn't reconnect until after I'd started up a regular client. Am submitting as bug report.
Usability #1: It was annoying that the options for hair, eyes, whatever, didn't form a full circle. You should be able to go from 98,99,1,2,etc. Scrolling through 112? different options is awesome until you realize that your favorite was number 18.
Usability #2: In portrait capture mode, I was getting options to still adjust my mesh. This needs to be removed. Nothing worse than trying to tilt your character head and stretching his chin out six inches instead.
Usability #3: Scrolling through the options was annoying. Sometimes it would work, sometimes not. Maybe put in clickable arrows under the smallest images on the left and right. Though rare, it might actually be impossible for some people to scroll.
General #4: By putting actual avatars in game, there will be a whole new group of players who will spend hours and hours on character customization. The addition of more clothing options is an absolute must. This might be a second career (as strange as it sounds), but I could really see people paying mil's of ISK for designer clothes from different regions of space. Maybe even have different options available in the different sectors(ex: A biker jacket has to be crafted in a minmatar station, pink can only be used in null sec, so a pink biker jacket has to be crafted in a player minmatar outpost in null sec). Require low resources but high industry time. Make research a requirement for some particular clothing.
General #5: I've only worked through minmatar, but they really don't feel like the current minmatar. Tattoos, crazy hair, these are all things that much be available during character creation in order for the current player base to really buy into the system. If they can't make their character exactly like it is in game, it will frustrate many of them. I got close, but without the tats it wasn't quite the same.
Positives: Easily has the potential to be the most amazing character creator in MMO history.
I'll have more the second time I run through.
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