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Aidan Patrick Zero Point Group	Posted - 2010.12.26 01:40:00 - [1] Ok, I'm here because I'm happy with the new character creator. I however am unhappy with the limitations that have been placed on it. I'll take you through my position and show you why I'm not excited about redesigning my character with the new system. I am true Amarr. You can not get more pure in terms of Amarrian philosophy. Now while I understand that true Amarr are perhaps the most distinguishable of all the races in EVE, I don't understand why it is so hard to get the males to look different from each other. As it stands now I have re-created my character on the test server about 6 times now. Each time despite intentionally making the character have different facial structure and hair he always looks the same. This means that the defining factor of identification between Amarr males is going to be their hairstyle and clothing. This is not a good thing. Problems I see with Amarrian Customization: 1. The jowls are almost completely uncomstimizable. You can't change the depth of them at all. Having them present for Amarrians is GOOD, but they need to be customizable. (Jowls for those of you who do not know the word [I had to look it up] are the extremely defined lines on the Amarrian face between the cheeks and mouth area.) 2. The brow depth is not nearly customizable enough. Once again the cave man brow suits the Amarrians sense of pride and self granted superiority, but having the brow pretty much protrude the same distance on all male Amarians is once again not good. 3. The eyes. I find that most of the time it looks like the Amarrian males are wearing eyeshadow. This is partly due to lighting and the cave man brow I mentioned. Something should be done to fix this. 4. Portraits. This applies to all male characters and some female. The poses for the portraits look like the characters lack confidence in any sense of the word. CCP, you should know that a demigod does not have a confidence problem. Stiffen them up a little bit. :) Also on the amarrian male portrait, I had a difficult time removing the disappointed look on his face. Additionally, and sadly I don't think this will happen but I would perosnally like to see it done. CCP has stated multiple times that the old character creation system forced players to make choices (to obtain skills and attributes) that would effect the growth of their character. They later corrected this with Apocrypha so new characters would be able to focus more on a roleplay setup that suited their needs/personality or just how well they liked the looks of the character. Older players (such as myself) who created their character for a specific set of stats and starting skills got shafted when this came about. That is why I think that part of this 'redefinition' process should include the ability to change your race. And if not your race at the very least your blood line. Why? we have to redefine our characters look anyways. Why not allow those of us who have been around to correct some of the choices we were 'forced' to make when we started the game. I think allowing bloodline changes would be the easiest. You change bloodline and allow the 'path' or whatever. You keep the school unmodifiable because lets face it, jacking with corp history at all is not a good thing. Allowing a blood line change however, does not effect the game play at all as of current. Allowing this change now would allow older players such as myself, as I mentioned, to correct choices made on an old system without effecting game play. CCP, please think this through. Thank you. - Aidan Patrick
S'qarpium D'igil	Posted - 2010.12.26 03:02:00 - [2] Edited by: S''qarpium D''igil on 26/12/2010 03:02:53 Agreeing that Amarr males look like sh. In fact, I'll go so far to say that all males in the game, with the exception of the Gallente, look like sh and are really quite ugly. Pretty disappointing that the "ugly" races, as CCP wishes to define them, have to be ugly no matter what. No level of customization in the current (see: new) creation system can make a male character pleasant to look at if you pick an "ugly" race, and it's unfortunate that even with these new high-fidelity characters, the ugly races will still look as bad as before. Don't even get me started on the horrendous male hair styles. Unless you made a female, most of those look great. They can be sexy, elegant, butch -- really a lot of options for them. I would love to see CCP redo the male racial archetypes in the game so that you're not forced to be ugly, but really there isn't enough time for that. Pretty disappointing.
Chekov Nikahd	Posted - 2010.12.26 03:10:00 - [3] I've gotta agree that True Amarr characters are very difficult to differentiate. When I was testing my character portrait I found that I was constantly frustrated by not being able to design the face the way I wanted to design it. It's very very restricted what changes you can make. One specific gripe was being unable to upturn the nose. I realize that the True Amarr are supposed to have an almost Roman appearance with a large aquiline nose, but there's nothing stopping the nose from having that hook shape but being upturned at the tip. Similar problems with pretty much every facial feature for True Amarr. There simply isn't enough variation.
Highlord Nicolai Amarr b.b.k Fidelas Constans	Posted - 2010.12.26 04:59:00 - [4] I couldn't agree more! I really doesn't have anything to add, you seem to define it just fine. However it has to be said, that if you hood your Amarr, they can look extremely bad ass on the potraits :) ------------------------------------------------ "Believe you can or cant, either way your right", If you can figure this sentence out, your life will be complete. Thats the truth!
Terazul Gallente	Posted - 2010.12.26 05:10:00 - [5] Completely, 100% agreed. Especially on the changing of races/bloodlines. Since they have no mechanical effects anymore, we should be allowed to re-choose them.
Jenny Cameron Caldari Isha's Tears	Posted - 2010.12.26 11:08:00 - [6] Originally by: Terazul Completely, 100% agreed. Especially on the changing of races/bloodlines. Since they have no mechanical effects anymore, we should be allowed to re-choose them. Indeed, very good points. Also that we used to pick bloodlines not for RP or storyline reasons but because you put yourself at a training disadvantage when not picking them. I don't see how it could possibly harm gameplay if they give you a one-time bloodline change (or even race). ________________* - If you're in favour of a bloodline change please vote in the Assembly Hall in this thread -
Gordan 23 Perkone	Posted - 2010.12.26 14:19:00 - [7] Originally by: Terazul Completely, 100% agreed. Especially on the changing of races/bloodlines. Since they have no mechanical effects anymore, we should be allowed to re-choose them. agree
elema Amarr Dopehead Industries True Reign	Posted - 2010.12.26 19:47:00 - [8] 100% agreed it would give people a new chance to be a different version of themselves its not game breaking since its not a name change
George Holden Gallente Out of Control Ltd. Out of Control A	Posted - 2010.12.27 02:24:00 - [9] I totally agree with a one time bloodline change, gender change might be okay but thats up to CCP I guess :D Not sure about race change since that might cause troubles considering corp management when suddenly 80% of the members change race to a different one than the CEO eg.
Jenny Cameron Caldari Isha's Tears	Posted - 2010.12.27 08:28:00 - [10] Originally by: George Holden I totally agree with a one time bloodline change, gender change might be okay but thats up to CCP I guess :D Not sure about race change since that might cause troubles considering corp management when suddenly 80% of the members change race to a different one than the CEO eg. Please vote for my proposal to give a free bloodline change then )if you haven't already)! ________________* - If you're in favour of a bloodline change please vote in the Assembly Hall in this thread -

Intar Medris Amarr EntroPrelatial Vanguard EntroPraetorian Aegis	Posted - 2010.12.27 09:38:00 - [11] Question do we still have hoods. Because if we don't you don't understand how disappointed I will be. To understand that you have to know who and what I based my toon off of. I must keep my hood and robe appearance without it the point to me is lost. I Make Forums For Corps And Alliances. 50 Mil ISK See Example Forum To Get A Idea of What Your's Could Look Like Example Forum
Jagga Spikes Minmatar Spikes Chop Shop	Posted - 2010.12.27 12:11:00 - [12] there are hoods, and you can choose how it falls over your face. it can be drawn back, pull over face or worn normally. hopefully, we get helmets, too :) still, differentiation in face in not much. imho, too many hardcoded features. ________________________________ : Forum Bore 'Em : Foamy The Squirrel - [jedi handwave] "There is no spoon."


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